WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:02.960 This is Gary and Shannon and you're listening to KFI 2 00:00:03.080 --> 00:00:05.879 AM six forty, the Gary and Shannon Show on demand 3 00:00:05.960 --> 00:00:08.720 on the iHeartRadio app. Keeping a close eye on all 4 00:00:08.800 --> 00:00:12.279 the hell fire that has surrounded La County in the 5 00:00:12.320 --> 00:00:17.000 past three days or so. Right now, our attention is 6 00:00:17.120 --> 00:00:21.760 on Mount Wilson, where flames are encroaching upon the all 7 00:00:21.879 --> 00:00:24.519 powerful TV and radio towers there. 8 00:00:24.800 --> 00:00:28.199 A couple TV stations do have engineers on site up there, 9 00:00:28.320 --> 00:00:30.719 and as we had Doug Irwin, one of our engineers 10 00:00:30.760 --> 00:00:33.679 who's been up to Mount Wilson countless times, you could 11 00:00:33.719 --> 00:00:37.159 see some of the pictures that are broadcasts from the 12 00:00:37.159 --> 00:00:40.159 cameras that exist on those broadcast towers up there. There 13 00:00:40.240 --> 00:00:44.880 are a dozen or so fire protection vehicles that are 14 00:00:44.960 --> 00:00:46.079 on the site up there. 15 00:00:46.560 --> 00:00:48.359 They are not doing anything. 16 00:00:48.119 --> 00:00:52.439 To fight the fire, but apparently some of the television 17 00:00:52.439 --> 00:00:55.079 engineers up there have been saying it's because they want 18 00:00:55.079 --> 00:00:58.799 that to burn. They feel protected enough that the flames 19 00:00:58.840 --> 00:01:01.200 themselves are not going to croach on the buildings or 20 00:01:01.240 --> 00:01:04.079 the towers, which they would try to protect, but they're 21 00:01:04.079 --> 00:01:08.640 not trying to put the fire out in the bush 22 00:01:08.719 --> 00:01:12.200 area because they want that to burn. So that's kind 23 00:01:12.200 --> 00:01:13.959 of what it looks like right now, but again that 24 00:01:14.079 --> 00:01:17.519 fire has reached those peaks of Mount Wilson up there 25 00:01:17.560 --> 00:01:21.480 where almost almost all of the TV and radio stations 26 00:01:21.480 --> 00:01:25.120 that you hear in LA are broadcast from fire insurance. 27 00:01:25.280 --> 00:01:27.599 We pay a lot of fire insurance to live where 28 00:01:27.599 --> 00:01:30.599 we live in southern California, and sometimes they won't even 29 00:01:30.840 --> 00:01:35.000 ensure you based on where you live. We heard accounts 30 00:01:35.000 --> 00:01:39.040 from actor James Woods that some of the insurance was 31 00:01:39.120 --> 00:01:42.040 canceled just months ago for people at least to live 32 00:01:42.120 --> 00:01:45.879 in the Palisades around where he lives. Rich McHugh works 33 00:01:45.879 --> 00:01:49.840 for News Nation, joins us now all about this issue 34 00:01:49.879 --> 00:01:53.120 about insurance claims and how daunting of a path and 35 00:01:53.159 --> 00:01:55.680 a journey this will be for people who have lost 36 00:01:55.719 --> 00:01:57.599 their homes or had damage in these fires. 37 00:01:58.359 --> 00:02:01.519 Good afternoon, Rich, Thanks for taking time for us. 38 00:02:01.719 --> 00:02:03.680 Yeah, thanks for having me. Happy to be here. 39 00:02:04.519 --> 00:02:08.680 We have been covering these stories about loss of fire 40 00:02:08.879 --> 00:02:13.120 coverage in throughout California, but also throughout the Western United 41 00:02:13.120 --> 00:02:16.159 States because insurance companies are afraid that they would break 42 00:02:16.199 --> 00:02:19.240 the bank. Now we see a total, you know, a 43 00:02:19.280 --> 00:02:22.319 price tag on this thing upwards of fifty billion dollars. 44 00:02:23.520 --> 00:02:26.199 What's going on in the insurance industry. First of all, 45 00:02:26.319 --> 00:02:28.199 that makes them want to pull out of California. 46 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:33.479 Well, I think it goes back to twenty seventeen and 47 00:02:33.560 --> 00:02:38.120 twenty eighteen. They were back to back, you know, wildfires 48 00:02:38.360 --> 00:02:41.159 in back to back years, one in northern California, one 49 00:02:41.159 --> 00:02:45.039 in southern California. And I believe the losses from those 50 00:02:45.560 --> 00:02:50.039 fires were something like twenty three billion, which is already 51 00:02:50.080 --> 00:02:52.919 a lot less than where we're at now, but that 52 00:02:53.080 --> 00:02:57.159 was enough where the insurance companies essentially paid out twice 53 00:02:57.199 --> 00:03:00.280 as much as they took in in their premium. And 54 00:03:00.360 --> 00:03:03.960 so I think All State pulled out of California in 55 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:09.479 twenty twenty three, and State Farm with respective Pacific Palisades, 56 00:03:10.120 --> 00:03:14.000 they told I believe it was seventy percent of the 57 00:03:14.039 --> 00:03:18.879 residence Pacific Palisades just this year alone, that they will 58 00:03:18.919 --> 00:03:22.439 not be renewing their coverage. And so I spoke with 59 00:03:22.960 --> 00:03:28.840 one woman who basically had was forced to evacuate. Obviously 60 00:03:28.919 --> 00:03:31.719 she doesn't know the status for home. In the conversation, 61 00:03:32.719 --> 00:03:34.639 she mentioned, oh, and then we have to deal with insurance. 62 00:03:35.280 --> 00:03:38.360 Her plan was canceled or not renewed as she was 63 00:03:38.400 --> 00:03:42.719 informed about this in November and so she's kind of 64 00:03:43.240 --> 00:03:46.240 left to fend for herself. And your options, as you 65 00:03:46.280 --> 00:03:48.599 guys know, are not great. You have something called the 66 00:03:48.639 --> 00:03:55.439 California Fair Plan, which apparently only covers you up for 67 00:03:55.680 --> 00:03:59.520 individuals or homeowners up to three million and for commercial 68 00:03:59.599 --> 00:04:02.840 for business says up to twenty million. And so this 69 00:04:02.879 --> 00:04:05.159 is going to be the real first major test of 70 00:04:05.199 --> 00:04:11.000 this like emergency system. And you know, I don't I 71 00:04:11.039 --> 00:04:13.159 can't begin to guess how it's going to go, but 72 00:04:13.919 --> 00:04:16.439 I can't imagine it's going to go smoothly. I'll say 73 00:04:16.480 --> 00:04:18.639 that this is well, the losses are going to be 74 00:04:18.680 --> 00:04:19.279 so high. 75 00:04:19.399 --> 00:04:21.800 We just had the governor come out and pat himself 76 00:04:21.839 --> 00:04:23.600 on the back for his new budget plan that he 77 00:04:23.639 --> 00:04:25.160 says there's going to be a surplus. 78 00:04:25.240 --> 00:04:26.720 But the size of. 79 00:04:28.199 --> 00:04:30.720 Whatever this price tag is, and I mean, it's hard 80 00:04:30.759 --> 00:04:34.120 to even I mentioned the fifty fifty billion that came 81 00:04:34.120 --> 00:04:38.560 from ACI weather, and that would be more than twice 82 00:04:38.600 --> 00:04:41.399 as much as the entire nineteen ninety four North Rich 83 00:04:41.439 --> 00:04:44.199 earthquake in terms of property loss. 84 00:04:45.360 --> 00:04:49.439 Yeah, it's like it's it's a staggering number. It's only 85 00:04:49.480 --> 00:04:52.519 going to go up because these things aren't contained. And 86 00:04:52.839 --> 00:04:55.000 you know, ultimately you're going to get to a situation 87 00:04:55.079 --> 00:04:59.480 where it's almost like you know, Florida, California and Florida 88 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:02.839 going to be it's almost going to be impossible to 89 00:05:02.879 --> 00:05:06.399 be insured when you live in these states because insurance 90 00:05:06.439 --> 00:05:09.279 companies don't want don't want the business because of the 91 00:05:09.360 --> 00:05:12.879 natural disasters, and so as a as a resident there, 92 00:05:12.920 --> 00:05:16.920 you're going to be left to to face massive premiums 93 00:05:16.920 --> 00:05:21.959 from some unknown company, or or go with this the 94 00:05:22.079 --> 00:05:26.720 fair plan, which you know, we'll see how this all 95 00:05:26.800 --> 00:05:28.399 operates in the coming weeks. 96 00:05:28.600 --> 00:05:31.560 And nothing makes people feel more comfortable than looking at 97 00:05:31.600 --> 00:05:35.319 insurance and raising your hands and going we'll see yeah. 98 00:05:37.160 --> 00:05:39.360 Yeah, I mean, and you know, for a lot of people, 99 00:05:39.439 --> 00:05:41.519 you can't even get insurance. You can't even get a 100 00:05:41.560 --> 00:05:45.439 mortgage without having insurance to go hand in hand. So 101 00:05:45.720 --> 00:05:51.000 it's a complicating mess. I can't even not only have 102 00:05:51.160 --> 00:05:53.600 people lost their homes, but you know, if you have 103 00:05:53.680 --> 00:05:56.360 mortgages still to pay on those homes, how much is 104 00:05:56.439 --> 00:05:58.560 insurance can to how much you're going to get back? 105 00:05:58.639 --> 00:06:01.279 How are you going to rebuild? Like the questions, it's 106 00:06:01.319 --> 00:06:05.639 just too much to process for how you find your 107 00:06:05.680 --> 00:06:08.600 way through this. It's just just awful. 108 00:06:08.639 --> 00:06:12.199 Rich Mchughe hopefully we can have a better conversation at 109 00:06:12.240 --> 00:06:12.959 another time. 110 00:06:15.079 --> 00:06:19.480 Thanks, Rich, appreciate it. You got reporder there from News Nation. 111 00:06:20.480 --> 00:06:25.160 Uh, there's really no way to put lipstick on that pig, 112 00:06:25.279 --> 00:06:25.560 is there? 113 00:06:25.720 --> 00:06:25.800 No? 114 00:06:26.360 --> 00:06:30.240 And listen, insurance companies already have an awful reputation, many 115 00:06:30.279 --> 00:06:34.959 of them for instances like this and the hoops that 116 00:06:35.000 --> 00:06:37.720 people have to go through despite having been covered by 117 00:06:37.720 --> 00:06:40.800 the same company for decades in some cases, and. 118 00:06:40.759 --> 00:06:42.759 Then when you really need them, where are they. 119 00:06:43.040 --> 00:06:45.680 Yeah, hopefully that's not the case, and hopefully there are 120 00:06:45.720 --> 00:06:49.040 some good stories, but still it's not. It's not an 121 00:06:49.040 --> 00:06:51.680 easy path forward for anybody. 122 00:06:51.720 --> 00:06:53.680 I mean, I think everybody feels the need to throw 123 00:06:53.720 --> 00:06:58.639 projectiles at the television whenever one of those commercials comes on. Yeah, well, 124 00:06:58.680 --> 00:07:00.439 we're by your side, Yeah, my ass. 125 00:07:00.480 --> 00:07:04.120 Especially juxtapose that with the images of the devastation that 126 00:07:04.160 --> 00:07:07.720 we've seen exactly and we'll continue to see. Unfortunately, fire 127 00:07:07.759 --> 00:07:12.800 coverage continues some of the far away helicopter shots of 128 00:07:12.839 --> 00:07:16.560 the Eton fire that was burning above Altadena and Pasadena, 129 00:07:16.879 --> 00:07:19.720 as the fires down below in the flatlands have for 130 00:07:19.759 --> 00:07:23.240 the most part stopped spreading, that fire continues to grow 131 00:07:23.439 --> 00:07:26.120 up that hill and as moving towards Mount Wilson and 132 00:07:26.160 --> 00:07:28.199 all the broadcast facilities that are up there on the 133 00:07:28.199 --> 00:07:29.040 top of Mount Wilson. 134 00:07:29.120 --> 00:07:32.040 I did get an update from my city there along 135 00:07:32.079 --> 00:07:34.079 the foothills that said, you're going to see the fire 136 00:07:34.160 --> 00:07:37.079 moving up into the hills today and it's probably going 137 00:07:37.120 --> 00:07:38.279 to be moving east. 138 00:07:38.000 --> 00:07:40.079 A little bit and get a little bit. 139 00:07:40.600 --> 00:07:42.920 But this was the plan is moving up. I don't 140 00:07:42.920 --> 00:07:45.560 think they expected it to move as up as far 141 00:07:45.680 --> 00:07:46.959 up as Mount Wilson. 142 00:07:46.639 --> 00:07:47.480 And those towers. 143 00:07:47.759 --> 00:07:50.560 There was a retardant line that they laid down before 144 00:07:50.600 --> 00:07:53.720 the fixed to win aircraft had to be grounded at 145 00:07:53.800 --> 00:07:56.240 least that was the story about an hour ago because 146 00:07:56.279 --> 00:07:58.639 of turbulence. So hopefully that has calmed down and they 147 00:07:58.639 --> 00:07:59.839 can resume the air attack. 148 00:08:00.120 --> 00:08:00.800 That's got to be all. 149 00:08:00.879 --> 00:08:03.920 That's got to be a difficult place to fly. Oh yeah, 150 00:08:04.040 --> 00:08:06.639 mountain terrain, the all of the air currents coming. 151 00:08:06.519 --> 00:08:09.560 Off the fire, weather, the weather system the fire creates 152 00:08:09.600 --> 00:08:13.160 in terms of the gusts and the breezes and the shifts. 153 00:08:13.360 --> 00:08:16.720 It's incredible. We have been taking some of your messages 154 00:08:17.000 --> 00:08:18.399 on our talk back feature. 155 00:08:18.160 --> 00:08:19.120 More in California. 156 00:08:19.199 --> 00:08:21.959 Up in Mendosino, we already heard you and your daughter's 157 00:08:21.959 --> 00:08:23.600 safe and she's in North rich something. 158 00:08:23.639 --> 00:08:27.600 Hi Gary, Jannon. I've been listening and working and all 159 00:08:27.639 --> 00:08:30.199 that about the fires. I'm really sad about it. 160 00:08:30.720 --> 00:08:33.519 I haven't heard too much about what do they believe 161 00:08:33.559 --> 00:08:35.559 are the causes. I have to be in and out 162 00:08:35.559 --> 00:08:38.200 and off and on the radio, but what what they 163 00:08:38.240 --> 00:08:40.240 determine the causes of all these fires? 164 00:08:41.600 --> 00:08:41.919 Thanks? 165 00:08:42.080 --> 00:08:45.360 Nope, No, there was a backyard fire that they talked 166 00:08:45.399 --> 00:08:49.200 about starting potentially the Palisades fire. We don't know if 167 00:08:49.200 --> 00:08:51.799 that was a backyard fire and a fire pit or 168 00:08:51.840 --> 00:08:54.759 something that was sparked into a fire into the backyard. 169 00:08:54.759 --> 00:08:57.120 We just have no information about them who licks fires 170 00:08:57.120 --> 00:08:57.840 in their backyard. 171 00:08:58.679 --> 00:09:01.679 It could be a fire pit is a cold morning. 172 00:09:02.200 --> 00:09:04.360 Well, you're right, I guess that's true. Yeah, I don't 173 00:09:04.360 --> 00:09:07.559 have a fire pit, so for just that reason, I don't. 174 00:09:07.720 --> 00:09:11.759 Hello, Garyan Jenning Maria from also WEO. I just wanted 175 00:09:11.799 --> 00:09:17.000 to say thank you guys again so much for keeping 176 00:09:17.080 --> 00:09:20.080 us up to date on the current and real information 177 00:09:21.159 --> 00:09:24.879 and everything that's going on, because apparently our own local 178 00:09:24.879 --> 00:09:28.039 government can't even do that because apparently she wasn't even here. 179 00:09:28.639 --> 00:09:31.519 So again, thank you, so so much for all that 180 00:09:31.600 --> 00:09:33.720 you do, and my mom now listens to you. 181 00:09:33.720 --> 00:09:36.879 Guys take okay, thank you, we'll take them. 182 00:09:37.960 --> 00:09:40.840 Did you see the interview I don't even know if 183 00:09:40.840 --> 00:09:44.360 you'd call it an interview, the attempted interview where a 184 00:09:44.440 --> 00:09:47.279 reporter had approached Karen back British she was getting off 185 00:09:47.279 --> 00:09:51.000 the plane. The British reporter. Yeah, yeah, you got to 186 00:09:51.039 --> 00:09:53.039 stay on top of these people too. Like that was 187 00:09:53.120 --> 00:09:53.799 just the beginning. 188 00:09:54.159 --> 00:09:56.120 She was hit a little bit at the press conference 189 00:09:56.159 --> 00:09:59.000 today in terms of the water and the cuts to 190 00:09:59.039 --> 00:10:02.159 the fire department and all of that. I mean, here's 191 00:10:02.159 --> 00:10:03.799 the thing that hit me when I was on my 192 00:10:03.840 --> 00:10:06.639 way home yesterday. When you think of what you want 193 00:10:06.679 --> 00:10:11.360 from government, you want police, you want fire, and you want. 194 00:10:11.200 --> 00:10:15.399 Roads right and water? Water, you know what I mean? 195 00:10:15.600 --> 00:10:19.000 Like, those are the four biggies in my head, that's 196 00:10:19.039 --> 00:10:21.919 what I want you to provide us with the tax 197 00:10:22.000 --> 00:10:25.919 dollars we provide you, the ridiculous amount of tax dollars 198 00:10:26.240 --> 00:10:28.720 you squeeze from us. Those are the four things you 199 00:10:28.720 --> 00:10:33.159 should be able to do. Police, fire, roads and water. 200 00:10:33.600 --> 00:10:38.320 And what are you failing at? Police? Fire, roads and water? 201 00:10:38.679 --> 00:10:41.840 What is your attention on is it tampons? In the 202 00:10:41.840 --> 00:10:42.720 boys bathrooms. 203 00:10:42.759 --> 00:10:43.240 I don't know. 204 00:10:43.320 --> 00:10:45.360 I don't know what you're paying attention to. Like, what's 205 00:10:45.399 --> 00:10:49.639 a priority at La City Hall right now? It's not police, fire, 206 00:10:49.720 --> 00:10:50.519 roads and water. 207 00:10:51.279 --> 00:10:53.759 It's feelings. Remember there's an emphasis on. 208 00:10:53.759 --> 00:10:56.519 Failing care about their feelings. Well, that's why we talk 209 00:10:56.559 --> 00:10:59.399 about You don't have to tell me, I don't. 210 00:10:59.519 --> 00:11:01.360 You don't have to tell me how prayers in your 211 00:11:01.799 --> 00:11:03.360 hearts and your thoughts and your hopes. 212 00:11:03.480 --> 00:11:05.960 Yeah, don't tell me how strong the community is. The 213 00:11:06.000 --> 00:11:09.120 community's strength will be shown by the community. It doesn't 214 00:11:09.120 --> 00:11:12.279 need to be called out or asked for by a politician. 215 00:11:12.399 --> 00:11:15.879 It will be shown by the people and the neighborhoods 216 00:11:15.559 --> 00:11:17.919 that let that stand by itself. 217 00:11:18.320 --> 00:11:22.000 This was Karen Bass. You can't even hear Karen Bass. 218 00:11:22.200 --> 00:11:22.679 This was a. 219 00:11:22.679 --> 00:11:26.200 Reporter trying to get Karen Bass to answer questions. This 220 00:11:26.279 --> 00:11:28.480 is as yesterday. She was on her way back to 221 00:11:29.320 --> 00:11:32.559 La after she had gone on a I guess you 222 00:11:32.600 --> 00:11:36.159 would see a diplomatic mission. I suppose she was attending 223 00:11:36.240 --> 00:11:39.240 the inauguration of the new president of Ghana. 224 00:11:39.399 --> 00:11:42.039 Do you owe citizens and apology for being absent while 225 00:11:42.080 --> 00:11:45.679 their homes were burning? Do you regret coming the fire 226 00:11:45.720 --> 00:11:50.559 department budget by millions of dollars out of mare. Have 227 00:11:50.679 --> 00:11:51.840 you nothing to say today? 228 00:11:52.080 --> 00:11:54.039 She's just staring at him. 229 00:11:54.120 --> 00:11:57.759 Have you absolutely nothing to say to the citizens today? 230 00:11:58.559 --> 00:12:02.440 Elon Musk says that you're incompetent. Are you considering your position? 231 00:12:03.200 --> 00:12:03.320 Uh? 232 00:12:03.440 --> 00:12:07.840 And it goes on for several seconds. She is then 233 00:12:07.919 --> 00:12:10.720 led down the jetway and I mean, that's right outside 234 00:12:10.720 --> 00:12:13.879 the airplane. I don't know how that guy got access 235 00:12:14.000 --> 00:12:16.519 to where he was. She has no problems shutting down. 236 00:12:16.600 --> 00:12:18.720 I tried to talk to her in the jetway when 237 00:12:18.759 --> 00:12:21.399 we got to wherever we went, Chicago. Was that we 238 00:12:21.399 --> 00:12:22.720 were on the same plane. She and I were on 239 00:12:22.720 --> 00:12:25.320 the same plane to go to the convention. Oh oh, 240 00:12:25.360 --> 00:12:28.200 that's right, And I'm like walking with her down the jetway. 241 00:12:28.200 --> 00:12:30.639 I waited in the jetway till she got off the plane. 242 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:33.080 She was sitting kind of in the middle, and I waited. 243 00:12:33.080 --> 00:12:36.080 I'm like, mayor baths my name Shannon, I hosted Sean KFI, 244 00:12:36.240 --> 00:12:36.919 would love. 245 00:12:36.759 --> 00:12:37.440 To have you on. 246 00:12:37.879 --> 00:12:40.759 And she wouldn't even make words to me. 247 00:12:41.080 --> 00:12:43.759 That's that's exactly what was happening to this guy. And 248 00:12:43.799 --> 00:12:44.440 that listen. 249 00:12:44.559 --> 00:12:47.200 I wasn't even being provocative. That's a skill I'm not 250 00:12:47.320 --> 00:12:50.399 giving her compliments. I'm just saying that's a skill to 251 00:12:50.519 --> 00:12:53.320 be able to stand there and look at someone while 252 00:12:53.320 --> 00:12:56.639 they're asking you a question. And granted the guy's trying 253 00:12:56.639 --> 00:12:58.759 to bait her into some sort of a response, sure 254 00:12:58.840 --> 00:13:01.320 that's probably going to get her in trouble, but that 255 00:13:01.399 --> 00:13:05.000 seems to be her mo. But not to respond at all. 256 00:13:05.200 --> 00:13:08.519 I mean, she didn't smile, she didn't change her face, 257 00:13:08.759 --> 00:13:11.120 she didn't do it. She's waiting for security because she's 258 00:13:11.159 --> 00:13:13.720 going to get she doesn't have to go through the terminal. 259 00:13:13.799 --> 00:13:14.559 She's got she. 260 00:13:15.480 --> 00:13:18.440 What do they call a SUV, she's got, you know, 261 00:13:18.480 --> 00:13:21.440 her car is waiting down on the tarmac and she's 262 00:13:21.480 --> 00:13:23.039 waiting to go outside to get in the car. 263 00:13:23.200 --> 00:13:25.320 The part of my problem with her at that press 264 00:13:25.360 --> 00:13:28.840 conference today is that I've heard from people who have 265 00:13:28.879 --> 00:13:31.480 been with her behind closed doors that she as tough 266 00:13:31.519 --> 00:13:35.480 as nails. She takes no bs. Where's that person at 267 00:13:35.480 --> 00:13:37.840 that press conference? The reason I had a problem with 268 00:13:37.879 --> 00:13:39.519 that is because she came out she's like we are 269 00:13:39.600 --> 00:13:44.559 one voice. You know, lasusqualas in las braces. You know 270 00:13:44.600 --> 00:13:48.039 what I mean, like baloney and flowery and light and 271 00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:51.600 garbage and bs don't be that person, because that's not 272 00:13:51.679 --> 00:13:53.399 who you are. When you get in front of the 273 00:13:53.440 --> 00:13:56.279 cameras and you're not one hundred percent genuine, it shows 274 00:13:56.399 --> 00:13:58.720 we can see it. That's the same problem I have 275 00:13:58.799 --> 00:14:01.559 with Gavin Newsom. You have to be yourself, you have 276 00:14:01.639 --> 00:14:04.960 to be genuine, or else you just look like a phony. 277 00:14:05.279 --> 00:14:07.840 If she came out and if she is as tough 278 00:14:07.840 --> 00:14:10.480 as nails nobs person, she came out there that press 279 00:14:10.480 --> 00:14:13.120 conference and she's like, I am pissed. I was pissed 280 00:14:13.120 --> 00:14:15.320 that I was away and on that trip. I should 281 00:14:15.320 --> 00:14:17.720 have been here. You're right, I saw the wind event 282 00:14:17.759 --> 00:14:20.840 in the forecast. I should have been here. I screwed up. 283 00:14:20.919 --> 00:14:23.559 And now I'm pissed about the water situation, and I'm 284 00:14:23.600 --> 00:14:25.919 pissed that I made the decision to cut the fire department. 285 00:14:26.120 --> 00:14:29.279 And you know what, right now, starting right now after 286 00:14:29.320 --> 00:14:32.480 I leave here, I'm going to get set on rectifying 287 00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:36.679 the situation. I am upset by the mismanagement that has 288 00:14:36.720 --> 00:14:40.039 gone down city wide. And yes, there were things that 289 00:14:40.039 --> 00:14:42.279 we could not control with this wind event, but if 290 00:14:42.320 --> 00:14:44.879 I can make it that much better the next time 291 00:14:44.919 --> 00:14:46.759 this kind of thing rolls around, I'm going to make 292 00:14:46.759 --> 00:14:49.200 sure I do so, Like if she's if she came 293 00:14:49.240 --> 00:14:50.840 out and did that, do you know how far that 294 00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:54.399 would get her politically and not just politically. 295 00:14:53.960 --> 00:14:54.720 Well I don't even know. 296 00:14:54.799 --> 00:14:56.759 Well I don't know about politically, but it would get 297 00:14:56.759 --> 00:15:02.360 her at least the aspect and a little bit of leeway, like, hey, 298 00:15:02.399 --> 00:15:05.000 we're gonna get okay, so we understand you're upset about 299 00:15:05.000 --> 00:15:07.320 this clearly. Now we're going to give you an opportunity 300 00:15:07.360 --> 00:15:10.159 to do something about it right and then give you know, 301 00:15:10.279 --> 00:15:12.399 just a little bit of slack in the line. But 302 00:15:12.799 --> 00:15:15.799 I mean, she just set herself up for more condemnation, 303 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:20.639 for more questions about well, why didn't why why didn't you? 304 00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:23.200 You asked all of us to heed these warnings, You 305 00:15:23.240 --> 00:15:26.159 asked all of us to be prepared for an emergency 306 00:15:26.159 --> 00:15:29.240 situation that was far beyond it turned out to be 307 00:15:29.279 --> 00:15:31.000 far beyond what anybody was expecting. 308 00:15:31.440 --> 00:15:33.039 Why weren't you doing the same thing. 309 00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:35.320 Don't be the absent parent that comes back to the 310 00:15:35.399 --> 00:15:38.559 home that is in shambles and go, oh, we. 311 00:15:38.559 --> 00:15:39.879 Are such a strong family. 312 00:15:40.320 --> 00:15:42.960 No no, no, Go to the grocery store, get us some groceries, 313 00:15:43.639 --> 00:15:46.960 you know, go to work, pay the bills and do the. 314 00:15:46.919 --> 00:15:50.360 Stuff the other thing. And you mentioned Gavin Newsome. 315 00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:53.240 He was on with Anderson Cooper because they're both trying 316 00:15:53.279 --> 00:15:56.440 to show off there. They were upset that they didn't 317 00:15:56.480 --> 00:15:57.799 think of it of the clothes pins. 318 00:15:57.960 --> 00:16:01.600 Dude, did you see Gaven Newsome one untouched part of 319 00:16:01.600 --> 00:16:02.039 his shirt. 320 00:16:02.120 --> 00:16:05.879 Yeah, he's he's in the street, he's busy, he. 321 00:16:06.840 --> 00:16:08.840 Doesn't have time to think about his T shirt. 322 00:16:08.919 --> 00:16:10.519 I want to know. I want to meet the aid 323 00:16:10.799 --> 00:16:13.039 who was like, wait a minute, let's untop this side. 324 00:16:13.080 --> 00:16:14.840 This will make you look like a man of the people, 325 00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:15.759 your honor. 326 00:16:17.600 --> 00:16:20.360 Let me just We've done some focus groups and we 327 00:16:20.399 --> 00:16:22.279 think that the untucked should. 328 00:16:22.080 --> 00:16:24.000 Be on the right side totally, because. 329 00:16:23.840 --> 00:16:25.960 We know you're left handed, but it makes it look 330 00:16:26.039 --> 00:16:27.240 like you're actually you're. 331 00:16:27.120 --> 00:16:27.679 On both sides. 332 00:16:27.720 --> 00:16:28.000 Totally. 333 00:16:28.879 --> 00:16:30.919 Bunch of horses. And this was him with Anderson Cooper 334 00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:33.159 last night. What is this situation with the water. Obviously 335 00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:35.039 in the pala stage it ran out last night in 336 00:16:35.039 --> 00:16:36.879 the hydrants. I was trying the firefighter in this block. 337 00:16:37.120 --> 00:16:39.559 They left because there was no water in the hydrant here. 338 00:16:39.960 --> 00:16:42.440 The local folks are trying to figure that out. I mean, 339 00:16:42.519 --> 00:16:44.879 just when you have a system that it's not dissimilar 340 00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:47.559 to what we've seen in other extraordinarily large scale fires, 341 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:50.639 whether it be pipe electricity, whether it just be the 342 00:16:50.960 --> 00:16:54.000 complete overwhelm of the system. I mean, those hydrants are 343 00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:56.759 typical for two or three fires, maybe one fire. 344 00:16:57.000 --> 00:16:58.840 You have something at this scale. But again that's going 345 00:16:58.919 --> 00:17:03.240 to be determined by the local He's listen, it's not 346 00:17:03.399 --> 00:17:04.960 his job. This is a local thing. 347 00:17:05.000 --> 00:17:09.079 The governor doesn't control state water problems, I mean local 348 00:17:09.440 --> 00:17:13.160 fire hydrant level problems with water. But again that's an 349 00:17:13.200 --> 00:17:15.400 opportunity for him to go, hey, you know what, this 350 00:17:15.559 --> 00:17:19.279 is unconscionable that this was able to happen in a system, 351 00:17:19.359 --> 00:17:22.440 even if it was an emergency situation like this that 352 00:17:22.559 --> 00:17:23.319 was overwhelming. 353 00:17:23.559 --> 00:17:25.079 We cannot allow this to happen again. 354 00:17:25.200 --> 00:17:28.200 When it's great, they take credit for local things. One, 355 00:17:28.279 --> 00:17:31.319 it's crap, they say it's a local thing, all right. 356 00:17:31.480 --> 00:17:36.519 Our continuing coverage of the fires throughout Los Angeles and 357 00:17:37.200 --> 00:17:39.720 the best news. I think that some of the good 358 00:17:39.720 --> 00:17:42.599 news that came out of the news conference from earlier 359 00:17:42.640 --> 00:17:48.519 today was that the three lesser fires are all pretty 360 00:17:48.599 --> 00:17:51.839 much nothing to worry about. I shouldn't say nothing, but 361 00:17:52.599 --> 00:17:55.400 are less concerning. How's that the Hearst fire up near 362 00:17:56.240 --> 00:17:58.839 Silmar eight hundred and fifty five acres. It was ten 363 00:17:58.880 --> 00:18:02.400 percent contained as of this morning, and from my experience, 364 00:18:02.440 --> 00:18:05.319 that's the one that I drive towards once I leave here, 365 00:18:05.440 --> 00:18:08.960 and yesterday afternoon there was virtually no smoke left from 366 00:18:09.000 --> 00:18:12.799 that fire. The Lydia fire up near Acton about three 367 00:18:12.880 --> 00:18:16.079 hundred and forty eight acres, that one was forty percent contained. 368 00:18:16.079 --> 00:18:19.240 The Sunset fire the one that burned in Hollywood Hills overnight, 369 00:18:19.400 --> 00:18:23.839 about sixty acres, but that one was handled very quickly, 370 00:18:23.880 --> 00:18:26.759 and in fact, the evacuation orders have all been lifted 371 00:18:27.319 --> 00:18:31.480 through the through the Hollywood Hills. There was a story 372 00:18:31.599 --> 00:18:34.359 that came out today, and I honestly think it's a 373 00:18:34.400 --> 00:18:38.200 little early to talk about the specific numbers, but the 374 00:18:38.319 --> 00:18:42.440 chief meteorologist for ACU Weather, if you've used them, has 375 00:18:42.640 --> 00:18:45.200 said that this is already one of the worst wildfires 376 00:18:45.200 --> 00:18:46.359 in the history of California. 377 00:18:46.440 --> 00:18:48.799 And I mean, you could talk about that individually. 378 00:18:48.839 --> 00:18:51.480 You could talk about the Palisades fire as being one 379 00:18:51.519 --> 00:18:53.720 of the worst wildfires in California history. You could also 380 00:18:53.759 --> 00:18:56.359 talk about the Eton fire as being one of the worst. 381 00:18:56.480 --> 00:18:59.160 Is simply based on the number of structures lost in 382 00:18:59.240 --> 00:19:01.839 both of those. One of the things that was mentioned 383 00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:06.160 today by the County fire chief was that over in 384 00:19:06.200 --> 00:19:10.400 the Palisades fire, the number of fires, the number of 385 00:19:10.559 --> 00:19:16.200 structures I should say damaged or destroyed, is into the thousands. 386 00:19:17.039 --> 00:19:20.880 And then for the Eaten fire over an Altadena, over 387 00:19:21.119 --> 00:19:26.960 one thousand structures damaged or destroyed. And I referenced yesterday, 388 00:19:27.000 --> 00:19:30.000 I was referencing the ninety one Oakland Hills fire, the 389 00:19:30.039 --> 00:19:33.920 Tunnel fire back then that didn't burn very many acres 390 00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:36.519 I think it was about fifteen hundred acres back then, 391 00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:41.319 but destroyed almost three thousand homes and apartments and condos 392 00:19:41.319 --> 00:19:44.559 and things like that. And it appears like this is 393 00:19:44.599 --> 00:19:46.920 going to eclipse that in terms of the number of 394 00:19:47.599 --> 00:19:54.119 actual living dwellings that were destroyed. The Paradise fire holds 395 00:19:54.119 --> 00:19:56.200 that distinction of being the most which I think is 396 00:19:56.240 --> 00:19:59.759 closer to eighteen or nineteen thousand structures that were destroyed. 397 00:20:00.359 --> 00:20:02.960 The Eaten fires at ten than six hundred acres. Most 398 00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:05.680 of the growth has significantly stopped, but we did at 399 00:20:05.799 --> 00:20:08.799 least through the flatland areas. But we have seen that 400 00:20:08.920 --> 00:20:12.200 fire moving back up the hill towards Mount Wilson, which 401 00:20:12.279 --> 00:20:14.720