WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:02.919 This is Gary and Shannon and you're listening to KFI 2 00:00:03.080 --> 00:00:05.839 AM six forty, the Gary and Shannon Show on demand 3 00:00:05.919 --> 00:00:07.200 on the iHeartRadio app. 4 00:00:07.200 --> 00:00:09.000 Well, the correlation between boobs and. 5 00:00:08.960 --> 00:00:11.160 Pizza, that's not what we were talking about. 6 00:00:11.320 --> 00:00:14.759 It wasn't go on, but I understand where you go on. 7 00:00:15.199 --> 00:00:17.640 I'm just saying I've had some pizza that I wish 8 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:18.440 I could get back. 9 00:00:18.600 --> 00:00:21.320 I mean, like not have had you know what I mean. 10 00:00:21.800 --> 00:00:24.160 I don't think that you could think in your history 11 00:00:24.160 --> 00:00:26.800 of boobs like a pair you would have thrown back. 12 00:00:26.920 --> 00:00:28.559 Wow, that's good. 13 00:00:28.600 --> 00:00:30.839 It's all I'm going to say it. Did you hear 14 00:00:30.839 --> 00:00:34.960 about Greenland? Fifty six thousand people live on Greenland. I 15 00:00:34.960 --> 00:00:35.719 looked that up today. 16 00:00:35.759 --> 00:00:38.280 Okay, eighty five percent of them. You can do the math. 17 00:00:38.359 --> 00:00:40.920 Yeah, say forty something. 18 00:00:41.399 --> 00:00:44.359 Forty eight thousand, something like that. Say they don't want 19 00:00:44.840 --> 00:00:45.799 anything to do with us. 20 00:00:45.880 --> 00:00:47.119 Yeah, I get it. 21 00:00:47.200 --> 00:00:51.799 They don't want to have America under the umbrella that 22 00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:56.920 they live under. Is Frederick the tenth their king or 23 00:00:57.079 --> 00:00:59.200 the king of tenths denmarkish? 24 00:00:59.840 --> 00:01:01.240 I just saw that he was the monarch. 25 00:01:01.280 --> 00:01:03.840 And I mean Wikipedia tells you a lot of things 26 00:01:03.880 --> 00:01:07.439 about Greenland, but that's we have a listen. 27 00:01:07.480 --> 00:01:08.840 We got a lot going on today. 28 00:01:09.120 --> 00:01:13.200 Everybody in the last I don't know four weeks downloaded 29 00:01:13.239 --> 00:01:16.120 the Watch Duty app right, and this is the app 30 00:01:16.439 --> 00:01:19.159 that compiles a bunch of information about He's a good 31 00:01:19.159 --> 00:01:21.319 looking guy in our case, who King Frederick. 32 00:01:23.159 --> 00:01:24.159 It's a great app. 33 00:01:24.200 --> 00:01:26.879 I mean it was files everything about the fires, the 34 00:01:26.959 --> 00:01:30.079 evacuation zones, the conditions of the fires, the number of 35 00:01:30.200 --> 00:01:31.840 crews on there, I mean everything. 36 00:01:31.920 --> 00:01:33.760 You and I. This is what we do. 37 00:01:33.879 --> 00:01:35.959 This is what we've done for years, where reporters are 38 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:38.239 trying to get up to the date information as soon 39 00:01:38.280 --> 00:01:38.560 as we. 40 00:01:38.519 --> 00:01:39.120 Get on the air. 41 00:01:39.159 --> 00:01:41.560 While we're on the air, we want information as fresh 42 00:01:41.599 --> 00:01:43.560 as possible so that we can give it to you. 43 00:01:44.239 --> 00:01:48.560 And nowhere have I found as accurate and as quick 44 00:01:48.920 --> 00:01:52.799 as the Watch Duty app. H. I mean it was incredible, 45 00:01:52.920 --> 00:01:56.200 such a tool for for not just us but Firefight. 46 00:01:56.359 --> 00:01:59.239 Everyone is lotting this app. It's a nonprofit app. So 47 00:01:59.239 --> 00:02:01.120 we're going to talk to this CEO coming up later. 48 00:02:01.280 --> 00:02:03.920 Also, our friend Ellen k from Coast one to three 49 00:02:03.959 --> 00:02:06.120 point five is going to join us. Tomorrow night is 50 00:02:06.159 --> 00:02:09.360 the fire Aid benefit concert that's taking place both in 51 00:02:09.400 --> 00:02:11.719 the Into It Dome down in Englewood and then across 52 00:02:11.719 --> 00:02:13.879 the parking lot on the other side of SOFI. It's 53 00:02:13.919 --> 00:02:16.000 going to take place at the key of Forum also, 54 00:02:17.240 --> 00:02:19.159 but if I'm not mistaken, both of those are owned 55 00:02:19.159 --> 00:02:19.960 by Steve Balmer. 56 00:02:20.719 --> 00:02:21.479 Sounds about right. 57 00:02:21.560 --> 00:02:25.120 So we'll talk about what kind of went into the 58 00:02:25.199 --> 00:02:29.400 planning for Fire Aid this huge benefit concert. Justin Warsham's 59 00:02:29.400 --> 00:02:31.360 going to join us, coming up in the eleven o'clock hour. 60 00:02:31.400 --> 00:02:32.719 We haven't talked to him in a few weeks. It'll 61 00:02:32.759 --> 00:02:34.439 be nice to get him back. And we have to 62 00:02:34.439 --> 00:02:36.400 say happy Birthday to him because it was his birthday 63 00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:36.919 at the other day. 64 00:02:37.039 --> 00:02:40.639 Also, Gung hey fat Joy, Happy New Year. You're the snake. 65 00:02:40.759 --> 00:02:42.479 Today is the new Today is the New Year. 66 00:02:42.560 --> 00:02:42.840 The day. 67 00:02:43.759 --> 00:02:47.599 And Tony Robbins. Tony Robbins's coming up in this field. 68 00:02:47.840 --> 00:02:50.039 Yes, motivation on God love it. 69 00:02:50.120 --> 00:02:51.280 Yeah, really, yeah, he. 70 00:02:51.879 --> 00:02:52.719 Does all those things. 71 00:02:53.120 --> 00:02:55.800 I'm assuming so I wasn't wrong to just throw things 72 00:02:55.800 --> 00:02:56.919 out there and see what sticks. 73 00:02:56.919 --> 00:02:57.039 Well. 74 00:02:57.080 --> 00:02:58.280 I don't want you to. I don't want you to 75 00:02:58.319 --> 00:02:58.800 mistake him. 76 00:02:58.800 --> 00:03:00.879 With Joel Oste, I know, I feel. 77 00:03:00.680 --> 00:03:03.240 Like I've gotten two guys. 78 00:03:03.360 --> 00:03:05.599 No no no, no, no, no no no no. Because I 79 00:03:05.599 --> 00:03:08.159 spent a lot of time watching Joel Ostein a lot 80 00:03:08.199 --> 00:03:11.840 of time, and I've never watched Tony Robbins. So I 81 00:03:12.039 --> 00:03:14.840 used to love Joel Ostein, and then I don't know, 82 00:03:14.960 --> 00:03:17.080 something switched for me. He didn't seem as genuine as 83 00:03:17.120 --> 00:03:18.039 I thought he once was. 84 00:03:19.080 --> 00:03:21.680 I'm curious to know what that. I would love to 85 00:03:21.719 --> 00:03:24.879 know what that switch. When that switch flipped for you? 86 00:03:25.439 --> 00:03:28.000 Was it after you watch The Righteous Gemstones? It was 87 00:03:28.479 --> 00:03:31.280 Maybe it was somewhere in Middle America. I used to 88 00:03:31.319 --> 00:03:34.479 turn him on on Sundays while getting ready or whatever. 89 00:03:34.759 --> 00:03:36.120 He was a calm I mean. 90 00:03:36.080 --> 00:03:36.879 He was calm. 91 00:03:36.919 --> 00:03:38.919 He was. He made it religion light, he made it 92 00:03:39.039 --> 00:03:42.080 user friendly and palatable. He was in a good mood, 93 00:03:42.280 --> 00:03:45.120 good energy first thing in the morning. But then it 94 00:03:45.240 --> 00:03:48.159 felt total car salesman like to me. And I understand 95 00:03:48.199 --> 00:03:49.960 the people are throwing things at the radio, being like 96 00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:52.639 he was always that way. I get that, but it's 97 00:03:52.960 --> 00:03:56.039 it worked for me for the bite sized amount of 98 00:03:56.400 --> 00:04:00.199 religion I wanted at the time. And then maybe it 99 00:04:00.319 --> 00:04:03.120 was The Righteous Gemstones. Maybe there was a little Now 100 00:04:03.159 --> 00:04:05.719 that you say that that show kind of coincides with 101 00:04:05.759 --> 00:04:08.400 the time I started to turn on Joloskin. 102 00:04:07.919 --> 00:04:12.360 And not to say that Joelostein was a crooked hypocrite. 103 00:04:13.319 --> 00:04:17.199 Characters looked too perfect. Well, and that was why that 104 00:04:17.360 --> 00:04:21.360 show worked so well. Yeah, because that was a problem. Yeah, 105 00:04:21.639 --> 00:04:24.199 I just saw that relationship. There's no way people are 106 00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:28.240 this perfect. There is a big deal going on in 107 00:04:28.279 --> 00:04:31.519 the Senate right now. One of the office buildings, I 108 00:04:31.560 --> 00:04:36.279 think it's the Dirkson Senate Building is the scene of 109 00:04:36.759 --> 00:04:40.439 Robert F. Kennedy Junior's confirmation hearing for Health and Human 110 00:04:40.480 --> 00:04:42.639 Services in front of the Finance Committee of the Senate. 111 00:04:43.399 --> 00:04:45.639 It's going exactly as you would have expected. 112 00:04:45.839 --> 00:04:49.560 Republicans are saying, hey, listen, we've sat down, We've listened 113 00:04:49.600 --> 00:04:54.319 to you again. This is a guy who, politically speaking, 114 00:04:54.759 --> 00:05:00.959 is diametrically opposed to Republicans and their pol he's in general, 115 00:05:01.720 --> 00:05:05.319 but he is getting so many more accolades from the 116 00:05:05.399 --> 00:05:07.240 right side of the aisle than he is from the 117 00:05:07.319 --> 00:05:09.800 left side of the aisle. And he has talked over 118 00:05:09.839 --> 00:05:13.199 and over again about, hey, I serve at the pleasure 119 00:05:13.199 --> 00:05:15.720 of the President. I hope, I hope I get confirmed, 120 00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:19.480 and he says, my job is to implement the policies 121 00:05:19.920 --> 00:05:23.879 of President Trump. Specifically, there's a lot of questions about 122 00:05:23.879 --> 00:05:26.120 his stance when it comes to abortion, because he and 123 00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:30.759 President Trump don't necessarily agree on it. But there's he's 124 00:05:31.160 --> 00:05:34.079 he's being met with what you would expect. 125 00:05:34.560 --> 00:05:36.720 Bernie Sanders looks apoplectic. 126 00:05:37.199 --> 00:05:40.800 I think it's because Kennedy was more of the independent 127 00:05:40.879 --> 00:05:43.800 and Bernie Sanders has always kind of thought of himself 128 00:05:43.839 --> 00:05:48.439 as the rogue libertarian and RFK Junior caved to the 129 00:05:48.480 --> 00:05:50.920 Republican Party essentially and caving to Trump. 130 00:05:51.040 --> 00:05:54.160 Yeah, and that's I mean, that's the criticism that he's getting, 131 00:05:55.279 --> 00:05:57.480 and he's having a hard time fighting back because every 132 00:05:57.680 --> 00:05:58.560 nominee does that. 133 00:05:58.560 --> 00:06:01.319 That's how you survive politically. Bernie Sanders doesn't know how 134 00:06:01.360 --> 00:06:04.680 to survive politically. Unfortunately, great ideas, you're not going to 135 00:06:04.720 --> 00:06:05.920 survive doing what he did. 136 00:06:06.079 --> 00:06:08.120 Yeah, but he's been there forever. 137 00:06:08.360 --> 00:06:11.040 I mean, granted, he's you know, he represents one of 138 00:06:11.079 --> 00:06:13.959 the most one of the most liberal states in the country. 139 00:06:14.000 --> 00:06:18.120 But you've got to hoore yourself out and sell out 140 00:06:18.160 --> 00:06:20.439 to rise to the top. 141 00:06:20.879 --> 00:06:23.759 Michael Bennett, Senator out of Colorado said this just a 142 00:06:23.759 --> 00:06:24.639 couple moments ago. 143 00:06:25.040 --> 00:06:27.279 Is this the only choice we have? I hope my 144 00:06:27.439 --> 00:06:30.639 colleagues will say to the president, out of three hundred 145 00:06:30.639 --> 00:06:34.160 and thirty million Americans. We can do better than this. 146 00:06:34.279 --> 00:06:40.279 Really, name three secretaries of Health and Human Services in 147 00:06:40.279 --> 00:06:40.839 your lifetime. 148 00:06:40.959 --> 00:06:42.879 Just name three of them, and then you can make 149 00:06:42.920 --> 00:06:44.040 that argument like. 150 00:06:43.959 --> 00:06:46.600 There's got to be someone better to head this very 151 00:06:46.639 --> 00:06:49.160 important that we suddenly care about. 152 00:06:49.399 --> 00:06:50.399 Where were you when? 153 00:06:50.879 --> 00:06:55.160 Let's go through who these people were, shall we? Because 154 00:06:55.199 --> 00:06:56.560 I don't know who the hell they were. 155 00:06:57.199 --> 00:07:01.160 Those reports have claimed that I'm anti vaccine or any industry. 156 00:07:01.519 --> 00:07:08.160 I am neither. I am pro safety. 157 00:07:08.519 --> 00:07:11.319 That was one of at least three protesters I think 158 00:07:11.319 --> 00:07:14.040 we've seen taken out of the hearing room. He went 159 00:07:14.040 --> 00:07:16.759 on to say that he is not anti vaccine, he's 160 00:07:16.839 --> 00:07:17.480 pro safety. 161 00:07:17.639 --> 00:07:20.560 I am pro safety. I worked for years to raise 162 00:07:20.600 --> 00:07:25.360 awareness about the mercury and toxic chemicals and fish, and 163 00:07:25.399 --> 00:07:32.319 nobody called me any fish. And I believe that that 164 00:07:32.439 --> 00:07:36.079 vaccines play a critical role in healthcare. All of my 165 00:07:36.319 --> 00:07:40.040 kids are vaccinated. I've written many books on vaccines. My 166 00:07:40.120 --> 00:07:44.120 first book in twenty fourteen. The first line of it 167 00:07:44.199 --> 00:07:47.160 is I am not anti vaccine, and the last line 168 00:07:47.279 --> 00:07:48.839 is I am not anti vaccine. 169 00:07:49.279 --> 00:07:52.079 It's very easy for people to put others in a box. 170 00:07:52.199 --> 00:07:56.199 Isn't it You say one thing, asking a question about vaccines, 171 00:07:57.240 --> 00:07:59.560 and suddenly your anti vaccine. 172 00:07:59.639 --> 00:07:59.759 Right. 173 00:08:00.120 --> 00:08:01.920 It's kind of like when I was at a recent 174 00:08:02.399 --> 00:08:05.639 family gathering for the holidays, go on, oh, you're a Republican. 175 00:08:05.759 --> 00:08:08.199 Everybody knows you're a Republican. If you listen to your show, 176 00:08:08.240 --> 00:08:10.079 you know you're a Republican. 177 00:08:10.560 --> 00:08:12.199 It's like, what are you talking about? 178 00:08:12.240 --> 00:08:12.319 What? 179 00:08:12.360 --> 00:08:14.879 Because because I've said one thing that isn't that? 180 00:08:15.160 --> 00:08:20.879 I mean, how could you possibly listen know me in 181 00:08:20.920 --> 00:08:24.560 real life for that long and just easily be able 182 00:08:24.600 --> 00:08:26.000 to label me as such? 183 00:08:26.199 --> 00:08:26.319 Right? 184 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:28.720 I'm like Bernie Sanders. You can't put me in a box. 185 00:08:29.279 --> 00:08:32.080 But like people, hear one thing and then they just 186 00:08:32.120 --> 00:08:34.120 stick a label on you and it's over. 187 00:08:34.200 --> 00:08:34.600 You're done. 188 00:08:34.720 --> 00:08:36.759 It's because we're all intellectually lazy. 189 00:08:36.879 --> 00:08:39.440 We don't want to have the discussion of well, that's 190 00:08:39.480 --> 00:08:41.960 an interesting thought, because that sounds like something I would 191 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:43.399 not have expected you to say. 192 00:08:43.600 --> 00:08:44.639 Why do you feel that way? 193 00:08:44.679 --> 00:08:45.000 Thank you? 194 00:08:45.039 --> 00:08:45.879 What about wow? 195 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:47.000 Why did you be nice? 196 00:08:47.000 --> 00:08:49.639 Why did your opinion of Joel Ostein change at some point? 197 00:08:49.679 --> 00:08:49.720 What? 198 00:08:49.879 --> 00:08:53.000 What was it about your life or your position, or 199 00:08:53.039 --> 00:08:56.399 your research or your conversations with other people? 200 00:08:56.679 --> 00:08:58.519 That changed your opinion on issue A. 201 00:08:59.120 --> 00:09:01.360 And when you come it's someone like that, it makes 202 00:09:01.399 --> 00:09:03.919 you not want to engage with them, right. 203 00:09:04.720 --> 00:09:06.000 I mean we've said it before. 204 00:09:06.360 --> 00:09:12.000 If people think you don't care about them, then I'm 205 00:09:12.000 --> 00:09:12.799 going to get this wrong. 206 00:09:12.879 --> 00:09:15.159 You don't listen to people who you think don't like you. 207 00:09:15.480 --> 00:09:17.320 It's a good one. Yes, thank you, that's the way 208 00:09:17.360 --> 00:09:20.000 to put it. Ron Wyden is the governor. Sorry, Ron 209 00:09:20.039 --> 00:09:24.399 Widen is the Senator from Oregon who is the ranking member, 210 00:09:24.480 --> 00:09:27.879 so he's the highest ranking Democrat, and he went after 211 00:09:28.080 --> 00:09:30.519 URFK Junior when it comes to I edit this now 212 00:09:30.759 --> 00:09:32.000 just to just to compress it. 213 00:09:31.919 --> 00:09:33.480 A little bit, because it went on for a few minutes. 214 00:09:33.960 --> 00:09:37.159 But he said, we researched all the things you said, 215 00:09:37.879 --> 00:09:39.759 and you are anti vaxxs. 216 00:09:39.840 --> 00:09:44.360 The question before the Finance Committee this morning is whether 217 00:09:44.519 --> 00:09:48.039 Robert F. Kennedy should be trusted with the health and 218 00:09:48.120 --> 00:09:53.519 well being of the American people. Committee staff have examined 219 00:09:53.720 --> 00:10:00.039 thousands of pages, statements, books, and podcast transcripts in a 220 00:10:00.240 --> 00:10:01.840 review of his record. 221 00:10:02.000 --> 00:10:05.279 Now he's going to quote one of those podcasts here, 222 00:10:07.240 --> 00:10:09.600 a comment that RFK Junior had made on a podcast. 223 00:10:09.679 --> 00:10:12.360 Your testimony today under oath. You denied that you were 224 00:10:12.440 --> 00:10:16.840 anti vaccine, but during a podcast interview in July of 225 00:10:16.879 --> 00:10:20.879 twenty twenty three, you said, quote, no vaccine is safe 226 00:10:20.919 --> 00:10:21.600 and effective. 227 00:10:22.399 --> 00:10:25.159 He asked me, are there vaccines that are saving effective? 228 00:10:25.320 --> 00:10:27.799 And I said to him, some of the live virus 229 00:10:27.919 --> 00:10:31.639 vaccines are, and I said, there are no vaccines that 230 00:10:31.679 --> 00:10:34.639 are saving effective. And I was going to continue for 231 00:10:34.759 --> 00:10:38.799 every person, every medicine has people who are sensitive to them, 232 00:10:39.679 --> 00:10:43.679 including vaccines, right, so he interrupted me at that point. 233 00:10:44.639 --> 00:10:47.960 I've corrected it many times, including on national TV. You 234 00:10:48.039 --> 00:10:50.559 know about this, senator wide, and so bringing this up 235 00:10:50.639 --> 00:10:52.080 right now is dishonest. 236 00:10:52.320 --> 00:10:56.799 Let's be clear about what you've actually done. Then, since 237 00:10:56.799 --> 00:11:00.600 you want to deny your statements, for example, you have 238 00:11:00.679 --> 00:11:01.440 a history. 239 00:11:01.679 --> 00:11:03.519 He goes on to say that one of the things 240 00:11:03.559 --> 00:11:08.639 that RFK Junior wanted to do was petition the Health 241 00:11:08.679 --> 00:11:13.279 Department to disallow COVID vaccines because they had made a 242 00:11:13.320 --> 00:11:16.799 recommendation that kids as young as six get the COVID vaccine. 243 00:11:17.120 --> 00:11:18.720 And his argument back. 244 00:11:18.759 --> 00:11:22.840 Was, yeah, but even the depart even Health and Human Services, 245 00:11:22.879 --> 00:11:28.360 even CDC and NIH have said there's zero effective basically 246 00:11:28.480 --> 00:11:31.159 zero effectiveness for a COVID vaccine in a kid at 247 00:11:31.159 --> 00:11:33.559 the age of six, because especially at a kid at 248 00:11:33.559 --> 00:11:37.559 the age of six has almost zero percent chance of 249 00:11:37.559 --> 00:11:41.320 being adversely affected by the COVID virus in the first place. 250 00:11:41.799 --> 00:11:45.200 That then was interrupted by yet another protester who said 251 00:11:45.279 --> 00:11:48.759 vaccines save lives, which is not something that anybody is 252 00:11:48.840 --> 00:11:49.759 really arguing. 253 00:11:49.559 --> 00:11:52.279 About this hearing yet from that like this wasn't going 254 00:11:52.360 --> 00:11:56.879 to be brought up. Protesters storm different meetings and hearings 255 00:11:56.919 --> 00:12:00.279 because they think they're going to raise something novel, like, Oh, 256 00:12:00.440 --> 00:12:03.200 vaccines would have never come up with RFK Junior on 257 00:12:03.240 --> 00:12:06.519 Capitol Hill. Abortion would never come up. You think, what 258 00:12:06.559 --> 00:12:08.519 do you think you're doing. You're not getting any sort 259 00:12:08.519 --> 00:12:11.600 of notoriety. You just sound like a jackass who's unhinged. 260 00:12:12.120 --> 00:12:16.120 I don't know if he's going to be confirmed because 261 00:12:16.159 --> 00:12:19.279 there are enough people who have disagreed with and there 262 00:12:19.320 --> 00:12:20.240 are a lot of arguments. 263 00:12:20.240 --> 00:12:20.600 I mentioned. 264 00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:23.039 The New York Posts came out with its editorial that 265 00:12:23.120 --> 00:12:26.600 said he shouldn't be confirmed, mostly because of his stance 266 00:12:26.639 --> 00:12:29.960 on abortion. He has been adamantly pro choice for his 267 00:12:30.000 --> 00:12:33.360 whole lot. He's a Kennedy. Everybody in the Kennedy family 268 00:12:33.440 --> 00:12:38.000 that's one of their biggest issues. But he has said 269 00:12:38.639 --> 00:12:41.480 he would serve at the pleasure of the President and 270 00:12:42.200 --> 00:12:46.279 promote the Trump policies when it comes to abortion, which 271 00:12:46.279 --> 00:12:49.919 in his case was saying is should be controlled by states. 272 00:12:49.960 --> 00:12:54.759 Most people like RFK Junior, who fight to keep abortion 273 00:12:55.080 --> 00:13:00.320 available do not believe in shouting their abortions. They believe that, 274 00:13:00.559 --> 00:13:03.559 as he said this morning, abortion in every case is 275 00:13:03.559 --> 00:13:04.159 a tragedy. 276 00:13:04.240 --> 00:13:06.000 I'm going to his words. He mentioned that. 277 00:13:06.200 --> 00:13:09.440 I agree with President Trump that every abortion is a tragedy. 278 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:12.720 Now, but people keep pushing him on that and saying, yeah, 279 00:13:12.799 --> 00:13:15.879 but you have you know now you're saying that you 280 00:13:16.200 --> 00:13:17.240 are not pro choice. 281 00:13:17.360 --> 00:13:19.080 He's like, no, no, he. 282 00:13:19.120 --> 00:13:21.720 Can be pro choice and not be a shout your 283 00:13:21.759 --> 00:13:25.720 abortion person. Most people who are pro choice think it's awful. 284 00:13:25.759 --> 00:13:27.600 They don't want to talk about it. It's a tragedy. 285 00:13:27.919 --> 00:13:32.120 It's horrible. Do not look at the far left fringes 286 00:13:32.159 --> 00:13:35.000 and think that everybody who's pro choice is shouting their 287 00:13:35.039 --> 00:13:36.000 abortion on Twitter. 288 00:13:36.039 --> 00:13:37.120 That's not reality. 289 00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:40.679 You can hold that position that you believe in free 290 00:13:40.720 --> 00:13:44.559 access to abortion, but also that it is a tragedy 291 00:13:44.600 --> 00:13:47.200 for whatever reason, a breakdown, it can be true. All 292 00:13:47.240 --> 00:13:49.720 of that can be very true. So this hearing is 293 00:13:49.759 --> 00:13:53.799 going on for several hours right now. Maria Cantwell, Senator 294 00:13:53.799 --> 00:13:55.919 out of Washington State, is the one who was questioning 295 00:13:56.000 --> 00:13:59.480 RFK Junior. So as it goes on, any highlights or 296 00:13:59.519 --> 00:14:01.759 anything will definitely bring those to you into when the 297 00:14:01.840 --> 00:14:04.399 vote comes down later today, We'll see how it goes. 298 00:14:04.679 --> 00:14:06.159 Stories we're falling for you today. 299 00:14:06.159 --> 00:14:09.759 Did that upstart Chinese tech company deep Seek copy chat 300 00:14:09.799 --> 00:14:13.240 gpt to make the AI tech that shook Wall Street 301 00:14:13.320 --> 00:14:17.519 earlier this week? That is what chat gpt is suggest 302 00:14:18.080 --> 00:14:22.159 is suggesting. Of course, the maker is open Ai, along 303 00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:28.559 with US top AI advisor of Trump's. Neither has disclosed 304 00:14:28.559 --> 00:14:32.399 specific evidence of intellectual property theft, but the comments could 305 00:14:32.720 --> 00:14:35.159 lead to a re examination of some of the assumptions 306 00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:39.039 that led to this panic over Deep Seek's advancements using 307 00:14:39.039 --> 00:14:44.559 those cheaper computer chips to create advanced AI. Open Ai 308 00:14:44.639 --> 00:14:47.759 said in a statement that China based companies are consistently 309 00:14:47.799 --> 00:14:51.240 trying to distill the models of leading USAI companies. 310 00:14:52.679 --> 00:14:55.200 Speaking of deep Seek was, of course the reason Wall 311 00:14:55.200 --> 00:14:57.360 Street was in the red earlier this week. Right now, 312 00:14:57.399 --> 00:15:00.440 the Dow, the S and P, and the Nasdaq all down, 313 00:15:00.519 --> 00:15:04.039 but just very very slightly less than the less than 314 00:15:04.080 --> 00:15:07.120 a percentage point. Also, the FED is expected to announce 315 00:15:07.159 --> 00:15:10.799 its latest interest rate decision about eleven o'clock this morning, 316 00:15:10.799 --> 00:15:11.200 our time. 317 00:15:11.279 --> 00:15:15.320 Do you want just a little baby amount of AI mania? 318 00:15:15.960 --> 00:15:16.519 I don't know. 319 00:15:17.159 --> 00:15:20.600 A new report says advanced AI have the potential to 320 00:15:20.679 --> 00:15:29.200 create widespread job losses, enable terrorism or running a muck, 321 00:15:29.360 --> 00:15:32.360 Running a muck. It was an international report released this 322 00:15:32.480 --> 00:15:36.720 morning catalogs a range of dangers posed by AI. It's 323 00:15:36.799 --> 00:15:39.720 backed by thirty countries, including the US and China. Even 324 00:15:39.759 --> 00:15:44.039 though the two are battling over who's the best great, 325 00:15:44.039 --> 00:15:46.039 who's the best at creating the end? 326 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:48.840 The end? Who's going to usher in the end? Yeah? 327 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:51.960 I have it installed on my phone. You have it 328 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:52.559 on your phone. 329 00:15:52.639 --> 00:15:56.120 It seems like everybody has installed the Watch Duty app 330 00:15:56.200 --> 00:16:00.399 over the last several weeks because of its ability to 331 00:16:00.799 --> 00:16:07.679 consolidate and disseminate good solid information about wildfires in southern California. 332 00:16:07.759 --> 00:16:10.519 It has been invaluable for what we do here and 333 00:16:10.879 --> 00:16:15.039 for speaking for someone who is evacuated, for people that 334 00:16:15.080 --> 00:16:18.799 were in fire zones or potential evacuation zones that led 335 00:16:18.840 --> 00:16:22.159 to actual mandatory evacuation zones. John Clark Mills is the 336 00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:25.440 CEO and founder co founder of the Watch Duty app 337 00:16:25.440 --> 00:16:28.879 and joins us now. John, I feel like this is 338 00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:34.480 brand new, probably years in the making, but certainly glad 339 00:16:34.559 --> 00:16:37.960 to have you as a number one resource, especially in 340 00:16:37.960 --> 00:16:38.919 this part of the country. 341 00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:43.720 Thanks for having me, folks. As you pointed out, it 342 00:16:43.799 --> 00:16:45.840 is not brand new. We've been doing this for four 343 00:16:45.919 --> 00:16:49.639 years and unfortunately Angelina has found out just exactly why 344 00:16:49.679 --> 00:16:50.440 we do what we do. 345 00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:55.879 Yeah, explain the genesis of the app. You yourself were 346 00:16:55.919 --> 00:16:59.720 dealing with information about a potential wildfire and the threat 347 00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:01.200 to you and your family and home. 348 00:17:01.240 --> 00:17:01.799 What's going on? 349 00:17:03.799 --> 00:17:05.839 Yeah, I've been through a couple of fires up here 350 00:17:05.920 --> 00:17:09.240 in Cinoma County, and unfortunately it's been happening well before 351 00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:12.359 I moved here in twenty twenty, but it was pretty 352 00:17:12.400 --> 00:17:16.319 quickly after moving when I found out that I was 353 00:17:16.319 --> 00:17:19.039 not being alerted about disasters that were happening right in 354 00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:21.799 my backyard, including one that was a quarter off in 355 00:17:21.880 --> 00:17:24.559 my house where helicopters were flying over And there's no 356 00:17:24.640 --> 00:17:27.279 alert snow sirens, no noise, no nothing. 357 00:17:28.880 --> 00:17:31.759 How does it work? As I mentioned, it is up 358 00:17:31.759 --> 00:17:36.319 to the date information. It involves fire radio, traffic. It 359 00:17:36.440 --> 00:17:40.759 involves scanner traffic. It seems like you have people at 360 00:17:40.839 --> 00:17:43.880 every command post. How were you able to reach out 361 00:17:43.960 --> 00:17:46.079 and get all of the different agencies to get on 362 00:17:46.160 --> 00:17:47.680 board with providing you information. 363 00:17:49.880 --> 00:17:53.400 Well, not all the agencies are on board. Many are, 364 00:17:54.119 --> 00:17:58.039 but unfortunately we have to go about this our own way, 365 00:17:58.160 --> 00:18:02.160 and so that radio traffic from the fire ground is 366 00:18:02.160 --> 00:18:05.039 in clear audio and anybody can hear it. And in fact, 367 00:18:05.200 --> 00:18:08.480 many of the staff and volunteers have been doing this 368 00:18:08.599 --> 00:18:11.880 for a very long time, and so this is really 369 00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:14.559 where you find the most update. Information is actually from 370 00:18:14.559 --> 00:18:17.519 the firefighters and air attack themselves. 371 00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:22.759 How do you safeguard against false alarms? The La County 372 00:18:22.920 --> 00:18:27.359 Emergency Services Division got in a lot of hot water 373 00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:30.240 for a couple of false alarm evacuation notices that went 374 00:18:30.279 --> 00:18:32.640 out county wide. What kind of safeguards do you have 375 00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:34.839 in place to make sure that watch duty doesn't put 376 00:18:34.839 --> 00:18:35.799 out bad information? 377 00:18:38.079 --> 00:18:39.640 Yeah, I mean there's a couple of things. I mean, 378 00:18:39.759 --> 00:18:43.880 first and foremost is all of our folks permissions to 379 00:18:44.079 --> 00:18:47.839 post to watch duty have gone through background checks, extensive training. 380 00:18:48.079 --> 00:18:52.319 Many of them have been wildland firefighters, dispatchers, and people 381 00:18:52.359 --> 00:18:55.599 in the industry for quite some time. So that's number one, 382 00:18:55.720 --> 00:18:59.880 and then number two is we talk behind the scenes 383 00:19:00.079 --> 00:19:03.720 in flack and so our team is collaborating in real time, 384 00:19:03.799 --> 00:19:06.680 repeating each other. Did you hear this? Was that? Five? 385 00:19:06.799 --> 00:19:10.519 Or fifteen? And sometimes radio transmissions are scratchy, and so 386 00:19:10.680 --> 00:19:14.079 oftentimes we'll actually wait until the next transmission comes in 387 00:19:14.200 --> 00:19:16.839 or air attack gets over ahead. And so although we 388 00:19:16.880 --> 00:19:20.799 are extremely fast, we are not hasty. 389 00:19:20.880 --> 00:19:24.480 How does the company work in terms of getting the 390 00:19:24.519 --> 00:19:30.319 information disseminating it? How big is the company? 391 00:19:31.279 --> 00:19:35.359 Well, we're not profit organization. There's about two hundred volunteers 392 00:19:35.440 --> 00:19:38.839 or two hundred people in total, about one hundred and 393 00:19:38.839 --> 00:19:42.359 fifty of them more volunteers or more. We have about 394 00:19:42.680 --> 00:19:46.039 fifteen staff. Half of that staff are engineers and product 395 00:19:46.079 --> 00:19:48.880 and operations, and the other half of those fifteen are 396 00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:50.599 staff supporters. 397 00:19:52.079 --> 00:19:53.599 And have you been inundated? 398 00:19:54.440 --> 00:19:56.920 I feel like everybody was on this app. It spread, 399 00:19:57.000 --> 00:19:58.960 I mean, for lack of a better term, like wildfire. 400 00:19:59.160 --> 00:20:02.319 You know, It's like we were recommending it to people, 401 00:20:02.319 --> 00:20:04.559