WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:02.879 This is Gary and Shannon, and you're listening to kf 2 00:00:02.879 --> 00:00:05.360 I AM six forty, the Gary and Shannon Show on 3 00:00:05.440 --> 00:00:07.280 demand on the iHeartRadio app. 4 00:00:09.720 --> 00:00:11.039 You know we'll get through this long. 5 00:00:11.919 --> 00:00:14.400 It's like it's like a boy scout's knot. 6 00:00:14.519 --> 00:00:18.679 He put in here using wire. Yeah, I'm using straightened 7 00:00:18.679 --> 00:00:19.920 out paper clips. 8 00:00:20.320 --> 00:00:20.879 I didn't do that. 9 00:00:20.920 --> 00:00:21.559 He doesn't remember. 10 00:00:21.679 --> 00:00:22.359 You didn't do this. 11 00:00:22.640 --> 00:00:25.359 You swear to God. You swear on Jesus. Yeah, no, 12 00:00:25.399 --> 00:00:26.640 you don't swear on Jesus. 13 00:00:27.079 --> 00:00:29.679 Now Jesus is upset for several reasons. 14 00:00:29.760 --> 00:00:32.799 Uh, Gary Shannon KFI AM six forty live everywhere on 15 00:00:32.840 --> 00:00:36.119 the iHeartRadio app. On It's Friday, and I think it's 16 00:00:36.159 --> 00:00:36.960 the twenty fourth. 17 00:00:37.159 --> 00:00:39.000 I was excited when I woke up today and I 18 00:00:39.000 --> 00:00:39.719 thought it's Friday. 19 00:00:39.719 --> 00:00:41.159 We have a big Friday show to do. 20 00:00:41.560 --> 00:00:43.479 Or it may have been the four shots of espresso, 21 00:00:44.039 --> 00:00:46.159 one of which I got all over myself. 22 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:47.960 One of which is on the front of your sweet shirt. 23 00:00:49.280 --> 00:00:50.880 So only three shots? 24 00:00:50.920 --> 00:00:54.119 What's our flashback Friday year eighty eight eighty eight? I 25 00:00:54.200 --> 00:00:56.640 have something to tell you right out of the gate. 26 00:00:57.320 --> 00:00:58.960 Is this more about your coffee spill? 27 00:00:59.280 --> 00:00:59.479 No? 28 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:02.600 That okay, we're not gonna let it have more oxygen 29 00:01:02.679 --> 00:01:03.280 in our lives? 30 00:01:03.399 --> 00:01:04.799 Is it good news? Is it? 31 00:01:04.879 --> 00:01:05.079 Well? 32 00:01:05.200 --> 00:01:07.159 It was something that we talked about yesterday. 33 00:01:07.159 --> 00:01:10.400 I remember how we talked about the movies nominated for 34 00:01:10.480 --> 00:01:13.200 Best Picture for the Oscars, and my parents used to 35 00:01:13.239 --> 00:01:15.079 have a thing where they'd watch all of them, you know, 36 00:01:15.159 --> 00:01:17.560 back when they were the movies that weren't just catering 37 00:01:17.599 --> 00:01:21.920 to whatever the popular topic was in America today. Yes, 38 00:01:22.719 --> 00:01:25.319 and when they were just good and they weren't esoteric, 39 00:01:25.400 --> 00:01:27.560 and they weren't art for the sake of being art 40 00:01:27.640 --> 00:01:30.560 and Hollywood just doing hand stuff with these with each other, 41 00:01:31.400 --> 00:01:33.959 when they were like just good blockbuster movies, right. 42 00:01:34.040 --> 00:01:34.359 Sure. 43 00:01:35.439 --> 00:01:37.319 Anyway, So I was like, you know what, I'm going 44 00:01:37.359 --> 00:01:39.239 to try and watch more of the movies. I had 45 00:01:39.239 --> 00:01:43.120 seen one on the Oscars list, being The Substance. So 46 00:01:43.280 --> 00:01:48.280 I started a Nora last night. Okay, I am to 47 00:01:49.319 --> 00:01:52.120 be honest. I am about halfway through. It's about a 48 00:01:52.159 --> 00:01:54.480 two hour film. I've watched about an hour of it 49 00:01:54.920 --> 00:01:57.760 in a little bit and change. I see where it's headed. 50 00:01:58.760 --> 00:02:03.599 I see the storyline. It's it's trash, it's pornography. It 51 00:02:03.680 --> 00:02:09.719 is not exciting dialogue, the plot's not exciting. The acting 52 00:02:09.840 --> 00:02:12.599 is not incredible. I don't know why it's up for 53 00:02:12.680 --> 00:02:15.400 Best Picture unless and then in the next half of 54 00:02:15.439 --> 00:02:18.039 the movie if there's a one eighty, but it's not 55 00:02:18.080 --> 00:02:21.319 going to erase the first hour, which is just watching 56 00:02:21.439 --> 00:02:25.400 a young girl strip naked and have sex with people, 57 00:02:25.719 --> 00:02:26.919 like it's just it. 58 00:02:27.000 --> 00:02:27.840 What are we doing? 59 00:02:28.879 --> 00:02:34.439 And I'm not the morality police, obviously, but it's awful. 60 00:02:34.520 --> 00:02:36.639 I mean, the fact that this is up for Best Picture. 61 00:02:37.280 --> 00:02:41.000 Why if it was maybe really well acted, the dialogue, 62 00:02:41.000 --> 00:02:46.280 the plot, anything, it was different, it was artistic something. 63 00:02:46.120 --> 00:02:47.319 And it's none of those things. 64 00:02:47.520 --> 00:02:50.439 No, maybe I'm way off base, and let me know 65 00:02:50.479 --> 00:02:53.560 if I am, but I have not seen the magic 66 00:02:53.599 --> 00:02:55.120 in that over the first hour. 67 00:02:55.879 --> 00:02:58.960 I don't know anything about it other than what you've 68 00:02:59.000 --> 00:03:01.159 just said. I mean to know the basic plot. 69 00:03:01.240 --> 00:03:04.240 I mean the synopsis I read yesterday was a stripper 70 00:03:04.639 --> 00:03:07.280 meets a rich guy at the strip club, and it's 71 00:03:07.319 --> 00:03:11.520 this princess tale, but not like Princess Diaries type stuff. 72 00:03:11.560 --> 00:03:17.280 It's grittier. It's darker, dirtier, right, But I haven't found 73 00:03:17.360 --> 00:03:21.199 a redeeming situation. I see a love story developing, but 74 00:03:21.520 --> 00:03:24.800 other than that, it does not get rid of all 75 00:03:24.879 --> 00:03:27.520 of the things that I mean, if you're worried about 76 00:03:27.520 --> 00:03:30.520 the gore and the substance, wait till you get you 77 00:03:30.560 --> 00:03:35.919 feel gross watching a twenty two year old dance naked 78 00:03:35.960 --> 00:03:37.280 and have sex for money? 79 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:39.400 What made you stop watching? 80 00:03:39.919 --> 00:03:43.599 I went to sleep, okay, so I wanted No, it 81 00:03:43.639 --> 00:03:45.960 wasn't that I was enjoying it. I'm just waiting for 82 00:03:46.039 --> 00:03:48.639 the they're there, like, I'll finish it to find out 83 00:03:48.680 --> 00:03:51.000 maybe I'm wrong, Maybe there'll be some sort of redeeming 84 00:03:51.039 --> 00:03:54.199 thing that will erase the first hour of just absolute 85 00:03:54.400 --> 00:03:57.479 smut and vulgarity. 86 00:03:57.599 --> 00:04:00.759 I know, down for that. 87 00:04:01.000 --> 00:04:03.400 Well, I like it when it's people that aren't doing 88 00:04:03.439 --> 00:04:07.960 it for money, you know, like this the Moviesaid Deborah 89 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:09.800 and I watch that have a little sex in it. 90 00:04:09.800 --> 00:04:13.120 It's usually a love it is. It's more of a 91 00:04:13.159 --> 00:04:17.000 love thing. This is just this is the sad love mad. 92 00:04:17.120 --> 00:04:17.680 It's sad. 93 00:04:18.600 --> 00:04:20.120 We have a big Friday show. 94 00:04:20.120 --> 00:04:21.839 You're right, we haven't done a big Friday show for 95 00:04:21.879 --> 00:04:23.480 a while, so that means, of course we're going to 96 00:04:23.560 --> 00:04:25.759 do our nine news nugget. You need to know what 97 00:04:25.800 --> 00:04:28.560 you learned this week on The Gary and Shannon Show. 98 00:04:28.680 --> 00:04:30.279 Late in the show, you can always leave us a 99 00:04:30.319 --> 00:04:33.879 talkback message. Just hit that little microphone button while you're 100 00:04:33.879 --> 00:04:35.560 listening on the iHeart app and let us know what 101 00:04:35.600 --> 00:04:39.040 you learned. This week, President Trump is on his way 102 00:04:39.079 --> 00:04:42.399 out to California. He's stopping in North Carolina. First, he's 103 00:04:42.399 --> 00:04:46.519 going to be talking with first responders and some of 104 00:04:46.560 --> 00:04:50.160 the victims of Hurricane Helene after it made its way through. 105 00:04:50.160 --> 00:04:53.759 And then La This is going to be to obviously 106 00:04:53.800 --> 00:04:56.680 tour the fire damage. Gavin Newsom says he's excited to 107 00:04:56.759 --> 00:04:59.439 meet him and provide whatever resources he needs. 108 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:02.600 There's okay, we have a lot to talk about when 109 00:05:02.600 --> 00:05:06.360 it comes to those two because supposedly Gavin Newsom was 110 00:05:06.360 --> 00:05:10.399 one of the people who invited President Trump back before 111 00:05:10.439 --> 00:05:12.600 he was president, invited him to come to Caloruna. 112 00:05:12.639 --> 00:05:13.800 I'm sensing a trap. 113 00:05:13.920 --> 00:05:17.639 I'm sensing Trump going to Houston and playing the Texans 114 00:05:17.720 --> 00:05:21.639 like I'm sensing there's Gavin's got something up his sleeve. 115 00:05:21.920 --> 00:05:25.399 Well, Gavin has said he never heard back from the 116 00:05:25.399 --> 00:05:30.360 president's official team, but that he is in communication with 117 00:05:30.439 --> 00:05:32.439 people who are close to Trump now. I don't know 118 00:05:32.480 --> 00:05:36.959 if he's still dropping dimes to Kimberly Gilfoyle, and that 119 00:05:37.040 --> 00:05:39.600 he considers her in the circles or not because she's not. 120 00:05:40.040 --> 00:05:43.240 But he has said he's going to meet President Trump 121 00:05:43.879 --> 00:05:46.759 at the base of the staircase of Air Force One 122 00:05:46.920 --> 00:05:48.360 when he lands this afternoon. 123 00:05:48.759 --> 00:05:53.680 They haven't spoken since twenty twenty. I believe Trump and 124 00:05:53.759 --> 00:05:57.439 Gavin Newsom oh ps. The big headline this hour is 125 00:05:57.480 --> 00:06:00.600 that Trump proposes getting rid of FEMA the States to 126 00:06:00.639 --> 00:06:01.560 take care of themselves. 127 00:06:01.560 --> 00:06:02.879 We'll have all the latest coming out. 128 00:06:03.319 --> 00:06:05.279 We'll do that when we come back. Also your chance 129 00:06:05.319 --> 00:06:06.279 at one thousand dollars. 130 00:06:06.360 --> 00:06:10.160 Just on the other side, you're listening to Gary and 131 00:06:10.160 --> 00:06:13.720 Shannon on demand from kfi AM six forty. 132 00:06:15.000 --> 00:06:18.000 Gary and Shannon kfi AM six forty live everywhere on 133 00:06:18.040 --> 00:06:18.560 the iHeart Rate. 134 00:06:18.680 --> 00:06:20.160 I mean, Pete Carroll was great. 135 00:06:20.439 --> 00:06:21.600 Oh great coach. 136 00:06:21.680 --> 00:06:25.160 He's infectious, he's got a great personality. I think he's 137 00:06:25.199 --> 00:06:28.040 wonderful at what he did. But it's it's time to go. 138 00:06:28.399 --> 00:06:33.240 It's done. And the Raiders trying to breathe life into that. 139 00:06:33.319 --> 00:06:35.240 I mean, it's with your seventy four year old head 140 00:06:35.319 --> 00:06:36.839 incess bride stuff to me. 141 00:06:36.920 --> 00:06:37.680 It's also the. 142 00:06:37.920 --> 00:06:42.439 Just the brand that is the Raiders. Yeah, go for 143 00:06:42.480 --> 00:06:46.959 a younger aggressive I mean John Gruden's style coach right, right, right, 144 00:06:47.000 --> 00:06:48.439 Pete Carroll's seventy four. 145 00:06:49.240 --> 00:06:51.199 Yeah, but he's got more energy than a lot of 146 00:06:51.240 --> 00:06:52.959 forty year old and that's that's true. 147 00:06:53.120 --> 00:06:56.319 But still, I mean, I think you're right. The heyday 148 00:06:56.439 --> 00:07:00.800 was was a while ago. The Senate voted yesterday. 149 00:07:00.800 --> 00:07:03.439 We told you to advance thenomination of Pete Hegseth to 150 00:07:03.560 --> 00:07:06.680 be Trump's Secretary of Defense. That was a fifty one 151 00:07:06.720 --> 00:07:09.720 to forty nine vote on a procedural measure to end debate. 152 00:07:09.800 --> 00:07:14.120 They are expected to vote in the entire Senate for 153 00:07:14.160 --> 00:07:18.399 his confirmation, but it will be close. That is expected 154 00:07:18.439 --> 00:07:23.399 to come late today. The world's largest iceberg, a wall 155 00:07:23.480 --> 00:07:25.800 of ice the size of Rhode Island, is headed towards 156 00:07:25.839 --> 00:07:28.639 a remote island off of Antarctica that's home to millions 157 00:07:28.680 --> 00:07:30.079 of penguins and seals. 158 00:07:30.120 --> 00:07:32.199 They called this a megaburg. 159 00:07:32.879 --> 00:07:36.120 It's a trillion ton slab of ice they're saying could 160 00:07:36.160 --> 00:07:40.560 slam into South Georgia Island and either get stuck or 161 00:07:40.639 --> 00:07:44.040 maybe guided around it by the currents. If it gets stuck, 162 00:07:44.120 --> 00:07:46.560 they said it could make it hard for penguin parents 163 00:07:46.600 --> 00:07:50.240 to feed their babies, and that some penguin babies could 164 00:07:50.439 --> 00:07:51.959 even start. 165 00:07:52.079 --> 00:07:54.240 We've got to go there and feed the baby penguin. 166 00:07:54.399 --> 00:07:56.639 I don't know how to get to South Georgia Island. 167 00:07:56.879 --> 00:07:59.399 Well, we can start to try and research that. 168 00:07:59.800 --> 00:08:03.079 It also seems like the iceberg itself is large enough. 169 00:08:03.120 --> 00:08:05.279 You could probably land on the iceberg. 170 00:08:05.399 --> 00:08:07.720 Sure, And then we could bring little baby fish for 171 00:08:07.759 --> 00:08:09.959 the baby penguins, feed them like this. 172 00:08:10.360 --> 00:08:11.959 We could bring them some delta smelt. 173 00:08:12.639 --> 00:08:15.560 We don't have any leftew, very hard to find them. 174 00:08:15.920 --> 00:08:18.079 Before we get into our story about the fires and 175 00:08:18.120 --> 00:08:20.240 the president and the governor, et cetera, we have a 176 00:08:20.319 --> 00:08:21.879 chance for you to win one thousand dollars. 177 00:08:22.279 --> 00:08:25.199 Now your chance to win one thousand dollars just enter 178 00:08:25.240 --> 00:08:27.720 this nationwide keyword on our website grand. 179 00:08:27.920 --> 00:08:29.639 That's Grand, g R A N D. 180 00:08:29.959 --> 00:08:33.279 Enter it now at KFIAM six forty dot com. 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So President 189 00:08:56.320 --> 00:08:59.720 Trump is scheduled to arrive at LAX about two thirty 190 00:09:00.000 --> 00:09:03.799 this afternoon ahead of his visit to the Pacific Palisades 191 00:09:03.840 --> 00:09:04.399 burn area. 192 00:09:04.879 --> 00:09:06.799 That's going to be fun traffic time, is it not? 193 00:09:07.399 --> 00:09:09.440 Stay away from West LA this afternoon? 194 00:09:09.519 --> 00:09:11.279 Yeah, I have fun on that Friday evening commute. 195 00:09:11.279 --> 00:09:14.279 You can guarantee that I would. I would stay away 196 00:09:14.320 --> 00:09:15.080 for days. 197 00:09:15.120 --> 00:09:18.320 Didn't we do a didn't we do TV over there 198 00:09:18.320 --> 00:09:20.840 one day when the president or vice president was in town? 199 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:21.600 Never again? 200 00:09:22.679 --> 00:09:27.440 Well, for a couple of reasons. Three twenty I don't 201 00:09:27.440 --> 00:09:31.080 think I ever aged into television, but I've certainly aged out. 202 00:09:31.919 --> 00:09:35.279 At three twenty five, Trump and the First Lady will 203 00:09:35.320 --> 00:09:38.799 take a tour of the Pacific Palisades neighborhood along with 204 00:09:38.840 --> 00:09:42.759 the LA Fire Department officials and three homeowners affected by 205 00:09:42.759 --> 00:09:44.919 the fire. He's going to go to a briefing at 206 00:09:44.919 --> 00:09:48.519 four h five in the Palisades. That meeting will include 207 00:09:48.559 --> 00:09:53.960 Mayor Karen Bass, eight members of California's congressional delegation, Catherine Barger, 208 00:09:55.200 --> 00:09:59.440 and some other people that you don't know or I 209 00:09:59.440 --> 00:10:03.120 don't know either, just executives with the water and Energy people. 210 00:10:03.679 --> 00:10:06.240 Gavin Newsome, this is a note not on the list 211 00:10:06.279 --> 00:10:10.879 of attendees at either of the President's events. So if 212 00:10:10.879 --> 00:10:12.679 he does meet with him, it's going to be that 213 00:10:12.840 --> 00:10:16.720 tarmac photo op meeting where you've got to believe it 214 00:10:16.799 --> 00:10:20.279 is scripted to the t in terms of body language, 215 00:10:20.480 --> 00:10:23.919 in terms of hand movements, in terms of facial expressions, 216 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:26.799 all of it is going to be coyographed. 217 00:10:26.799 --> 00:10:29.919 Because this on which Gavin, because. 218 00:10:29.720 --> 00:10:32.440 This is Gavin's photo op that he's going to use 219 00:10:32.480 --> 00:10:33.440 to run for president. 220 00:10:34.080 --> 00:10:34.879 I guarantee it. 221 00:10:35.720 --> 00:10:39.000 Trumps scheduled to leave Lax shortly before six pm en 222 00:10:39.039 --> 00:10:40.960 route to Las Vegas, which means he's got to get 223 00:10:40.960 --> 00:10:42.960 to Lax by six pm. 224 00:10:43.080 --> 00:10:44.240 Again, don't go. 225 00:10:44.320 --> 00:10:46.879 If you live in West La move I would move 226 00:10:47.039 --> 00:10:48.000 early afternoon. 227 00:10:48.080 --> 00:10:50.039 I think they helicopter him. They do. 228 00:10:50.120 --> 00:10:53.360 But still the airspace, all of it, the traffic, it's 229 00:10:53.360 --> 00:10:53.679 a mess. 230 00:10:53.759 --> 00:10:54.799 It's just going to be a mess. 231 00:10:55.440 --> 00:10:55.799 Okay. 232 00:10:55.840 --> 00:10:58.879 So speaking of just do you want to hear from 233 00:10:58.919 --> 00:10:59.840 Gavin First or Trump? 234 00:11:00.480 --> 00:11:01.879 Because pick your point, all right. 235 00:11:01.919 --> 00:11:05.679 So Gavin first, talking specifically, he was asked yesterday about 236 00:11:05.679 --> 00:11:07.879 the two and a half billion dollars the state has 237 00:11:07.960 --> 00:11:12.879 approved for some of the initial wild wildfire relief. And 238 00:11:13.080 --> 00:11:15.840 the question was about his relationship with Trump and what's 239 00:11:15.879 --> 00:11:20.120 going to happen today, knowing that he wasn't actually part 240 00:11:20.200 --> 00:11:21.559 of that guest list, if you. 241 00:11:21.519 --> 00:11:23.919 Will, I communicate with a lot of folks around him, 242 00:11:24.279 --> 00:11:27.879 folks that have his ear and influence folks. So I 243 00:11:27.879 --> 00:11:30.320 don't want this is a side show a lot of 244 00:11:30.320 --> 00:11:32.799 this stuff, but I know it's the show that's probably 245 00:11:32.960 --> 00:11:35.559 the focus of a little bit too much tomorrow, when 246 00:11:35.600 --> 00:11:38.919 all I care about is what we can do together, Okay. 247 00:11:38.679 --> 00:11:41.080 And I hope that that is absolutely true. Now here's 248 00:11:41.120 --> 00:11:44.639 the other part that you were mentioning about FEMA. In 249 00:11:44.679 --> 00:11:48.799 the interview that Trump did with Hannity on Fox this week, 250 00:11:48.919 --> 00:11:53.440 he discussed FEMA and what it has become or had 251 00:11:53.440 --> 00:11:55.279 to become under the Biden administration. 252 00:11:55.480 --> 00:11:58.080 FEMA is going to be a whole big discussion very shortly, 253 00:11:58.120 --> 00:12:00.919 because I'd rather see this. States take care of their 254 00:12:00.919 --> 00:12:03.559 own problems, you don't need, and then the federal government 255 00:12:03.600 --> 00:12:07.159 can help them out with the money. The FEMA is 256 00:12:07.200 --> 00:12:08.559 getting in the way of everything. 257 00:12:09.320 --> 00:12:12.080 He said, we're looking at the same concept of FEMA. 258 00:12:12.240 --> 00:12:12.799 The concept. 259 00:12:12.840 --> 00:12:15.240 When North Carolina gets hit, the governor takes care of it. 260 00:12:15.279 --> 00:12:17.559 When Florida gets hit, the governor takes care of it. 261 00:12:17.919 --> 00:12:20.639 That the states take care of it. And he says 262 00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:22.159 to have a group of people come in from an 263 00:12:22.159 --> 00:12:24.000 area they don't even know where they're going in order 264 00:12:24.039 --> 00:12:27.000 to solve immediately a problem is something that never worked 265 00:12:27.000 --> 00:12:27.279 for me. 266 00:12:27.559 --> 00:12:29.840 Isn't that what goes on now though? 267 00:12:29.879 --> 00:12:32.679 Isn't that the status quo that the states handle the 268 00:12:32.759 --> 00:12:38.000 initial response, local government's, county, regional, state, and then FEMA 269 00:12:38.080 --> 00:12:40.480 does come in with that federal money and kind of 270 00:12:40.559 --> 00:12:41.759 comes in secondhand. 271 00:12:41.960 --> 00:12:44.360 Yeah, and does the bigger things that the state may 272 00:12:44.399 --> 00:12:47.679 not be able to do. It coordinates sources from outside 273 00:12:47.759 --> 00:12:49.559 the state that they could bring in that the federal 274 00:12:49.600 --> 00:12:51.080 government would have the control over. 275 00:12:51.200 --> 00:12:56.240 There are certain states that can handle their own business California, Florida, Texas, well, 276 00:12:56.279 --> 00:12:59.799 Texas here and there, but there are a number of 277 00:13:00.279 --> 00:13:02.399 that need FEMA because they're just not big enough to 278 00:13:02.440 --> 00:13:05.960 have that kind of infrastructure to respond to a disaster. 279 00:13:06.159 --> 00:13:07.960 Yeah, yeah, and listen. 280 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:14.399 Part of what he's doing is retribution for the allegations 281 00:13:14.399 --> 00:13:18.320 that FEMA was politicized under the Biden administration. That's what 282 00:13:18.440 --> 00:13:21.440 he is fighting back against. He wants to at least 283 00:13:21.559 --> 00:13:25.200 try to unpoliticize it, which in some cases can be 284 00:13:25.240 --> 00:13:30.360 seen as him politicizing it for his side. Listen, it's 285 00:13:30.720 --> 00:13:35.360 FEMA is a is an agency that is absolutely necessary 286 00:13:35.440 --> 00:13:37.679 and has proven itself time and time again. 287 00:13:38.080 --> 00:13:40.159 Is there a way to tighten it up. 288 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:44.799 And is there a way for maybe FEMA to simply 289 00:13:44.840 --> 00:13:48.759 write checks for the state, because to his point, the 290 00:13:48.799 --> 00:13:51.840 state understands what they need. The state and local governments 291 00:13:51.919 --> 00:13:54.720 understand what they need more so than some federal bureaucrat 292 00:13:55.039 --> 00:13:58.799 based somewhere in a suburb of Virginia. Absolutely, but FEMA 293 00:13:58.919 --> 00:14:03.159 is not just solely an organization that has employees that 294 00:14:03.240 --> 00:14:06.440 live in the DC area. FEMA is all over the country. 295 00:14:07.519 --> 00:14:10.480 I think we're in District nine here. I think that's 296 00:14:10.759 --> 00:14:14.639 where we've been getting these email press releases from. So 297 00:14:15.000 --> 00:14:19.360 when we come back, we'll talk about the what President 298 00:14:19.399 --> 00:14:24.039 Trump has said he wants from California. He didn't necessarily 299 00:14:24.080 --> 00:14:28.039 say he was tying it to federal relief funds, but 300 00:14:28.080 --> 00:14:30.120 he's been very clear about what he wants from the 301 00:14:30.120 --> 00:14:33.080 state of California. And once again, the top of the 302 00:14:33.120 --> 00:14:37.240 map where the water is apparently flows down to the 303 00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:40.759 bottom of the map where the water isn't at least 304 00:14:40.799 --> 00:14:41.720 according in his brain. 305 00:14:41.720 --> 00:14:42.919 According to his brain. 306 00:14:42.720 --> 00:14:44.200 Gary and Shannon will continue it. 307 00:14:45.480 --> 00:14:48.960 You're listening to Gary and Shannon on demand from KFI 308 00:14:49.159 --> 00:14:50.039 AM six forty. 309 00:14:51.840 --> 00:14:55.000 So I'm not going out on a limb here thinking 310 00:14:55.039 --> 00:14:57.960 that maybe you guys didn't have dessert after of course 311 00:14:57.960 --> 00:15:01.879 we did, oh about it was dessert. 312 00:15:03.960 --> 00:15:05.639 Spirit Airlines is shaken up. 313 00:15:05.639 --> 00:15:08.840 It's in flight policies, new dress codes that they've unveiled. 314 00:15:09.879 --> 00:15:15.200 You cannot wear revealing clothing, you cannot display offensive tattoos, 315 00:15:15.480 --> 00:15:17.919 and this is part of their contract of carriage. So 316 00:15:18.000 --> 00:15:23.519 Spirit Airlines is making it official that when you book 317 00:15:23.600 --> 00:15:26.879 your tickets, you click the little box that says you 318 00:15:26.919 --> 00:15:29.600 agree to their contract of carriage. So don't be surprised 319 00:15:29.600 --> 00:15:31.799 when you get kicked off your next flight from Spirit. 320 00:15:31.879 --> 00:15:34.120 All right, Well, California is going to spend two point 321 00:15:34.120 --> 00:15:39.720 five billion to help the area recover from the wildfires 322 00:15:39.720 --> 00:15:43.919 with this relief package signed yesterday, two point five billion 323 00:15:44.080 --> 00:15:49.039 for the States emergency disaster response efforts, evacuations, shelter, things 324 00:15:49.080 --> 00:15:52.519 like that, removing household hazardous waste, which has been kind 325 00:15:52.519 --> 00:15:54.679 of one of those things that this seems to have 326 00:15:54.720 --> 00:15:55.919 been procrastinated upon. 327 00:15:56.320 --> 00:16:01.440 Yeah, there's a everything. Infrastructure of every kind has been 328 00:16:01.440 --> 00:16:04.799 affected by these fires, will continue to be affected. If 329 00:16:04.799 --> 00:16:07.159 we see more wins coming in. There's a chance that 330 00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:10.480 with the rain coming in, we will see some mud 331 00:16:10.519 --> 00:16:12.639 slides and that could cause even more problems. 332 00:16:12.799 --> 00:16:17.559 Steven Keller is the Pacific market president with Verizon, joins 333 00:16:17.639 --> 00:16:20.120 us now about how Verizon plans to help get things 334 00:16:20.159 --> 00:16:20.960 back up and running. 335 00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:22.200 Steven, thanks for coming on. 336 00:16:23.440 --> 00:16:24.840 It's my pleasure. Thanks for having me. 337 00:16:26.039 --> 00:16:30.559 Let's discuss what kind of things that companies like yours 338 00:16:30.600 --> 00:16:33.679 can do in the aftermath of something like we've seen 339 00:16:33.720 --> 00:16:34.679 the last couple of weeks. 340 00:16:35.799 --> 00:16:38.759 Yeah, thank you very much. So first and foremost, you know, 341 00:16:39.080 --> 00:16:43.080 on behalf of the company, we are deeply, deeply committed 342 00:16:43.120 --> 00:16:46.039 to the Los Angeles area. You know, my team and 343 00:16:46.080 --> 00:16:48.360 I we live, work and play in Los Angeles. So 344 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:51.120 this is more than just personal. You know, when you 345 00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:54.600 think about Southern California to home to Verizon employees, So 346 00:16:54.639 --> 00:16:57.679 when disaster strikes, it's personal. So we support the community's 347 00:16:57.679 --> 00:17:00.960 hardest hit. We're doing so knowing that we're helping our friends, family, 348 00:17:01.000 --> 00:17:03.720 and neighbors as well, so we're waving charges for the 349 00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:07.200 hardest hit areas. Connectivity shouldn't be a luxury and a crisis, 350 00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:09.799 which is why we're waiving call, text and data fees 351 00:17:09.839 --> 00:17:14.359 for customers in California's hardest hit counties. We're also offering 352 00:17:14.400 --> 00:17:19.200 relief in the nine area stores closest to the impacted areas. 353 00:17:19.200 --> 00:17:22.640 We're providing free charging, Wi Fi, bottle water. Because when 354 00:17:22.640 --> 00:17:25.559 our communities need a helping hand, we always show up. 355 00:17:25.839 --> 00:17:28.039 We've also partnered with the Red Cross. I myself have 356 00:17:28.119 --> 00:17:31.519 personally been to the American Red Cross shelter in Pasadena 357 00:17:31.759 --> 00:17:34.480 near Altadena. We're teaming up with the Red Cross. We're 358 00:17:34.480 --> 00:17:37.440 bringing free Wi Fi and charging stations to multiple shelters, 359 00:17:37.759 --> 00:17:40.039 ensuring no one is isolated when they need help the most, 360 00:17:40.039 --> 00:17:43.279 and that matters. I've seen it personally. We've also got 361 00:17:43.559 --> 00:17:46.519 a WEK set up in the Malibu First Command Center. 362 00:17:46.720 --> 00:17:50.720 WEX stands for Wireless Emergency Communications Center. It's a lifeline 363 00:17:50.720 --> 00:17:54.359 for families. We provide free device charging, Wi Fi access 364 00:17:54.359 --> 00:17:56.920 to our network. It's one more way we're making sure 365 00:17:56.920 --> 00:17:59.279 that people stay stay in touch during this crisis. And 366 00:17:59.319 --> 00:18:02.359 we all know that having connectivity is really where it's that. 367 00:18:02.720 --> 00:18:05.240 And finally, I'll just tell you I'm very proud to 368 00:18:05.440 --> 00:18:09.079 reiterate that our one million dollar donation reflects our deep 369 00:18:09.200 --> 00:18:11.599 roots in these communities. We've made a one million dollar 370 00:18:11.640 --> 00:18:15.000 pledge split into five hundred thousand dollars to the LA 371 00:18:15.079 --> 00:18:20.119 Fire Department Foundation for our essential firefighting tools and another 372 00:18:20.160 --> 00:18:22.640 five hundred thousand to the Red Cross to support recovery 373 00:18:22.640 --> 00:18:24.960 efforts right here at home in Los Angeles. So our 374 00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:27.680 commitment has always been to first responders, our commitments to 375 00:18:27.720 --> 00:18:30.759 the community, our commitments to our friends' family, neighbors. 376 00:18:31.319 --> 00:18:34.480 Steven, awesome, good to hear. Nice to see a companies 377 00:18:34.519 --> 00:18:37.640 stepping up again. Verizon free charging and Wi Fi all 378 00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:42.079 local retail store locations if you're looking for a Wi 379 00:18:42.079 --> 00:18:44.079 Fi spot where you don't have to spend any money. 380 00:18:44.119 --> 00:18:45.200 Steven, thanks for your time. 381 00:18:46.640 --> 00:18:48.359 Thank you very much, you too appreciate it. 382 00:18:48.400 --> 00:18:52.920 Steven Keller, there again, Pacific Market President for Verizon. This 383 00:18:53.160 --> 00:18:59.440 issue of money coming from the federal government is hopefully 384 00:18:59.519 --> 00:19:03.000 not tied to conditions, but President Trump has been talking 385 00:19:03.079 --> 00:19:05.839 about the potential for there to be some things that 386 00:19:05.880 --> 00:19:08.680 he'd like to see in the state of California, and 387 00:19:08.759 --> 00:19:11.559 he added a new one today in terms of what 388 00:19:11.680 --> 00:19:13.799 he would like to see for the state of California, 389 00:19:14.519 --> 00:19:17.640 maybe as a condition for federal moneys coming in. Is 390 00:19:17.640 --> 00:19:20.640 it it's not ponies, It's not free pony rides. 391 00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:21.519 Not free pony rides. 392 00:19:21.599 --> 00:19:23.480 Is it food for the baby penguins? 393 00:19:23.839 --> 00:19:26.160 Also? No, okay, there are not a lot of penguins 394 00:19:26.160 --> 00:19:28.119 in California. I mean there are. Something. 395 00:19:28.119 --> 00:19:29.839 Doesn't mean we can't do our part to go to 396 00:19:30.279 --> 00:19:32.519 George Island or or Georgia whatever. 397 00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:34.160 Excellent point. 398 00:19:35.519 --> 00:19:38.960 You're listening to Gary and Shannon on demand from KFI 399 00:19:39.200 --> 00:19:42.240 AM six forty. 400 00:19:43.160 --> 00:19:48.039 I am very intrigued by Trump's call to unseal or 401 00:19:48.160 --> 00:19:52.480