WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.199 --> 00:00:04.559 You're listening to Bill Handle on demand from KF. I 2 00:00:04.719 --> 00:00:16.079 am six forty and now Handle on the news. Ladies 3 00:00:16.079 --> 00:00:18.160 and gentlemen, here's not Bill Handle. 4 00:00:20.359 --> 00:00:23.519 If I am six forty, it's the Bill Handle Show. 5 00:00:23.519 --> 00:00:25.640 I'm o Kelly in for Bill. And who in the 6 00:00:25.640 --> 00:00:28.120 hell did I piss off to get this job? What happened? 7 00:00:28.120 --> 00:00:30.600 What did I do? What did I do wrong? I 8 00:00:30.760 --> 00:00:33.520 must have like dated somebody's ex girlfriend or something. I 9 00:00:33.640 --> 00:00:37.520 must have done something wrong, because anyone who knows me 10 00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:40.359 and Amy King, it's a pleasure to be working with 11 00:00:40.600 --> 00:00:42.479 the Queen of news, Amy King once again. 12 00:00:42.560 --> 00:00:43.359 Good morning Amy. 13 00:00:43.600 --> 00:00:44.399 I've missed you. 14 00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:46.439 I missed you as well, and you know as well 15 00:00:46.479 --> 00:00:47.079 as anyone. 16 00:00:47.200 --> 00:00:53.320 I'm not a morning person in the least. And the 17 00:00:53.359 --> 00:00:56.880 funny thing about this producer and knows this because we 18 00:00:56.920 --> 00:00:58.960 had a conversation about this and she was listening to 19 00:00:59.000 --> 00:01:01.479 my show we host later with Mo Kelly here on 20 00:01:01.560 --> 00:01:04.760 KFI from seven to ten pm. I had just been 21 00:01:04.879 --> 00:01:08.079 commenting about how I was not a morning person and 22 00:01:08.120 --> 00:01:11.439 how literally I said, you couldn't pay me to do 23 00:01:11.599 --> 00:01:14.640 morning show. My news anchor Mark Ronald was saying, like, hey, 24 00:01:14.640 --> 00:01:15.879 have you ever filled in for Bill Handle? 25 00:01:15.879 --> 00:01:18.079 Oh yeah. I filled in for him a number of times, and. 26 00:01:18.040 --> 00:01:20.519 It's always hell because it means that I have to 27 00:01:20.519 --> 00:01:22.719 get up at around four in the morning, which I 28 00:01:22.760 --> 00:01:27.560 did today, and I'm always physically ill when I do 29 00:01:28.359 --> 00:01:30.560 got up at four. This is after doing my show 30 00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:32.599 last night from seven to ten. I got about three 31 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:35.319 hours sleep, and I did pretty well because I'm a 32 00:01:35.359 --> 00:01:39.159 person who's going to go to sleep around midnight or later, 33 00:01:39.200 --> 00:01:41.680 and last night was no exception. For as far as 34 00:01:41.719 --> 00:01:45.959 I'm concerned, it's the same day, it's still yesterday's it's 35 00:01:46.239 --> 00:01:49.280 late Wednesday night as far as I'm concerned. Come on, 36 00:01:50.439 --> 00:01:53.319 but it's nice to be reunited with you, Amy King. 37 00:01:53.359 --> 00:01:55.280 And let me say good morning to Will Cole Schreiver 38 00:01:55.640 --> 00:01:59.280 and also Kno, we usually do this thing called Earlier 39 00:01:59.280 --> 00:02:02.400 with Moe when Bill is in on Thursday. So we're 40 00:02:02.519 --> 00:02:04.959 just going to do a three hour version of Earlier 41 00:02:05.000 --> 00:02:11.080 with Moe. Love that Bill Handle edition. And I'm not exaggerating. 42 00:02:11.439 --> 00:02:14.280 Mornings are difficult for me, even though I've done them 43 00:02:14.520 --> 00:02:19.199 over my professional career. Going back to college, I even 44 00:02:19.240 --> 00:02:24.080 scheduled my classes around the idea that I'm not a 45 00:02:24.199 --> 00:02:26.800 morning person. I don't even drink coffee, and I had 46 00:02:26.840 --> 00:02:31.319 a brief conversation with Jason or news director. I don't 47 00:02:31.360 --> 00:02:34.840 drink coffee except for days like these because I just 48 00:02:34.840 --> 00:02:35.319 do you have some? 49 00:02:35.400 --> 00:02:36.439 This morning, I had me. 50 00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:39.479 A cold triple shot brew of something something something from 51 00:02:39.520 --> 00:02:43.319 the kitchen, okay, and that'll get me through. But I 52 00:02:43.319 --> 00:02:47.159 don't do caffeine generally. I don't do coffee. I don't 53 00:02:47.240 --> 00:02:50.599 do any type of tea. And it's something that uh, 54 00:02:51.039 --> 00:02:53.879 you know, I just haven't ever developed a taste for. 55 00:02:55.639 --> 00:03:00.840 And the birds chirping this morning, odd sensation? What is 56 00:03:00.840 --> 00:03:03.400 that noise? It's like, wait, what's going on here? What 57 00:03:03.560 --> 00:03:04.400 is that sound? 58 00:03:05.759 --> 00:03:08.159 Well, I'm excited to have you here, and I'm excited 59 00:03:08.159 --> 00:03:09.759 to be here, honestly. And you know, I listened to 60 00:03:09.800 --> 00:03:11.960 your show at night and because i'll text you when 61 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:14.639 you're talking about certain things, and I did hear you 62 00:03:15.280 --> 00:03:17.680 talking about not enjoying getting up early. 63 00:03:17.759 --> 00:03:21.280 So it's kind of funny. Actually, it's almost serendipitous. I 64 00:03:21.280 --> 00:03:23.280 think that's the word for it. I was thinking, like, 65 00:03:23.680 --> 00:03:25.319 never would I be in this chair again? 66 00:03:25.479 --> 00:03:28.039 Literally, and here I am, like four days later in 67 00:03:28.120 --> 00:03:30.319 this share it was almost two days. I have had 68 00:03:30.360 --> 00:03:32.840 this long conversation on my show later with Mo Kelly 69 00:03:33.400 --> 00:03:37.599 that Oscar Oscar Ramira is our operations manager and assistant 70 00:03:37.599 --> 00:03:39.759 program director, reached out to me and said, hey, Mo, 71 00:03:39.879 --> 00:03:42.080 I got this idea. I was wondering would you be 72 00:03:42.240 --> 00:03:44.919 available to fill in? It sounded like it was William 73 00:03:44.919 --> 00:03:47.960 Shatner is doing Captain Kurtzy. Oh Mo, how about this? 74 00:03:48.400 --> 00:03:50.439 Do you have any time maybe that you could sit 75 00:03:50.520 --> 00:03:54.520 in for Bill Handel? And I was thinking, uh, no, Oscar, 76 00:03:54.759 --> 00:03:57.360 I thought that you knew that I was not a 77 00:03:57.400 --> 00:04:03.439 morning person. And yeah, when they ask you, when station 78 00:04:03.599 --> 00:04:07.039 management asked you to do something, it's not a request, 79 00:04:07.199 --> 00:04:11.000 it's basically saying we need you to do this. We're 80 00:04:11.039 --> 00:04:13.599 being polite and if you don't do it, you're probably 81 00:04:13.639 --> 00:04:16.120 gonna be fired. So I said, Okay, I'll get up 82 00:04:16.120 --> 00:04:18.839 at four in the morning. But but there are some 83 00:04:18.879 --> 00:04:21.439 great things to this, like I've never had the opportunity 84 00:04:21.600 --> 00:04:23.759 to work with an I've never been able to work 85 00:04:23.800 --> 00:04:26.600 with Cono specifically. I don't know what that hat is 86 00:04:26.639 --> 00:04:28.720 he's wearing. I don't know what that hat, What does 87 00:04:28.759 --> 00:04:29.759 that hat? What does that say? 88 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:33.720 The infamous World Series Champions hughs Nastros No no no, no, no, no, no, 89 00:04:34.040 --> 00:04:35.480 let's get something straight right now. 90 00:04:35.720 --> 00:04:38.360 This is a Dodger town, and this is a Dodger station, 91 00:04:38.680 --> 00:04:40.839 and I'm a Dodger fan, and we don't like the 92 00:04:40.879 --> 00:04:43.560 Houston Astros because you're a bunch of cheaters. That was Peter, 93 00:04:43.680 --> 00:04:44.680 that was many moons ago. 94 00:04:44.800 --> 00:04:46.920 No no, no, no, no, no cheaters, Dan cheaters all. 95 00:04:46.839 --> 00:04:49.519 Wait, and we won without the trash cans a couple 96 00:04:49.560 --> 00:04:51.680 of years later. So what does that have to do 97 00:04:51.759 --> 00:04:53.399 with the year that you did cheat and the year 98 00:04:53.439 --> 00:04:57.279 that you supposedly beat my beloved Los Angeles Dodgers. 99 00:04:57.360 --> 00:05:01.920 Well, you guys just had to cheat better. Oh you do. Hey, 100 00:05:02.000 --> 00:05:03.079 King is at your fans. 101 00:05:03.480 --> 00:05:05.680 We can turn this so off right now, and you 102 00:05:05.720 --> 00:05:07.519 don't have misunderstanding in the hallway. 103 00:05:08.680 --> 00:05:09.759 Amy can get him. 104 00:05:09.920 --> 00:05:12.399 Uh well, I get to work with him every day, 105 00:05:12.439 --> 00:05:16.399 so you've got a little luck. There are paybacks. 106 00:05:16.600 --> 00:05:18.560 Oh one thing, mouth mm hmm. 107 00:05:18.720 --> 00:05:22.720 I know you hate your commute. So the one redeeming 108 00:05:22.800 --> 00:05:23.800 thing about this time? 109 00:05:24.720 --> 00:05:26.480 Right old fast? Did you get here? 110 00:05:26.759 --> 00:05:27.000 Oh? 111 00:05:27.240 --> 00:05:27.839 Put it this way. 112 00:05:27.959 --> 00:05:31.160 I got up at four o'clock. I lived twenty two 113 00:05:31.199 --> 00:05:34.120 miles away. I was here by four to forty five. 114 00:05:34.680 --> 00:05:39.639 After taking a shower, brushing my teeth feeding the dogs, 115 00:05:39.680 --> 00:05:41.639 shout out to Benson and Riley, and I. 116 00:05:41.600 --> 00:05:44.439 Did it all and got here at four forty two. 117 00:05:44.720 --> 00:05:48.000 And during a regular day, how long does it normally 118 00:05:48.000 --> 00:05:48.639 take you to get here? 119 00:05:48.759 --> 00:05:51.680 Hour and a half? They know, two hours if it's 120 00:05:51.959 --> 00:05:53.959 non daylight saving time. 121 00:05:54.439 --> 00:05:56.720 So you get coffee, you get a short commute, and 122 00:05:56.759 --> 00:05:58.439 you get to hang out with us. Quit complaining. 123 00:05:58.680 --> 00:05:59.519 Oh no. 124 00:05:59.600 --> 00:06:01.839 The part is when I get home, I will take 125 00:06:01.839 --> 00:06:03.759 a nap, and people say, well, you shouldn't take a nap. 126 00:06:03.800 --> 00:06:05.560 That ruins the rest of your day. I don't care. 127 00:06:06.000 --> 00:06:09.800 There's a nap with my name on it at nine thirty, 128 00:06:10.360 --> 00:06:12.639 right around the second segment of Gary and Shetner. 129 00:06:13.199 --> 00:06:14.560 Except it's gonna take an hour and a half to 130 00:06:14.560 --> 00:06:16.839 get home. So that's true. 131 00:06:17.319 --> 00:06:18.720 Yeah, that's why I have the triple shop so I 132 00:06:18.720 --> 00:06:22.079 can stay awake during my commute home. 133 00:06:22.160 --> 00:06:23.480 But it's okay, it's okay. 134 00:06:23.920 --> 00:06:26.160 I have the best job in the world, no bones 135 00:06:26.160 --> 00:06:28.839 about it, best job in the world. 136 00:06:29.199 --> 00:06:33.720 And with that, let's get to it. Handle on the 137 00:06:33.759 --> 00:06:34.959 news lead story. 138 00:06:35.360 --> 00:06:36.759 I don't have any money. 139 00:06:38.079 --> 00:06:41.240 I can't buy at the Federal Reserve. 140 00:06:41.920 --> 00:06:45.360 In a closely watched decision yesterday, held the line and 141 00:06:45.639 --> 00:06:48.720 held interest rates. But we don't know what's going to 142 00:06:48.759 --> 00:06:51.079 happen in the future. And here's the basic rule. If 143 00:06:51.120 --> 00:06:54.240 the Fed would have lowered interest rates, it would have 144 00:06:54.279 --> 00:06:58.079 sent a signal to the markets that the economy was 145 00:06:58.160 --> 00:07:01.240 slowing down. So it's good news news if you're an investor. 146 00:07:01.560 --> 00:07:05.879 Good news interest rates are holding depending on how you 147 00:07:05.920 --> 00:07:08.680 look at it. But in the future, it's looked at 148 00:07:08.759 --> 00:07:12.680 that there will be some interest rate decreases by the 149 00:07:12.680 --> 00:07:16.360 Federal Reserve. Now what's holding up this what I'll say 150 00:07:16.480 --> 00:07:18.279 some of the decision points. It has to do with 151 00:07:18.360 --> 00:07:23.000 President Trump's teriffs. We don't know how the market's going 152 00:07:23.079 --> 00:07:25.879 to respond, we don't know how other countries are genuinely 153 00:07:25.879 --> 00:07:28.680 going to respond. We don't know how long President Trump 154 00:07:28.720 --> 00:07:32.199 may keep these tariffs in place. And until we start 155 00:07:32.240 --> 00:07:35.800 seeing some of the results and some of the effects, 156 00:07:36.879 --> 00:07:39.519 then we don't know what direction our economy is going 157 00:07:39.560 --> 00:07:43.319 to be. Let's say in three months or six months, 158 00:07:43.319 --> 00:07:46.439 and then maybe in the next quarter, the Federal Reserve 159 00:07:46.480 --> 00:07:48.519 will look at this and then come to some other 160 00:07:48.560 --> 00:07:51.879 decision about where the economy is. But but you could 161 00:07:51.879 --> 00:07:55.040 also say, Okay, maybe our economy is not as bad 162 00:07:55.319 --> 00:08:01.279 off as some have said the reason being because interest 163 00:08:01.360 --> 00:08:03.839 rates have not come down. It's kind of an inverse 164 00:08:04.360 --> 00:08:08.480 psychology where you bring down the interest rates if the 165 00:08:08.560 --> 00:08:11.360 economy is slowing down, and if it's doing well, then 166 00:08:11.480 --> 00:08:14.639 interest rates will usually go up to kind of keep 167 00:08:14.680 --> 00:08:18.560 the economy under control. But you know, for everyone I 168 00:08:18.600 --> 00:08:20.480 would say, oh, who's that? 169 00:08:20.720 --> 00:08:22.000 Who's that? 170 00:08:22.000 --> 00:08:22.920 That would have been will. 171 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:25.839 Oh oh oh will do you do you disagree? There? 172 00:08:26.360 --> 00:08:28.759 No, he is just clearing his I thought. 173 00:08:28.600 --> 00:08:30.680 He was trying to send me a message like, no, 174 00:08:30.800 --> 00:08:35.279 my economy, MO is not exactly all that good right now. 175 00:08:36.120 --> 00:08:40.279 So let me just quietly and you know, unmistakably disagree 176 00:08:40.279 --> 00:08:40.559 with you. 177 00:08:43.440 --> 00:08:43.840 How about that? 178 00:08:43.960 --> 00:08:48.480 Okay, all right, shut her down. President Trump is set 179 00:08:48.519 --> 00:08:52.039 to sign an executive order that seeks to eliminate the 180 00:08:52.159 --> 00:08:56.440 US Department of Education. Remember when he appointed his education secretary, 181 00:08:56.480 --> 00:08:59.159 said my ultimate goal is to have you be out 182 00:08:59.200 --> 00:09:00.679 of a job. Because he want to get rid of 183 00:09:00.720 --> 00:09:04.159 the department. He's expected to sign it today at a 184 00:09:04.159 --> 00:09:08.320 White House ceremony with several Republican governors and state education 185 00:09:08.480 --> 00:09:12.600 commissioners on hand. He says he's going to direct Linda 186 00:09:12.639 --> 00:09:16.080 McMahon to take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure 187 00:09:16.080 --> 00:09:20.480 of the Department of Education and return education authority to 188 00:09:20.559 --> 00:09:23.279 the States caveat. He can't do it without Congress. 189 00:09:23.879 --> 00:09:25.840 This is a hard pill for me to swallow. It's 190 00:09:25.879 --> 00:09:28.840 only because I'm a child of two educators. Both my 191 00:09:28.960 --> 00:09:34.679 parents were elementary, middle and high school teachers. I'm always 192 00:09:34.720 --> 00:09:37.879 going to be on the side of more education, not 193 00:09:38.080 --> 00:09:41.360 less than When you talk about the Department of Education, 194 00:09:41.440 --> 00:09:44.919 you're talking about pelgrams, you're talking about federal student aid 195 00:09:45.360 --> 00:09:48.759 and also special education among other things. But that's part 196 00:09:48.759 --> 00:09:50.879 of the reason why it's hard for me to accept 197 00:09:51.080 --> 00:09:55.879 that we would shudder the Department of Education. Now we 198 00:09:55.960 --> 00:09:58.440 can make the argument that maybe we should better spend 199 00:09:58.720 --> 00:10:01.759 the money used by the Department of Education, and that's 200 00:10:01.799 --> 00:10:04.919 where I would prefer a forensic audit as opposed to 201 00:10:05.039 --> 00:10:07.679 just closing the agency all together. 202 00:10:08.320 --> 00:10:11.279 But President Trump is President Trump. 203 00:10:11.559 --> 00:10:13.559 He said that this was something that he was going 204 00:10:13.639 --> 00:10:15.879 to do, and if you're a supporter of President Trump, 205 00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:18.799 it was a promise made and it's a promise kept 206 00:10:19.120 --> 00:10:21.759 by him. That's why you don't lose elections. Then you 207 00:10:21.799 --> 00:10:25.159 don't have to worry about these things. Green Peace, well, 208 00:10:25.320 --> 00:10:28.159 they may be in the red going forward. You may 209 00:10:28.240 --> 00:10:34.320 remember that we had the North Dakota Access pipeline protests 210 00:10:34.320 --> 00:10:38.279 back in twenty sixteen to twenty seventeen thereabouts. Well in 211 00:10:38.440 --> 00:10:43.639 North Dakota, jeury has found Greenpeace liable for deformation, ordering 212 00:10:43.639 --> 00:10:46.799 it to pay more than six hundred and sixty million 213 00:10:46.879 --> 00:10:50.679 dollars in damages to an oil company for the environmental 214 00:10:50.679 --> 00:10:53.840 group's role in one of the largest anti fossil fuel 215 00:10:53.879 --> 00:10:57.559 protests in US history. And if you look at this 216 00:10:58.279 --> 00:11:03.840 against the backdrop of the larger conversation about what constitutes 217 00:11:04.399 --> 00:11:09.440 a legal or an illegal protest, it's getting a bit 218 00:11:09.720 --> 00:11:12.720 murky right now as far as how you can protest, 219 00:11:13.080 --> 00:11:17.320 whether you are assuming any type of liability for protesting. 220 00:11:17.600 --> 00:11:20.240 And the lawsuit, which was filed in state court, had 221 00:11:20.320 --> 00:11:24.600 argued that green Peace was behind quote an unlawful and 222 00:11:24.759 --> 00:11:29.480 violent scheme to cause financial harm to energy transfer close 223 00:11:29.559 --> 00:11:33.200 quote green Peace. Obviously they're going to appeal, but it 224 00:11:33.320 --> 00:11:36.399 also said that it could be forced into bankruptcy because 225 00:11:36.440 --> 00:11:39.080 of the case. And we know about green Peace, they've 226 00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:42.480 engaged in more than fifty years of activism, but that 227 00:11:42.519 --> 00:11:47.279 could all change if this judgment stands. And I remember, 228 00:11:47.639 --> 00:11:51.399 I know you remember Emmy King reporting on the protests 229 00:11:51.440 --> 00:11:54.440 and how it seems like yesterday, but it really isn't. 230 00:11:54.879 --> 00:11:59.000 This is like nine years ago at this point, and 231 00:11:59.039 --> 00:12:01.360 I wonder what protests are going to look like. And 232 00:12:01.440 --> 00:12:03.799 I'm not going to confuse that's what's going on with 233 00:12:03.840 --> 00:12:08.759 the tesla. That's vandalism, that's violence. That's something completely different. 234 00:12:08.799 --> 00:12:12.600 That's not protests. That's the strung hitting. 235 00:12:12.360 --> 00:12:15.200 The streets, hitting going out to a location, protestings thing, 236 00:12:15.320 --> 00:12:17.279 we want this, we want this. Yeah, I don't get 237 00:12:17.279 --> 00:12:19.360 where they get at six hundred and sixty million dollars. 238 00:12:19.720 --> 00:12:23.600 Well, you know, I don't know either, but clearly, clearly 239 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:27.480 the Energy Transfer was able to demonstrate that they had 240 00:12:27.519 --> 00:12:32.559 been harmed and could quantify that amount of damage. It 241 00:12:32.600 --> 00:12:35.360 doesn't mean it's going to hold up under appeal, but 242 00:12:35.600 --> 00:12:38.000 at least in the meantime, Green Peace is going to 243 00:12:38.080 --> 00:12:39.559 have to wonder about its future. 244 00:12:42.639 --> 00:12:44.720 What if you called nine one one and no one answered. 245 00:12:45.159 --> 00:12:48.120 That happened yesterday. The nine one one system in La 246 00:12:48.200 --> 00:12:50.519 County went down only for about twenty minutes, but it 247 00:12:50.519 --> 00:12:53.159 did impact all twenty three stations. Isn't that like your 248 00:12:53.279 --> 00:12:55.399 biggest fears that you called for help and there's no 249 00:12:55.440 --> 00:12:55.799 one there. 250 00:12:55.960 --> 00:12:58.320 Oh, Amy King, let me tell you about living in 251 00:12:58.360 --> 00:13:02.039 the hood. I'm here to tell you does that happen? 252 00:13:02.759 --> 00:13:05.720 Does it happen? The question is when does it not happen? 253 00:13:06.360 --> 00:13:10.279 And I've lived in mostly suburban communities, but I know 254 00:13:10.519 --> 00:13:12.440 the times that I've had to call nine one one. 255 00:13:12.600 --> 00:13:15.440 It was hit and miss as to whether anyone would 256 00:13:15.519 --> 00:13:19.080 show up. There was a song by Public Enemy called 257 00:13:19.279 --> 00:13:21.679 nine one one is a joke, and it talks about 258 00:13:22.120 --> 00:13:26.559 the absence of law enforcement and emergency services when it 259 00:13:26.600 --> 00:13:29.919 comes to certain communities. Get up, get get get down. 260 00:13:30.080 --> 00:13:31.919 Nine to one one is a joke in your town, 261 00:13:31.960 --> 00:13:35.399 that's one of the lyrics. So the idea of first 262 00:13:35.399 --> 00:13:39.559 responders not responding to certain communities, that's not new. What 263 00:13:39.720 --> 00:13:42.360 is new is the reason behind it. And when you 264 00:13:42.399 --> 00:13:45.639 think about LA Sheriff's Department, well, I think twenty three 265 00:13:45.720 --> 00:13:49.720 different stations, and to think that nothing would be available 266 00:13:49.759 --> 00:13:53.039 to anyone for an extended period of time, that would 267 00:13:53.120 --> 00:13:56.039 scare me. But the idea of calling nine one and 268 00:13:56.080 --> 00:13:59.200 no one responding, I can't speak for anyone else. I'm 269 00:13:59.200 --> 00:14:04.039 here to tell you that is not unusual. Okay, yeah, 270 00:14:04.080 --> 00:14:07.320 true story. I believe you Elon Musk has been using 271 00:14:07.320 --> 00:14:10.799 immigration and claims a voter fraud as a way to 272 00:14:10.960 --> 00:14:15.240 sell his Social Security administration cuts. And if you didn't know, 273 00:14:15.600 --> 00:14:21.440 Musk has this idea that immigration or illegal immigration has 274 00:14:21.480 --> 00:14:25.919 a direct connection to Social Security. He's claimed that undocumented 275 00:14:25.960 --> 00:14:30.000 immigrants are fraudulently accessing hundreds of billions of dollars worth 276 00:14:30.039 --> 00:14:34.279 of entitlements, including Social Security, Medicaid, and disability programs. 277 00:14:34.559 --> 00:14:36.519 Quote this is what Elon Musk had to say. Quote. 278 00:14:36.639 --> 00:14:39.679 By using entitlements fraud, the Democrats have been able to 279 00:14:39.679 --> 00:14:43.799 attract and retain vast numbers of illegal immigrants and by 280 00:14:43.879 --> 00:14:47.080 voters basically bring in ten twenty million people who are 281 00:14:47.080 --> 00:14:50.600 beholden to the Democrats for government handouts and will vote 282 00:14:50.679 --> 00:14:54.480 overwhelmingly Democrat, as has been demonstrated in California clothes. 283 00:14:54.559 --> 00:14:54.960 Quote. 284 00:14:55.399 --> 00:14:58.960 Here is my issue, in a general sense, with what 285 00:14:59.120 --> 00:15:02.039 Elon Musk is do. Where all of us, and I 286 00:15:02.080 --> 00:15:05.200 think all of us would agree that waste, fraud and 287 00:15:05.240 --> 00:15:08.320 abuse has to stop, has to be eliminated, all that 288 00:15:08.399 --> 00:15:10.080 has to go. I think we could agree on that. 289 00:15:10.440 --> 00:15:14.399 We may not agree on the processes involved. This is 290 00:15:14.440 --> 00:15:18.320 not a forensic audit. This is Elon must saying I 291 00:15:18.399 --> 00:15:21.639 see this and it's because of that. Well, show us 292 00:15:21.679 --> 00:15:25.759 the data, show us the proof, be specific, show us 293 00:15:25.799 --> 00:15:30.639 the line items. Give us more examples than anecdotal thoughts 294 00:15:30.679 --> 00:15:33.480 about this incident or that incident. We know that he 295 00:15:33.559 --> 00:15:38.960 has had some issues interpreting social security data, and I 296 00:15:38.960 --> 00:15:41.559 think all of us are familiar with forensic audits. They 297 00:15:41.600 --> 00:15:44.440 don't happen in a day. They happen over a period 298 00:15:44.480 --> 00:15:47.039 of time. And as long as he wants us to 299 00:15:47.159 --> 00:15:51.120 just take his word for it, then he'll always receive resistance. 300 00:15:51.159 --> 00:15:54.559 Remember show and tell, well, it requires both. Don't just 301 00:15:54.679 --> 00:15:56.960 tell us, show us. 302 00:15:57.960 --> 00:16:02.759 Penn's losing millions for a swimmer. The Trump administration is 303 00:16:02.759 --> 00:16:05.679 frozen one hundred and seventy five million dollars in federal 304 00:16:05.720 --> 00:16:11.919 funding to the University of Pennsylvania, citing policies allowing transgender 305 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:15.519 athletes to compete in women's sports. And this all really 306 00:16:15.559 --> 00:16:21.799 centers around Leah Thomas, who is the transgender swimmer who 307 00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:27.039 has done really well in the women's competition, and it's 308 00:16:27.240 --> 00:16:30.240 spurred some lawsuits and that kind of stuff. Earlier this month, 309 00:16:30.279 --> 00:16:32.759 the federal government also suspended four hundred million dollars in 310 00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:36.799 funding to Columbia University following months of campus protests and 311 00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:39.919 accusations by Jewish students of anti Semitism. 312 00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:42.759 I always say, get the easy ones right. I have 313 00:16:42.879 --> 00:16:45.919 these sayings axioms if you will get the easy ones 314 00:16:46.000 --> 00:16:50.399 right when it comes to transgender athletes. For me, get 315 00:16:50.440 --> 00:16:54.759 the easy ones right. Sports at its best is about 316 00:16:55.039 --> 00:16:58.480 making sure you have an even playing field as far 317 00:16:58.519 --> 00:17:03.960 as competition. There's a difference between sex and gender. I 318 00:17:03.960 --> 00:17:07.880 think people conflate them wrongly. Sex is how you're born, 319 00:17:08.480 --> 00:17:13.119 the chromosomal aspect x X and x y. Gender is 320 00:17:13.160 --> 00:17:16.079 how we present ourselves or how we choose to live 321 00:17:16.440 --> 00:17:20.599 in the world. It's relatively easy for me, and I 322 00:17:20.599 --> 00:17:25.160 don't think it's controversial to say, hey, there are biological 323 00:17:25.559 --> 00:17:29.480 men who would then have a physical competitive advantage. When 324 00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:33.920 you're talking about sports it, I would say it defeats 325 00:17:33.960 --> 00:17:38.839 the purpose of Title nine when you have biologically male 326 00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:44.839 athletes competing against biologically female athletes, which is different from 327 00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:47.839 how someone wants to present themselves and live in a 328 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:48.960 gender capacity. 329 00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:51.400 Am I wrong, Amy King? I mean, am I thought? 330 00:17:51.160 --> 00:17:51.759 I think so? 331 00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:54.640 I think you know I've thought about this a lot 332 00:17:54.720 --> 00:17:57.119 because it's been you know, such a point of contention, 333 00:17:57.960 --> 00:18:01.319 and it's fine. However you choose to live your life, 334 00:18:01.440 --> 00:18:05.359 that's fine. But like you said, level playing field. So 335 00:18:05.400 --> 00:18:07.359 if you put somebody, I mean, it's like putting a 336 00:18:07.400 --> 00:18:08.960 man and a woman in a pool together, and you 337 00:18:09.000 --> 00:18:13.480 put Michael Phelps in a pool with I can't remember Lindsey, 338 00:18:13.920 --> 00:18:17.400 some fabulous female swimmer. He's gonna blow her out of 339 00:18:17.400 --> 00:18:18.920 the water literally every time. 340 00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:19.319 Hm. 341 00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:24.519 So have a category maybe, and have a transgender category. 342 00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:26.960 I think that's the easiest answer. I think that. 343 00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:30.240 Would be fair for everyone. Then you're competing against people. 344 00:18:30.920 --> 00:18:35.119 It's a level playing field. Without you're not discriminating against anybody. 345 00:18:35.359 --> 00:18:38.240 You're not discriminating, and you're not demeaning. 346 00:18:38.039 --> 00:18:41.319 Exactly because yeah, I mean again, if you want to 347 00:18:41.359 --> 00:18:45.799 be gender, if that's what you feel, that's okay with me. 348 00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:46.880 I don't care. 349 00:18:47.319 --> 00:18:50.079 There's a way that we can have these conversations and 350 00:18:50.119 --> 00:18:57.519 be respectful at acknowledge some unassailable truths without dehumanizing. Yes, yes, 351 00:18:57.880 --> 00:19:01.240 And I always say watch your prepositions. Don't just talk 352 00:19:01.279 --> 00:19:05.759 about a group of people. Talk with them, don't talk 353 00:19:05.839 --> 00:19:09.839 at them, talk together. If we can do better with 354 00:19:10.160 --> 00:19:13.680 the debate and dialogue, we can navigate this saying nothing 355 00:19:13.720 --> 00:19:16.279 of what's going to happen as far as federal funding 356 00:19:16.319 --> 00:19:17.599 and the different universities. 357 00:19:17.640 --> 00:19:19.000 I think that's a different discussion. 358 00:19:19.200 --> 00:19:21.359 But there's a way that we can maneuver this, navigate 359 00:19:21.400 --> 00:19:25.880 this and get the easy ones right. And by the way, 360 00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:30.160 Social Security Administration is going to now require in person 361 00:19:30.359 --> 00:19:33.839 identity checks beginning March thirty first, the end of this month, 362 00:19:34.039 --> 00:19:37.240 people will no longer be able to verify their identity 363 00:19:37.559 --> 00:19:40.880 to the Social Security Administration over the phone, and those 364 00:19:40.880 --> 00:19:44.759 who cannot properly verify their identity over the agencies quote 365 00:19:44.799 --> 00:19:48.400 unquote my Social Security online service, they'll be required to 366 00:19:48.519 --> 00:19:51.680 visit an agency field office in person to complete the 367 00:19:51.799 --> 00:19:55.599 verification process. And this change will apply to the new 368 00:19:55.640 --> 00:19:59.920 Social Security applicants and existing recipients who want to change 369 00:20:00.359 --> 00:20:02.119 direct deposit information. 370 00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:06.440 To me, that's that's a no brainer. Yeah. 371 00:20:06.640 --> 00:20:10.160 If you can say, well, it's inconvenient or I don't understand, 372 00:20:10.559 --> 00:20:13.960 it's just a verification identity for benefits. 373 00:20:13.559 --> 00:20:15.599 I don't have a problem with that. 374 00:20:16.079 --> 00:20:20.160 I would liking it to let's say, getting an updated passport. 375 00:20:20.519 --> 00:20:23.000 That there's some things you just need to do in person. 376 00:20:23.440 --> 00:20:26.599 Some things, yes, you can do online and it shouldn't 377 00:20:26.640 --> 00:20:30.079 be all that sophisticated. But this is one thing. This 378 00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:31.960 is not something that I think we need to really 379 00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:32.440 fight over. 380 00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:36.079 It's just me. You know what do I say, get 381 00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:36.920 the easy ones right? 382 00:20:37.920 --> 00:20:40.640 Boots are back, and so are the attacks on and 383 00:20:40.680 --> 00:20:45.200 off the battlefield. So, as you've probably heard us talking about, 384 00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:51.200 Israel has started airstrikes against the Gods Strip again. They 385 00:20:51.279 --> 00:20:54.519 say that they renewed their attacks because Hamas is just 386 00:20:54.599 --> 00:20:57.759 refusing to budge when it comes to releasing any more hostages. 387 00:20:58.119 --> 00:21:01.559 That breaks the two months cease fire. And now Israel 388 00:21:01.720 --> 00:21:06.200 has sent soldiers back into the Gaza Strip, and that's 389 00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:09.799 got a lot of people really upset. Protesters are turning 390 00:21:09.839 --> 00:21:15.000 out and protesting outside Israel's parliament. They say he is 391 00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:20.960 Netanyahu is prioritizing his political survival over the security of 392 00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:25.440 his country, the lives of Israeli hostages and of Palestinians 393 00:21:25.480 --> 00:21:26.039 in Gaza. 394 00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:29.680 You know, in this thing we call talk radio, we're 395 00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:34.039 always supposed to have these well formed or even not 396 00:21:34.079 --> 00:21:37.480 even well formed opinions about everything. And this is one 397 00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:40.279 of those times where I'm going to readily admit I 398 00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:44.079 have no idea what the answer is. I don't know 399 00:21:44.119 --> 00:21:46.880 what the solution is. There is the problem what's going 400 00:21:46.920 --> 00:21:50.000 on in Gaza right now. And whereas I'm sympathetic to 401 00:21:50.079 --> 00:21:53.200