WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:02.839 This is Gary and Shannon and you're listening to kf 2 00:00:02.879 --> 00:00:05.360 I AM six forty, the Gary and Shannon Show on 3 00:00:05.440 --> 00:00:07.280 demand on the iHeartRadio app. 4 00:00:09.759 --> 00:00:12.000 Good news and bad news. Good news is Shannon didn't 5 00:00:12.039 --> 00:00:14.039 have to drive into work today. The bad news is 6 00:00:14.359 --> 00:00:19.079 she is getting the final round of root canal work done. 7 00:00:19.239 --> 00:00:25.719 They call me yup mad, don't rush like they call 8 00:00:25.879 --> 00:00:28.920 me yum mab rush elma. 9 00:00:28.960 --> 00:00:32.000 That's not nice because that's not her. That's not the way. 10 00:00:32.039 --> 00:00:34.079 It's not because she doesn't brush your teeth. It's just 11 00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:37.479 it's a different issue. But it's okay. I'll tell her 12 00:00:37.560 --> 00:00:40.799 that you said that she's a yukmouth, all right. So 13 00:00:41.640 --> 00:00:45.880 there has been a major major shift in what we 14 00:00:45.960 --> 00:00:48.600 are now thinking about the way to end the war 15 00:00:48.679 --> 00:00:53.560 between Russia and Ukraine, Russia's aggression against Ukraine, and there 16 00:00:53.640 --> 00:00:56.960 is a lot that's going on in another continent. Both 17 00:00:57.000 --> 00:01:00.560 the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegsath the Vice President Evans 18 00:01:00.640 --> 00:01:03.759 they are in Europe right now and are expected to 19 00:01:04.400 --> 00:01:08.159 have some major discussions when it comes to the peace 20 00:01:08.400 --> 00:01:12.799 potential between Russia and Ukraine. Vladimir Zelenski has said that 21 00:01:12.840 --> 00:01:14.879 he's not going to agree to anything unless he is 22 00:01:14.920 --> 00:01:18.120 involved in the discussions. We know yesterday that President Trump 23 00:01:18.439 --> 00:01:23.400 called Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelenski to talk with both 24 00:01:23.480 --> 00:01:25.480 of them about it, so that'll come up in a 25 00:01:25.519 --> 00:01:28.400 few minutes. We'll discuss what's going on also in the 26 00:01:28.439 --> 00:01:34.120 shadow of this Munich Peace Conference, the Munich discussions this meeting, 27 00:01:35.040 --> 00:01:37.480 there was a terrorist attack. Somebody drove a car into 28 00:01:37.519 --> 00:01:40.560 a group, killed about twenty eight people, So we'll talk 29 00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:44.680 about that also coming up at ten thirty. It's a 30 00:01:44.719 --> 00:01:46.560 good day to do it because we're not worried about 31 00:01:46.560 --> 00:01:51.200 fires today, but the sort of aftermath of Palisades and 32 00:01:51.239 --> 00:01:53.519 the Eton fires. We'll talk about what's going on in 33 00:01:53.560 --> 00:01:56.560 terms of the testing for contaminants in the soil, but 34 00:01:56.640 --> 00:02:00.560 also how close things got to an absolute catach astrophe 35 00:02:01.000 --> 00:02:03.799 up north when that fire broke out, the Hughes fire 36 00:02:03.840 --> 00:02:07.040 near Castaic. We almost had to empty out a jail. 37 00:02:07.280 --> 00:02:10.199 That probably would not have been a very very good idea. 38 00:02:10.240 --> 00:02:12.520 Also, just in from DC, some must vote the a's 39 00:02:12.520 --> 00:02:15.919 A fifty two, the n AS forty eight. The confirmation is confirmed. 40 00:02:16.280 --> 00:02:19.840 RFK Junior will be the new head of the Department 41 00:02:19.879 --> 00:02:22.280 of Health and Human Services. We'll talk about that we'll 42 00:02:22.280 --> 00:02:25.439 talk about Mitch McConnell, by the way, the only Republican 43 00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:32.240 who voted against RFK Junior. This guy, barely alive, literally 44 00:02:32.439 --> 00:02:37.159 barely alive, is doing what he can to oppose President 45 00:02:37.159 --> 00:02:40.000 Trump before he leaves office. So all of that is 46 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:41.960 to come up. But listen, rain is going to be 47 00:02:41.960 --> 00:02:43.680 the big story of the day. And I was just 48 00:02:43.719 --> 00:02:47.439 looking at some of the radar pictures. It's basically from 49 00:02:48.159 --> 00:02:51.599 the border with Mexico to the border with Oregon. We 50 00:02:51.639 --> 00:02:55.840 are seeing rain and snow throughout California as a result 51 00:02:55.919 --> 00:02:59.960 of this storm. And here in La County, the expectation 52 00:03:00.319 --> 00:03:02.879 is this afternoon and evening is when it's going to 53 00:03:02.919 --> 00:03:03.719 get really heavy. 54 00:03:04.240 --> 00:03:05.560 We'll see the brunt of the storm. 55 00:03:05.639 --> 00:03:10.000 Probably National Weather Services it's between two pm and ten 56 00:03:10.080 --> 00:03:14.199 pm tonight, So have fun driving home today, take it easy, 57 00:03:14.240 --> 00:03:17.000 because of course that's when everybody's going to be freaked out. 58 00:03:17.199 --> 00:03:22.240 Orange County, Inland Empire probably the later portion of that window. 59 00:03:22.280 --> 00:03:26.039 They say probably between five pm and ten pm. If 60 00:03:26.039 --> 00:03:28.719 you're farther south, you know you're down in San Diego County, 61 00:03:28.719 --> 00:03:31.240 for example. They're talking about late into the evening and 62 00:03:31.280 --> 00:03:34.000 into early tomorrow morning. When you will see the brunt 63 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:36.240 of the storm. But some of the places up in 64 00:03:36.479 --> 00:03:39.919 central California are already absolutely getting blasted by some of 65 00:03:39.960 --> 00:03:42.840 the storm. We've seen four inches of rain already in 66 00:03:42.879 --> 00:03:46.400 a few places in San Luis Obispo County. The biggest 67 00:03:46.479 --> 00:03:48.879 issue right now is going to be keeping an eye 68 00:03:48.919 --> 00:03:52.719 on the burn scar areas. Whether it's the Palisades Fire, 69 00:03:52.879 --> 00:03:58.000 the Eaten fire, the Hughes fire, all of them are 70 00:03:58.159 --> 00:04:04.479 potential disasters waiting to happen because of the mudslide potential 71 00:04:04.520 --> 00:04:07.599 that's out there. So in the Palisades area, the area 72 00:04:07.639 --> 00:04:12.039 is now limited to residents only until tomorrow afternoon. Contractors 73 00:04:12.039 --> 00:04:16.040 with passes will not be allowed to go into the 74 00:04:16.079 --> 00:04:20.720 Palisades area. Evacuation warnings issued for the Getty Villa area, 75 00:04:20.759 --> 00:04:23.879 portion of the Highlands neighborhood near the Burns, the northern 76 00:04:23.920 --> 00:04:26.639 section of Bien Venita Avenue, a northern section of Temis 77 00:04:26.639 --> 00:04:30.399 called Canyon Road, northern edge of Marinette Road and Oracle Place, 78 00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:33.199 and the area right around Will Rogers State Park Road, 79 00:04:33.639 --> 00:04:37.399 all of them as of right now under evacuation warnings 80 00:04:37.560 --> 00:04:41.360 because of the potential for things to get worse. Malibu Brentwood, 81 00:04:41.560 --> 00:04:44.319 Sunset Mesa, some of the places in Hollywood and Hollywood 82 00:04:44.399 --> 00:04:48.439 Hills West, all of them in Silmar. Also the evacuation 83 00:04:48.519 --> 00:04:50.600 warnings in effect for a few homes on the western 84 00:04:50.720 --> 00:04:53.600 edge of the Oak Ridge Mobile Home Park. I mean, 85 00:04:53.639 --> 00:04:56.120 this is just we're going to be basically hanging on 86 00:04:56.199 --> 00:04:58.680 by our fingernails over the course of the next few hours, 87 00:04:59.079 --> 00:05:01.000 trying to see if this thing is going to dump 88 00:05:01.040 --> 00:05:06.879 as much rain as is expected. Orange County along the canyons, 89 00:05:06.920 --> 00:05:10.639 all of them Tribuco Hot Springs, Bell Long Majesca areas 90 00:05:10.639 --> 00:05:13.079 of risk because of the debrif Row flow because of 91 00:05:13.120 --> 00:05:16.759 the airport fire, and the evacuation warning is in effect 92 00:05:16.839 --> 00:05:19.360 and has been so for about an hour and then out. 93 00:05:19.360 --> 00:05:22.480 In San Bernardino County, evacuation warning is issued for the 94 00:05:22.560 --> 00:05:25.600 unincorporated communities the Mount Baldy Village, right Wood, some of 95 00:05:25.639 --> 00:05:28.000 the northern and eastern neighborhoods in the City of Highland 96 00:05:28.279 --> 00:05:31.399 because of all of this. 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Patrick Reevel 139 00:07:42.839 --> 00:07:45.959 from ABC News talking about Ukraine and Russia, Well. 140 00:07:45.839 --> 00:07:48.800 I've been speaking with a former senior Ukrainian official in 141 00:07:48.879 --> 00:07:51.839 Ukraine who says that there's a lot of confusion. I'm 142 00:07:51.879 --> 00:07:54.279 concerned in Ukraine because they also feel that President Trump 143 00:07:54.319 --> 00:07:57.800 has already given up a number of key negotiating positions 144 00:07:57.879 --> 00:08:00.959 even before the negotiations have begun, saying that I've been 145 00:08:01.079 --> 00:08:04.160 particular that NATO membership is off the table, and they're saying, 146 00:08:04.199 --> 00:08:06.360 even if that was understood, it's best not to say 147 00:08:06.360 --> 00:08:07.879 that before you begin talks. 148 00:08:08.759 --> 00:08:11.519 This on the heels of yesterday's announcement from the White 149 00:08:11.519 --> 00:08:13.519 House and from the Kremlin that there was a ninety 150 00:08:13.560 --> 00:08:17.519 minute phone conversation between President Trump and President Putin, and 151 00:08:17.560 --> 00:08:19.920 then Trump got on the phone with Zelensky out of 152 00:08:20.000 --> 00:08:24.759 Ukraine and described what was going on now. According to Zelenski, 153 00:08:25.879 --> 00:08:31.839 he spoke with Trump about a lasting, reliable peace. Defense 154 00:08:31.879 --> 00:08:36.279 Secretary Pete Hegseth says it is unlikely that Ukraine would 155 00:08:36.399 --> 00:08:39.799 join NATO. That obviously would come as a pretty disappointing 156 00:08:40.200 --> 00:08:44.240 things as Patrick Reevel was describing there. Pete Hegseth is 157 00:08:44.320 --> 00:08:49.120 in Brussels and has been talking with military leaders from 158 00:08:49.159 --> 00:08:54.320 other countries as well, secretary level military officials about not 159 00:08:54.600 --> 00:08:57.799 just Ukraine, but all of Northern and Eastern Europe. 160 00:08:57.919 --> 00:09:00.679 I had the chance to brief allies on President Trump's 161 00:09:00.799 --> 00:09:06.279 top priority, a diplomatic, peaceful end to this war as 162 00:09:06.360 --> 00:09:10.919 quickly as possible, in a manner that creates enduring and 163 00:09:11.039 --> 00:09:16.759 durable peace. The American Defense Department fully supports the efforts 164 00:09:16.799 --> 00:09:20.080 of the Trump administration, and we look to allies to 165 00:09:20.159 --> 00:09:25.720 support this important work with leading on Ukraine security assistance 166 00:09:25.879 --> 00:09:31.799 now through increased contributions and greater ownership of future security 167 00:09:31.799 --> 00:09:32.879 assistance to Ukraine. 168 00:09:32.879 --> 00:09:37.039 And obviously he's talking specifically about NATO allies paying their 169 00:09:37.080 --> 00:09:39.200 fair share his term. 170 00:09:40.120 --> 00:09:42.440 Trump told reporters at the White House. 171 00:09:43.639 --> 00:09:45.240 In terms of, you know, giving up some of these 172 00:09:45.320 --> 00:09:48.759 key positions before the negotiations actually begins. Lenski doesn't want 173 00:09:48.799 --> 00:09:51.840 to give up pieces of land necessarily. He doesn't want 174 00:09:51.879 --> 00:09:55.600 to immediately take the NATO membership off the table. Trumptial 175 00:09:55.639 --> 00:09:58.039 reporters of the White House, it's unlikely that Ukraine would 176 00:09:58.039 --> 00:10:01.279 return to its pre twenty fourteen board, but said that 177 00:10:01.399 --> 00:10:05.080 some of that land will come back. It sounds like 178 00:10:05.360 --> 00:10:08.200 that's the kind of deal that Trump wants to put 179 00:10:08.200 --> 00:10:11.039 in place, to give up some of the land to 180 00:10:11.120 --> 00:10:15.399 exchange basically exchange some of the Russian occupied territory right now, 181 00:10:15.440 --> 00:10:19.759 whether it's Crimea or other portions back to Ukraine, and 182 00:10:19.759 --> 00:10:22.480 then Ukraine would give up something like the Cursk region 183 00:10:22.559 --> 00:10:25.440 farther to the east in Ukraine, which has already got 184 00:10:25.480 --> 00:10:27.559 a bunch of Russian nationals that live there, they speak 185 00:10:27.559 --> 00:10:30.440 the Russian language, etc. That's one of the reasons that 186 00:10:30.519 --> 00:10:32.720 Vladimir Putin went in there in the first place. But 187 00:10:32.879 --> 00:10:36.039 he had said, he being Trump, that this we've got 188 00:10:36.080 --> 00:10:38.399 to end this. It's time to stop this ridiculous war. 189 00:10:38.440 --> 00:10:42.320 There has been massive, totally unnecessary death and destruction, and 190 00:10:42.360 --> 00:10:45.639 he wrote, God bless the people of Russia and Ukraine. 191 00:10:45.720 --> 00:10:50.320 Now tomorrow is when the Munich Security Conference kicks off. 192 00:10:50.759 --> 00:10:53.480 Munich is where Jade Vance is going to be the 193 00:10:53.559 --> 00:10:56.200 vice president. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is going to 194 00:10:56.200 --> 00:10:59.159 be there. And there was an event early this morning 195 00:10:59.759 --> 00:11:04.159 where where at least twenty eight people wounded after a 196 00:11:04.240 --> 00:11:07.279 car drove into a group of people in Munich. German 197 00:11:07.279 --> 00:11:10.120 newspaper reported at least two or in serious condition, a 198 00:11:10.240 --> 00:11:13.519 child in critical condition. Eyewitnesses said that a car ran 199 00:11:13.600 --> 00:11:15.200 to a woman with a child and that the mother 200 00:11:15.240 --> 00:11:19.440 and child were lying under the car. Munich police said 201 00:11:19.480 --> 00:11:22.399 a major police operation in the area was underway. This 202 00:11:22.639 --> 00:11:26.600 is by the way, a few blocks away from where 203 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:29.399 this Munich security conference is supposed to be taking place 204 00:11:29.440 --> 00:11:32.759 starting tomorrow. Munich police have arrested a guy. They described 205 00:11:32.840 --> 00:11:36.120 him as a twenty four year old Afghan asylum seeker. 206 00:11:36.480 --> 00:11:38.799 He was detained there on site. They said there is 207 00:11:38.840 --> 00:11:44.559 no other there is no further danger. The attack occurred 208 00:11:44.720 --> 00:11:47.960 during a what they called the Verdi strike. It's called 209 00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:51.320 the Verdi strike because the trade union, the Verity Trade Union, 210 00:11:51.720 --> 00:11:55.799 is part of an ongoing wage dispute, and eyewitnesses said 211 00:11:55.840 --> 00:11:58.559 that they saw two men involved in the attack and 212 00:11:58.600 --> 00:12:01.159 also heard some shots being fired before the driver of 213 00:12:01.200 --> 00:12:04.039 the car was detained. But at this point they said, 214 00:12:04.039 --> 00:12:07.240 it is suspected that this was a terrorist attack there 215 00:12:07.639 --> 00:12:11.679 again in Munich. In the background of all of that, 216 00:12:11.799 --> 00:12:15.000 of course, you've got the ongoing discussion about what's going 217 00:12:15.080 --> 00:12:18.080 to go with the Hamas releasing hostages. 218 00:12:18.120 --> 00:12:21.519 On Saturday, they had said that Israel was. 219 00:12:24.200 --> 00:12:28.600 Ignoring the ceasefire deals and that they were not going 220 00:12:28.639 --> 00:12:32.320 to release any hostages, and that brought the comment from 221 00:12:32.360 --> 00:12:36.360 Trump that if they don't release everybody by noon, all 222 00:12:36.440 --> 00:12:38.120 hell would break loose, but that he was going to 223 00:12:38.159 --> 00:12:42.080 leave it up to Israel to make those decisions. Douglas 224 00:12:42.200 --> 00:12:44.559 Murray is a correspondent for the New York Post in 225 00:12:44.639 --> 00:12:47.600 the Middle East, and said, Okay, so if they don't 226 00:12:47.679 --> 00:12:50.639 release their hostages, what is there left to bomb? 227 00:12:51.080 --> 00:12:56.120 The question now with Saturday is if Iran don't if 228 00:12:56.679 --> 00:13:00.000 irained in proxies Hamas don't release all of the hustle, 229 00:13:00.759 --> 00:13:03.799 what is there to hit? And this is to me 230 00:13:03.919 --> 00:13:07.679 one of the great questions. I've been in Gaza plenty. 231 00:13:08.159 --> 00:13:11.480 There's not many targets there left, and there's. 232 00:13:11.240 --> 00:13:12.679 Not many places to bomb. 233 00:13:12.759 --> 00:13:14.480 It's like Donald Rumpsall was in two thousand and one 234 00:13:14.519 --> 00:13:18.440 about Afghanistan and running out of targets. There aren't many 235 00:13:18.440 --> 00:13:21.039 things to hit. Everyone knows where the hostages are. The 236 00:13:21.399 --> 00:13:23.559 Israelis know where they are, The Americans know where they are, 237 00:13:24.519 --> 00:13:27.399 and they know that they are being surrounded. They are 238 00:13:27.440 --> 00:13:30.879 surrounders as they have been by Hamas fighters, harassed terrorists. 239 00:13:32.519 --> 00:13:35.399 You can't strike there, But what do you do? 240 00:13:35.679 --> 00:13:36.919 What do you do? All right? 241 00:13:37.279 --> 00:13:40.519 That's the story internationally. We'll keep our eyes on coming up. 242 00:13:40.799 --> 00:13:45.080 A court decision yesterday that was completely unexpected. There was 243 00:13:45.120 --> 00:13:48.919 a judge that put on hold the Trump buyout plan 244 00:13:49.039 --> 00:13:52.440 for federal employees so he could look at the details 245 00:13:52.440 --> 00:13:56.480 of it, and then yesterday said the buyouts may proceed, 246 00:13:56.679 --> 00:13:57.519 and they did. 247 00:13:58.080 --> 00:14:00.679 We'll do a Gary and Shannon show breakdown we come back. 248 00:14:02.159 --> 00:14:05.639 You're listening to Gary and Shannon on demand from KFI 249 00:14:05.879 --> 00:14:06.759 AM six forty. 250 00:14:08.720 --> 00:14:11.480 Rain's going to be the big story throughout the course 251 00:14:11.559 --> 00:14:15.240 of the day today. Certain counties can expect the brunt 252 00:14:15.320 --> 00:14:18.000 of this storm at different times. Up to the north 253 00:14:18.039 --> 00:14:21.320 of US in Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Loos Obispo counties, 254 00:14:21.639 --> 00:14:24.639 the expectation is that it's going to be hitting earlier. 255 00:14:24.879 --> 00:14:28.200 Santlo's Obispo County is getting hit pretty hard already, but 256 00:14:28.279 --> 00:14:33.399 Santa Barbara right about now through early afternoon. The expectation 257 00:14:33.519 --> 00:14:36.120 for La County is for a little bit later in 258 00:14:36.159 --> 00:14:39.080 the afternoon, but right around drive time, Right around sort 259 00:14:39.120 --> 00:14:41.559 of the four o'clock to nine o'clock is when the 260 00:14:41.600 --> 00:14:46.799 expectation when we expect it to peak. A car attack 261 00:14:47.000 --> 00:14:49.960 in Munich has injured at least twenty eight people, including kids, 262 00:14:50.600 --> 00:14:55.240 German anti terrorism officials. An asylum seeker from Afghanistan has 263 00:14:55.240 --> 00:14:58.559 been arrested. He drove a car through a protest that 264 00:14:58.720 --> 00:15:02.879 was taking place. The Senate confirmed RFK Junior as Health 265 00:15:02.879 --> 00:15:06.399 and Human Services Secretary today, So he will take over 266 00:15:06.440 --> 00:15:09.519 a department with about a one point seven trillion dollar budget, 267 00:15:09.559 --> 00:15:14.120 eighty thousand employees. It regulates vaccines, It decides which prescription 268 00:15:14.200 --> 00:15:16.919 drugs can be sold. It provides health insurance for millions 269 00:15:16.960 --> 00:15:21.000 of people, and responds to breakouts of infectious diseases. That 270 00:15:21.279 --> 00:15:25.600 yet another cabinet member that's been confirmed, Linda McMahon, is 271 00:15:25.639 --> 00:15:29.120 the latest cabinet member to go under Gopher confirmation hearings. 272 00:15:29.440 --> 00:15:33.480 She is the choice for Education Secretary, and she told 273 00:15:33.879 --> 00:15:37.679 a confirmation hearing today she is prepared to enact President 274 00:15:37.720 --> 00:15:42.039 Trump's education vision if confirmed. But part of that includes 275 00:15:42.559 --> 00:15:46.159 getting rid of the Department of Education altogether at some point. 276 00:15:46.320 --> 00:15:50.519 So that is something that's going on in DC right now. 277 00:15:51.000 --> 00:15:53.240 One of the other issues that has come out is 278 00:15:53.720 --> 00:15:57.279 a judge, as many judges have made rulings that have 279 00:15:57.360 --> 00:15:59.799 kind of put speed bumps in front of President Trump. 280 00:16:00.679 --> 00:16:03.559 There was one big speed bump that was removed yesterday. 281 00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:06.240 It's time for a Gary and Shannon show breakdown. 282 00:16:07.480 --> 00:16:10.039 Why doesn't somebody tell me what they think is going on? 283 00:16:10.440 --> 00:16:13.200 Those can be hard explain this to me, Like I'm 284 00:16:13.200 --> 00:16:13.840 a two year old. 285 00:16:13.840 --> 00:16:22.399 Okay, you need a breakdown with Gary and Shannon. That so. 286 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:27.159 President Trump put out a memo that said that federal 287 00:16:27.200 --> 00:16:32.960 employees could take a buyout about an eight month payout 288 00:16:33.039 --> 00:16:37.919 including benefits, if they were tired to day, and the 289 00:16:38.200 --> 00:16:42.799 deal was to try to cut the incredible amount of 290 00:16:42.840 --> 00:16:47.480 federal employees that exist. This wasn't asking questions about whether 291 00:16:47.519 --> 00:16:50.799 these employees were beneficial, whether they were good, whether they 292 00:16:50.840 --> 00:16:54.200 were bad. It was just a across the board, if 293 00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:57.200 you want to get out, now, we'll give you eight 294 00:16:57.240 --> 00:17:00.240 months pay, eight months benefits, but you got to take 295 00:17:00.279 --> 00:17:05.079 your keys and boom scooch. Well, there were federal unions, 296 00:17:05.119 --> 00:17:08.960 federal employee unions that brought a lawsuit and a district judge, 297 00:17:09.039 --> 00:17:13.799 Judge George O'Toole put that plan on hold because last 298 00:17:13.799 --> 00:17:16.880 week there was a deadline that existed, and what the 299 00:17:16.960 --> 00:17:19.319 judge said was, we're going to need some more time 300 00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:22.200 for me to look at this and to see if 301 00:17:22.279 --> 00:17:25.119 in fact we need if this is legal, if it 302 00:17:25.160 --> 00:17:29.880 would pass legal muster. The federal judge yesterday then told 303 00:17:29.920 --> 00:17:34.880 the administration you can go forward with the deferred resignation 304 00:17:35.119 --> 00:17:40.319 offer for federal employees and when he did that, seventy 305 00:17:40.400 --> 00:17:44.960 five thousand federal workers accepted the package. According to a 306 00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:48.599 spokesperson for the Office of Personnel Management, when it happened, 307 00:17:48.640 --> 00:17:51.200 when the judge said, Okay, we can allow this to happen, 308 00:17:51.960 --> 00:17:56.559 President Trump said it ends tonight, and in fact last 309 00:17:56.640 --> 00:18:02.240 night the program closed. The offer would allow these people 310 00:18:02.319 --> 00:18:04.240 to leave their jobs but be paid through like I 311 00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:07.440 said the end of September. The reason that the judge 312 00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:11.200 allowed this to happen was he said that the unions 313 00:18:11.240 --> 00:18:15.279 that filed suit were not directly impacted by the offer, 314 00:18:16.119 --> 00:18:20.319 which meant they had no case. They lacked standing, which 315 00:18:20.359 --> 00:18:22.440 is a term we've used a bunch of times. They 316 00:18:22.440 --> 00:18:24.680 didn't have the standing to bring the case. He had 317 00:18:24.839 --> 00:18:29.400 previously issued that temporary restraining order against the program. The 318 00:18:29.480 --> 00:18:32.079 seventy five thousand federal employees, by the way, who took 319 00:18:32.200 --> 00:18:35.759 this offer of the eight months pay and benefits is 320 00:18:35.839 --> 00:18:40.079 about four percent of the federal employees that would have 321 00:18:40.119 --> 00:18:46.759 been offered this plan. Not all of them would be 322 00:18:46.799 --> 00:18:50.079 potentially able to take it, since the administration did exempt 323 00:18:50.119 --> 00:18:52.920 some positions after they sent out the offer, but the 324 00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:55.680 number of people in that situation would be very low. 325 00:18:55.880 --> 00:18:58.519 The White House has said that the target in terms 326 00:18:58.559 --> 00:19:02.000 of cutting the federal workforce was somewhere between five percent 327 00:19:02.079 --> 00:19:05.240 and ten percent. Their plan was to get somewhere between 328 00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:10.519 five and ten percent. To take these these deferred resignations, 329 00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:14.119 the president took a step to prepare for widespread layoffs 330 00:19:14.160 --> 00:19:17.359 among those who remain. In fact, eligible employees initially had 331 00:19:17.440 --> 00:19:20.079 until the end of last Thursday night to apply. As 332 00:19:20.079 --> 00:19:24.680 I mentioned, the judge, of course, had put that on hold, 333 00:19:24.920 --> 00:19:27.759 so the Trump administration extended the deadline to just before 334 00:19:27.880 --> 00:19:29.400 midnight on Monday. 335 00:19:29.559 --> 00:19:30.759 After the pause. 336 00:19:31.119 --> 00:19:33.079 This was a five page ruling that came out of 337 00:19:33.160 --> 00:19:36.839 Judge O'Toole said he was wiping away his earlier orders 338 00:19:36.880 --> 00:19:39.119 that extended the deadline for federal workers to accept the 339 00:19:39.160 --> 00:19:44.880 administration's designated deferred resignation offer. The program was challenged I 340 00:19:44.960 --> 00:19:48.400 mentioned by the unions, the American Federation of Government Employees 341 00:19:48.640 --> 00:19:51.880 and several other unions because they argued that it was illegal, 342 00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:54.440 and they argued that it was going to harm them 343 00:19:55.039 --> 00:19:58.119 because it would divert resources to address the title wave 344 00:19:58.200 --> 00:20:02.640 of inquiries and counseling quests that the directive had caused. 345 00:20:02.640 --> 00:20:05.640 They refer to it as the Fork Directive because One 346 00:20:05.640 --> 00:20:08.079 of the memo lines, apparently in the email that went 347 00:20:08.079 --> 00:20:11.759 out to people, was the fork in the road. The 348 00:20:11.880 --> 00:20:15.200 judge said the harms were not sufficient to give the 349 00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:18.400 unions the legal right, the standing to bring the lawsuit 350 00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:22.119 in the first place. So lawyers for the American Federation 351 00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:25.599 Governor Employees, the Big Union are figuring this out. They're 352 00:20:25.720 --> 00:20:29.279 talking about their next steps. They obviously could continue farther 353 00:20:29.400 --> 00:20:33.000 up the chain in terms of their judicial recourse in 354 00:20:33.039 --> 00:20:36.839 this case. The White House Press Secretary yesterday praised the 355 00:20:36.920 --> 00:20:40.160 ruling by the judge. She suggested some judges hearing cases 356 00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:44.039 pending against the Trump administration were judicial activists. It's kind 357 00:20:44.039 --> 00:20:46.960 of funny how once the thing goes their way, they're 358 00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:50.680 not claiming that this is judicial activism, but if it 359 00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:53.960 goes against them, then it must be judicial activism. You 360 00:20:54.000 --> 00:20:56.519 can't have it both ways. But the unions have been 361 00:20:56.519 --> 00:20:59.160 making a lot of emergency claims. They've been filing lawsuit 362 00:20:59.200 --> 00:21:03.000 after lawsuit to try to stop DOGE, this Department of 363 00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:07.440 Government efficiency Elon Musk's group, because of privacy issues, because 364 00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:11.319 of employment law issues, and other issues. And the judge 365 00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:14.799 noted in his ruling that the court there in DC 366 00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:19.279 the District Court has already held that unions cannot go 367 00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:22.359 straight to federal district court on a lot of matters 368 00:21:22.839 --> 00:21:26.200 under the Federal Labor Relations Authority. So they're going to 369 00:21:26.279 --> 00:21:32.039 have to find the other lane, basically legal lane, to 370 00:21:32.160 --> 00:21:36.319 challenge all of this. Now, speaking of Doze, President Trump 371 00:21:36.400 --> 00:21:38.680 is expected to hold a news conference. It's supposed to 372 00:21:38.680 --> 00:21:41.319 be at the top of the hour. We know that 373 00:21:41.400 --> 00:21:45.559 he is hosting Indian Prime Minister Modi at the White 374 00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:47.279 House later today, much later. 375 00:21:47.119 --> 00:21:47.839 In the afternoon. 376 00:21:47.960 --> 00:21:50.200 The expectation, though, is that Trump is going to speak 377 00:21:50.279 --> 00:21:54.039 at about ten o'clock today our time about some of 378 00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:58.759 the more specific things that Elon Musk and this Department 379 00:21:58.799 --> 00:22:01.720 of Government Efficiency have uncovered. 380 00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:04.160 They have been wrong in the past. 381 00:22:04.319 --> 00:22:07.079 In fact, Elon Musk, in that news conference with his 382 00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:09.799 kid in the Oval office, has said they're gonna get 383 00:22:09.839 --> 00:22:12.960 things wrong, but that they will do everything to fix 384 00:22:13.039 --> 00:22:16.880 those wrong things as quickly as possible. So when that happens, 385 00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:19.759 we'll be listening to listening in on some of it. 386 00:22:20.359 --> 00:22:22.880 We haven't talked much about the Idaho murders in a while. 387 00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:27.519 This is Brian Koberger, the suspect in the quadruple murder 388 00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:29.880 of those college students over at the University of Idaho. 389 00:22:30.799 --> 00:22:35.160 There is a new piece of DNA evidence that his 390 00:22:35.400 --> 00:22:41.640 attorneys say exonerates him. Maybe we'll explain what this new 391 00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:43.039 DNA evidence is we come back. 392 00:22:44.319 --> 00:22:47.759 You're listening to Gary and Shannon on demand from KFI 393 00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:48.920 AM six forty. 394 00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:55.599 Another seismic hotspot getting attention from scientists is signed that 395 00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:59.279 a volcano may be ready to erupt. Mount Spur, about 396 00:22:59.319 --> 00:23:02.680 seventy five miles west of Anchorage, Alaska, has seen what 397 00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:05.960 they referred to as volcanic unrest for the last ten months, 398 00:23:06.440 --> 00:23:09.079 and they've seen an increasing number of earthquakes in the 399 00:23:09.119 --> 00:23:13.079 last couple of years. The Alaska Volcano Observatory says that 400 00:23:13.079 --> 00:23:18.359 that volcanic unrest suggests that an eruption is possible. 401 00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:20.920