WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:04.200 You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 2 00:00:04.879 --> 00:00:09.679 Saturdays, it is time to on one the week's been. 3 00:00:10.240 --> 00:00:15.160 Time to ease my mind. Turn on my radio. Just 4 00:00:15.439 --> 00:00:18.760 inside Tifferny Hobbs. 5 00:00:18.440 --> 00:00:24.120 Gotta me feel fun Jay Saturday k if I AM 6 00:00:24.199 --> 00:00:29.120 six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Here we 7 00:00:29.280 --> 00:00:32.280 go Saturdays with Tiffany. I'm Tiffany Hobbs here from five 8 00:00:32.359 --> 00:00:35.399 to seven pm. And as you know, as you've been 9 00:00:35.439 --> 00:00:39.439 listening to the station, a lot has been going on today, 10 00:00:39.560 --> 00:00:41.640 a lot has been going on this week, a lot 11 00:00:41.640 --> 00:00:44.719 has been going on this month, this year, it seems already. 12 00:00:45.079 --> 00:00:48.159 But we're certainly going to cover the main stories. And 13 00:00:48.200 --> 00:00:50.600 I feel that there are three things, and I want 14 00:00:50.640 --> 00:00:54.439 to keep us kind of focused so we don't get overwhelmed. 15 00:00:54.439 --> 00:00:57.679 It's really easy to get overwhelmed with this on slot 16 00:00:57.799 --> 00:01:01.920 of information. It's information overload, and it can cause you 17 00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:05.959 to become fatigued and start to tune things out when 18 00:01:05.959 --> 00:01:09.959 you should, in fact be paying attention. So if I 19 00:01:10.120 --> 00:01:14.760 were to categorize the three main stories, I would certainly 20 00:01:14.840 --> 00:01:18.040 say that we would cover today's protests. 21 00:01:18.319 --> 00:01:19.799 Absolutely, We're going to get. 22 00:01:19.640 --> 00:01:23.560 To today's no kings Day protests in downtown LA. 23 00:01:23.680 --> 00:01:24.680 They're still going on. 24 00:01:25.480 --> 00:01:29.319 They've more or less wrapped, but there are still some 25 00:01:29.519 --> 00:01:34.560 remnants of that protest now coalescing with the ongoing anti 26 00:01:34.680 --> 00:01:37.560 ice raid protests. And we're going to talk to independent 27 00:01:37.599 --> 00:01:42.280 reporter Chris Adler around five fifteen, five twenty or so, 28 00:01:42.599 --> 00:01:44.560 and she's going to give us her first hand account 29 00:01:44.719 --> 00:01:49.799 of everything that she experienced today in downtown LA. We're also, 30 00:01:49.879 --> 00:01:54.079 of course going to cover the current military parade that's 31 00:01:54.120 --> 00:01:57.519 happening right there in Washington, DC. It's celebrating the two 32 00:01:57.640 --> 00:02:01.640 hundred and fiftieth birthday of the arm ME. President Trump's 33 00:02:01.799 --> 00:02:05.640 birthday is seventy ninth birthday and Flag Day, although President 34 00:02:05.640 --> 00:02:08.120 Trump does say that none of these things have to 35 00:02:08.159 --> 00:02:09.159 do with his birthday. 36 00:02:09.199 --> 00:02:11.599 It's just a happy little coincidence. 37 00:02:11.680 --> 00:02:15.199 Well, we'll cover some updates about that as it's happening. 38 00:02:15.240 --> 00:02:18.759 I'll be sure to share the news with you about 39 00:02:18.800 --> 00:02:22.240 this parade because it is certainly very interesting to watch 40 00:02:22.319 --> 00:02:25.159 or watching it right here in the studio. And then 41 00:02:25.400 --> 00:02:29.000 also I really want to spend a few minutes covering 42 00:02:29.080 --> 00:02:33.520 this horrific story out of Minnesota. I want to start 43 00:02:33.520 --> 00:02:36.639 here because I feel like it's setting, or is at 44 00:02:36.719 --> 00:02:42.000 least a reflection of a very dangerous and volatile precedence 45 00:02:42.080 --> 00:02:47.039 that's being set when it comes to the relations between 46 00:02:47.240 --> 00:02:52.080 the political parties and people outside of the party, down 47 00:02:52.159 --> 00:02:56.479 party lines even and people who are using the opportunity 48 00:02:56.520 --> 00:03:00.280 to express their own disdain and ways. That then find 49 00:03:00.639 --> 00:03:06.280 two politicians at the on the other side of assassinations 50 00:03:06.360 --> 00:03:11.319 or attempted assassinations. So let's start here and then we'll 51 00:03:11.520 --> 00:03:14.759 move on over to the local news. So I'm talking 52 00:03:14.800 --> 00:03:18.680 about this story out of Minnesota. Just north of Minneapolis. 53 00:03:19.080 --> 00:03:25.199 There are two prominent politicians from Minnesota, one a lawmaker, 54 00:03:25.319 --> 00:03:31.840 Representative Melissa Hortman, and also senator sitting Senator John Hoffman, 55 00:03:32.159 --> 00:03:36.080 and overnight, both of them were victimized by one person, 56 00:03:36.120 --> 00:03:39.240 and that person's name has since been released. He is 57 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:43.360 the suspect in this crime, fifty seven year old Vance 58 00:03:43.800 --> 00:03:48.759 Luther Bolter, who appeared at Senator Hoffman's home in a 59 00:03:48.800 --> 00:03:53.439 two am hour and made his way inside, shooting the 60 00:03:53.520 --> 00:03:57.000 senator and his wife, and then about an hour later, 61 00:03:57.400 --> 00:04:01.960 made his way into Representative Melissa Hortman's home, in which 62 00:04:01.960 --> 00:04:06.759 he then assassinated Melissa Hortman and her husband We have 63 00:04:06.879 --> 00:04:10.080 some audio about this story, and I'd love to for 64 00:04:10.159 --> 00:04:15.039 you to hear straight from Minneapolis, Minnesota about what's going 65 00:04:15.080 --> 00:04:16.199 on right there. 66 00:04:16.720 --> 00:04:17.439 Can we go to the audio. 67 00:04:17.560 --> 00:04:19.720 Circumstances then folded in Brooklyn Park this morning is that 68 00:04:19.720 --> 00:04:23.160 we assisted the Champlain Police Department on a shooting. That 69 00:04:23.240 --> 00:04:25.399 shooting was made wear by one of our sergeants that 70 00:04:25.439 --> 00:04:28.720 it was at Senator Hoffman's home, and hearing that that 71 00:04:29.279 --> 00:04:32.959 very intuitive sergeant asked our officers to go check on 72 00:04:33.120 --> 00:04:36.639 Melissa Hartman's home, the representative that lives in our community. 73 00:04:37.079 --> 00:04:40.879 Just proactively as due diligence to swing by. That police 74 00:04:40.920 --> 00:04:43.199 officer and his partner pulled down the street. When they 75 00:04:43.279 --> 00:04:46.120 arrived at Melissa's house, they noticed that there was a 76 00:04:46.160 --> 00:04:49.000 police vehicle in the driveway with the lights emergency lights 77 00:04:49.040 --> 00:04:51.240 on and what appeared to be a police officer at 78 00:04:51.279 --> 00:04:54.639 the door coming out of the house. When our officers 79 00:04:54.639 --> 00:04:58.920 confronted him, the individually immediately fired upon the officers, who 80 00:04:58.959 --> 00:05:02.240 exchanged gunfire, and the suspect retreated back into the home. 81 00:05:03.439 --> 00:05:10.240 This ise, yes, The question is was it a real 82 00:05:10.279 --> 00:05:14.160 person or person personating impersonating in a police officer. It 83 00:05:14.199 --> 00:05:15.959 was not a real police officer. This is somebody that 84 00:05:16.079 --> 00:05:19.920 clearly had been impersonating a police officer again using the 85 00:05:19.920 --> 00:05:23.199 trust of this badge in this uniform to manipulate their way. 86 00:05:23.120 --> 00:05:27.399 Into the homely fishful affair of personnel only was wearing 87 00:05:27.399 --> 00:05:31.240 a badge was a police officer. Then they approached their victims, 88 00:05:31.319 --> 00:05:34.040 they had call with licensires. 89 00:05:35.000 --> 00:05:38.480 Yes, the question is how what kind of vehicle? How 90 00:05:38.480 --> 00:05:41.480 were they dressed? They did drive a vehicle that looked 91 00:05:41.480 --> 00:05:46.160 exactly like an SUV squad car. It was equipped with lights, 92 00:05:46.439 --> 00:05:49.800 emergency lights that looked exactly like a police vehicle. And yes, 93 00:05:49.839 --> 00:05:55.120 they were wearing a vest with taser other equipment that 94 00:05:55.160 --> 00:05:58.800 would a badge very similar to mine. That no question. 95 00:05:58.879 --> 00:06:00.399 If they were in this room, you would assume that 96 00:06:00.399 --> 00:06:01.399 they are a police officer. 97 00:06:02.720 --> 00:06:09.480 So this is absolutely incredible, incredible news coming out of Minnesota, 98 00:06:09.519 --> 00:06:12.839 and it continues to unfold. So again, the fifty seven 99 00:06:12.879 --> 00:06:16.879 year old suspect, Vance Luther Bolter, who either owned or 100 00:06:16.920 --> 00:06:20.879 worked for a private security firm. Information still coming out 101 00:06:20.959 --> 00:06:24.199 about that. His linked in, because of course all of 102 00:06:24.240 --> 00:06:27.639 this information is coming out about Vance Luthor Bolter. His 103 00:06:27.800 --> 00:06:32.720 LinkedIn says that Bolter is well traveled, very experienced and 104 00:06:33.120 --> 00:06:36.199 with his connections to the security industry, it would be 105 00:06:36.360 --> 00:06:40.279 very easy for him to come into weaponry and even 106 00:06:40.360 --> 00:06:44.120 these sorts of squad cars that look like law enforcement cars, 107 00:06:44.199 --> 00:06:47.800 which would then grant him the trust required to be 108 00:06:47.879 --> 00:06:51.680 able to gain access to these two homes of the politicians, 109 00:06:52.160 --> 00:06:55.519 both in which he shot two who were killed. Again, 110 00:06:55.600 --> 00:06:59.120 this is Representative Melissa Hortman who was killed and her 111 00:06:59.319 --> 00:07:03.160 husband and gravely wounded but now out of surgery, and 112 00:07:03.680 --> 00:07:08.560 Governor Tim Walt says they are cautiously optimistic was Senator 113 00:07:08.759 --> 00:07:12.959 John Hoffman and his wife. Now photos are all over 114 00:07:13.000 --> 00:07:17.279 the media for Vance Luthor Bolter. They're circulating nationwide because 115 00:07:17.519 --> 00:07:21.120 he is on the run. He has not yet been apprehended. 116 00:07:21.639 --> 00:07:24.279 They will get the They will get this guy. Don't 117 00:07:24.279 --> 00:07:27.040 know when, but they certainly will get this man. And 118 00:07:27.399 --> 00:07:32.279 until that happens, Minnesota at large is on lockdown and 119 00:07:32.360 --> 00:07:36.399 all politicians are having their security ramped up to be 120 00:07:36.480 --> 00:07:40.600 able to meet this moment again. This act has been 121 00:07:40.639 --> 00:07:45.360 condemned as an act of targeted political violence by Governor 122 00:07:45.439 --> 00:07:50.800 Tim Walls and the presidents. That this continues to reflect 123 00:07:51.040 --> 00:07:55.759 is this volatile relationship to politicians. We just had this week, 124 00:07:55.839 --> 00:07:59.560 Senator Alex Padilla of California be cuffed and thrown to 125 00:07:59.639 --> 00:08:04.360 the ground. We've seen as well the political outcry and 126 00:08:04.399 --> 00:08:09.839 the political violence against protesters, just recently at Western and Beverly, 127 00:08:09.920 --> 00:08:13.279 where a group of protesters who had gone west from 128 00:08:13.360 --> 00:08:18.639 downtown LA were run into deliberately by a person driving 129 00:08:18.759 --> 00:08:19.399 a car. 130 00:08:19.560 --> 00:08:21.879 So we are in this sort of moment. 131 00:08:21.959 --> 00:08:25.519 It's that kind of weekend, and the news will continue 132 00:08:25.560 --> 00:08:28.240 to unfold. When we come back, we're going to talk 133 00:08:28.279 --> 00:08:32.559 to Chris Adler. Chris Atler, my dear friend, an amazing reporter. 134 00:08:32.720 --> 00:08:35.240 She was down there in downtown LA, and she's going 135 00:08:35.320 --> 00:08:38.200 to give us her recount of what happened at the 136 00:08:38.279 --> 00:08:41.879 No Kings protest, what she saw, what she heard, and 137 00:08:42.080 --> 00:08:47.320 all things informational right there right here on KFI AM 138 00:08:47.399 --> 00:08:50.840 six forty Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app It Saturdays 139 00:08:50.840 --> 00:08:51.440 with Tiffany. 140 00:08:52.039 --> 00:08:55.799 You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 141 00:08:57.840 --> 00:09:01.159 I Am six forty Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio at 142 00:09:01.200 --> 00:09:03.679 Tiffany Hobbs here with you at Saturdays with Tiffany, And 143 00:09:03.759 --> 00:09:07.559 of course we're talking about the protests happening all across 144 00:09:07.600 --> 00:09:12.399 the nation specifically right here in our backyard in Los Angeles, 145 00:09:12.639 --> 00:09:17.000 even more specifically in downtown LA. Now, the No Kings 146 00:09:17.039 --> 00:09:22.759 protests they stretched from Santa Barbara down to Torrence, into 147 00:09:22.879 --> 00:09:27.440 Orange County out to Antelope Valley, all throughout Los Angeles, 148 00:09:27.639 --> 00:09:30.720 but of course we had a huge one that's just 149 00:09:30.799 --> 00:09:34.720 now starting to wrap up in downtown LA. And as 150 00:09:34.799 --> 00:09:37.960 it is wrapping up, we're starting to see an emergence 151 00:09:38.120 --> 00:09:40.840 of the i'd say, the narrative or the rhetoric that 152 00:09:41.000 --> 00:09:45.639 was more closely associated with the anti Ice raid protest. 153 00:09:45.720 --> 00:09:49.000 So it's all coalescing right there in that area and 154 00:09:49.039 --> 00:09:53.159 it was largely a peaceful day. And reporter Chris Atler, 155 00:09:53.279 --> 00:09:57.000 my dear friend, super reporter Chris Atler, was right there 156 00:09:57.039 --> 00:09:59.279 on the scene, and she's going to give us what 157 00:09:59.440 --> 00:10:02.679 she saw in downtown today at the No Kings protests. 158 00:10:02.960 --> 00:10:09.600 Chris Adler, Hello, uh oh, I don't hear her. Is 159 00:10:09.639 --> 00:10:11.120 she what we're gonna get her on? 160 00:10:11.360 --> 00:10:14.000 She's definitely there because we've certainly been messaging offline. 161 00:10:14.080 --> 00:10:14.320 Chris. 162 00:10:14.360 --> 00:10:18.279 There you are, Hey, Chris, Tiffany, can you hear me? 163 00:10:18.480 --> 00:10:21.840 I can hear you? Just fine, awesome. 164 00:10:21.480 --> 00:10:23.600 It's so great to hear you. How are you. 165 00:10:23.879 --> 00:10:26.720 It's so great to hear you as well. I'm well, 166 00:10:26.759 --> 00:10:30.200 I'm safe in the studio. You were out there in 167 00:10:30.320 --> 00:10:34.279 downtown la surrounded by thousands of people. 168 00:10:36.039 --> 00:10:40.639 Thousands of people showed out for the No Kings protests today, thousands. 169 00:10:40.879 --> 00:10:44.440 I got there a little bit after nine am. People 170 00:10:44.519 --> 00:10:47.759 started trickling in. I was over by City Hall near 171 00:10:47.879 --> 00:10:52.759 First in Maine, right near the LAPD building where LAPD 172 00:10:52.960 --> 00:10:56.840 was posted outside in a skirmish line guarding the building. 173 00:10:57.320 --> 00:11:00.360 As you know, the National Guard was also out partying 174 00:11:00.480 --> 00:11:05.360 the Federal building LAPD guarding the city Hall buildings. So 175 00:11:05.759 --> 00:11:10.519 a big presence of police, National Guard, law enforcement around 176 00:11:10.519 --> 00:11:15.039 these buildings. Now, as you probably know, you are aware, 177 00:11:15.279 --> 00:11:18.480 the protests were peaceful for most of the days, say 178 00:11:18.519 --> 00:11:21.600 about four pm, things started to get a little tense. 179 00:11:21.919 --> 00:11:25.440 I am seeing and hearing reports that protesters were allegedly 180 00:11:25.480 --> 00:11:30.399 throwing things, throwing objects, no kind of convening too close 181 00:11:30.440 --> 00:11:34.399 to the skirmish line where the troops were standing at LAPD, 182 00:11:34.799 --> 00:11:37.000 and so it's not clear if that is what happened, 183 00:11:37.039 --> 00:11:40.279 but flash bangs and tear gas were let off into 184 00:11:40.320 --> 00:11:43.879 the crowds and people were running LAPD on horses forcibly 185 00:11:44.000 --> 00:11:47.000 removing people from the area. There was a lot of confusion. 186 00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:50.320 People didn't know where to go. There was initially no 187 00:11:50.799 --> 00:11:53.799 sense of direction where police wanted people to go. But 188 00:11:53.960 --> 00:11:57.200 it was interesting company because for the most part it 189 00:11:57.320 --> 00:11:59.960 was very peaceful. I was surprised I was in town 190 00:12:00.399 --> 00:12:02.399 gear today. I had my goggles, I had my vest. 191 00:12:02.639 --> 00:12:04.759 People were like, why are you wearing this? Why are 192 00:12:04.759 --> 00:12:07.840 you out here wearing this? Because of this how quickly 193 00:12:08.200 --> 00:12:11.799 these protests can turn. And what I've noticed is that 194 00:12:11.919 --> 00:12:14.480 I think it's later in the day is when these 195 00:12:14.519 --> 00:12:17.519 protests ten tend to turn, Tiffanie. 196 00:12:17.200 --> 00:12:17.480 They do. 197 00:12:17.559 --> 00:12:20.080 And you know, as we're watching this unfold live on 198 00:12:20.200 --> 00:12:24.240 the local outlets, we are seeing evidence that the protest 199 00:12:24.360 --> 00:12:30.360 in downtown LA is in fact turning into that more violent, disruptive, 200 00:12:31.360 --> 00:12:37.039 agitator heavy sort of situation that again was not present 201 00:12:37.279 --> 00:12:40.240 for the majority of the day. We're not hearing stories 202 00:12:40.360 --> 00:12:45.360 around the country about these No Kings protests becoming disruptive 203 00:12:45.480 --> 00:12:49.000 or violent. So it's really unfortunate now that the downtown 204 00:12:49.279 --> 00:12:53.240 LA one specifically will be associated with what we're seeing 205 00:12:53.279 --> 00:12:56.559 now in this last kind of these last few remnants 206 00:12:56.600 --> 00:12:57.559 of the protest. 207 00:12:59.000 --> 00:13:01.519 It is a disappointing to see because of how dangerous 208 00:13:01.559 --> 00:13:04.240 things can turn, and this can get violent, This can 209 00:13:04.279 --> 00:13:08.639 get very deadly, and fortunately nobody has been killed. But 210 00:13:08.799 --> 00:13:11.080 I've said, you know, when when tensions rise like this 211 00:13:11.200 --> 00:13:13.879 and people are out there and they're protesting, and and 212 00:13:13.960 --> 00:13:15.440 I also don't want to I don't want to just 213 00:13:15.440 --> 00:13:17.960 say protesters because I was out there marching. 214 00:13:18.320 --> 00:13:20.600 You were a protester in a sense. 215 00:13:20.639 --> 00:13:24.200 Well, I I was protest walking with I was walking 216 00:13:24.240 --> 00:13:28.240 with the protesters and from Grand Park to Pershing Square 217 00:13:28.320 --> 00:13:31.120 and it was peaceful. And I will also tell you 218 00:13:31.480 --> 00:13:34.720 there were protesters offering the National Guard troops who were 219 00:13:34.759 --> 00:13:38.360 standing guard water face white, telling them thank you for 220 00:13:38.480 --> 00:13:41.720 your service, thanks you for being out here. It was peaceful. 221 00:13:42.120 --> 00:13:44.320 So to see it turned to what it has just 222 00:13:44.360 --> 00:13:47.480 turned to, it is disappointing. And I'm sure, as you know, 223 00:13:47.519 --> 00:13:50.879 the story develops, will find out exactly what happened. And 224 00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:52.919 you know, Mayor Bath had went on record and said 225 00:13:52.960 --> 00:13:55.039 she didn't want to see this happened. She wanted peaceful, 226 00:13:56.440 --> 00:13:59.759 peacefully protest as the first Amendment right to be out 227 00:13:59.759 --> 00:14:03.759 there protests and have their voice heard, but to do 228 00:14:03.840 --> 00:14:04.559 it peacefully. 229 00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:07.879 Now, did you see mayor Baths or anyone from the 230 00:14:07.879 --> 00:14:12.919 mayor's office, or any of our local politicians or political figures. 231 00:14:12.919 --> 00:14:15.440 Were they there in attendance for this protest. 232 00:14:15.919 --> 00:14:19.600 I didn't see any during my time while I was 233 00:14:19.639 --> 00:14:24.559 walking with the protesters, but I was also looking for 234 00:14:24.679 --> 00:14:28.200 counter protesters. I was looking to interview counter protesters to 235 00:14:28.200 --> 00:14:30.759 see if there if somebody would be willing to speak 236 00:14:30.799 --> 00:14:34.360 with me, And to be completely honest, I didn't see 237 00:14:34.399 --> 00:14:35.840 any counter protesters. 238 00:14:35.879 --> 00:14:36.279 I don't know. 239 00:14:36.320 --> 00:14:39.720 They may have been out there, but if they weren't, 240 00:14:39.759 --> 00:14:43.480 they didn't make themselves visible and it wasn't clear that 241 00:14:43.559 --> 00:14:47.360 they were out there. So we've seen these We've seen 242 00:14:47.360 --> 00:14:49.840 these protests. We've been covering, you know, like I said, 243 00:14:49.919 --> 00:14:52.159 during the day, it seems earlier in the day, it 244 00:14:52.159 --> 00:14:56.320 seems to be more subdued, where there's protesters out there 245 00:14:56.360 --> 00:15:00.039 just chantying and walking together collectively. But as the the 246 00:15:00.080 --> 00:15:04.480 sun starts to go down, we see like this tension. 247 00:15:05.000 --> 00:15:05.919 And I will tell you. 248 00:15:05.799 --> 00:15:10.159 I have personally seen educators, personally seen agitators try to 249 00:15:10.399 --> 00:15:13.320 get a response from the troops, try to get a 250 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:18.000 response from LAPD. But that is not the I would 251 00:15:18.120 --> 00:15:20.360 say that is not the majority. That is definitely the 252 00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:21.240 minority out there. 253 00:15:21.519 --> 00:15:24.279 That's good to know because everyone seems to get lumped 254 00:15:24.279 --> 00:15:28.279 in together as being monolithic and being agitated, an agitating 255 00:15:28.320 --> 00:15:30.679 group to be able to get that sort of rise 256 00:15:30.799 --> 00:15:31.399 or response. 257 00:15:31.399 --> 00:15:32.399 I'm happy that you. 258 00:15:32.399 --> 00:15:36.320 Delineated that that's not the entire case for what you saw. 259 00:15:38.039 --> 00:15:40.399 No, definitely not. And I will tell you there were 260 00:15:40.440 --> 00:15:45.720 a protester offering water and offering food to other protesters, 261 00:15:45.840 --> 00:15:51.080 and just there was this camaraderie of people from LA 262 00:15:51.240 --> 00:15:55.600 and walking together, from all colors and all backgrounds, and 263 00:15:55.919 --> 00:15:59.080 it was it was nice to see that a protest 264 00:15:59.159 --> 00:16:01.840 can be people. And you know, Tiffany, when during my 265 00:16:01.879 --> 00:16:04.399 time at KFI, I was the protest girl, I was 266 00:16:04.440 --> 00:16:08.639 the strike girl, I was on I have never seen 267 00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:14.000 a massive protest to this magnitude would also be as 268 00:16:14.159 --> 00:16:18.360 peaceful as it was peaceful, with as big as it was, 269 00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:20.360 So it was really something to see. 270 00:16:20.639 --> 00:16:20.960 Chris. 271 00:16:21.039 --> 00:16:23.240 Thank you so much for coming on with us and 272 00:16:23.320 --> 00:16:27.240 offering your insight about the No Kings protest in downtown LA. 273 00:16:27.440 --> 00:16:29.519 Should you find yourself back out there, you make sure 274 00:16:29.519 --> 00:16:31.480 you're safe okay, and you're always welcome to call. 275 00:16:31.440 --> 00:16:35.919 Back in anytime. Thanks Tiffany, You're so welcome. 276 00:16:35.919 --> 00:16:39.360 We're just talking with Chris Atler. She's an amazing reporter 277 00:16:39.480 --> 00:16:42.000 and she was right there on the ground in the 278 00:16:42.039 --> 00:16:45.840 middle of the protests in downtown LA today that unfortunately 279 00:16:45.879 --> 00:16:48.039 have started in the last maybe half an hour to 280 00:16:48.080 --> 00:16:53.120 take a turn toward a more violent, volatile direction. So 281 00:16:53.200 --> 00:16:57.120 hopefully that will not continue, especially with the curfew in place, 282 00:16:57.279 --> 00:17:00.200 but will continue to follow everything as it breaks. When 283 00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:03.759 we come back, we're gonna get into this military parade 284 00:17:03.799 --> 00:17:07.359 in Washington, DC. It's well underway. It's about eight thirty 285 00:17:07.359 --> 00:17:09.680 pm in DC. It's been going on for the last 286 00:17:09.720 --> 00:17:12.160 two hours or so, and I have quite a few 287 00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:15.759 updates to share with you as well as what's going 288 00:17:15.799 --> 00:17:19.079 on with the Department of Homeland Security in LA. How 289 00:17:19.119 --> 00:17:22.680 long do they plan to stay, and who exactly are 290 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:25.119 they detaining. All of that and more right here on 291 00:17:25.160 --> 00:17:28.559 Saturdays with Tiffany KFI AM six forty Live everywhere on 292 00:17:28.599 --> 00:17:29.920 the iHeartRadio app. 293 00:17:30.440 --> 00:17:34.319 You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 294 00:17:34.599 --> 00:17:38.559 KFI AM six forty Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 295 00:17:38.599 --> 00:17:42.519 Tiffany Hobbs here with you until seven Saturdays with Tiffany, 296 00:17:42.559 --> 00:17:46.519 and we just spoke with reporter Chris Atler, and she 297 00:17:46.559 --> 00:17:49.920 gave us a first hand retelling of what she experienced 298 00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:53.599 right there on the ground in downtown LA earlier today 299 00:17:53.799 --> 00:17:57.559 for our No Kings protest. And I do say hours, 300 00:17:57.680 --> 00:18:02.279 because there are fifty protests or excuse me, fifty states 301 00:18:02.359 --> 00:18:06.680 that are having multiple protests throughout the state for today's 302 00:18:06.920 --> 00:18:13.319 No Kings Day coordinated protest effort. And while the protest 303 00:18:13.359 --> 00:18:19.119 in downtown LA has wrapped up officially, now the agitators 304 00:18:19.279 --> 00:18:23.000 have emerged, and we know this to be true, it happens. 305 00:18:23.319 --> 00:18:26.880 I'm looking at flash bangs, I'm looking at tear gas. 306 00:18:26.920 --> 00:18:30.880 I'm looking at standoffs between these officers who are heavily 307 00:18:31.000 --> 00:18:38.359 armed and protesters who are there deliberately intentionally provoking the police. 308 00:18:38.400 --> 00:18:41.640 I just saw one person run up and try and 309 00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:45.519 physically it looks to be push a police officer as 310 00:18:45.599 --> 00:18:48.640 these police are moving or pushing the line looks to 311 00:18:48.720 --> 00:18:52.680 be back south, away down. I think this is Maine, 312 00:18:52.880 --> 00:18:55.599 Maine or Alameda. I'm looking at both right over here 313 00:18:55.640 --> 00:18:58.400 by the mall downtown in La. 314 00:18:59.079 --> 00:19:00.279 So as this is happening. 315 00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:03.279 Of course, will continue to give you information while these 316 00:19:03.319 --> 00:19:08.799 situations unfold and What's also happening concurrently is the huge 317 00:19:08.960 --> 00:19:14.880 military parade in Washington, DC that coincides with President Trump's 318 00:19:14.920 --> 00:19:18.400 seventy ninth birthday, although he says it has nothing to 319 00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:21.599 do with his birthday, just happened to fall on the 320 00:19:21.640 --> 00:19:26.119 same day as Flag Day and the two hundred and 321 00:19:26.160 --> 00:19:31.319 fiftieth birthday of the United States Military. Now some recaps 322 00:19:31.359 --> 00:19:34.759 for this particular parade. It was supposed to start at 323 00:19:34.759 --> 00:19:37.359 six thirty pm DC time. It did start at six 324 00:19:37.400 --> 00:19:40.880 pm d C time, three o'clock hour time because of rain. 325 00:19:41.079 --> 00:19:43.920 They said, rainorsheine, this is happening, and they went ahead 326 00:19:43.960 --> 00:19:46.640 and pushed it or excuse me, moved it up about 327 00:19:46.680 --> 00:19:49.640 thirty minutes to try to avoid what they thought was 328 00:19:49.680 --> 00:19:53.079 going to be an incoming rain storm. It's been well 329 00:19:53.079 --> 00:19:55.759 attended by the looks of it. It's been carried on 330 00:19:55.839 --> 00:19:59.160 our local outlets, CNN and others as well. And what 331 00:19:59.200 --> 00:20:02.559 I've seen, what I've got leaned from this military parade 332 00:20:02.640 --> 00:20:06.720 thus far, is that if you are a student of history, 333 00:20:07.119 --> 00:20:12.799 like I find myself being I love history, especially wartime history, 334 00:20:13.319 --> 00:20:17.319 then you will then be up close and personal to history, 335 00:20:17.359 --> 00:20:21.599 being able to be in conversation if you will with 336 00:20:21.680 --> 00:20:25.799 what's going on at the parade. As these military service 337 00:20:25.839 --> 00:20:30.400 members are interacting with the crowd walking down this parade line. 338 00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:34.359 It is giving the attendees the opportunity to see World 339 00:20:34.359 --> 00:20:41.119 War two vehicles, tanks, B twenty five bombers, modern military technology, 340 00:20:41.240 --> 00:20:45.319 technology that is possibly to be possible to be used 341 00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:48.960 in the future. You have the servicemen and women marching, 342 00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:51.720 and at one point there was even a faction of 343 00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:56.640 the military dressed in Revolutionary war uniforms. So it really 344 00:20:56.799 --> 00:21:00.559 spans the two hundred and fifty years from its inception 345 00:21:01.319 --> 00:21:03.880 all the way up into the future. And you have 346 00:21:03.960 --> 00:21:06.480 President Trump and his cabinet sitting in the center of 347 00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:10.200 the grand stand. As the parade passed by, you had 348 00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:14.000 to find Secretary Pete Hegsith there, of course the first Lady. 349 00:21:14.319 --> 00:21:18.039 They were both on both sides of the president flanking him. 350 00:21:18.359 --> 00:21:23.559 There were reported to be six thousand soldiers, fifty military aircraft, 351 00:21:23.960 --> 00:21:28.720 and one hundred and fifty military vehicles. And I saw 352 00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:32.720 that attendee's kids were able to play with the tanks, 353 00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:35.920 play with the projectile launchers. 354 00:21:36.119 --> 00:21:39.519 Does it good for kids? Doesn't that sound so fun? 355 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:45.279 Have you seen photos and footage from the big military parade. Yeah, 356 00:21:45.400 --> 00:21:48.680 I've been looking at it obsessively, looking at these things 357 00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:52.960 on the former Twitter, and it's very, very sparsely attended. 358 00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:55.480 Nowhere near close to the two hundred thousand people who 359 00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:56.119 were projected. 360 00:21:56.319 --> 00:21:58.279 No, no, no, no, it's well attended. 361 00:21:58.319 --> 00:22:01.279 For the scope of the camera and what's being captured 362 00:22:01.319 --> 00:22:04.480 in that lens. It definitely looks like it's you know, 363 00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:06.799 like it's full because they're making sure not to pay 364 00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:08.680 too far to the left or the right, of course, 365 00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:09.119 but was. 366 00:22:09.119 --> 00:22:11.599 It to you because I'm seeing huge gaps in the 367 00:22:11.599 --> 00:22:15.440 crowds and really not very many people there at all. 368 00:22:15.480 --> 00:22:17.799 You know, when I first started looking at the beginning 369 00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:21.200 of this parade, it did seem full. You know, it 370 00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:23.960 may have dissipated since then. I haven't been checking back 371 00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:26.960 to the photos. I've just really been reading the actual 372 00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:32.799 written updates. But regardless, it is not attended within the 373 00:22:32.839 --> 00:22:37.599 projection that they had of two hundred thousand attendees. Absolutely not. 374 00:22:38.519 --> 00:22:41.039 You know, But when you think about it again, if 375 00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:44.000 you enjoy history, then it's probably a fun place for 376 00:22:44.119 --> 00:22:46.079 you to be. If you want your kids to play 377 00:22:46.079 --> 00:22:50.359 with projectile launchers, it's probably a place that you could 378 00:22:50.440 --> 00:22:55.640 go and right now they're doing fireworks, and it's very patriotic. 379 00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:58.599 It's all of the things that we know Donald Trump 380 00:22:58.680 --> 00:23:01.599 wanted it. President Donald Trump expected it to be, wanted 381 00:23:01.599 --> 00:23:05.400 it to be. I have not necessarily heard much reference 382 00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:10.799 to his birthday. But the night's still young. We'll certainly 383 00:23:10.880 --> 00:23:14.119 see Mark. Is this something that you would attend? Are 384 00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:16.000 you a student of history? 385 00:23:16.359 --> 00:23:17.960 I am a student of history. I've got a minor 386 00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:21.359 in it. Oh but no, I mean I would attend 387 00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:25.119 it as a journalist. Uh huh, but not as just 388 00:23:25.200 --> 00:23:29.519 a fan. I'm not a fan boy. 389 00:23:29.839 --> 00:23:32.319 Yes, that's okay. It's interesting. 390 00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:35.759 It's definitely something that will be discussed for many years 391 00:23:35.799 --> 00:23:39.079 to come because it's unprecedented, and how many times have 392 00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:42.160 we used that word to describe things that have happened 393 00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:45.599 in the last five ten years. This is definitely, you know, 394 00:23:45.640 --> 00:23:48.039 a representative of unprecedented times. 395 00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:50.079 It really is. We haven't seen a parade like this 396 00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:51.680 in the United States never. 397 00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:55.519 I know there were parades, you know, after I think 398 00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:58.559 after Vietnam, I think there was a parade perhaps. And 399 00:23:59.000 --> 00:24:01.480 for those of you who are students of history, of course, 400 00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:04.279 hit the talk back and feel free to correct me. 401 00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:07.839