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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to Bill Handle on demand from KFI AM

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<v Speaker 1>six forty.

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<v Speaker 2>On KFI AM six forty Handle Morning Crew on a Thursday,

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<v Speaker 2>February sixth as we are actually enjoying a gentle rain

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<v Speaker 2>coming down, which is exactly what we needed. And I

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<v Speaker 2>hate the rain, but I hate this rain less that

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<v Speaker 2>I hate other rain.

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<v Speaker 3>Rain's great. I like don't like getting wets. Why I

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<v Speaker 3>don't shower?

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<v Speaker 2>This is why everybody just leaves me and I walk

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<v Speaker 2>down the hall and no one gets near me.

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<v Speaker 3>Actually, you're not a smelly guy. Okay, fine, no you're not.

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<v Speaker 2>It's weird, I know because you you read like you'd

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<v Speaker 2>be smelly. Excellent John Decker, who is joining this conversation, John,

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<v Speaker 2>how often do you shower?

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<v Speaker 3>By the way, what was the question?

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<v Speaker 1>How often do I what exactly?

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<v Speaker 2>I'll always we're gonna get right into being in the

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<v Speaker 2>oval office before we start that.

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<v Speaker 3>How often do you shower?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh? I shower at least once a day. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>if I'm working out in the afternoon that I shower again.

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<v Speaker 1>But typically I work out in the morning, So just

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<v Speaker 1>one shower o day.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Now, we don't know a little bit about

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<v Speaker 2>John Decker, who is kfi's White House corresponding. John, you

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<v Speaker 2>have been covering presidents for a long time, and you

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<v Speaker 2>are in the Oval Office usually when the president is

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<v Speaker 2>signing his executive orders, and he does it well, there's

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<v Speaker 2>never been a president that had reporters in the Oval

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<v Speaker 2>Office as much since FDR. Actually where he would sit

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<v Speaker 2>there and you know, talk to reporters. I'm not interested

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<v Speaker 2>in policy. What I'm interested in is what's the flavor

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<v Speaker 2>of the room.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, what's it like?

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<v Speaker 2>And I know you can't tell me what you think,

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<v Speaker 2>but what's the buzz like in the in the press

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<v Speaker 2>corps out there that you hear about the room and

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<v Speaker 2>Donald Trump? And it's a small room, I understand as

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<v Speaker 2>he goes on and everybody's screaming for questions.

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<v Speaker 3>Describe that, would you?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I wouldn't say we were screaming for questions yesterday.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a small group of reporters that were in

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<v Speaker 1>the White House Oval Office yesterday. And the reason being

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<v Speaker 1>is because Pam Bondi, she's the new Attorney General. She

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<v Speaker 1>was sworn in yesterday in the Oval Office by Supreme

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<v Speaker 1>Court Justice Clarence Thomas. President Trump obviously on hand for this.

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<v Speaker 1>He made some remarks. The new Attorney General, Pam Bondi,

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<v Speaker 1>made some remarks, and then the President took two questions

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<v Speaker 1>from the small group of reporters while in the Oval Office.

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<v Speaker 1>I was one of those questions that he answered. And

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<v Speaker 1>to get to your initial question, I think you could

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<v Speaker 1>say it's there's a buzz. There's a buzz related to

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<v Speaker 1>being in the Oval Office, but particularly for President Trump.

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<v Speaker 1>There were probably about two dozen at least people in

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<v Speaker 1>that room yesterday, friends and family of Pam Bondi that

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to be on hand for her swearing in. And

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<v Speaker 1>this was the only event of a swearing in ceremony

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<v Speaker 1>that has taken place so far in Trump's second term

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<v Speaker 1>in the Oval Office. So I was fortunate enough to

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<v Speaker 1>be there yesterday.

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<v Speaker 2>Now let me ask you, the reporters who are give

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<v Speaker 2>credited to be in the Oval Office have done in

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of time you've seen President. Is there an

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<v Speaker 2>excitement level that doesn't exist or hasn't existed with other

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<v Speaker 2>presidents there.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm sort of getting that feeling.

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<v Speaker 1>No. Well, for me, I can only speak for myself.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I'm always excited to be in the Oval Office.

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<v Speaker 1>My gosh, all the presidents that have occupied that office.

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<v Speaker 1>So whether it's a Democrat or a Republican who's in

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<v Speaker 1>the Oval Office at the time, I'm always excited when

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<v Speaker 1>I learned I'm going to go in there for bill signing,

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<v Speaker 1>signing of an executive voter yesterday, I swearing in, or

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<v Speaker 1>the president's meeting with his counterpart from another country. All

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<v Speaker 1>of that is exciting and you get ready for it,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. As it relates to President Trump, I had

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<v Speaker 1>about a dozen questions prepared for him, but he was

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<v Speaker 1>not in a talkative mood yesterday, and really the only

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<v Speaker 1>on point. You know. It was focused on why we

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<v Speaker 1>were in the Oval Office yesterday with Pam Bondi becoming

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<v Speaker 2>Does he give a preference to conservative reporters or is

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<v Speaker 2>he pretty even?

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<v Speaker 3>Stephen about that?

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<v Speaker 1>He's pretty I think he's pretty even, Stephen, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, look, if he recognizes you and I covered

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<v Speaker 1>him in the first term, he's going to take my questions.

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<v Speaker 1>He certainly did so dozens upon dozens of times during

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<v Speaker 1>his first term in office, and he recognizes me first

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<v Speaker 1>on my interview. Donald Trump was way back in nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>ninety nine. So I've got a long term relationship with

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<v Speaker 1>him that goes back even before he was a politician,

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<v Speaker 1>which is longer than most people that cover the president

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<v Speaker 1>right now. So I think it helps you know if

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<v Speaker 1>you have that type of relationship with the president in

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<v Speaker 1>terms of being called on, but he doesn't discriminate. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>he'll call on anybody essentially as he's in other venues, like,

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<v Speaker 1>for instance, if he's walking on the South lawn to

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<v Speaker 1>board Marine one, he'll take some questions from reporters and

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<v Speaker 1>he's not really focused upon whether or not the reporters

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<v Speaker 1>from a conservative outlet or not.

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<v Speaker 3>Now everybody knows that he does not like the press

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<v Speaker 3>very much.

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<v Speaker 2>It has described them as straight out enemies, and during

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<v Speaker 2>campaigns being covered, he would look at them, point to

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<v Speaker 2>them and go, that's the enemy over there, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>and was pretty adamant about it.

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<v Speaker 3>Has that changed.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you get any negative because you're a press person

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<v Speaker 2>because you remember the press.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, it's a complicated relationship. I wouldn't say flat out

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<v Speaker 1>that he doesn't like the press, because he does like

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<v Speaker 1>the press. He loves the coverage. He actually enjoys when

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<v Speaker 1>I've flown with him on Air Force one. He enjoys

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<v Speaker 1>coming back to where the press sits on Air Force

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<v Speaker 1>one and chatting with us, you know, for twenty thirty

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<v Speaker 1>minutes off the record. So it's a mixed relationship. It's

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<v Speaker 1>the best way I would describe it. He likes to

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<v Speaker 1>be liked, He likes the give and take with reporters,

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<v Speaker 1>So it's not just as simple black and white. He

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't like reporters. I think at times he doesn't like

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<v Speaker 1>reporters and news organizations. But for the most part, I

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<v Speaker 1>think he likes the relationship that he has with the

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<v Speaker 1>press corps. And that goes back to his days when

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<v Speaker 1>he was a developer in New York and he sought

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<v Speaker 1>New York Times and the Daily News and the New

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<v Speaker 2>One last question, as you guys are in the Oval

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<v Speaker 2>office and you're finishing it up, does he ever pass

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<v Speaker 2>out or dervs?

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<v Speaker 1>No, No, he doesn't pass that. No, that does not happen.

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<v Speaker 1>I've never had that experience. I don't know why you

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<v Speaker 1>would have where Duras and the Oval office, because that doesn't.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a social thing to do.

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<v Speaker 2>It's okay all right, John, thank you as always. I

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<v Speaker 2>mean he is pretty close to the present, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>kf I is. You know, we're pretty lucky to have

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<v Speaker 2>John as part of the team. All right now, the

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<v Speaker 2>president is not a big fan of DEI, as you know,

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<v Speaker 2>and he has eliminated DEI programs as quickly as he

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<v Speaker 2>possibly can across the country. If we go back to

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<v Speaker 2>the murder of George Floyd. At that moment, I think

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<v Speaker 2>our world changed dramatically in terms of how we view

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<v Speaker 2>the police, how we view the way cities create policing,

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<v Speaker 2>and the Black Lives Matter came out of it, and

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<v Speaker 2>DEI to the extent that it was round before, exploded

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<v Speaker 2>inclusion diversity.

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<v Speaker 3>We needed more minorities.

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<v Speaker 2>Google, by the way, had one of the strongest programs,

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<v Speaker 2>the DEI program, and it has just joined other tech

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<v Speaker 2>giants and going wait a minute, let's take a look

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<v Speaker 2>at this. And it has to do not with let's

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<v Speaker 2>take a look at this because of any sociological or

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<v Speaker 3>It's the new.

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<v Speaker 2>Administration doesn't like this. We have contracts with the new administration.

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<v Speaker 2>We don't want to piss off this president, who, by

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<v Speaker 2>the way, is a bad president to piss off there

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<v Speaker 2>are people in government, then it doesn't matter. Boy, you

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<v Speaker 2>piss off President Trump, you're in trouble. So the killing

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<v Speaker 2>of George Floyd in twenty twenty set off a whole

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<v Speaker 2>target of increasing the proportion. This is goal, saying setting

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<v Speaker 2>a target of thirty percent the proportion of leadership representation

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<v Speaker 2>of underrepresented groups by twenty twenty five, by this year. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>even before the president became president this time around, a

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<v Speaker 2>couple of things happened. In his annual report it has

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<v Speaker 2>released that it just released, it omitted the sentence stating

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<v Speaker 2>the company was committed to make diversity, equity, and inclusion

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<v Speaker 2>part of everything we do and to growing a workforce

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<v Speaker 2>that is representative of the users we serve. That sentence

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<v Speaker 2>was included in twenty twenty one through twenty twenty four.

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<v Speaker 2>Twenty twenty five, sentence is no longer in there. And

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<v Speaker 2>here are some stats. Remember that Google in twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 2>said we have a target of thirty percent increasing thirty percent. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>the twenty twenty four report from Google, five point seven

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<v Speaker 2>percent of the US employees were black, seven point five

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<v Speaker 2>percent were Latino, and four years earlier, the figures were

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<v Speaker 2>three point seven and five point nine respectively, not a

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<v Speaker 2>whole lot of representation. And now Google says, okay, let's

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<v Speaker 2>let's look at not even releasing annual diversity reports. And

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<v Speaker 2>it's been doing that since twenty fourteen. And why, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>they're up front about it. The Google's representative said, it's

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<v Speaker 2>reviewing recent court decisions. It's reviewing executive orders by President

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<v Speaker 2>Trump aimed at curbing DEI by the government and federal contractors,

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<v Speaker 2>which the tech giants all have contracts with the government.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, good for them.

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<v Speaker 2>At least they're honest about it, saying, hey, it's a

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<v Speaker 2>different world. Life has changed. Where it was one politically

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<v Speaker 2>mandatory to push the EI, especially after the George Floyd murder.

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<v Speaker 2>Now it's gone the other way, where you have a

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<v Speaker 2>Biden administration where inclusion is actually even more important than

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<v Speaker 2>anything else. This is one of the reasons that Donald

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<v Speaker 2>Trump won the election. This is one of the reasons

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<v Speaker 2>why the Democrats just completely misreaded because they thought this

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<v Speaker 2>sort of thing, inclusion, LGBT rights, etc. Was more important

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<v Speaker 2>than inflation, more important than immigration.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, it's easy to look.

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<v Speaker 2>At hindsight and say this is what happened, but this

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<v Speaker 2>is what happened. So Google is dancing and around saying

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<v Speaker 2>would maintain its resource groups for underrepresented employees. And it's

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<v Speaker 2>not a question of here's how they paint it too.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not a question of we want more blacks, we

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<v Speaker 2>want more Latinos. It's underrepresented employees that come from those areas.

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<v Speaker 2>This is how the colleges get away with it in

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<v Speaker 2>establishing quota systems. It is illegal for a university to

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<v Speaker 2>determine acceptance of a class or any student based on race.

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<v Speaker 2>Cannot do it one percent. It's illegal. However, it's not

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<v Speaker 2>illegal to look at poor communities. It is not illegal

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<v Speaker 2>to look at an underrepresentation. And how difficult it is

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<v Speaker 2>to get in college if a student comes from a

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<v Speaker 2>effectively dei happens, there's no question about it. And where

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<v Speaker 2>other way completely. And the tech companies who Trump hated,

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<v Speaker 2>are not particularly underrepresentative in tech or in school. But

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<v Speaker 2>we believe in minority management and employees. That's off the table. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>that's done, and you will see this Halloween. You know

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<v Speaker 2>a big get togethers from morale. They don't give money,

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<v Speaker 3>Now a word about.

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<v Speaker 2>EV's and I have one. California EV sales are flat

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<v Speaker 2>but demand has flatline in California and all kinds of questions.

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<v Speaker 2>Can automobile manufacturers meet the state mandates for zero emission

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<v Speaker 2>other manufacturer is going to meet the state's thirty five

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<v Speaker 2>twenty six model year. Demand just doesn't match, but the

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<v Speaker 2>mandate requires zero. Evs simply aren't selling that well. And

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<v Speaker 2>why is that? Well, it's really easy. Let me tell

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<v Speaker 2>you about my EV. I love my EV. I have

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<v Speaker 2>a BMW. I've had BMW's for twenty five years. I

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<v Speaker 2>love that car. I think it's the best driving car

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<v Speaker 2>out there. And I'm not blowing smoke here. I just

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<v Speaker 2>happened to love that car. And for as my lease

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<v Speaker 2>was up on my last car for some reason, I

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<v Speaker 2>obviously had a huge temperature and I was running a

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<v Speaker 2>fever at one hundred and nine degrees, and I went

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<v Speaker 2>Lasted two weeks before I said I'm done with the Tesla,

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<v Speaker 3>But here's the problem. It certainly, in my opinion, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>The problem with evs, not hybrid straight evs is range anxiety.

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<v Speaker 3>I am matter of fact.

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<v Speaker 2>I live in Orange County and this morning I was

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<v Speaker 3>And I'm figuring out.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, twenty five I was there, and I have to

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<v Speaker 2>go this and I've got these many miles to go home,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm sweating bullets because there aren't enough chargers out there.

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<v Speaker 3>There just aren't.

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<v Speaker 2>The manufacturers are doing a great job, but more evs

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<v Speaker 2>are selling than they were able to put up chargers

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<v Speaker 2>and that and people said, okay, we're done. And hybrids,

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, hybrids have exploded. That clearly is the

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<v Speaker 2>wave of the future. My next car that I get

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<v Speaker 2>when my lease is up, I lease cars becuse every

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<v Speaker 3>I want another one.

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<v Speaker 2>It's going to be a hybrid EV. And what are

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<v Speaker 2>the chances of a BMW? Oh, I don't know about

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred percent? Okay, that sound like a commercial for BMW,

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, a little bit, it's not.

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<v Speaker 3>By the way, that's well, how long have I been

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<v Speaker 3>talking about this, I mean twenty years, you know?

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<v Speaker 1>So?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, Neil, it's like a Trump prayer breakfast. Yeah, it

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<v Speaker 2>actually is when you think about it. Now, how do

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<v Speaker 2>you meet compliance? The manufacturers, how do they meet compliance? Well,

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<v Speaker 2>it's an average over the entire fleet that they sell,

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<v Speaker 2>So there aren't going to be enough EV sales clearly,

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<v Speaker 2>and by the way, failing to meet the thirty five

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<v Speaker 2>percent mandate means either paying penalties of thirty of twenty

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<v Speaker 2>thousand dollars per every non compliant compliant vehicle sowed sold,

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<v Speaker 2>everyone over the thirty five percent mandate or everyone under

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<v Speaker 2>the thirty five percent mandate twenty grand per car.

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<v Speaker 3>That's the problem. So they got a couple ways of

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<v Speaker 2>Manufacture fewer buy state issued emission credits carbon credits that

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<v Speaker 2>they can buy, or decrease the number of internal combustion

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<v Speaker 2>engines that are being sold and manufactured sold, particularly because

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<v Speaker 2>I thought the mandate was great because I love the

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<v Speaker 2>concept of evs. I mean, they do use energy, but

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<v Speaker 2>they save a pilot energy. I'm one of those people

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<v Speaker 2>that actually believes in fossil fuels, too many of them.

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<v Speaker 2>I believe that emissions are causing global warming. That's who

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<v Speaker 2>I am. And it's real simple. They're not going to

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<v Speaker 2>make the mandate. They're not, And so buy an ev

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<v Speaker 2>By the way, I did the math, and I have

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<v Speaker 2>to charge my car downstairs twice this week in order

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<v Speaker 2>to make it. Now, who does that when you have

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<v Speaker 2>a internal combustion car? And I got twenty buys there

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<v Speaker 2>and I got thirty miles over that one. And then

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<v Speaker 2>I've got to go over there, and I got to

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<v Speaker 2>figure out what's my mileage? What kind of range do

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<v Speaker 2>I have? It's range anxiety of the yin yang. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>let's move on. Okay, a couple of shockers for you

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<v Speaker 2>and some uh all right before the rains arrived. And

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<v Speaker 2>this is after the fire. There's a USC professor Seth John.

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<v Speaker 3>Test for lead.

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<v Speaker 2>Another USC professor visited public parks and preschool sampling sandboxes

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<v Speaker 2>to test for lead because there was a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>concern following the fire because thousands of older buildings where

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<v Speaker 2>bunch of questions about how far ash laden with these

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<v Speaker 2>the one that I'm glad they spent money on this.

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<v Speaker 2>The samples with the highest concentrations of lead were found

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<v Speaker 3>Gee, thank you for that.

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<v Speaker 2>So the two researchers tested nineteen samples gathered every half

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<v Speaker 2>mile or so from locking you out of flint Ridge

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<v Speaker 2>to Monrovia, some right in front of burned homes, others

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<v Speaker 2>from neighborhoods where the homes were spared but were blanketed

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<v Speaker 2>in ash. And they actually found a ton of viralbility variability,

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<v Speaker 2>middle of Altadeno, which so the worst damage showed the

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<v Speaker 2>highest level of lead.

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<v Speaker 3>Ooh, isn't that special. That's a shocker.

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<v Speaker 2>Samples ranging from just above the EPA soil screening limit

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<v Speaker 2>of eighty parts per million to more than twenty times that.

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<v Speaker 2>Now near blind neighborhoods had barely any lead present.

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<v Speaker 3>And here's what's interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>They thought that nearby neighborhoods would show a substantial level

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<v Speaker 2>of thread of lead, but it really was limited. Neighborhood

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<v Speaker 2>by neighborhood, there was less and less lead to war

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<v Speaker 2>only half a mile or a mile away. Even though

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<v Speaker 2>under the snow at a school they found no lead.

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<v Speaker 2>Strangely enough, it's all a question of how close you were.

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<v Speaker 2>Of the seven playgrounds that were tested, lead levels were

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<v Speaker 2>how dangerous with the potential risks.

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<v Speaker 3>Are, but you have to find out. Testing has to.

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<v Speaker 2>Be done, and not just for lead either, but heavy metals,

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<v Speaker 2>including chromium and arsenic. How do you find arsenic in

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<v Speaker 2>a home who has arsenic? Well, arsnake is used in

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<v Speaker 2>lumber to treat lumber. It's an anti rot what element mineral? Yeah, Actually,

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<v Speaker 3>You wear arsnake, especially if you wear old lace.

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<v Speaker 2>After debris and the ashurekill cleared, the researchers recommend test

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<v Speaker 2>your properties multiple samples. You have to average everything that's

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<v Speaker 2>going on. And the good news is the rain should

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<v Speaker 2>help wash away a lot of the street dust. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>of course it's going to so we now have rains.

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<v Speaker 2>They're going to test after the rains, and this actually

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<v Speaker 2>amount of lead and toxicity. And they got the heavy

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<v Speaker 2>metals that's the big one because you also have batteries.

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<v Speaker 3>And we've had that big deal in Malibu.

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<v Speaker 2>At Roger Beach, Will Rogers Beach, Yeah, good old Will Rogers.

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<v Speaker 2>I never met a man I didn't like and he well,

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<v Speaker 2>he never met you, did he? I'm sorry, No, he

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<v Speaker 2>You know who's uh, you know where he broadcasts from

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<v Speaker 2>in his radio days, Will Rogers Kfi KFI mike. Some

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<v Speaker 2>KFI mike and that's his uh, that's his tombstone. I

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<v Speaker 2>never met a male. A man I didn't like. Neil's

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Uh, I guess we're done for this segment.

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<v Speaker 2>Coming up, we have Joel Larsguard how the money? Uh?

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<v Speaker 2>gonna finish show with Moe Kelly. Alec Paul has a

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<v Speaker 2>new reality show. Alec Baldwin to talk about the trailer.

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<v Speaker 3>I saw the trailer.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me tell you some weird stuff about that trailer.

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<v Speaker 2>Number one with a bullet that's right, very strong. We'll

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<v Speaker 2>be back kf I am sixty.

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