WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.720 --> 00:00:04.080 You're listening to KAPI AM six forty, the Bill Handles 2 00:00:04.120 --> 00:00:07.200 show on demand on the iHeartRadio. 3 00:00:06.639 --> 00:00:16.640 F and now Handle on the news. Ladies and gentlemen, 4 00:00:17.039 --> 00:00:21.000 here's Bill Handle. Good morning. 5 00:00:21.600 --> 00:00:26.079 Actually it is a relatively good morning regarding the fires, well, 6 00:00:26.160 --> 00:00:28.679 at least for a day or two. Bill Handle here 7 00:00:28.719 --> 00:00:31.960 in the morning crew. It's a Monday morning, January thirteenth. 8 00:00:32.200 --> 00:00:33.119 We no longer. 9 00:00:32.880 --> 00:00:36.719 Say Happy New Year, but we are very close to 10 00:00:36.759 --> 00:00:40.960 saying Happy Holidays Christmas New Year's Eve next time around. 11 00:00:41.240 --> 00:00:42.960 All right, a couple of things going on. First of all, 12 00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:46.719 Neil is not with us this morning. Neil is filling 13 00:00:46.759 --> 00:00:49.240 in for Gary and Shannon this morning. If I'm not mistaken, 14 00:00:50.039 --> 00:00:54.799 he is he is right. So it's just Amy and me. 15 00:00:54.960 --> 00:00:56.719 Good morning Amy, Good morning, Bill. 16 00:00:57.799 --> 00:01:01.560 Do you have oh you got a Chargers sweatshirt? 17 00:01:02.039 --> 00:01:03.640 Yeah, it's sort of in Memoriam. 18 00:01:03.960 --> 00:01:07.040 Uh huh, yeah, you know, and works at so Far 19 00:01:07.280 --> 00:01:10.159 all the time. That's her part time job, because no 20 00:01:10.159 --> 00:01:13.239 one actually can make a living here on KFI, so 21 00:01:13.280 --> 00:01:15.439 you have to have a second job and in some 22 00:01:15.519 --> 00:01:20.640 cases a third job. And the Chargers did not. No, 23 00:01:20.680 --> 00:01:22.680 it's the Rams that are not playing right. 24 00:01:23.400 --> 00:01:27.640 The Rams game got moved, Yes to Arizona. They're playing tonight, yes. 25 00:01:27.879 --> 00:01:31.719 Okay, Monday night and the Chargers were eliminated. 26 00:01:31.200 --> 00:01:32.439 Correct, yes on Saturday. 27 00:01:32.920 --> 00:01:36.879 Yeah. I watched part of those games, but just little 28 00:01:36.879 --> 00:01:38.879 bits and pieces, and sometimes I'll come at to the 29 00:01:38.959 --> 00:01:42.560 very end where you can go plays important plays up 30 00:01:42.599 --> 00:01:47.959 to this point in the game, and the plays are 31 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:51.959 never important. They always come up with stuff that you know, 32 00:01:52.040 --> 00:01:57.560 someone was sacked. Okay, thank you, So okay, now what 33 00:01:58.040 --> 00:02:00.319 is going on? Well, first of all, I said hello 34 00:02:00.400 --> 00:02:02.719 to An. I said Helloa to Amy with her Chargers 35 00:02:04.799 --> 00:02:08.840 sweatshirt doesn't say Chargers in the same part of southern California, 36 00:02:08.879 --> 00:02:14.199 the Disneyland is I noticed that usually it's Disney sweatshirts 37 00:02:14.199 --> 00:02:15.719 and everything's connected to Disney. 38 00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:20.319 No, only sometimes, Okay, it's like less than half the time. 39 00:02:20.680 --> 00:02:21.599 It's a nice sweater too. 40 00:02:21.639 --> 00:02:25.039 It's a hoodie, right, very nice, sort of white and 41 00:02:25.120 --> 00:02:28.120 the only yellow part of it is the the bolt. 42 00:02:28.400 --> 00:02:29.560 Yeah, very nice. 43 00:02:30.240 --> 00:02:35.960 Cono, good morning, Cono in his usual uniform, the hat 44 00:02:36.319 --> 00:02:38.599 and what I'm trying to look. 45 00:02:38.439 --> 00:02:42.400 With the playing I have a sweatshirt and jacket over it. Okay, 46 00:02:42.599 --> 00:02:44.719 are you cold? It is very cold this morning? 47 00:02:45.080 --> 00:02:45.680 Huh. 48 00:02:45.719 --> 00:02:47.319 He's getting ready for baseball season. 49 00:02:47.439 --> 00:02:50.680 Yeah, I'm in my pajama pants. Oh, the pajama pants, 50 00:02:50.680 --> 00:02:52.879 and then of course my shirt so I don't look 51 00:02:52.919 --> 00:02:57.319 like a complete slab. But the pajama pants because you know, 52 00:02:57.400 --> 00:02:59.000 I roll out of bed and when I'm in my 53 00:02:59.159 --> 00:03:03.520 home studio, it's a ten foot commute, which is pretty good, 54 00:03:04.159 --> 00:03:07.159 not bad. And and and. 55 00:03:07.280 --> 00:03:12.360 Gave me this pajamas which is very nice, sort of plaid. Yeah, 56 00:03:12.360 --> 00:03:13.639 I wash them every other day. 57 00:03:13.680 --> 00:03:15.520 I use them twice and then they go into the 58 00:03:15.639 --> 00:03:21.000 washer and it's kind of nice. And I don't have 59 00:03:21.120 --> 00:03:23.479 underwear underneath them, so they get so they get a 60 00:03:23.479 --> 00:03:27.439 little bit Uh yeah, I get a little shweaty and 61 00:03:27.639 --> 00:03:30.439 uh you know in that area, the fruit package area. 62 00:03:31.240 --> 00:03:35.520 All right, just wanted to share You're welcome, good morning, 63 00:03:35.719 --> 00:03:39.159 good morning. All right. 64 00:03:39.439 --> 00:03:41.680 Today we have some things going on that I want 65 00:03:41.680 --> 00:03:43.400 to share with you. First of all, the press conference 66 00:03:43.479 --> 00:03:46.240 at eight o'clock, our daily press conference. 67 00:03:46.479 --> 00:03:48.759 We had from Southern California. 68 00:03:48.199 --> 00:03:53.000 Authorities, our first success from Scratch segment that we have 69 00:03:53.159 --> 00:03:56.280 done in a long time. We are adding we're bringing 70 00:03:56.280 --> 00:03:57.840 it back success from Scratch. 71 00:03:57.960 --> 00:03:58.840 I love that segment. 72 00:03:58.919 --> 00:03:59.800 Yep, We're bringing it. 73 00:03:59.759 --> 00:04:03.759 Back it'll be every Monday now eight thirties till nine o'clock. 74 00:04:04.080 --> 00:04:07.039 We had to replace Wayne who has retired. He's no 75 00:04:07.080 --> 00:04:09.840 longer with us, and so it was kind of fun. 76 00:04:09.879 --> 00:04:13.039 And today we're going to inaugurate it with a story 77 00:04:13.120 --> 00:04:16.480 about Dan Granger. Dan is joining us at eight thirty 78 00:04:17.120 --> 00:04:21.439 and Dan started his media career here on KFI twenty 79 00:04:21.439 --> 00:04:26.480 five years ago, and he has become a mogul in 80 00:04:27.040 --> 00:04:29.680 the media advertising world. 81 00:04:30.519 --> 00:04:32.959 And now you're going to talk to him. Fun stuff. 82 00:04:34.040 --> 00:04:38.079 I've watched his career blossom and it's delightful to see 83 00:04:38.079 --> 00:04:39.560 a guy and he's very interesting. 84 00:04:39.600 --> 00:04:41.360 He's got some great stories about. 85 00:04:41.120 --> 00:04:45.160 How he went from there to here, or from here 86 00:04:45.279 --> 00:04:49.199 to there, or from over there to kind of over 87 00:04:49.240 --> 00:04:53.199 here and then moved over nevermind, why don't we move 88 00:04:53.240 --> 00:04:56.560 on and start with Handle on the news with Amy 89 00:04:56.639 --> 00:05:03.120 O'Neil and me lead story. No surprise with the death 90 00:05:03.160 --> 00:05:06.279 toll from the Eaton and Palistates fire now twenty four 91 00:05:07.160 --> 00:05:11.120 and I believe another dozen people or so are missing. 92 00:05:12.000 --> 00:05:13.160 So as they're. 93 00:05:12.959 --> 00:05:17.199 Going, as the fire officials are going, well, fire men 94 00:05:17.279 --> 00:05:21.639 and women are going from house to house looking for 95 00:05:22.560 --> 00:05:26.360 both I think embers that are still smoldering and trying 96 00:05:26.399 --> 00:05:27.199 to find people. 97 00:05:27.639 --> 00:05:28.800 Twenty four people so. 98 00:05:28.879 --> 00:05:32.519 Far, and it's not easy to identify them either because 99 00:05:32.560 --> 00:05:34.680 people that are burning a fire, there's not much left 100 00:05:34.680 --> 00:05:36.040 of them, so. 101 00:05:36.040 --> 00:05:37.240 Fingerprints don't work. 102 00:05:37.759 --> 00:05:43.680 Even teeth examination sometimes doesn't work. So it is tough, 103 00:05:45.199 --> 00:05:48.279 and we'll do more about that, of course throughout the 104 00:05:48.319 --> 00:05:49.120 show this morning. 105 00:05:50.720 --> 00:05:56.360 Damn the Environment, full speed ahead. Governor Newsom says he 106 00:05:56.439 --> 00:06:00.600 wants environmental laws suspended for the wildlife victim who want 107 00:06:00.639 --> 00:06:02.759 to rebuild their homes in business so you can get 108 00:06:02.800 --> 00:06:04.680 bogged down and all of that stuff, and he said 109 00:06:05.079 --> 00:06:08.839 California leads the nation in environmental stewardship. I'm not going 110 00:06:08.879 --> 00:06:11.040 to give that up. But he said one thing he 111 00:06:11.120 --> 00:06:14.240 won't give into is delay, and he wants people to 112 00:06:14.279 --> 00:06:17.279 be able to start buildings, so they're going to waive 113 00:06:17.600 --> 00:06:20.279 environmental regulations so they can start. 114 00:06:20.120 --> 00:06:24.920 Rebuilding, which is these environmental these regulations in general are 115 00:06:25.319 --> 00:06:30.319 crazy here in southern California. As I've not mentioned this 116 00:06:30.439 --> 00:06:33.399 for a lot of years or for several months, but 117 00:06:34.279 --> 00:06:37.240 during law school, I worked my way through law school 118 00:06:37.279 --> 00:06:41.879 as a general contractor. I actually had a contracting company. 119 00:06:43.040 --> 00:06:45.120 It was called There was no chance for this not 120 00:06:45.199 --> 00:06:50.079 to go bankrupt incorporated, and what a shocker. I went 121 00:06:50.120 --> 00:06:56.920 bankrupt thirty five years ago. Forty years ago, it was 122 00:06:56.959 --> 00:06:59.680 almost impossible to build because of the regulations. 123 00:06:59.759 --> 00:07:02.759 Today it is insane to build. 124 00:07:03.560 --> 00:07:08.160 And those regulations are being removed, at least the statewide regulations, 125 00:07:08.160 --> 00:07:11.240 the Coastal Commission, and a few others La City where 126 00:07:11.279 --> 00:07:14.360 I built. That's still up in the air as to 127 00:07:14.439 --> 00:07:17.399 whether those regulations are going to be lifted. I'm going 128 00:07:17.439 --> 00:07:20.120 to do more about this story at seven point thirty 129 00:07:20.480 --> 00:07:23.959 where I'll talk about the environmental rules being suspended for 130 00:07:24.279 --> 00:07:28.959 the rebuilding of the Palisades Alta Dina and will do 131 00:07:29.079 --> 00:07:31.439 that because there's a story there I want to share 132 00:07:31.480 --> 00:07:31.720 with you. 133 00:07:33.519 --> 00:07:38.360 Fake firefighter busted in the burn zone. So a man 134 00:07:38.480 --> 00:07:42.399 was dressed like a firefighter was arrested after being caught 135 00:07:42.720 --> 00:07:46.360 burglarizing a home allegedly in the Malibu area. That's according 136 00:07:46.360 --> 00:07:50.000 to La County Sheriff's Department. Sheriff Robert Luna said he 137 00:07:50.519 --> 00:07:52.639 was in the area he saw the guy who looked 138 00:07:52.680 --> 00:07:56.360 like a firefighter sitting down and asked if he was okay, 139 00:07:56.399 --> 00:08:00.879 and then realized that he had handcuffs on. Chief McDonald 140 00:08:00.920 --> 00:08:04.439 said the man was arrested for impersonating a firefighter. 141 00:08:04.839 --> 00:08:06.519 Twenty nine people have been arrested so far. 142 00:08:07.160 --> 00:08:08.439 Yeah, that's an interesting one. 143 00:08:08.519 --> 00:08:11.040 And have you ever gone to Party City and seen 144 00:08:11.079 --> 00:08:14.639 their costumes, you know, for little kids, they have a 145 00:08:14.680 --> 00:08:16.720 firefighter outfit that. 146 00:08:17.000 --> 00:08:19.879 Your little one can use, and he was caught in 147 00:08:19.920 --> 00:08:20.439 one of those. 148 00:08:20.560 --> 00:08:26.879 He didn't fit him very well, but that's a crime 149 00:08:26.920 --> 00:08:29.800 in and of itself, impersonating a firefighter or a policeman. 150 00:08:29.879 --> 00:08:33.799 Usually he would get impersonating cops and then I think 151 00:08:33.840 --> 00:08:39.320 they only charged him at this point for impersonating a firefighter. 152 00:08:39.320 --> 00:08:44.279 That's the initial charge, but he was caught burglarizing a 153 00:08:44.360 --> 00:08:48.039 home and they're putting that charge together, so you're going 154 00:08:48.080 --> 00:08:49.960 to see him get some time, for sure. 155 00:08:50.440 --> 00:08:52.559 The Guard's presence is getting bigger. 156 00:08:52.799 --> 00:08:58.080 Governor Newsom has announced that he's called up more California 157 00:08:58.120 --> 00:09:02.480 National Guard members to fight the fires in southern California. 158 00:09:02.600 --> 00:09:05.960 He says he's adding a thousand more members. That brings 159 00:09:06.000 --> 00:09:10.200 the total of National Guard service members for this wildfire 160 00:09:10.240 --> 00:09:13.960 event to twenty five hundred. They'll be assisting with public 161 00:09:14.120 --> 00:09:17.720 safety efforts and communities devastated by fires. He says they're 162 00:09:17.720 --> 00:09:20.639 also fighting the fires. I thought that they were only 163 00:09:20.720 --> 00:09:21.600 doing a lot of harsh I. 164 00:09:21.559 --> 00:09:23.519 Can't get how what does National Guard do to fight 165 00:09:23.600 --> 00:09:28.879 the fires other than maybe lug fire hoses and help firefighters. 166 00:09:29.320 --> 00:09:33.720 Those fire hosers get pretty pretty weighty. 167 00:09:34.080 --> 00:09:35.919 They get to be hurrying to do that. 168 00:09:36.159 --> 00:09:36.320 Well. 169 00:09:36.360 --> 00:09:38.240 I don't know how, but training you need to lug 170 00:09:38.279 --> 00:09:42.000 a hose up a hill. But still they have. When 171 00:09:42.039 --> 00:09:44.799 you see these firefighters taking hoses up the hill, you're 172 00:09:44.840 --> 00:09:48.279 how big and heavy? Those are like four inches in 173 00:09:48.399 --> 00:09:51.759 diameter and they're just so Maybe that I may be 174 00:09:51.840 --> 00:09:54.200 dead wrong on that matter of fact, I probably am 175 00:09:54.639 --> 00:09:57.159 not that that doesn't happen very often, but I'd love 176 00:09:57.200 --> 00:10:00.840 to know what the National Guard actually does pro guarding, 177 00:10:01.639 --> 00:10:07.399 because it's a national Guard, probably guards communities with looters, 178 00:10:07.440 --> 00:10:09.559 people coming in during evacuation areas like they did. Do 179 00:10:09.600 --> 00:10:13.360 you remember the Watts riots were the Rodney King riots 180 00:10:14.679 --> 00:10:17.399 where National Guard was placed on every street corner. 181 00:10:19.639 --> 00:10:25.559 That's crazy. So, City of Santa Monica, where did I 182 00:10:25.600 --> 00:10:28.799 just see this? Robert Luna, the sheriff, was saying that 183 00:10:29.039 --> 00:10:32.639 they're going to be staged around the area assisting emergency 184 00:10:32.679 --> 00:10:36.440 operations and like you said, curfew and patrolling neighborhoods making 185 00:10:36.440 --> 00:10:38.039 sure people aren't looting and that kind of thing. I 186 00:10:38.039 --> 00:10:41.080 don't know how much they're actually assisting with actual firefighting. 187 00:10:44.360 --> 00:10:46.840 Okay, don't mess with the new DA. 188 00:10:47.960 --> 00:10:50.799 Charges are going to be announced this afternoon against a 189 00:10:50.840 --> 00:10:54.559 guy who's accused of arson in Azusa and a group 190 00:10:54.600 --> 00:10:58.600 of people who are tied to some looting in Pacific 191 00:10:58.639 --> 00:11:03.679 Palisades County. DA Nathan Hofkman says these criminals need to 192 00:11:03.759 --> 00:11:07.480 hear an unmistakably clear message that if you want to loot, 193 00:11:07.879 --> 00:11:10.039 if you want to commit burglary, if you want to 194 00:11:10.039 --> 00:11:13.360 commit grand theft, you will be arrested, You will be prosecuted, 195 00:11:13.639 --> 00:11:16.120 you will be punished to the full extent of the law. 196 00:11:16.559 --> 00:11:20.080 Yeah, he came on yesterday and reiterated that with us, 197 00:11:20.759 --> 00:11:25.559 and he's made it pretty clear. It's unfortunately the laws 198 00:11:25.639 --> 00:11:31.759 regarding looting aren't nearly stringent enough. There have been many 199 00:11:31.799 --> 00:11:34.879 times and there are jurisdictions around the world where looters 200 00:11:34.919 --> 00:11:36.240 are shot on site. 201 00:11:37.600 --> 00:11:41.360 That's how serious looting is, and of course we don't 202 00:11:41.399 --> 00:11:41.639 do that. 203 00:11:41.960 --> 00:11:44.480 It should be Looting should be a felony of at 204 00:11:44.559 --> 00:11:47.799 least ten or fifteen years, maybe twenty years. 205 00:11:49.120 --> 00:11:51.080 Mandatory ten years. 206 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:55.720 It's that bad looting because that is the complete falling 207 00:11:55.799 --> 00:11:57.600 apart of society as we know it. 208 00:12:00.279 --> 00:12:04.360 The mayor's facing a firestorm of her own. There's a 209 00:12:04.519 --> 00:12:08.840 change dot org petition demanding the resignation of La Mayor 210 00:12:08.879 --> 00:12:12.519 Karen Bass. It's got more than one hundred thousand signatures 211 00:12:12.519 --> 00:12:16.879 so far. The petition accuses Bass of gross mismanagement a 212 00:12:17.000 --> 00:12:20.879 lack of leadership during the wildfire crisis. It says that 213 00:12:21.039 --> 00:12:25.360 her diplomatic trip to Ghana when she was in Africa 214 00:12:25.399 --> 00:12:28.080 instead of here as the fire started as a big reason. 215 00:12:28.399 --> 00:12:32.919 Also criticized the city's preparation and resource allocation, including water 216 00:12:33.000 --> 00:12:38.039 shortages in the Pacific Palisades area and underfunding of emergency services. 217 00:12:38.519 --> 00:12:42.159 And there's a lot of optics here, you know, we 218 00:12:42.200 --> 00:12:46.159 look at in hindsight, look what happened. We didn't have 219 00:12:46.279 --> 00:12:49.360 enough water pressure or the fire fighters didn't have enough 220 00:12:49.399 --> 00:12:54.159 water pressure. And she cut seventeen million dollars from the 221 00:12:54.200 --> 00:12:59.639 fire budget or the LA Fire Department budget. The reality 222 00:12:59.840 --> 00:13:02.679 is is, there isn't jack that she could have done. 223 00:13:02.759 --> 00:13:05.960 The seventeen million dollars could have been there, It could 224 00:13:06.000 --> 00:13:09.200 have been a full budget, wouldn't have changed the thing 225 00:13:10.039 --> 00:13:13.679 the low water pressure. It as bad as it is. 226 00:13:13.720 --> 00:13:16.120 And there are reasons which I'll get into, because there's 227 00:13:16.159 --> 00:13:20.960 a whole world to the story of water pressure. Nothing 228 00:13:21.080 --> 00:13:25.919 could have been done. It would have changed zero had 229 00:13:26.200 --> 00:13:30.080 the budget been doubled. And I'll explain a little bit 230 00:13:30.120 --> 00:13:32.519 of that later on to say, you know, and we 231 00:13:32.519 --> 00:13:35.480 should actually add that you know that and talk about 232 00:13:35.480 --> 00:13:37.879 that story because it is really important. 233 00:13:39.080 --> 00:13:41.960 Oh, we are doing it at seven point fifty. There 234 00:13:41.960 --> 00:13:42.200 you go. 235 00:13:42.279 --> 00:13:43.759 I just read the hell oh there you go. I'll 236 00:13:43.799 --> 00:13:46.639 have to do is read down and there it is. Damn, 237 00:13:46.720 --> 00:13:47.519 I am good. 238 00:13:48.480 --> 00:13:50.320 Now, I'm good. Yeah, you are good. 239 00:13:50.759 --> 00:13:52.919 And then the only issue that I would argue is 240 00:13:53.039 --> 00:13:56.279 Karen Bass was in Gonea, which is fine because it's 241 00:13:56.279 --> 00:14:00.200 a junket, and she was going to the inauguration to 242 00:14:00.320 --> 00:14:03.279 the Gananian president, the new Ghanaian president. 243 00:14:04.519 --> 00:14:06.200 I think it was on behalf of the White House. 244 00:14:06.240 --> 00:14:10.279 I have no idea. In any case, she pretended she 245 00:14:10.399 --> 00:14:11.279 was not there. 246 00:14:12.600 --> 00:14:16.879 And there was postings being done on her behalf that 247 00:14:17.159 --> 00:14:20.320 sort of implied that she was in Los Angeles and 248 00:14:20.360 --> 00:14:22.840 she's getting nailed for that rightly. So on that one, 249 00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:25.639 that's optics. Nothing she could have been all over Los Angeles. 250 00:14:25.639 --> 00:14:27.840 She could have been out on a firefighting front and 251 00:14:27.879 --> 00:14:32.080 nothing would have changed. But what she did instead of saying, 252 00:14:32.200 --> 00:14:35.200 I'm in Ghana, I got here before the fires, I 253 00:14:35.320 --> 00:14:38.440 know what's happening, I'm on the first plane, I get 254 00:14:38.480 --> 00:14:41.519 my hands on, whether it's a military plane, whether it's 255 00:14:41.519 --> 00:14:45.919 a commercial flight, I'm on my way, and then kept 256 00:14:45.960 --> 00:14:49.240 in touch. She didn't do that. Stupid bad optics. The 257 00:14:49.279 --> 00:14:53.080 rest of it. No chance that she should be nailed 258 00:14:53.120 --> 00:14:54.559 for that. What else does she do wrong? 259 00:14:55.039 --> 00:14:55.360 All right? 260 00:14:55.399 --> 00:14:58.919 She cut the fire department budget by seventeen million. If 261 00:14:58.960 --> 00:15:03.559 that doesn't change anything, why is she getting nailed now? 262 00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:05.519 The fire chief Crowley is. 263 00:15:05.440 --> 00:15:10.600 Blaming her for not bringing not allowing the fire department 264 00:15:10.679 --> 00:15:13.799 to meet its standards, to meet the amount of money 265 00:15:13.879 --> 00:15:18.120 it needs. But nothing would have changed. This fire was 266 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:23.759 so extraordinary. What it did was no one anticipated this fire. 267 00:15:23.840 --> 00:15:23.919 You know. 268 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:25.279 Let me give you a quick we'll take a break 269 00:15:25.279 --> 00:15:27.720 in a minute. Let me give you a quick analogy here. 270 00:15:28.080 --> 00:15:31.919 Okay, we have building codes here in southern California that 271 00:15:32.120 --> 00:15:35.320 probably could withstand a seven point four seven point five, 272 00:15:36.799 --> 00:15:40.759 the richer scale about. 273 00:15:40.440 --> 00:15:43.639 Seven point five, where it's we're pretty good. 274 00:15:43.919 --> 00:15:48.039 What happens when a nine point one hits and LA 275 00:15:48.200 --> 00:15:48.879 is destroyed. 276 00:15:50.080 --> 00:15:51.440 Oh my god, you should have known. 277 00:15:51.480 --> 00:15:54.559 We should have building codes that withstand that you can't. 278 00:15:55.559 --> 00:15:57.320 At some point, you can't do it all right. 279 00:15:58.159 --> 00:16:00.799 Governor Newsom's not only fighting with Trump, He's got a 280 00:16:00.840 --> 00:16:05.720 beef with Elon two. Governor Newsom has accused Elon Musk 281 00:16:05.919 --> 00:16:07.559 of encouraging looting. 282 00:16:09.399 --> 00:16:12.320 So he said that. 283 00:16:13.440 --> 00:16:17.279 Musk shared posts on his social media platform x that 284 00:16:17.399 --> 00:16:22.559 claimed Newsom had decriminalized looting. So he responded saying, stop 285 00:16:23.039 --> 00:16:26.639 stop encouraging looting by lying and telling people it's decriminalized. 286 00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:29.279 It is not. That was Newsom's response. 287 00:16:29.600 --> 00:16:32.879 Yeah, I mean, well, Musk has joined the crazies. In 288 00:16:33.000 --> 00:16:36.600 terms of conspiracy theories. You can say a lot about 289 00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:44.759 the governor and overturning Prop forty seven and decriminalizing, for example, 290 00:16:44.840 --> 00:16:47.919 shoplifting anything under nine hundred and fifty dollars is now 291 00:16:47.919 --> 00:16:50.360 a misdemeanor, but looting has. 292 00:16:50.240 --> 00:16:51.159 Not been touched. 293 00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:54.720 And why he would say, well, political reasons, of course. 294 00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:59.559 Why he would say Newsom is encouraging looting with his 295 00:16:59.679 --> 00:17:02.639 decriminalization of certain crimes. 296 00:17:02.679 --> 00:17:06.319 It's just not true. It's just not true. 297 00:17:06.559 --> 00:17:09.240 But the truth doesn't matter to a lot of people, 298 00:17:09.680 --> 00:17:13.799 including Elon Musk boy, has he drunk the kool aid? 299 00:17:13.839 --> 00:17:14.000 You know? 300 00:17:15.559 --> 00:17:16.559 Backed classes? 301 00:17:17.400 --> 00:17:21.839 Most LA Unified School District schools are going to reopen today. 302 00:17:21.960 --> 00:17:24.839 Of course, they've been closed because of the wildfires, but 303 00:17:25.039 --> 00:17:29.640 the superintendent says they've replaced air filters in K through 304 00:17:29.680 --> 00:17:32.720 five elementary schools, like a thousand of them, but there 305 00:17:32.759 --> 00:17:35.559 are a few that are going to remain closed. Kenyon 306 00:17:35.640 --> 00:17:40.920 Charter Elementary, Kent Kenyon Charter Elementary, Palisades Charter Elementary, Marquez 307 00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:44.920 Charter Elementary, Topanga Charter Elementary, and Lanai Road Elementary, and 308 00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:47.720 also Paul Revere Middle School. They're going to make a 309 00:17:47.759 --> 00:17:53.599 decision on Roskamar is It Roskamari Road Elementary and Community. 310 00:17:53.160 --> 00:17:58.079 Messkimore, Roskamar Roskimore, Yes exactly. 311 00:17:57.799 --> 00:18:00.839 Okay, and Community Magnet Charter. Going to make a decision 312 00:18:00.920 --> 00:18:02.079 on those this morning. 313 00:18:02.599 --> 00:18:05.359 Most of them, they say conditions have improved enough that 314 00:18:05.400 --> 00:18:07.960 they can reopen. And then Santa Monica schools, most of 315 00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:10.519 them are reopening. Malibu schools are staying closed for a 316 00:18:10.559 --> 00:18:11.319 couple more days at. 317 00:18:11.319 --> 00:18:14.480 Least, so parents, you feel good about your kids going 318 00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:15.640 back to classes at all. 319 00:18:15.640 --> 00:18:17.880 I unified and learning how to be illiterate? 320 00:18:20.680 --> 00:18:24.559 Is Meta kissing up to the new administration. Meta's oversight 321 00:18:24.799 --> 00:18:29.880 board co chair Michael McConnell says Meta's decision to end 322 00:18:29.880 --> 00:18:32.839 its fact checking program looks like the company is caving 323 00:18:32.920 --> 00:18:37.519 to political pressure. Changes to metas fact checking program come 324 00:18:37.559 --> 00:18:41.000 within two weeks the President Elect Trump's inauguration and after 325 00:18:41.240 --> 00:18:46.079 CEO Mark Zuckerberg Satin had dinner in Mari Lago with 326 00:18:46.160 --> 00:18:47.200 Trump in November. 327 00:18:47.680 --> 00:18:49.720 Yeah, there were a group of tech giants and they 328 00:18:50.039 --> 00:18:52.920 you ever gone when you see the pope having a 329 00:18:52.960 --> 00:18:55.640 small audience and people stand in line to kiss his ring. 330 00:18:56.599 --> 00:19:00.440 That's what happened that evening with the tech people. The 331 00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:04.880 tech giants lee going up to him and bending the knee. 332 00:19:05.079 --> 00:19:09.240 I got to tell you, this guy is more powerful. 333 00:19:09.359 --> 00:19:13.559 I can't even imagine this. So's you're gonna see Meta 334 00:19:13.599 --> 00:19:18.000 and the other platforms saying that the quote fact checking 335 00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:19.920 that was done well. 336 00:19:21.480 --> 00:19:23.680 Zuckerberg said that was too. 337 00:19:23.240 --> 00:19:26.680 Politically motivated, and he's now moving into you can say 338 00:19:26.680 --> 00:19:30.880 anything you want at any time. Conspiracy theorists go crazy, 339 00:19:30.920 --> 00:19:33.799 and there's an argument there does the First Amendment give 340 00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:38.720 you the right to say anything about anyone and conspiracy theories. Yeah, 341 00:19:39.119 --> 00:19:43.240 it does unless you have some self imposed restrictions like 342 00:19:43.319 --> 00:19:47.279 these platforms did, like fact checking, and that's. 343 00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:52.039 Gone for the most part. That's tough. That's tough. 344 00:19:52.119 --> 00:19:54.559 I mean, I understand First Amendment, you know, and you 345 00:19:54.559 --> 00:19:58.319 cann't have that argument or people allowed to, you know, 346 00:19:58.359 --> 00:20:00.680 for example, have a Confederate flag and down the street 347 00:20:00.759 --> 00:20:04.000 or Nazi flags. Yeah they are, yeah they are. And 348 00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:06.960 that's what this is basically. You know, if people want 349 00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:08.559 to do it, they want to do it. And Elon 350 00:20:08.640 --> 00:20:11.519 Musk has been the head of this. He's never changed 351 00:20:11.519 --> 00:20:13.359 his tune. I'll tell you one thing. Elon Musk is 352 00:20:13.400 --> 00:20:17.039 no hypocrite. He has argued from day one. You can 353 00:20:17.079 --> 00:20:20.119 say whatever the hell you want on social media. You 354 00:20:20.160 --> 00:20:23.519 can lie, you can exaggerate, it doesn't matter, which is 355 00:20:23.559 --> 00:20:27.640 why we've got so many conspiracy theories going crazy out there, 356 00:20:27.680 --> 00:20:32.599 because people go on social media and they propound it, 357 00:20:33.400 --> 00:20:35.400 they expand on it. 358 00:20:35.559 --> 00:20:38.400 It's and what is it. 359 00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:40.640 Most people get their news, most people, young people get 360 00:20:40.640 --> 00:20:41.519 their news from TikTok. 361 00:20:41.599 --> 00:20:48.200 Now do I have that right? You know? I don't. 362 00:20:48.920 --> 00:20:53.079 I get the news from Amy. Maybe I should go 363 00:20:53.119 --> 00:20:53.640 to TikTok. 364 00:20:53.680 --> 00:20:55.359 What do you think, Well, it's going to be banned 365 00:20:55.400 --> 00:20:55.880 in a week. 366 00:20:56.799 --> 00:20:59.680 No, it's going to be bought in a week. Some 367 00:20:59.759 --> 00:21:02.200 of the American group is going to buy TikTok. 368 00:21:02.279 --> 00:21:04.240 I think do you think by Dance will sell? 369 00:21:05.279 --> 00:21:10.480 Either they sell or they're banned in banned in the 370 00:21:10.559 --> 00:21:13.119 United States. I think the Supreme Court is not yet ruled, 371 00:21:13.160 --> 00:21:15.680 has it? They just they yeah, and so we'll see 372 00:21:15.720 --> 00:21:19.200 what happens. Unless until the Supreme Court rules, they may 373 00:21:19.319 --> 00:21:23.000 stay the January nineteenth supposed to happen in six days. 374 00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:26.400 They may stay the law that says it has to 375 00:21:26.400 --> 00:21:29.559 be sold. So we'll see what happens. Could be a 376 00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:30.319 big week. 377 00:21:30.599 --> 00:21:31.000 By the right. 378 00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:34.319 Thirty nine percent of adults under thirty say they regularly 379 00:21:34.359 --> 00:21:35.680 get their news from TikTok. 380 00:21:35.960 --> 00:21:38.000 That's fantastic, isn't it. 381 00:21:39.440 --> 00:21:43.839 This is why Americans know so much about how vaccines 382 00:21:44.160 --> 00:21:45.720 cause autism and they'll kill. 383 00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:46.480 You, all right. 384 00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:49.559 So not everyone, apparently, should get a get out of 385 00:21:49.640 --> 00:21:55.000 jail free card. Vice President elect jd Vance says violent 386 00:21:55.359 --> 00:21:59.400 rioters from the January sixth riot should not get pardoned. 387 00:21:59.799 --> 00:22:02.920 He was on Fox News Sunday yesterday and said, if 388 00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:07.880 you protested peacefully on January sixth, and you've had Merrick 389 00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:10.480 Garland's Department of Justice treat you like a gang member. 390 00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:13.519 You should be pardoned, but if you committed violence that day, 391 00:22:13.559 --> 00:22:15.440 obviously you should not be pardoned. 392 00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:19.880 Yeah, this is very different, for one, from what President 393 00:22:19.960 --> 00:22:25.240 Trump is saying. He has said that all of the protesters, 394 00:22:25.839 --> 00:22:30.319 those that overran the Capitol were peaceful demonstrations, That's what 395 00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:35.480 they were. And the charges were basically manufactured by. 396 00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:39.279 By the left wing, if you will, by the Department 397 00:22:39.319 --> 00:22:41.559 of Justice, which of course is part of the deep state. 398 00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:43.079 Here's the problem. 399 00:22:43.119 --> 00:22:48.519 There were a lot of congress people, there were senators there. 400 00:22:47.640 --> 00:22:51.359 That were threatened with their lives. 401 00:22:52.279 --> 00:22:55.799