WEBVTT 1 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:09.279 My Billy Cunningham, the Great America, and welcome to this 2 00:00:09.359 --> 00:00:11.720 glory is great Friday afternoon in a tries day, Red 3 00:00:11.800 --> 00:00:14.679 Space kicks off about seven to forty. Tonight they win 4 00:00:14.759 --> 00:00:16.679 the night they're back to five hundred, which is the goal. 5 00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:20.320 Get the five hundred and then May take care of itself. 6 00:00:20.359 --> 00:00:22.120 As you may know, this has been one season in 7 00:00:22.160 --> 00:00:24.640 the past ten on May the first, the Reds had 8 00:00:24.679 --> 00:00:27.320 a winning record. Let's drive toward May first and see 9 00:00:27.320 --> 00:00:30.199 what happens. But more importantly, big news conference about an 10 00:00:30.239 --> 00:00:33.799 hour ago with Tracy Schwegman at the banks and many others. 11 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:36.719 The police were there, the business owners were there. It 12 00:00:36.799 --> 00:00:39.920 was a big conclave and Tracy Schwegman, welcome again to 13 00:00:39.960 --> 00:00:42.479 the Bill Cunningham Show. And first of all, Tracy, what 14 00:00:42.640 --> 00:00:45.880 is the deal? What was agreed upon to improve the 15 00:00:45.920 --> 00:00:49.240 security at the banks because of all the shootings that 16 00:00:49.240 --> 00:00:51.439 have been down there, it's been bad for business. I 17 00:00:51.520 --> 00:00:54.560 talked to more and Jim Moooring quite often, not a 18 00:00:54.600 --> 00:00:57.280 good situation. The Reds were not happy. So what do 19 00:00:57.399 --> 00:00:59.799 we do as in response to some of the violence 20 00:00:59.799 --> 00:01:00.840 at the banks? 21 00:01:01.840 --> 00:01:04.319 Well, you know, Bill, thanks for having me. You know, 22 00:01:04.359 --> 00:01:05.680 one of the things that we've always tried to do 23 00:01:05.680 --> 00:01:08.439 down here at the Banks is be a good partner 24 00:01:08.439 --> 00:01:10.200 and hopefully a partner. 25 00:01:09.840 --> 00:01:10.719 With some solutions. 26 00:01:11.560 --> 00:01:13.599 And one of the things that we've been talking about 27 00:01:13.640 --> 00:01:16.159 for almost two years now, and really in the last 28 00:01:16.439 --> 00:01:18.480 year and a half, it's really been something we've been 29 00:01:18.519 --> 00:01:22.120 focused heavily on is how do we improve the environment 30 00:01:22.159 --> 00:01:24.079 for that twenty one and up crowd. The reality is 31 00:01:24.120 --> 00:01:27.159 after ten pm down here, particularly in the pedestrian plaza, 32 00:01:27.879 --> 00:01:30.439 the offerings are only geared towards those that are twenty 33 00:01:30.480 --> 00:01:31.920 one and up. And so how do we make certain 34 00:01:31.920 --> 00:01:35.120 that that is a fun, safe, vibrant area for those 35 00:01:35.159 --> 00:01:37.680 that are twenty one and up? And so we spend 36 00:01:37.680 --> 00:01:39.640 a lot of time looking at other entertainment districts around 37 00:01:39.719 --> 00:01:43.120 town and around the country, and how do you stands 38 00:01:43.239 --> 00:01:46.519 up something like a twenty one and up environment, what's 39 00:01:46.519 --> 00:01:47.959 the right time to do it, what are the right 40 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:50.439 days over week, and most importantly, you know, do we 41 00:01:50.480 --> 00:01:53.400 have stakeholder support and how do we fund it? So 42 00:01:53.439 --> 00:01:55.560 that took some time, quite frankly, to get us to 43 00:01:55.599 --> 00:01:59.000 this point, and we were grateful that we have the 44 00:01:59.040 --> 00:02:01.560 support of the city and with the Mayor's office of 45 00:02:01.560 --> 00:02:04.040 city Manager's office is a police department, so well as 46 00:02:04.040 --> 00:02:06.439 our large stakeholders like the Reds and all the businesses, 47 00:02:06.640 --> 00:02:09.439 to do something like this starting our towns to start 48 00:02:09.439 --> 00:02:11.400 at May first and ideally on a weekend when the 49 00:02:11.400 --> 00:02:14.080 Reds were not in town. So that put us back 50 00:02:14.120 --> 00:02:16.360 to this weekend April twenty fifth. 51 00:02:16.639 --> 00:02:20.520 So tell me what the plan is. When I see 52 00:02:20.840 --> 00:02:23.840 the most recent to armed robbery was bad for business, 53 00:02:23.879 --> 00:02:26.719 I can't imagine if you're one of the businesses down 54 00:02:26.719 --> 00:02:28.840 there that's publicized, it's a big deal, a lot of 55 00:02:28.879 --> 00:02:31.919 meetings being held. What is the plan? Tony Bender loves 56 00:02:31.960 --> 00:02:34.199 going down there at ten or eleven o'clock at night, 57 00:02:34.280 --> 00:02:36.800 loves going to the banks and prowling around. What is 58 00:02:36.840 --> 00:02:39.919 the plan starting? I guess I guess starting tonight. 59 00:02:40.879 --> 00:02:43.879 Sure, starting the siving. What folks will encounter is on 60 00:02:43.960 --> 00:02:46.759 both ends of the pedestrian plaza you will see some 61 00:02:47.199 --> 00:02:49.599 bike racks. They have banners on them that talk about, 62 00:02:49.759 --> 00:02:52.879 you know, the new rules and measures for Friday and 63 00:02:52.879 --> 00:02:55.919 Saturday evenings from ten pm to two am. It'll be 64 00:02:56.080 --> 00:02:58.240 a collection point. If you want to enter part that 65 00:02:58.280 --> 00:03:00.759 plaza area, you're going to have to come through a 66 00:03:00.759 --> 00:03:04.400 central check in point. There will be private security there 67 00:03:04.439 --> 00:03:06.759 that will be looking at your photo ID to make 68 00:03:06.800 --> 00:03:09.360 certain you are in fact twenty one years old. And 69 00:03:09.400 --> 00:03:11.319 if you meet the requirements, you can come on in. 70 00:03:11.879 --> 00:03:13.159 Of course, I'll still have to get check at the 71 00:03:13.199 --> 00:03:15.639 individual establishment that you might be wanting to enter. But 72 00:03:15.680 --> 00:03:17.280 if you are twenty one and you don't want to 73 00:03:17.319 --> 00:03:19.080 enter an establishment and just want to be in the plaza, 74 00:03:19.639 --> 00:03:22.319 you can certainly do that. But the hope is that 75 00:03:22.400 --> 00:03:25.360 it will continue to foster a positive fun environment for 76 00:03:25.439 --> 00:03:28.879 those that are of a certain age after a certain 77 00:03:28.919 --> 00:03:29.840 point in time in the evening. 78 00:03:30.280 --> 00:03:33.080 So Tracy's swagman of the bank. So what is the 79 00:03:33.159 --> 00:03:36.560 problem with somebody would tap on your shoulder and say, okay, 80 00:03:36.800 --> 00:03:39.479 I'm unaware of all the violence happening at the banks. 81 00:03:39.840 --> 00:03:42.479 Tell me what is what? Why are you doing this? 82 00:03:42.560 --> 00:03:44.199 What is the underlying problem? 83 00:03:45.560 --> 00:03:45.759 You know? 84 00:03:45.919 --> 00:03:47.319 Want to we want to make it a well. We 85 00:03:47.360 --> 00:03:49.280 want to encourage folks to still come down here. We 86 00:03:49.319 --> 00:03:51.439 want them to feel like they're coming to an environment 87 00:03:51.479 --> 00:03:56.879 that has some controls, that have some safety components associated 88 00:03:56.919 --> 00:03:58.879 with it. And this is something actually we've done as 89 00:03:58.879 --> 00:04:02.120 a private stakeholder cany Not only this initiative, but other 90 00:04:02.159 --> 00:04:04.439 initiatives that we've done and put in place over the 91 00:04:04.479 --> 00:04:08.439 last couple of years. We've added cameras, we've added enhanced lighting. 92 00:04:09.120 --> 00:04:11.479 We have worked at the police to look at a 93 00:04:11.479 --> 00:04:13.719 lot of our plantings in the planters and lower the 94 00:04:13.759 --> 00:04:16.439 profile so there's some clear sight lines from one end 95 00:04:16.439 --> 00:04:18.480 to the other. There's a lot of different measures that 96 00:04:18.519 --> 00:04:20.879 we've put in place as a private community to try 97 00:04:20.879 --> 00:04:23.360 and help foster a safe environment. You know, we can't 98 00:04:23.360 --> 00:04:25.000 solve all the problems down here, and a lot of 99 00:04:25.000 --> 00:04:29.279 them are quite frankly beyond our scope and beyond anything 100 00:04:29.279 --> 00:04:31.519 that we can quite frankly control. But we certainly want 101 00:04:31.560 --> 00:04:34.560 to do our part to provide the best customer environment 102 00:04:34.600 --> 00:04:36.360 we possibly can. And we think that this is a 103 00:04:36.360 --> 00:04:39.360 good and valuable step, and we're grateful to you know, 104 00:04:39.399 --> 00:04:43.199 the city and the CPD for granting us special permission 105 00:04:43.199 --> 00:04:45.839 to do these things in the public plaza on Friday 106 00:04:45.879 --> 00:04:46.759 and Saturday evenings. 107 00:04:47.040 --> 00:04:49.079 You know, a little Bertie told me that it cost 108 00:04:49.120 --> 00:04:52.120 one hundred thousand dollars to do this on two nights 109 00:04:52.120 --> 00:04:55.040 a week with four hours. Is that number about correct? 110 00:04:55.079 --> 00:04:55.879 And who pays for it? 111 00:04:56.839 --> 00:04:57.519 That's about right? 112 00:04:57.680 --> 00:05:01.040 This initiative will cost us about a quarter of a 113 00:05:01.040 --> 00:05:04.800 million dollars to do over the next six months. It's 114 00:05:04.839 --> 00:05:06.639 all yeah, it's all privately funded. 115 00:05:07.240 --> 00:05:07.360 Uh. 116 00:05:07.480 --> 00:05:09.839 It's it's funded by what we affectionately call down here 117 00:05:09.839 --> 00:05:12.680 are are AHOA, our private stakeholders. You know, it's not 118 00:05:12.839 --> 00:05:14.879 just the retailers that are that are paying into it, 119 00:05:15.399 --> 00:05:18.279 but it's also you know, the apartments, it's it's the hotel, 120 00:05:18.439 --> 00:05:20.879 it's all of those private property earners in between the 121 00:05:20.879 --> 00:05:23.480 two stadiums that believe this is an important measure to 122 00:05:23.519 --> 00:05:26.519 put in place, uh and should add some value to 123 00:05:26.600 --> 00:05:28.560 the safety and security of the neighborhood. 124 00:05:28.680 --> 00:05:30.959 For those who may not know what happens on a 125 00:05:31.000 --> 00:05:34.439 warm Friday or Saturday night without this door district being 126 00:05:34.759 --> 00:05:37.600 bicycle racked off, what is happening there? For those who. 127 00:05:37.480 --> 00:05:41.079 Don't know, well, I think you know what we've found 128 00:05:41.160 --> 00:05:43.600 over the last handful of years is you know, it's 129 00:05:43.600 --> 00:05:46.439 a fun place to be. It's an attractive fund environment, 130 00:05:46.600 --> 00:05:49.759 and that means it attracts folks that are not twenty 131 00:05:49.759 --> 00:05:51.759 one years old as well. We see a lot of 132 00:05:51.839 --> 00:05:56.920 use down here, young kids, really young kids, uh, you know, teenagers, 133 00:05:56.920 --> 00:06:00.279 pre teenagers, and while you know, you know, we we 134 00:06:00.279 --> 00:06:02.560 welcome those folks during the daytime. The reality is at 135 00:06:02.560 --> 00:06:04.759 a certain point in the evening, the activities down here 136 00:06:04.839 --> 00:06:06.839 are geared towards twenty one and up, and it's just 137 00:06:06.879 --> 00:06:08.879 not it's not a place to play and hang out. 138 00:06:09.199 --> 00:06:11.040 And I think it's I think that's part of the 139 00:06:11.040 --> 00:06:12.959 reason why you've even seen the city put in place 140 00:06:13.360 --> 00:06:16.399 some special measures to try and give those kids someplace 141 00:06:16.519 --> 00:06:19.560 positive to go spend their evenings rather than hanging out 142 00:06:20.279 --> 00:06:22.920 in a city environment that's really not geared for them. 143 00:06:23.240 --> 00:06:25.279 I think last week I had on Ken cove, or 144 00:06:25.360 --> 00:06:28.920 sergeant with the CPD, head of the union. He said, 145 00:06:28.920 --> 00:06:32.360 there's one hundreds some evenings, thousands of kids smoking pot 146 00:06:32.600 --> 00:06:34.959 looking for the next person to rob. Is that a 147 00:06:35.000 --> 00:06:38.040 fair description, Well, Kim would. 148 00:06:37.839 --> 00:06:40.279 Probably know better than I am from a law enforcement standpoint, 149 00:06:40.680 --> 00:06:44.079 that's that's for sure. But it's certainly, you know, activity 150 00:06:44.079 --> 00:06:47.079 that we would discourage. You know, certainly up today's you 151 00:06:47.079 --> 00:06:49.519 you don't want to see kids engaging in that, and 152 00:06:49.560 --> 00:06:52.279 we certainly don't want to provide an environment that fosters 153 00:06:52.279 --> 00:06:54.639 that behavior. You know, we want to make certain that 154 00:06:55.279 --> 00:06:59.240 you know, that's not happening in our neighborhood and hopefully, 155 00:06:59.399 --> 00:07:01.279 you know, with the other measures perhaps that the city 156 00:07:02.000 --> 00:07:04.160 has put in place with pools being open and rec 157 00:07:04.160 --> 00:07:06.399 at night and some other things, that those folks will 158 00:07:06.399 --> 00:07:10.560 find a more productive environment to have fun and engage 159 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:12.480 in more age appropriate activities. 160 00:07:12.519 --> 00:07:15.279 And the kids doing this are not exactly customers anyway, 161 00:07:15.600 --> 00:07:19.079 there are sixteen fourteen. It's not going to hurt business 162 00:07:19.120 --> 00:07:19.560 at all. 163 00:07:19.480 --> 00:07:20.839 Is it. 164 00:07:20.839 --> 00:07:23.279 It's not, and we actually hope it'll improve business. And 165 00:07:23.959 --> 00:07:27.160 we're grateful that, you know, our business owners are on 166 00:07:27.199 --> 00:07:30.079 page with that, our private property owners, you know, the 167 00:07:30.120 --> 00:07:33.240 apartments in the hotel, and frankly, our large venues you know, 168 00:07:33.279 --> 00:07:36.639 like the Reds and the Bengals are are in supportive 169 00:07:36.680 --> 00:07:39.759 of this initiative as well. They have been great vocal 170 00:07:39.759 --> 00:07:43.120 supporters and strategic partners and thinking about how to put 171 00:07:43.160 --> 00:07:44.120 something like this in place. 172 00:07:44.360 --> 00:07:46.879 You're also involved with a heritage bank center. It's kind 173 00:07:46.879 --> 00:07:49.600 of a decrepit structure, been there about forty some years, 174 00:07:49.959 --> 00:07:52.240 and the powers that be have determined that that may 175 00:07:52.519 --> 00:07:55.360 may not be the best place for the indoor arena. 176 00:07:55.800 --> 00:07:59.199 Jeff Birding, your friend t Q WEL and FC wants 177 00:07:59.199 --> 00:08:02.800 to move that arena over by music hall across the street. 178 00:08:03.240 --> 00:08:05.319 Would that be a problem from your perspective? 179 00:08:07.079 --> 00:08:09.759 One hundred percent. We think that the best place for 180 00:08:10.480 --> 00:08:14.839 a new modern arena is the Banks. The existing footprint 181 00:08:15.240 --> 00:08:17.480 is the perfect place for it. A new modern arena 182 00:08:17.519 --> 00:08:20.120 with eighteen to twenty thousand seats and modern amenities does 183 00:08:20.240 --> 00:08:23.639 sit at the Banks. In fact, it's probably the most 184 00:08:23.680 --> 00:08:27.480 cost effective location, and studies have shown that cost studies 185 00:08:27.519 --> 00:08:29.560 have shown that it's actually the most cost effective location 186 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:32.240 by simply the fact that you've got a lot of 187 00:08:32.279 --> 00:08:36.039 the public infrastructure already in place. You've got the transit center, 188 00:08:36.080 --> 00:08:38.679 you've got the interstate exits. You've got the existing sewer 189 00:08:38.720 --> 00:08:41.960 systems and electrical grids and all those things that support 190 00:08:42.039 --> 00:08:44.559 large venues like that already in place, so you don't 191 00:08:44.600 --> 00:08:48.519 have to recreate that someplace else. The Bank's handles. It's 192 00:08:48.519 --> 00:08:51.360 not uncommon to have these three of these venues happen 193 00:08:51.440 --> 00:08:53.519 at the same time, and we managed to flow people 194 00:08:53.519 --> 00:08:57.200 in and out of this environment without much trouble. So 195 00:08:57.360 --> 00:09:00.200 we've truly and firmly believed that on the Merits, the 196 00:09:00.279 --> 00:09:04.080 existing location of the Heritage Bank Center is the best 197 00:09:04.200 --> 00:09:08.120 location for a new modern arena. That I think everybody 198 00:09:08.159 --> 00:09:10.639 has now reached the point of believing that can be 199 00:09:10.679 --> 00:09:14.720 a valuable contributor to the city's economic future. You know, 200 00:09:14.799 --> 00:09:18.000 a new, new, new modern arena has great economic benefits, 201 00:09:18.039 --> 00:09:20.200 and I think that's an exciting place to be from 202 00:09:20.200 --> 00:09:23.440 a conversation standpoint. That there's that acknowledgment, we just you know, 203 00:09:23.480 --> 00:09:25.320 we will continue to advocate that the Banks is the 204 00:09:25.320 --> 00:09:26.240 best location. 205 00:09:26.000 --> 00:09:29.440 For it, Tracy, why is it important for it to 206 00:09:29.480 --> 00:09:31.879 be there as opposed to maybe off the city core? 207 00:09:32.279 --> 00:09:35.000 And secondly, I wanted to address the issue of how 208 00:09:35.120 --> 00:09:39.159 unique the Banks are between the Bengals and the Black 209 00:09:39.240 --> 00:09:41.200 Music Hall of Fame, and throw on top of that 210 00:09:41.399 --> 00:09:44.039 all the Banks projects in the Heritage Bank, the Great 211 00:09:44.039 --> 00:09:48.240 American Ballpark. That's it's an incredible area and many cities 212 00:09:48.279 --> 00:09:50.440 don't have that. And we can't let that fall down 213 00:09:50.519 --> 00:09:52.639 because of a few hundred kids that don't know how 214 00:09:52.639 --> 00:09:55.559 to behave It's got to be. How unique is the 215 00:09:55.600 --> 00:09:56.519 Banks in Toto. 216 00:09:57.799 --> 00:09:59.840 It's incredibly unique. You know a lot of people don't 217 00:09:59.840 --> 00:10:02.600 get the folks from thirty years ago enough credit and 218 00:10:02.720 --> 00:10:05.480 actually envisioning this and putting it into place. I mean, 219 00:10:05.519 --> 00:10:09.039 they contemplated the floodplain you know, we just encountered flooding 220 00:10:09.039 --> 00:10:11.919 and all of these businesses were open and just fine. 221 00:10:12.200 --> 00:10:14.000 You know, they built this thing out of the floodplane. 222 00:10:14.039 --> 00:10:16.519 They were quite they quite forced quite the foresight and 223 00:10:16.559 --> 00:10:18.320 building it the way they did. You know, they Trenchport 224 00:10:18.440 --> 00:10:21.360 Washington away. They put in the transit Center. This was 225 00:10:21.440 --> 00:10:24.039 built as an entertainment district. It was designed to do 226 00:10:24.159 --> 00:10:26.279 exactly what it does. And I will tell you what 227 00:10:26.320 --> 00:10:29.120 I hear most frequently from folks that come in town 228 00:10:30.039 --> 00:10:33.440 supporting me the out of town team, whether you know, 229 00:10:33.440 --> 00:10:36.320 if the Reds are playing the Pirates or the Bengals 230 00:10:36.320 --> 00:10:40.360 are playing the Bills. Out of town folks love the Banks. 231 00:10:40.399 --> 00:10:43.120 They are astounded at what we have down here, and 232 00:10:43.159 --> 00:10:45.360 they can't wait to come back. Folks love to come 233 00:10:45.399 --> 00:10:47.320 here from out of town because of what the Banks 234 00:10:47.360 --> 00:10:50.240 offers them. It's like it's a walkable downtown that they 235 00:10:50.240 --> 00:10:52.679 can they can go from the stadium to a bar 236 00:10:52.840 --> 00:10:55.320 or a restaurant and it's all right here at their footsteps. 237 00:10:55.559 --> 00:10:59.000 It's a fun, walkable environment, and folks are are They 238 00:10:59.039 --> 00:11:01.559 love coming here and and sometimes we don't appreciate that, 239 00:11:01.879 --> 00:11:04.000 you know, being local and and just it's part of 240 00:11:04.000 --> 00:11:07.679 our daily lives. But you really do gain some appreciation 241 00:11:07.759 --> 00:11:09.799 for it when you hear out of town ors sing 242 00:11:09.799 --> 00:11:10.840 the praises of the banks. 243 00:11:11.000 --> 00:11:14.480 Tracy Schwegman of the Banks. Lastly, it's tonight ten o'clock. 244 00:11:14.960 --> 00:11:18.840 Someone's not paying attention to radio television. They're going to 245 00:11:18.960 --> 00:11:22.039 run into what tonight at ten o'clock They're going. 246 00:11:21.960 --> 00:11:25.960 To run into bike cracks with signs on them reminding 247 00:11:26.000 --> 00:11:28.039 folks that this is now a twenty one and up environment. 248 00:11:28.080 --> 00:11:30.799 From ten pm to two am, they're going to run 249 00:11:30.799 --> 00:11:35.120 into security, private security. They'll be checking their IDs, and 250 00:11:35.240 --> 00:11:37.200 we hope folks remember to bring their IDs. And we 251 00:11:37.240 --> 00:11:40.639 look forward to welcome you folks to a fun, fun 252 00:11:40.720 --> 00:11:43.440 environment down here at the Banks twenty one and up 253 00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:45.159 ten pm to two am. 254 00:11:45.399 --> 00:11:47.960 Tracy Swegman of the Banks, thanks again for coming on 255 00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:50.600 the Bill Cunningham Show. May God bless you and God 256 00:11:50.600 --> 00:11:54.559 bless America. Thank you, Tracy, Thanks Bill, much appreciated. All right, 257 00:11:54.679 --> 00:11:57.159 let's continue, and one might ask, I know that Thigi 258 00:11:57.159 --> 00:11:59.360 has talked about this. I spoke to the Chief of police. 259 00:11:59.600 --> 00:12:02.279 She's gonna to come on with me on Monday, and 260 00:12:02.679 --> 00:12:06.279 she said, where are the parents are? Ware they how 261 00:12:06.279 --> 00:12:10.000 do you have numerous hundreds of kids running around Shmail 262 00:12:10.159 --> 00:12:13.279 Park and the banks on a summer's night without much 263 00:12:13.279 --> 00:12:15.399 going on? And I would note off the air. She 264 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:17.840 told me this is only Friday and Saturday and so 265 00:12:17.919 --> 00:12:20.720 on Sunday night, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. It's going to be, 266 00:12:21.480 --> 00:12:24.440 shall we say, no idea required in the door district, 267 00:12:24.519 --> 00:12:27.759 in front of in front of a great American ballpark, 268 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:29.559 in front of the Holy Grail. It's going to be 269 00:12:30.039 --> 00:12:32.360 the way things have been recently. And there's a police 270 00:12:32.399 --> 00:12:35.039 station right there, right in the middle, and there's cops 271 00:12:35.120 --> 00:12:38.960 right there in uniform. CPD and Hamley County Sheriffs are there, 272 00:12:39.279 --> 00:12:42.559 and these crimes are taking place despite that fact. So 273 00:12:42.960 --> 00:12:45.279 that's put that in your computer and see what happens. 274 00:12:45.320 --> 00:12:48.320 But the billions of dollars in investments in that area 275 00:12:48.360 --> 00:12:51.879 cannot be fritted away because of the behavior of a 276 00:12:52.759 --> 00:12:55.759 few children. Let's continue with more if a line becomes 277 00:12:55.759 --> 00:12:58.679 available five one, three, seven, four, nine, seven thousand. Coming 278 00:12:58.720 --> 00:13:00.919 up later will be Leland Vidder of News Nation. I'm 279 00:13:00.919 --> 00:13:03.679 watching a couple of nights ago, and he spoke about 280 00:13:03.720 --> 00:13:07.159 the fact that he has autism, that he's autistic. He 281 00:13:07.200 --> 00:13:09.159 could have knocked me over with a feather, And I said, 282 00:13:09.759 --> 00:13:11.279 he's got a book out of it to talk about 283 00:13:11.320 --> 00:13:13.240 it called Born Lucky. And I want to talk about 284 00:13:13.320 --> 00:13:16.919 Leland Viddert, who spent time on CNN and also Fox News. 285 00:13:16.919 --> 00:13:19.799 And he's only forty two years old and he was 286 00:13:19.840 --> 00:13:21.879 diagnosed when he was four or five years older with 287 00:13:21.919 --> 00:13:24.919 autism and his journey is unbelievable. So if you know 288 00:13:25.000 --> 00:13:29.120 a parent or a loved one that has this spectrum disorder, 289 00:13:29.320 --> 00:13:32.279 pay attention. After one o'clock today, Leland Viddert will be here. 290 00:13:32.600 --> 00:13:34.399 That's term of the Reds. By the way, teeing off 291 00:13:34.399 --> 00:13:37.679 tonight about seven forty in Denver. The Reds are one 292 00:13:37.720 --> 00:13:40.480 game below five hundred. They win two out of three 293 00:13:40.600 --> 00:13:44.080 or sweep Colorado when they should because that team stinks. 294 00:13:44.120 --> 00:13:46.799 They won a total of four games this year, which 295 00:13:46.840 --> 00:13:49.600 is not good. So let's continue with more. Bill Cunningham 296 00:13:49.600 --> 00:13:55.320 News Radio seven hundred WLW HI Billy Cunningham, the Great 297 00:13:55.320 --> 00:13:58.759 American Reds Baseball kicks off about seven forty to night, 298 00:13:58.879 --> 00:14:04.080 first pitch and Colorado, Denver about eight forty tonight. Denver stinks, 299 00:14:04.720 --> 00:14:08.799 Colorado stinks, and many things, but especially baseball so let's 300 00:14:08.799 --> 00:14:10.200 see if the Reds can make some hey there, the 301 00:14:10.320 --> 00:14:12.600 one game under five hundred. They have the goal by 302 00:14:12.639 --> 00:14:15.759 May first of winning at least half their games. It's 303 00:14:15.799 --> 00:14:18.039 happened once in the past ten years with the Reds 304 00:14:18.039 --> 00:14:20.399 on May first heat of winning record, and with the 305 00:14:20.399 --> 00:14:23.679 schedule coming up, it would behoove them to sweep the 306 00:14:23.799 --> 00:14:26.000 Rocks out there or at least one two out of 307 00:14:26.000 --> 00:14:28.320 three to get to five hundred or beyond. Then we 308 00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:31.519 continue and never stop. We simply continue more coverage of 309 00:14:31.559 --> 00:14:34.320 the NFL Draft, and that'll be with segment at one 310 00:14:34.440 --> 00:14:37.480 thirty and two thirty. But until then, I'm watching a 311 00:14:37.639 --> 00:14:41.360 few nights ago Leland Viddert, who's all with me once 312 00:14:41.480 --> 00:14:45.200 or twice a month from Fox News in now at 313 00:14:45.200 --> 00:14:49.879 News Nation Monday through Friday at nine pm, and Leland 314 00:14:49.960 --> 00:14:52.720 Viddert has been everywhere in the world covering the big stories. 315 00:14:53.320 --> 00:14:56.879 He said on the air Wednesday night that he is 316 00:14:57.639 --> 00:15:00.679 he is autistic, that he was diagnosed with auto at 317 00:15:00.720 --> 00:15:03.519 a very young age. So he goes on and on 318 00:15:03.600 --> 00:15:06.919 and on about how autism affected his life, the good, 319 00:15:06.960 --> 00:15:09.679 the bad, and the ugly, how he got over the problems, 320 00:15:09.720 --> 00:15:13.320 the symptoms, the difficulties which happens. And I would note 321 00:15:13.360 --> 00:15:15.879 that right now it's one out of every thirty one 322 00:15:16.320 --> 00:15:19.360 babies are born with autism, one in thirty one. It 323 00:15:19.480 --> 00:15:21.720 used to be one out of a thousand and many 324 00:15:21.759 --> 00:15:24.120 many decades ago it was one out of one thousand. 325 00:15:24.120 --> 00:15:28.240 It was quite rare. Now it's almost common. It's incredible 326 00:15:28.639 --> 00:15:31.200 that we have this circumstance happening one in thirty one, 327 00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:34.000 and those are the ones that have been properly diagnosed. 328 00:15:34.039 --> 00:15:37.399 It could be more than that, and something is causing it. 329 00:15:37.720 --> 00:15:40.799 I think one is a lack of reporting decades ago, 330 00:15:41.159 --> 00:15:44.519 and many parents felt maybe personally ashamed or embarrassed by 331 00:15:44.559 --> 00:15:47.480 the fact that their child, their baby wasn't growing up, 332 00:15:47.480 --> 00:15:50.639 shall I say normally whatever that means. And so it's 333 00:15:50.679 --> 00:15:54.080 possibly more diagnosis. But the other issue could be the 334 00:15:54.159 --> 00:15:58.039 vaccines that you can't talk about if you bring up vaccines, 335 00:15:58.120 --> 00:16:01.679 as RFK Junior has done, vaccine denier, in which case 336 00:16:01.679 --> 00:16:04.399 you don't get a public form. In fact, you're diminished 337 00:16:04.440 --> 00:16:07.720 and thrown out of the boat. On the other hand, 338 00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:11.320 you have red dye too, and all these breakfast cereals 339 00:16:11.360 --> 00:16:15.600 and other m and ms, etc. All used certain petroleum 340 00:16:15.639 --> 00:16:18.759 based dyes to change the color and make it look 341 00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:21.720 more physically attractive. It could be something of that character. 342 00:16:21.799 --> 00:16:24.879 It could be ecological, could be genetic, could be racial 343 00:16:24.919 --> 00:16:30.200 because boys are four times more likely to have autism 344 00:16:30.759 --> 00:16:31.320 than girls. 345 00:16:31.360 --> 00:16:31.639 Don't know. 346 00:16:31.639 --> 00:16:34.759 I don't think you contract autism like you contract measles. 347 00:16:35.240 --> 00:16:37.759 Many believe today you were born with autism. Then it 348 00:16:37.840 --> 00:16:41.879 exhibits and shows itself as developmental continues, and the spectrum 349 00:16:41.919 --> 00:16:46.360 is quite wide and broad. Obviously, Elon Musk has autism, 350 00:16:47.320 --> 00:16:50.399 and Elon's not doing too bad, excepting the views of Democrats, 351 00:16:50.919 --> 00:16:53.360 and Leland Viiddtert announced a couple of nights ago that 352 00:16:53.480 --> 00:16:56.480 he has autism. He has a book out he's going 353 00:16:56.519 --> 00:16:58.720 to discuss it, which I think is must read because 354 00:16:59.000 --> 00:17:01.759 his recovery, if that to write word from autism has 355 00:17:01.799 --> 00:17:04.720 been unbelievable. That's coming up after one o'clock today, But 356 00:17:04.880 --> 00:17:07.839 until then we had the second. A second judge has 357 00:17:07.839 --> 00:17:12.720 been arrested on the bench for committing illegal acts while 358 00:17:12.799 --> 00:17:16.319 a judge, and this judge, her name is Milwaukee County 359 00:17:16.359 --> 00:17:20.480 Circuit Court judge Hannah Dugan, was arrested Friday morning, which 360 00:17:20.519 --> 00:17:24.839 is today, after she allegedly harbored illegal aliens in her 361 00:17:24.960 --> 00:17:28.920 jury room. At the center of this as an illegal 362 00:17:28.960 --> 00:17:32.799 alien who was appearing before Judge Dugan. She got word 363 00:17:32.920 --> 00:17:37.000 from the court personnel that ICE agents had set up 364 00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:41.400 shop outside the courthouse to arrest this illegal who was 365 00:17:41.440 --> 00:17:45.960 wanted on serious felony charges including selling a methan fhetamine, heroin, 366 00:17:46.359 --> 00:17:51.000 and murder. And she was appearing in her courtroom and 367 00:17:51.440 --> 00:17:55.200 the powers that be notified her that the ICE is 368 00:17:55.240 --> 00:17:58.640 waiting outside. So what she did, Allegedly she's been on 369 00:17:58.680 --> 00:18:03.599 the bench about ten years and she after a while 370 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:08.680 the ICE agents outside, the illegal was not coming out, 371 00:18:09.319 --> 00:18:14.519 so some stayed outside, someone inside and they found an 372 00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:18.160 illegal in the judge's jury room, hiding in the bathroom 373 00:18:18.200 --> 00:18:23.039 of the jury room. US Martial Service determined, they made 374 00:18:23.039 --> 00:18:25.920 calls to Milwaukee, then to Washington, decided what to do. 375 00:18:26.279 --> 00:18:30.640 Because you had a sitting common place court judge in 376 00:18:30.720 --> 00:18:35.599 Milwaukee hiding in illegal knowingly in her own jury room. 377 00:18:36.519 --> 00:18:40.319 All the powers that be decided that well, she committed, 378 00:18:40.519 --> 00:18:45.519 she committed seemingly a felony, so let's arrest her, which 379 00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:49.160 they did this morning about ten am. And Dugan is 380 00:18:49.200 --> 00:18:51.799 one of several judges who've been accused of harboring illegal 381 00:18:51.799 --> 00:18:55.039 aliens over the past several years. You might recall a 382 00:18:55.079 --> 00:18:59.160 few days ago before her arrest, a former judge in 383 00:18:59.160 --> 00:19:01.519 New Mexico is all so arrested for the alleged crime 384 00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:05.640 of harboring fugitives from justice and obstruction of justice, and 385 00:19:05.720 --> 00:19:08.799 she appears Dugan appears to be the first active judge 386 00:19:08.920 --> 00:19:11.799 to face consequences for their behavior. By the way that 387 00:19:11.839 --> 00:19:15.160 both these judges are left wing democratic judges who do 388 00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:17.480 not believe that the law applies to them because they 389 00:19:17.680 --> 00:19:21.119 have a black robe on. They found out that it's 390 00:19:21.200 --> 00:19:24.279 not the case anymore. They're not above the law. They 391 00:19:24.279 --> 00:19:26.319 don't have the right to use their power to break it, 392 00:19:26.680 --> 00:19:28.240 and if they step out of line, they deserve to 393 00:19:28.279 --> 00:19:31.200 be arrested in charge like anyone else. I get at 394 00:19:31.279 --> 00:19:34.720 one thousand percent. Now, these stories likely will not get 395 00:19:34.839 --> 00:19:38.680 much big national play because these are liberal Democrats harboring 396 00:19:38.839 --> 00:19:42.160 illegal fugitives. In the case of New Mexico, they had 397 00:19:42.200 --> 00:19:46.680 two illegals harboring. Harboring these illegals, they knew they were illegal, 398 00:19:47.079 --> 00:19:51.079 that both Venezuela and gang members Trenda Arragua, and they 399 00:19:51.119 --> 00:19:54.400 were staying with the judge and the judge's a wife, 400 00:19:54.839 --> 00:19:57.480 and they were sleeping on the property, and they were 401 00:19:57.519 --> 00:20:02.640