WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:04.200 You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 2 00:00:05.639 --> 00:00:08.439 A six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:08.439 --> 00:00:12.439 Mark Thompson here on this Sunday, and I'm just kind 4 00:00:12.439 --> 00:00:16.600 of looking back at what's happened over the last couple 5 00:00:16.679 --> 00:00:20.039 of days. The No King's protests, of course, just filled 6 00:00:20.079 --> 00:00:23.399 the streets coast to coast, and here in southern California, 7 00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:29.079 tens of thousands of protesters in downtown La, all in 8 00:00:29.079 --> 00:00:32.920 opposition to President Trump's policies. There was a raid today. 9 00:00:33.759 --> 00:00:36.240 Was it today or yesterday with Santa Fe Springs the 10 00:00:37.920 --> 00:00:41.840 swap meet? I think it was yesterday, actually, yeah, But 11 00:00:42.840 --> 00:00:45.000 once again I was touching on at last hour, they 12 00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:47.000 are saying in terms of raids, that they're going to 13 00:00:47.039 --> 00:00:49.600 do less of that kind of thing and more of 14 00:00:49.679 --> 00:00:51.880 the stuff they'd said they were going to do, which 15 00:00:51.920 --> 00:00:55.679 is the going after violent criminals, going after those who 16 00:00:55.880 --> 00:00:56.880 run a foul of the law. 17 00:00:58.840 --> 00:01:02.399 But they went after this. 18 00:01:04.400 --> 00:01:09.000 Swap meet in Santa Fe Springs before a concert was 19 00:01:09.040 --> 00:01:13.079 going to start there. So I mean, I can't imagine that. 20 00:01:13.200 --> 00:01:16.840 You know, again, home depot, day workers and swap meets 21 00:01:16.879 --> 00:01:21.280 are on their list. I mean, most Americans agreed and 22 00:01:21.400 --> 00:01:25.560 actually put Donald Trump in office because of the problem 23 00:01:25.640 --> 00:01:28.719 at the border. The problem at the border is different 24 00:01:28.799 --> 00:01:32.200 than the immigration policy associated with going to a swap 25 00:01:32.239 --> 00:01:34.799 meet and arresting a bunch of people there and then 26 00:01:34.840 --> 00:01:37.840 going to home depot and arresting a bunch of day workers. 27 00:01:39.239 --> 00:01:43.200 As it turns out in latest polling, most Americans don't 28 00:01:43.280 --> 00:01:47.959 approve of that kind of thing. So they want the 29 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:51.000 administration to stay on course on the articulated course of 30 00:01:51.040 --> 00:01:56.079 going after criminal gang associates and those who represent a 31 00:01:56.120 --> 00:02:00.159 criminal element. So again, not the technical criminal element that 32 00:02:00.239 --> 00:02:04.159 is associated with I get it, they aren't in the 33 00:02:04.200 --> 00:02:07.280 country legally. But what most Americans the latest polling just 34 00:02:07.280 --> 00:02:09.520 came out last week, is like, yeah, we understand that, 35 00:02:09.639 --> 00:02:12.879 but they're also a part of our community. What we're 36 00:02:12.919 --> 00:02:16.639 looking for is a response and a focus along the 37 00:02:16.680 --> 00:02:19.759 lines of what was articulated by the administration, which was, Hey, 38 00:02:19.759 --> 00:02:23.479 we're going to go after these gang connected people, We're 39 00:02:23.479 --> 00:02:26.080 going to go after those who have violent passed, and 40 00:02:26.080 --> 00:02:26.759 we're going to get. 41 00:02:26.639 --> 00:02:27.319 Rid of them. 42 00:02:27.599 --> 00:02:31.280 In any case, all of this taking place against the 43 00:02:31.319 --> 00:02:35.159 backdrop of a weekend with a lot of people in 44 00:02:35.199 --> 00:02:36.039 the streets. 45 00:02:35.719 --> 00:02:38.319 Should we cap the protest in downtown LA, which was 46 00:02:38.360 --> 00:02:40.919 the largest protest in our area today. 47 00:02:41.199 --> 00:02:42.599 The day started out peaceful. 48 00:02:42.800 --> 00:02:46.719 No King's Day organizers claimed two hundred thousand people turned 49 00:02:46.719 --> 00:02:51.719 out in downtown LA to protest the Trump administration's immigration policies. 50 00:02:51.919 --> 00:02:54.120 But around four pm it all changed. 51 00:02:54.240 --> 00:02:58.080 That's what LAPD says. Its officers were being attacked with rocks, models, 52 00:02:58.080 --> 00:03:00.919 and bricks. It issued a dispersal order, but many of 53 00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:02.000 the protesters were. 54 00:03:01.840 --> 00:03:02.919 Not ready to go home. 55 00:03:03.240 --> 00:03:06.919 The clash with LAPD officers and La County Shriff's deputies began. 56 00:03:07.400 --> 00:03:10.759 Tear Gas and non lethal munitions were used to help 57 00:03:10.800 --> 00:03:14.479 break up the crowd before the eight pm downtown curfew 58 00:03:14.560 --> 00:03:15.000 kicked in. 59 00:03:15.599 --> 00:03:18.800 La County Sheriff Robert Luna spoke with us earlier this evening, and. 60 00:03:18.800 --> 00:03:21.960 He says protests were peaceful up until about that four 61 00:03:22.000 --> 00:03:24.919 o'clock time in the afternoon, when police had no choice 62 00:03:24.919 --> 00:03:27.560 but to disperse the crowd. The sheriff also has a 63 00:03:27.599 --> 00:03:30.840 message for anyone who violates the downtown curfew. 64 00:03:32.199 --> 00:03:34.319 The curfew that's set here in the city of Los 65 00:03:34.319 --> 00:03:38.319 Angeles will be strictly enforced. Obviously, because of the activity 66 00:03:38.360 --> 00:03:41.719 that we've seen over the last several hours, and my 67 00:03:41.879 --> 00:03:46.039 message to the community that's still out there, and I'm 68 00:03:46.039 --> 00:03:49.159 going to say they're not protesting. This is not protesting 69 00:03:49.199 --> 00:03:53.439 or demonstration anymore. This is lawlessness. You need to leave, 70 00:03:53.759 --> 00:03:58.000 Please go home. We would like not to arrest you, 71 00:03:58.439 --> 00:04:02.240 but the direction to our deputies, our police officers is 72 00:04:02.280 --> 00:04:05.240 if you're out there violating the curfew and you don't leave, 73 00:04:05.639 --> 00:04:07.280 you are going to be arrested. 74 00:04:07.400 --> 00:04:10.240 I love that plan. I love that plan. You've got 75 00:04:10.280 --> 00:04:14.080 to take control of the city. You've got to and 76 00:04:14.240 --> 00:04:17.319 it's such a small area that's being affected on one level, 77 00:04:18.720 --> 00:04:21.680 but on another level, because it's a small area, you 78 00:04:21.759 --> 00:04:27.000 got to crack down hard. This downtown area has been 79 00:04:27.040 --> 00:04:31.279 through enough, pummeled by so many things outside, things inside, things, 80 00:04:32.839 --> 00:04:35.319 COVID strikes I mean, depending on you know. That's what 81 00:04:35.319 --> 00:04:36.720 I mean when I say from the outside of is 82 00:04:36.759 --> 00:04:40.920 COVID and the inside it was strikes you. You need 83 00:04:41.000 --> 00:04:46.120 to you need to seize downtown in such a way 84 00:04:46.160 --> 00:04:49.480 though that allows it to flourish and allows us to 85 00:04:49.519 --> 00:04:50.480 lift these curfews. 86 00:04:51.199 --> 00:04:54.120 As we've mentioned, there were several no Kings protests today. 87 00:04:54.240 --> 00:04:56.079 Let's take a look at some of them. 88 00:04:56.480 --> 00:05:00.000 Another large protest took place outside Whittier City Hall this afternoon. 89 00:05:00.360 --> 00:05:02.800 An ice raid took place at a home depot there 90 00:05:02.879 --> 00:05:06.439 earlier this week. Protesters we spoke with today say they're 91 00:05:06.519 --> 00:05:10.759 tired of the invasion on their community. Protests in Wittier 92 00:05:10.879 --> 00:05:13.319 remained peaceful, with no reported. 93 00:05:12.920 --> 00:05:15.879 Incidents and more from the No King's Day protests happening 94 00:05:15.920 --> 00:05:19.279 today and more than thirty different places across southern California. 95 00:05:19.360 --> 00:05:22.399 This was downtown Pasadena this afternoon. You could see a 96 00:05:22.480 --> 00:05:25.480 peaceful crowd of demonstrators. They took to the streets at 97 00:05:25.600 --> 00:05:27.079 Lake in Colorado. 98 00:05:27.399 --> 00:05:30.800 In Ventura, This is video from demonstrations near the Ventura 99 00:05:30.879 --> 00:05:35.639 County Government Center along Victoria Avenue and Telephone Road. One 100 00:05:35.639 --> 00:05:38.319 person was handing out free supplies to the dozens of 101 00:05:38.360 --> 00:05:39.639 protesters who showed up. 102 00:05:39.720 --> 00:05:42.240 I got to say this that when you consider the 103 00:05:42.399 --> 00:05:44.519 number of people who are in the streets and part 104 00:05:44.560 --> 00:05:47.839 of these protests, it is amazing that there weren't more incidents. 105 00:05:48.079 --> 00:05:50.920 I mean, just in terms of outside agitators. You would 106 00:05:50.920 --> 00:05:53.519 have thought there'd be more in downtown LA. I think 107 00:05:53.560 --> 00:05:58.480 there are every day. There's evidence of outside agitators having 108 00:05:58.519 --> 00:06:01.920 an effect. I just from surprised there wasn't more of 109 00:06:01.959 --> 00:06:06.759 it Karen Bass saying on morning talk shows she doesn't 110 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:12.839 need the military, she doesn't want the military in the city. 111 00:06:15.439 --> 00:06:17.959 She is saying that. And of course this whole thing 112 00:06:18.040 --> 00:06:20.279 is cut up in the courts. Late Thursday, there was 113 00:06:20.279 --> 00:06:25.079 an appeals court panel that lifted the judge's order ruling 114 00:06:25.360 --> 00:06:29.160 that the president's deployment of the National Guard was illegal. So, 115 00:06:29.199 --> 00:06:33.759 in other words, it went on the side of Trump 116 00:06:33.839 --> 00:06:37.120 when he made the move. Initially went to court, it 117 00:06:37.199 --> 00:06:40.399 was overruled, and Trump, it was ruled, didn't have control 118 00:06:40.439 --> 00:06:42.879 of it. Then it went immediately to an appeals court 119 00:06:43.120 --> 00:06:46.879 and that panel lifted that other judges order, saying at 120 00:06:46.959 --> 00:06:49.040 least for the moment, that Trump does have the power 121 00:06:49.519 --> 00:06:54.480 to retain control of the National Guard and dispatch them 122 00:06:54.480 --> 00:06:58.000 to Los Angeles. And the key thing is that Trump 123 00:06:58.120 --> 00:07:02.199 controls what they do. The governor has no control anymore. 124 00:07:02.959 --> 00:07:08.959 What about polling, Mayor Bass comforted by a poll. 125 00:07:09.079 --> 00:07:10.959 Are Democrats out of touch on this issue? 126 00:07:11.040 --> 00:07:13.560 Well, I think if you did the polling in Los Angeles, 127 00:07:13.560 --> 00:07:15.959 I'm not sure it would be that way. Considering we 128 00:07:16.079 --> 00:07:17.839 are a city of immigrants. 129 00:07:17.879 --> 00:07:21.600 It's polling about immigration obviously, And again, the polling, as 130 00:07:21.600 --> 00:07:25.839 I was mentioning before overwhelmingly in favor of handling immigration 131 00:07:25.920 --> 00:07:28.319 as an issue. It's a front and center issue the board. 132 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:35.879 The border was a massive win for the GOP, and 133 00:07:35.959 --> 00:07:37.920 Karen bass is responding to that essentially. 134 00:07:37.639 --> 00:07:39.360 Are Democrats out of touch on this issue? 135 00:07:39.480 --> 00:07:41.920 Well, I think if you did the polling in Los Angeles, 136 00:07:42.000 --> 00:07:44.360 I'm not sure it would be that way, considering we 137 00:07:44.519 --> 00:07:46.959 are a city of immigrants. 138 00:07:47.079 --> 00:07:51.000 And then people might approve that policy. But do people 139 00:07:51.079 --> 00:07:55.399 really approve the federal government coming in and seizing power 140 00:07:55.480 --> 00:07:58.160 from a state and from a city. So I drilled 141 00:07:58.199 --> 00:08:00.720 down a little further on that poll because I do 142 00:08:00.759 --> 00:08:05.360 not believe that Americans support the federal intervention in a 143 00:08:05.439 --> 00:08:07.360 city takeover or a state takeover. 144 00:08:07.759 --> 00:08:11.759 I think it's generally the case that when you are 145 00:08:11.800 --> 00:08:14.639 looking at kind of the Jetliner review of the immigration problem, 146 00:08:14.680 --> 00:08:17.279 you know, you're looking without looking at the specifics of 147 00:08:17.759 --> 00:08:20.959 families being busted up, and you know, some twelve year 148 00:08:21.000 --> 00:08:24.519 old at their graduation, Ice agents swooping and take both 149 00:08:24.560 --> 00:08:28.040 their parents away. I mean, it's there's pretty ridiculous stuff 150 00:08:28.079 --> 00:08:31.959 going on, and I think most Americans find that abhorrent. 151 00:08:32.240 --> 00:08:34.120 But if you ask them, do we have a problem 152 00:08:34.360 --> 00:08:38.919 they would say, yes, we do. That's essentially what Karen 153 00:08:38.960 --> 00:08:43.200 Bass was saying. It's interesting because when we come back, 154 00:08:43.720 --> 00:08:47.080 I just want to spend one second talking about the 155 00:08:47.120 --> 00:08:52.960 comparison between what's going on now with ice agents and 156 00:08:53.279 --> 00:08:55.559 raids like this and some of the scenes that we've seen, 157 00:08:55.639 --> 00:09:02.039 dramatic scenes, heartbreaking scenes that you've seen recorded on iPhone 158 00:09:02.080 --> 00:09:07.840 and cell phone and android phone footage, and how that 159 00:09:07.879 --> 00:09:11.919 actually has a parallel in American history and I really 160 00:09:11.919 --> 00:09:16.559 think it may be a turning point potentially. Potentially I'll 161 00:09:16.559 --> 00:09:19.720 talk about that when we come back. Mark Thompson sitting 162 00:09:19.759 --> 00:09:22.120 in on KFI AM six forty. We're live everywhere on 163 00:09:22.159 --> 00:09:23.360 the iHeartRadio app. 164 00:09:23.799 --> 00:09:27.600 You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 165 00:09:28.519 --> 00:09:32.080 KFI AM six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 166 00:09:32.120 --> 00:09:36.120 Mark Thompson here on this Sunday, and there's a manhunt underway, 167 00:09:36.120 --> 00:09:39.200 as you know, in Minnesota for this vance bolter guy. 168 00:09:41.639 --> 00:09:50.360 Just a brutal, awful, despicable, horrifying thing. This guy masquerading 169 00:09:50.399 --> 00:09:56.080 as a cop, shoots and kills the Minnesota state Representative 170 00:09:56.120 --> 00:10:02.919 Melissa Hortman her husband, as well hacking another state lawmaker 171 00:10:03.080 --> 00:10:07.240 and his spouse fifty seven years old, Vance Bolter. So 172 00:10:07.360 --> 00:10:11.159 there is something of a break in the fact that 173 00:10:11.200 --> 00:10:16.120 they found another vehicle linked to the suspect. 174 00:10:16.639 --> 00:10:19.240 This is the epicenter, or at least as close as 175 00:10:19.279 --> 00:10:22.159 we can get to it. Here in rural Sibley County. 176 00:10:22.399 --> 00:10:24.840 I am on Highway twenty five the area in question 177 00:10:24.879 --> 00:10:25.919 where that suspects view. 178 00:10:25.960 --> 00:10:28.240 Again, of course Sibley County's in Minnesota. 179 00:10:28.399 --> 00:10:32.000 Question where that suspects vehicle was found. If our photographer 180 00:10:32.039 --> 00:10:35.279 can push about a mile from here, you've see some 181 00:10:35.279 --> 00:10:38.639 flashing lights. There were at least within the last half 182 00:10:38.679 --> 00:10:42.039 hour even more emergency vehicles. But since that amount of 183 00:10:42.080 --> 00:10:45.320 time they've left the scene. Here now, it's here where 184 00:10:45.360 --> 00:10:49.240 investigators say they found the shooting suspects seemingly abandoned vehicle, 185 00:10:49.639 --> 00:10:51.960 and not too far from that a cowboy hat. 186 00:10:52.320 --> 00:10:53.519 You're looking at new video. 187 00:10:53.799 --> 00:10:55.679 Just about an hour and a half ago, we watch 188 00:10:56.000 --> 00:10:58.919 as the suspects vehicle was towed away from the scene. 189 00:10:59.080 --> 00:11:01.159 We got a closer look at that vehicle before law 190 00:11:01.200 --> 00:11:03.919 enforcement pushed us back. You see it pulled over on 191 00:11:03.960 --> 00:11:07.399 the gravel road. We captured a photo of the cowboy hat. 192 00:11:07.960 --> 00:11:10.559 Now take a look at this side by side comparison 193 00:11:10.559 --> 00:11:13.039 and matches. The photo of the hat Beltzer was last 194 00:11:13.039 --> 00:11:16.799 seen wearing. An emergency dealer this morning told anyone living 195 00:11:16.879 --> 00:11:19.200 in the area, this is the facts in township to 196 00:11:19.279 --> 00:11:22.519 keep their doors locked and vehicles secured. Here on Highway 197 00:11:22.559 --> 00:11:25.519 twenty five. We've seen agencies from across the state come through, 198 00:11:25.879 --> 00:11:28.039 including SWAT and a bomb squad team. 199 00:11:28.440 --> 00:11:29.960 Viewers in green Isle sent us. 200 00:11:29.840 --> 00:11:33.279 Footage where dozens of squad cars are patrolling. Neighbors say 201 00:11:33.399 --> 00:11:35.639 all of this in their neighborhood is quite shocking. 202 00:11:36.720 --> 00:11:37.799 None of us are scared. 203 00:11:37.879 --> 00:11:38.879 This is just strange. 204 00:11:39.200 --> 00:11:42.519 You might disagree with somebody, but you don't shoot them. 205 00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:45.279 And again, as far as we know, despite that car 206 00:11:45.360 --> 00:11:48.799 being totalway belter is still at large. We are, as 207 00:11:48.879 --> 00:11:51.720 Derek mentioned, awaiting that five to thirty press conference where 208 00:11:51.919 --> 00:11:54.600 we're hoping to learn more details as far as what 209 00:11:54.679 --> 00:11:56.279 investigators have uncovered today. 210 00:11:56.679 --> 00:12:00.080 Yeah, I'm reading with interest sort of how they're going 211 00:12:00.120 --> 00:12:03.480 about this dragnet and the guy worked for a security company. 212 00:12:03.559 --> 00:12:07.159 He had a background, extensive background with military and security, 213 00:12:07.240 --> 00:12:10.759 so you know he has on board in his head 214 00:12:11.480 --> 00:12:17.039 a lot of the mechanisms and strategies to avoid being apprehended. 215 00:12:17.039 --> 00:12:19.960 But on the other hand, you know everybody after him 216 00:12:20.000 --> 00:12:21.440 has all of those as well, and there are a 217 00:12:21.480 --> 00:12:26.279 lot more of them than there are of him. There 218 00:12:26.399 --> 00:12:29.919 is a shelter in place order in Egan, Minnesota. 219 00:12:29.519 --> 00:12:32.039 Also getting word and you heard mention of that briefly 220 00:12:32.120 --> 00:12:35.639 of another shelter in place order, this time in Egan, 221 00:12:35.759 --> 00:12:39.080 and we are currently told it is not related to 222 00:12:39.159 --> 00:12:41.879 the ongoing manhunt for the man accused of shooting those 223 00:12:41.879 --> 00:12:43.600 two lawmakers and their spouses. 224 00:12:44.039 --> 00:12:46.200 It's not what is it related to? 225 00:12:47.879 --> 00:12:51.159 There's a shelter in place order in Egan, Minnesota and 226 00:12:51.159 --> 00:12:52.440 it's not related. 227 00:12:52.080 --> 00:12:54.240 To the man hunt. Are you kidding? 228 00:12:54.840 --> 00:12:58.000 What's going on in Egan, Minnesota that requires everybody to 229 00:12:58.039 --> 00:12:58.799 shelter in place? 230 00:12:58.840 --> 00:13:00.159 That's not related to the man. 231 00:13:01.519 --> 00:13:05.279 It's absurd of shooting those two lawmakers and their spouses. Wait, 232 00:13:05.960 --> 00:13:08.159 I have to hear that ongoing manhunt for the man 233 00:13:08.159 --> 00:13:11.679 accused of shooting, not that it is not related. 234 00:13:12.039 --> 00:13:18.000 Okay, I want to put our best people on this. 235 00:13:19.919 --> 00:13:22.559 Tell me how there can be a shelter and place 236 00:13:22.720 --> 00:13:26.279 order in Egan, Minnesota and it's not related to the 237 00:13:26.320 --> 00:13:28.600 man hunt for this guy Van Sbolter. 238 00:13:28.759 --> 00:13:30.840 It is not related. 239 00:13:30.600 --> 00:13:35.440 Okay, I will I accept that as true. It is 240 00:13:35.480 --> 00:13:38.759 an extraordinary coincidence. Then on this Sunday, this. 241 00:13:38.679 --> 00:13:40.679 Is our live look at the scene right now. If 242 00:13:40.720 --> 00:13:44.320 you are near Lexington Parkway and Falcon Way in Egan, 243 00:13:44.720 --> 00:13:48.360 please stay inside, lock your doors and stay away from 244 00:13:48.399 --> 00:13:49.480 doors and windows. 245 00:13:49.720 --> 00:13:51.879 Okay, you're telling me, Come on, guys, I mean you 246 00:13:51.919 --> 00:13:58.279 know it's clearly related to it. So the massive search 247 00:13:58.360 --> 00:14:08.600 continues and the discovery of the vehicle with that target list. 248 00:14:09.120 --> 00:14:13.639 Dozens of Minnesota Democrats, Tim Wall the governor, on that list, 249 00:14:13.960 --> 00:14:20.159 Ilan Omar, Tina Smith, State Attorney General Keith Ellison. There's 250 00:14:20.200 --> 00:14:24.679 a fifty thousand dollars reward for this information leading to 251 00:14:25.240 --> 00:14:31.320 his arrest. But he's clearly a dangerous guy and his 252 00:14:31.600 --> 00:14:34.519 wife was detained for questioning. There was a traffic stop 253 00:14:34.600 --> 00:14:40.480 near a town called Onamia. Maybe you guys know it. 254 00:14:40.519 --> 00:14:42.919 I don't know the Minnesota area super well at all. 255 00:14:43.120 --> 00:14:46.279 In fact, I've been through the airport. I think that's 256 00:14:46.320 --> 00:14:51.639 the extent of it. Lovely airport, but doesn't really help 257 00:14:51.679 --> 00:14:55.240 me with Onamia anyway. She was stopped late Saturday morning 258 00:14:55.279 --> 00:15:00.000 in Onamia, and apparently she was released without being arrested, 259 00:15:00.120 --> 00:15:03.399 but there was at least there have been some reports 260 00:15:03.440 --> 00:15:08.840 that there were things in the car that raised. 261 00:15:10.120 --> 00:15:10.799 Suspicions. 262 00:15:12.000 --> 00:15:16.320 So again, this guy is suspected of gaining entry to 263 00:15:16.440 --> 00:15:21.320 these homes by disguising himself as a cop. He even 264 00:15:21.440 --> 00:15:24.320 arrived at their home in a vehicle that looked like 265 00:15:24.360 --> 00:15:28.480 a police cruiser. But again, he worked with a security company. 266 00:15:28.559 --> 00:15:31.360 This is kind of who he was, so when you 267 00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:33.679 look at who he was, it doesn't surprise you. But 268 00:15:33.799 --> 00:15:39.600 this is a heinous act, and that these legislators and 269 00:15:39.679 --> 00:15:43.519 their spouses were killed in their home like this really 270 00:15:44.399 --> 00:15:51.200 extraordinarily disturbing. So that manhunt continues and Minnesota lawmakers are 271 00:15:51.399 --> 00:15:54.559 talking about who these people were. 272 00:15:54.679 --> 00:15:57.159 We are joined now by Caroline Cummings and covering the 273 00:15:57.279 --> 00:16:01.480 last five sessions of the state legislature. Had a professional 274 00:16:01.519 --> 00:16:05.440 relationship with Melissa Hortman. What stands out about her as 275 00:16:05.440 --> 00:16:05.919 a person. 276 00:16:06.360 --> 00:16:11.720 Well, I have been talking to lawmakers, Republicans and Democrats 277 00:16:11.919 --> 00:16:15.320 for the last several hours since this news broke Derek 278 00:16:15.399 --> 00:16:21.600 and everybody talks about how she is somebody who heard them, 279 00:16:21.720 --> 00:16:26.480 made them feel seen, never made their issues that they 280 00:16:26.559 --> 00:16:31.879 cared about small or less important. I thought former House 281 00:16:31.919 --> 00:16:36.639 Speaker Kurt doubt a Republican. So he worked alongside Melissa 282 00:16:36.639 --> 00:16:40.159 Hartman when she was in the Minority caucus in the 283 00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:44.879 Chamber and also when he was or when he was 284 00:16:44.919 --> 00:16:47.320 in the minority and she was the House Speaker, and 285 00:16:47.519 --> 00:16:51.200 he talked about how she had the unique ability to 286 00:16:51.320 --> 00:16:54.960 see the big picture but not letting the small things 287 00:16:55.240 --> 00:16:57.559 fall by the wayside, and that's what made her a 288 00:16:57.600 --> 00:17:02.559 true leader. So she knew her stuff. She was a 289 00:17:02.600 --> 00:17:06.279 skilled a politician as I've ever come across. But everybody 290 00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:10.000 respected her. She commanded respect no matter what side of 291 00:17:10.039 --> 00:17:12.000 the political aisle you are, and I think that really 292 00:17:12.680 --> 00:17:14.119 is resonating with a lot of people. 293 00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:16.400 Well, as I mentioned, they have a thin majority there 294 00:17:16.400 --> 00:17:18.319 in Minnesota, the Democrats, and so they really had to 295 00:17:18.319 --> 00:17:20.799 put together a coalition. She clearly was instrumental in doing 296 00:17:20.880 --> 00:17:26.400 it and apparently an extraordinary legislator and woman and mother 297 00:17:27.599 --> 00:17:31.880 Melissa Hortman and her husband now dead at the hands 298 00:17:31.880 --> 00:17:34.359 of this fifty seven year old guy who is still 299 00:17:34.440 --> 00:17:39.799 on the loose in Minnesota. A palate cleanser to it all. 300 00:17:40.200 --> 00:17:42.920 Will lighten things up when we come back. 301 00:17:43.079 --> 00:17:44.119 Oh keep it, Maudling. 302 00:17:44.279 --> 00:17:46.880 I am so sorry for the darkness of the day. 303 00:17:49.279 --> 00:17:51.720 By the way, Krozier, I must tell you when we 304 00:17:51.799 --> 00:17:57.160 come back. Last night I attended an m seed, a 305 00:17:58.920 --> 00:18:03.960 charity all and fundraiser for autism, you know, to fight autism. Okay, 306 00:18:04.519 --> 00:18:08.839 and I did something that was so stupid and I 307 00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:11.559 mean really stupid, and I cannot wait to share it 308 00:18:11.599 --> 00:18:17.000 with you and the KFI friends and family. Yeah, I'll 309 00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:19.839 do that next, all right, everyone, thank you for being 310 00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:24.119 with us on a Sunday. We're watching all events near 311 00:18:24.200 --> 00:18:27.519 and far here in the KFI newsroom on KFI AM 312 00:18:27.559 --> 00:18:30.079 six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 313 00:18:30.440 --> 00:18:34.240 You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 314 00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:37.920 KFI AM six forty Live everywhere in the iHeartRadio app. 315 00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:42.079 Mark Thompson here on this Sunday, got a few talkbacks 316 00:18:42.799 --> 00:18:45.480 that I love share with you. Thanks everybody who's listening 317 00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:47.920 to the iHeartRadio app. And that upper right hand part 318 00:18:48.079 --> 00:18:52.279 of the app on your phone, there's a microphone symbol. 319 00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:55.039 I think do you hit that you can record a 320 00:18:55.160 --> 00:18:57.960 talk back and share your thoughts on anything. 321 00:18:58.039 --> 00:18:58.200 Good. 322 00:18:58.279 --> 00:18:59.880 Thing to keep in mind not only on this show, 323 00:18:59.920 --> 00:19:01.680 but you know, just across the board. If you ever 324 00:19:01.720 --> 00:19:06.079 had a thought, you know, last night I and then 325 00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:07.839 I'll get to the talk back to They relate to 326 00:19:08.079 --> 00:19:09.559 a lot of the stuff that we've been talking about. 327 00:19:09.799 --> 00:19:12.680 The ice raids and some of them are really really 328 00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:16.400 interesting too, and the national anthem and the Spanish national anthem. 329 00:19:16.720 --> 00:19:18.799 We'll get to all of them. But I promised you 330 00:19:18.880 --> 00:19:23.240 that I would share with you this evening story. I 331 00:19:23.319 --> 00:19:28.039 had the pleasure of m seeing the ed Asner Family 332 00:19:28.079 --> 00:19:34.920 Center benefit. It's for neurodivergent people and it's a center 333 00:19:34.960 --> 00:19:40.799 where so many kids with autism and other challenges. And 334 00:19:41.119 --> 00:19:43.559 by the way, autism is my family and it is 335 00:19:43.599 --> 00:19:45.599 a challenge, but it's not I mean, it's a full 336 00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:48.000 spectrum as we learn, right. I mean, I have a 337 00:19:48.079 --> 00:19:52.200 dear friend who is on the autism spectrum, and he's 338 00:19:52.200 --> 00:19:54.440 always talking about his autism, Like my autism makes me 339 00:19:54.519 --> 00:19:57.200 do it like a deep dive on something faster and 340 00:19:57.279 --> 00:20:00.519 more completely oftentimes you know, then I want it to 341 00:20:00.799 --> 00:20:04.359 you know, meaning so, but he's like a hugely productive 342 00:20:04.480 --> 00:20:07.519 member of society. That the point is, I always and 343 00:20:07.559 --> 00:20:09.279 I tell you, in my family as well, we have 344 00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:12.359 my nephew who's autistic and he's brilliant. I mean, he's 345 00:20:12.599 --> 00:20:16.559 he's you know, he's gainfully employed, brilliant guy, the sweetest kid. 346 00:20:17.599 --> 00:20:20.519 But again he talks about the autism. I guess because 347 00:20:21.119 --> 00:20:24.400 you know, it's something that he on a daily basis 348 00:20:24.599 --> 00:20:26.799 deals with in one form or another. But my point 349 00:20:26.799 --> 00:20:28.839 in mentioning those things is that you would never know 350 00:20:28.920 --> 00:20:31.720 it if he didn't mention it. So it can run 351 00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:35.920 the spectrum. As you well know, profound autism can have 352 00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:41.160 all kinds of other much more challenging features, and lives 353 00:20:41.160 --> 00:20:44.880 can really be derailed by it. But it's again, it's 354 00:20:44.920 --> 00:20:50.759 one of these neurodivergent disorders. And this ed Asner Family Center, 355 00:20:50.799 --> 00:20:53.880 they do such a great job there, all these programs. 356 00:20:53.920 --> 00:20:56.720 They have a job training and mental health counseling and 357 00:20:56.920 --> 00:20:59.039 enrichment activities. And again I was just em seeing it 358 00:20:59.119 --> 00:21:01.839 last night, and it's a group effort. Everybody comes out, 359 00:21:01.839 --> 00:21:04.480 it's a big poker thing and then they do this auction. 360 00:21:05.200 --> 00:21:06.920 So at the auction, and this is the part that 361 00:21:06.960 --> 00:21:08.799 I wanted to tell Krozier because I felt like such 362 00:21:08.799 --> 00:21:12.680 a moron. This is me, and you know me a 363 00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:15.960 little bit croz Like, I want everybody to be happy. 364 00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:18.759 I don't want any kind of awkward stuff. And sometimes 365 00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:21.440 I'll take the bullet just to make sure that everybody 366 00:21:21.960 --> 00:21:24.559 is happy. And here's how that manifested itself last night. 367 00:21:25.680 --> 00:21:30.720 They have an auction, and it's all these different kinds 368 00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:34.559 of vacation things like, you know, four days in Palm Springs, 369 00:21:34.680 --> 00:21:38.559 five days and wherever. This is a five day stay 370 00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:42.799 in some part of Thailand. Okay, it's not even it's 371 00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:48.440 like a luxury villa with I think a sleep six 372 00:21:48.599 --> 00:21:50.960 or eight something like that. I wasn't even paying that 373 00:21:51.000 --> 00:21:52.960 close attention to what it was. Okay, this you can 374 00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:55.119 tell by the fact that I'm only sort of broadly 375 00:21:55.200 --> 00:22:01.640 aware of this thing. So they open the bidding at 376 00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:05.960 one thousand dollars, and again I'm only kind of barely 377 00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:08.160 paying attention. I'm just kind of hoping that this goes along. 378 00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:11.160 But I'm seeing nobody's bidding. One person bid one thousand 379 00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:14.359 dollars and then they're saying, well, how about two thousand, 380 00:22:14.400 --> 00:22:18.160 two thousand, And this is a huge back loot on 381 00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:25.039 the Radford lot in a studio city. No one's saying anything. 382 00:22:25.319 --> 00:22:27.559 I'm thinking this thing's gonna go for a thousand dollars 383 00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:30.960 when I have one bit. It's embarrassing. So I say 384 00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:35.319 two thousand. Now I'm just trying to feed the auction 385 00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:38.319 and kind of get the energy going. So people go, yeah, 386 00:22:38.319 --> 00:22:40.559 you know that two thousand, he goes, do I hear 387 00:22:40.640 --> 00:22:41.359 three thousand? 388 00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:42.440 Yeah? 389 00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:46.160 And you know where this is going? Other person said, 390 00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:49.440 three thousand going. I can tell you, I'm thinking this 391 00:22:49.599 --> 00:22:53.119 is a big thing. You're getting the five days, this villa. 392 00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:57.680 It's a beautiful you know, sleep six to eight. Again, 393 00:22:57.720 --> 00:23:02.359 I'm only kind of roughly aware of this specifics. It's 394 00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:07.279 at three thousand. Nobody else, nobody else, nobody else, And 395 00:23:07.359 --> 00:23:11.359 so I say four thousand. 396 00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:15.559 Jeez, Now where am I going to get four thousand dollars? 397 00:23:15.599 --> 00:23:15.960 Crows? 398 00:23:16.880 --> 00:23:18.799 I don't even have four thousand dollars. 399 00:23:19.400 --> 00:23:20.000 Continue. 400 00:23:21.640 --> 00:23:26.160 So I'm now looking at the other person thinking, please, please, 401 00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:29.720