WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:02.919 This is Gary and Shannon and you're listening to KFI 2 00:00:03.080 --> 00:00:05.839 AM six forty The Gary and Shannon Show on demand 3 00:00:05.919 --> 00:00:07.280 on the iHeartRadio app. 4 00:00:07.599 --> 00:00:10.480 We will continue to watch what's going on in Florida. 5 00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:13.839 President Biden is giving a quick update right now and 6 00:00:13.919 --> 00:00:15.720 just basically says that FEMA is going to open a 7 00:00:15.720 --> 00:00:18.399 bunch of disaster recovery centers throughout the state of Florida 8 00:00:18.719 --> 00:00:19.719 and anywhere else. 9 00:00:19.559 --> 00:00:20.640 That they would be needed. 10 00:00:21.039 --> 00:00:24.440 There are, i mean images out of let's see, that's 11 00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:26.519 Madera Beach that I'm looking at right now, where there's 12 00:00:26.719 --> 00:00:30.399 just all kinds of detritus still sitting on the streets. 13 00:00:30.440 --> 00:00:32.880 It looks like they're still in piles from a couple 14 00:00:32.880 --> 00:00:36.079 of weeks ago, from when Hurricane Helene went through. That 15 00:00:36.200 --> 00:00:38.799 was one of the big concerns that Governor DeSantis kept mentioning, 16 00:00:38.880 --> 00:00:40.960 was that he wanted to get as much of that 17 00:00:41.119 --> 00:00:43.560 out of the way as possible so that it didn't 18 00:00:43.560 --> 00:00:48.200 become a problem. When Hurricane Milton barreled through last night, 19 00:00:48.240 --> 00:00:50.679 it was a Category three by the time it made landfall. 20 00:00:51.039 --> 00:00:52.520 That made its way all the way across the state 21 00:00:52.560 --> 00:00:54.960 of Florida is now out over the Atlantic and It's 22 00:00:55.280 --> 00:00:59.320 the weirdest thing to me about hurricanes is it's a 23 00:00:59.359 --> 00:01:02.759 beautiful sun. It's a beautiful eighty degree day on the 24 00:01:02.880 --> 00:01:05.480 west coast of Florida right now, but they're dealing with 25 00:01:05.560 --> 00:01:09.799 what was last night. As we heard from your family friends, 26 00:01:09.840 --> 00:01:13.840 six or seven hours of just continuous rain and you know, 27 00:01:13.959 --> 00:01:15.879 eighty five one hundred mile an hour winds. 28 00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:18.159 They had lived in Florida their entire lives and said 29 00:01:18.159 --> 00:01:20.719 it was the worst they had ever seen. And my 30 00:01:20.840 --> 00:01:23.040 in laws right now, they're still struggling to get power 31 00:01:23.079 --> 00:01:25.719 back there in Orlando, which wasn't even hit, you know, 32 00:01:25.760 --> 00:01:28.519 nearly as hard as they thought, and their backup generator 33 00:01:28.519 --> 00:01:30.719 didn't work. So even those who thought they were prepared 34 00:01:30.719 --> 00:01:34.040 are running into problems and with no sign of exactly 35 00:01:34.120 --> 00:01:36.159 when that power could come on. And millions of people 36 00:01:36.159 --> 00:01:38.920 were impacted by this, Not to mention the tornado aspect 37 00:01:38.920 --> 00:01:42.640 of this is what I find particularly terrifying. Where at 38 00:01:42.760 --> 00:01:45.000 least twenty were confirmed to hit and those are just 39 00:01:45.000 --> 00:01:45.879 the ones that we're seen. 40 00:01:46.599 --> 00:01:50.439 Yeah, the power outage numbers are encouraging. 41 00:01:50.480 --> 00:01:51.760 I guess we're right. 42 00:01:51.799 --> 00:01:53.959 After this thing happened, it was about three point four 43 00:01:54.040 --> 00:01:56.319 or almost three point five million that were without power, 44 00:01:56.640 --> 00:01:59.560 and they've already gotten a few hundred thousand people back online. 45 00:02:00.280 --> 00:02:01.079 Oh that's fast. 46 00:02:01.200 --> 00:02:04.079 I mean that that's a testament to not just Governor 47 00:02:04.120 --> 00:02:06.879 DeSantis and his administration for planning the way they do, 48 00:02:07.640 --> 00:02:10.039 but the men and women that are out there, you know, 49 00:02:10.719 --> 00:02:12.800 humping the equipment to get those lines back up. 50 00:02:12.919 --> 00:02:16.240 That's and it was great to hear and very unusual 51 00:02:16.280 --> 00:02:18.000 to hear from people who are on the ground that 52 00:02:18.439 --> 00:02:21.960 they felt so calm in a sense, even though this 53 00:02:22.080 --> 00:02:25.039 was a monster, unprecedented, historic storm, because they had so 54 00:02:25.120 --> 00:02:28.400 much communication from the government. They had so much information 55 00:02:28.520 --> 00:02:31.080 flooding in and so they knew what to expect when 56 00:02:31.120 --> 00:02:33.120 they were getting, you know, up to the minute updates. 57 00:02:33.159 --> 00:02:35.680 And that's unusual that people say they feel reassured when 58 00:02:35.719 --> 00:02:36.719 they're the government. 59 00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:38.280 I know, imagine that. 60 00:02:38.240 --> 00:02:40.280 It's eleven o'clock. It's time to jump into swamp. 61 00:02:40.360 --> 00:02:42.599 Watch. The swamp is horrible. 62 00:02:42.680 --> 00:02:44.039 The government doesn't work. 63 00:02:44.120 --> 00:02:47.400 Good man, you're gonna make this like a reality TV show. 64 00:02:48.240 --> 00:02:51.319 Was a bad dos always a pleasure to be anywhere from. 65 00:02:51.199 --> 00:02:51.919 Washington, d C. 66 00:02:52.199 --> 00:02:56.639 Hey Joe, a town all too clearly built on a swamp, 67 00:02:56.840 --> 00:02:58.800 and in so many ways still a swamp. 68 00:02:58.800 --> 00:03:01.159 I have to watch my work. Somebody said, drain the swamp. 69 00:03:01.240 --> 00:03:03.360 I said, oh, that's so hell keeppp man. 70 00:03:05.360 --> 00:03:08.599 You know the thing, Well, we might as well jump 71 00:03:08.599 --> 00:03:10.879 into the swamp. You're not from the swamp, and I'm 72 00:03:10.919 --> 00:03:13.680 just saying you have to spend some time there work there. Yeah, 73 00:03:13.759 --> 00:03:18.159 the congressman from the fight in twenty seventh, my congressional districts, 74 00:03:18.719 --> 00:03:20.599 Congressman Mike Garcia is here. 75 00:03:20.719 --> 00:03:22.520 Thanks for coming in, Thanks for having me. Appreciate you. 76 00:03:22.560 --> 00:03:23.919 I know you're busy. I mean you got a couple 77 00:03:23.960 --> 00:03:25.639 of weeks before election day. Well that's right. 78 00:03:26.080 --> 00:03:27.879 What does your day look like on days like this 79 00:03:28.319 --> 00:03:30.360 outside of the interviews with us and with Woody and 80 00:03:30.400 --> 00:03:31.280 all the important people. 81 00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:34.039 Yeah, it's a lot of a lot of campaigning right now. 82 00:03:34.120 --> 00:03:37.199 And it's like having two full time jobs. I am still, 83 00:03:37.280 --> 00:03:40.159 you know, the elected representative for the twenty seventh congressional district. 84 00:03:40.199 --> 00:03:43.080 So official duties half of my time, which is six 85 00:03:43.199 --> 00:03:45.960 eight hours a day, and then campaigning six eight hours 86 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:47.759 a day as well on top of that, and then 87 00:03:47.960 --> 00:03:50.639 events on the weekends and getting out the boat, canvassing, 88 00:03:50.719 --> 00:03:52.479 knocking on doors and making phone calls. 89 00:03:52.360 --> 00:03:55.120 And reintroduce yourself to your family every once in a while, 90 00:03:55.240 --> 00:03:55.719 once in a while. 91 00:03:55.840 --> 00:03:57.879 Yeah, you guys remember me. Yeah, it is great. 92 00:03:57.960 --> 00:03:59.879 We were talking about how, you know, especially for West 93 00:04:00.039 --> 00:04:03.039 as congressman, how you have to traverse a country then 94 00:04:03.120 --> 00:04:04.919 you have to not only do that role, but you 95 00:04:04.919 --> 00:04:08.280 have to campaign. I'm curious, you know what keeps you 96 00:04:08.360 --> 00:04:08.800 up at night? 97 00:04:09.560 --> 00:04:11.120 Yeah? I try to be the guy that keeps others 98 00:04:11.159 --> 00:04:14.879 up at night. But the reality is is, I'm very 99 00:04:14.919 --> 00:04:17.480 concerned about our country right now. You know, as someone 100 00:04:17.480 --> 00:04:21.439 who served as a naval aviator in combat, as a veteran, 101 00:04:21.759 --> 00:04:25.279 as someone who worked at a large aerospace and defense company, 102 00:04:26.519 --> 00:04:30.160 I see our country right now in a very precarious position. 103 00:04:30.639 --> 00:04:32.920 I think we are today as a country just as 104 00:04:33.000 --> 00:04:35.920 vulnerable as we were on September tenth, two thousand and one, 105 00:04:37.000 --> 00:04:40.240 and we're in a blizzard of crises. And what's concerning 106 00:04:40.279 --> 00:04:42.399 me is that while we are in the midst of 107 00:04:42.639 --> 00:04:46.279 all these crises, we seem to be looking inwards and 108 00:04:46.279 --> 00:04:50.240 fighting each other and using this you know, political season 109 00:04:50.839 --> 00:04:52.079 as a reason to do it. 110 00:04:52.120 --> 00:04:53.199 But it's it's persistent. 111 00:04:53.240 --> 00:04:56.879 It's a complete us versus them, Republicans versus Democrats, Left 112 00:04:56.920 --> 00:05:00.360 versus right mentality, and I think we we need to 113 00:05:00.360 --> 00:05:02.879 remember they were all Americans, and we still have Russias 114 00:05:02.879 --> 00:05:05.240 with threat China as a massive threat right now, we 115 00:05:05.319 --> 00:05:08.040 have an open border, we've got an economy that's flailing 116 00:05:08.079 --> 00:05:10.920 on the verge of imploding, and we've got to come 117 00:05:10.920 --> 00:05:13.519 together right now. We need weaker parties, we need stronger leaders. 118 00:05:14.240 --> 00:05:17.199 And I see the toxicity not only in the swamp 119 00:05:17.199 --> 00:05:20.160 with the elected officials, but even even with constituents, the 120 00:05:20.160 --> 00:05:21.720 way they treat each other, the way they talk to 121 00:05:21.720 --> 00:05:24.480 each other. If they don't agree, they banish each other. 122 00:05:24.480 --> 00:05:26.879 And I think that's the opposite of what we need 123 00:05:26.959 --> 00:05:27.279 right now. 124 00:05:27.360 --> 00:05:30.720 Well, we talked earlier about this kerfuffle at CBS News 125 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:34.439 where news anchor was questioning a guy who wrote a book, 126 00:05:34.480 --> 00:05:37.160 a pro Palestinian book, and was asking why he didn't 127 00:05:37.199 --> 00:05:39.079 include the Israeli perspective. 128 00:05:39.120 --> 00:05:39.399 It was. 129 00:05:39.480 --> 00:05:42.920 It was a very civil conversation, two smart guys talking 130 00:05:42.920 --> 00:05:44.439 about I mean, it seems like that's the way it 131 00:05:44.560 --> 00:05:47.160 used to be. But then CBS News comes back and 132 00:05:47.800 --> 00:05:51.000 scolds the news anchor for ask having the audacity to 133 00:05:51.040 --> 00:05:54.160 ask a question an opposing view. 134 00:05:55.199 --> 00:05:56.839 We're losing that sort of. 135 00:05:59.319 --> 00:06:02.879 Civil discs, civil discourse, yeah, about some of these bigger issues. 136 00:06:03.000 --> 00:06:08.040 And frankly, we're losing media as an objective news source 137 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:12.759 right and mainstream media there's effectively become a fourth branch 138 00:06:12.800 --> 00:06:16.439 of government that is clearly biasing towards towards the left here, 139 00:06:16.519 --> 00:06:19.160 and it's very frustrating. It's tough to get the truth 140 00:06:19.160 --> 00:06:21.879 out sometimes. And so this is why folks like you 141 00:06:21.879 --> 00:06:25.040 are very, very important. You know, I've never asked for 142 00:06:25.160 --> 00:06:27.519 questions in advance. I don't ask for topics in advance. 143 00:06:27.560 --> 00:06:29.360 I think we should be, as elected officials, be able 144 00:06:29.360 --> 00:06:32.439 to answer the questions and to see, you know, sixty 145 00:06:32.439 --> 00:06:35.319 minutes do what they did and effectively alter the narratives. 146 00:06:36.279 --> 00:06:39.199 They are pushing narratives rather than reporting the facts. And 147 00:06:39.600 --> 00:06:42.079 that's that is a very frustrating thing as elected official tocy, 148 00:06:42.120 --> 00:06:43.600 especially when you're on the receiving end of it. 149 00:06:43.639 --> 00:06:46.680 Obviously, in the midst of swamp Watch, we have one 150 00:06:46.720 --> 00:06:49.240 of the members of Congress representing the state of California 151 00:06:49.399 --> 00:06:52.800 Kaise of course, Mike Garcia from the twenty seventh currently 152 00:06:52.800 --> 00:06:56.240 serving on the Committee on Appropriations, the Permanent Select Committee 153 00:06:56.240 --> 00:07:00.000 on Intelligence, Science, Base and Technology. But I want to 154 00:07:00.240 --> 00:07:02.680 ask you these questions because some of the stuff that's 155 00:07:02.720 --> 00:07:06.439 been going on, most recently hurricanes specifically, and because you 156 00:07:06.480 --> 00:07:07.959 know a lot about appropriations. 157 00:07:08.439 --> 00:07:11.600 What's going on with FEMA funding. I mean, there was an. 158 00:07:11.600 --> 00:07:15.480 Article today that suggested that because of the disasters, because 159 00:07:15.519 --> 00:07:20.600 of these hurricanes, we blew through eight days in eight days, 160 00:07:20.839 --> 00:07:23.519 about twelve months worth of funding. Does Congress have the 161 00:07:23.560 --> 00:07:26.120 ability to then replenish that account for FEMA? 162 00:07:26.319 --> 00:07:29.000 Yeah, we can come back and do what's called supplemental 163 00:07:29.040 --> 00:07:32.759 funding for agencies that see sort of anomalist demand in 164 00:07:32.800 --> 00:07:35.959 many cases. I actually just passed a supplemental bill for 165 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:40.360 the VA about three weeks ago with bipartisan support, where 166 00:07:40.399 --> 00:07:42.959 the VA had run out of money because of higher 167 00:07:43.000 --> 00:07:46.240 benefit rates and more demand for because of the Packed Act, 168 00:07:46.279 --> 00:07:49.319 we had more veterans supplying. They were three billion dollars 169 00:07:49.360 --> 00:07:51.959 short on their budget, and so I led that bill 170 00:07:51.959 --> 00:07:54.040 on the floor, got it passed. President signed it in 171 00:07:54.079 --> 00:07:55.959 a law to his credit, within forty eight hours, and 172 00:07:56.199 --> 00:08:00.600 prevented our veterans from losing their pensions and their disability benefits, 173 00:08:01.079 --> 00:08:06.160 everything for several weeks. So when agencies do that, though, 174 00:08:06.759 --> 00:08:09.000 we can't just write the blank check. You've got to 175 00:08:09.040 --> 00:08:12.839 ask the why, right, Either they're forecasting incorrectly in terms 176 00:08:12.879 --> 00:08:16.040 of their budget needs, or they're executing the budgets that 177 00:08:16.040 --> 00:08:19.879 we're giving them incorrectly and inefficiently. In many cases, and 178 00:08:19.720 --> 00:08:21.839 that's the case with the VA, they knew that the 179 00:08:21.879 --> 00:08:25.360 demand was coming, they just weren't effectively using the money 180 00:08:25.399 --> 00:08:27.360 and spending it efficiently to make sure that the veterans 181 00:08:27.399 --> 00:08:30.600 were getting prioritized. In the case of FEMA, there are 182 00:08:30.720 --> 00:08:35.200 documented cases of FEMA using money for illegal immigrants. For instance, 183 00:08:35.519 --> 00:08:38.120 tens hundreds of millions of dollars being used to house 184 00:08:38.360 --> 00:08:43.240 illegal immigrants. And in some years there are more disasters 185 00:08:43.279 --> 00:08:45.799 than others. And when you have things the magnitude of 186 00:08:46.080 --> 00:08:49.960 Helene and Milton, it is an extra demand. So when 187 00:08:49.960 --> 00:08:51.519 we come back in session in November, we're going to 188 00:08:51.559 --> 00:08:52.960 be looking at it. What we're being told right now 189 00:08:53.039 --> 00:08:55.080 is FEMA does have enough money to service those in 190 00:08:55.200 --> 00:08:58.480 need in the immediate a few weeks, and if they 191 00:08:58.480 --> 00:09:01.799 need supplemental funding, we'll get them there. But this is 192 00:09:01.799 --> 00:09:03.519 why we need to make sure that we're not in 193 00:09:03.759 --> 00:09:08.320 moments of you know, non crisis eras not recklessly spending 194 00:09:08.360 --> 00:09:10.600 tax payer dollars so that we have the money available 195 00:09:10.639 --> 00:09:12.320 for the crisis situations like this. 196 00:09:12.639 --> 00:09:16.279 There's been a lot of talk about and criticism from 197 00:09:16.320 --> 00:09:20.039 the right claiming that FEMA is sending you know, seven 198 00:09:20.120 --> 00:09:23.639 hundred and fifty dollars per person to the hurricane disaster 199 00:09:23.799 --> 00:09:27.039 zone while they're sending billions abroad. But from what I understand, 200 00:09:27.120 --> 00:09:29.000 the seven hundred and fifty is separate from the more 201 00:09:29.000 --> 00:09:31.240 than one hundred million in need, and it's actually a 202 00:09:31.279 --> 00:09:35.639 good thing because they have more direct, immediate access to 203 00:09:35.720 --> 00:09:36.960 that money than in the past. 204 00:09:37.039 --> 00:09:38.799 Is that Yeah, And I think one of the senators 205 00:09:38.919 --> 00:09:41.399 who's also a Republican, did a good job of dispelling 206 00:09:41.440 --> 00:09:43.519 some of these myths and some of you bad information 207 00:09:43.559 --> 00:09:45.200 that's out there. The seven hundred and fifty dollars was 208 00:09:45.240 --> 00:09:47.320 just an initial check sent out to try to relieve 209 00:09:47.320 --> 00:09:49.080 some of the pressure. That's not going to be the 210 00:09:49.159 --> 00:09:52.879 last relief effort that goes out. So unfortunately, in this 211 00:09:52.960 --> 00:09:55.360 time of social media, you know, everyone gets their news 212 00:09:55.360 --> 00:09:57.840 from a headline or from you know, a post that 213 00:09:58.200 --> 00:10:01.840 comes from someone who's not credible. There's there's real news 214 00:10:01.879 --> 00:10:04.159 out there, and then there's a lot of misinformation disinformation, 215 00:10:04.279 --> 00:10:05.039 so all. 216 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:07.720 Those but yeah, that President Trump was one of the 217 00:10:07.759 --> 00:10:09.840 people talking about that seven hundred and fifty number. 218 00:10:10.039 --> 00:10:12.000 So how do you how do you combat. 219 00:10:11.639 --> 00:10:15.480 That on I think as representatives, it's it's imperative that 220 00:10:15.559 --> 00:10:18.519 we make sure that if especially if it's our district affected, 221 00:10:18.519 --> 00:10:22.279 that we speak the truth right regardless of party affiliation. 222 00:10:22.399 --> 00:10:24.559 We we have a loyalty to the constitution. We have 223 00:10:24.600 --> 00:10:28.120 a loyalty to our constituents. Uh, and truth is what 224 00:10:28.159 --> 00:10:30.840 matters the most. People seek clarity. They just want to 225 00:10:30.879 --> 00:10:34.440 know clearly what's going on. They want answers, they want clarity, 226 00:10:35.720 --> 00:10:38.320 and elected officials have access to information and we get 227 00:10:38.360 --> 00:10:40.519 asked questions on a daily basis in our district about 228 00:10:40.519 --> 00:10:42.559 what's going on. You know, we've got an environmental disaster 229 00:10:42.600 --> 00:10:45.279 with Chiquita landfill going on right now. That's really hurting us. 230 00:10:46.559 --> 00:10:48.600 And I you know, I have been the conduit of 231 00:10:48.639 --> 00:10:51.559 just making sure that the constituents know what's happening there 232 00:10:51.600 --> 00:10:53.759 and hearing ground truth because it's very easy to run 233 00:10:53.759 --> 00:10:57.919 with conspiracy theories or any ideas that folks may have 234 00:10:57.960 --> 00:10:59.559 that all of a sudden, everyone starts believing it is 235 00:10:59.559 --> 00:11:00.200 true when it's not. 236 00:11:01.080 --> 00:11:03.000 I know, you're in the middle of campaign season, right now. 237 00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:06.440 But I have a semi trick question for you. Where 238 00:11:06.440 --> 00:11:09.679 do you come down on term limits? I support term limits. 239 00:11:10.320 --> 00:11:11.360 My number is twelve years. 240 00:11:11.399 --> 00:11:13.159 I think after twelve years, if you haven't done what 241 00:11:13.200 --> 00:11:15.600 you're supposed to do in the House, then then you're 242 00:11:15.679 --> 00:11:19.720 you're in the wrong business. I think, you know, And 243 00:11:19.759 --> 00:11:22.039 that's true for the Senate as well. So two terms 244 00:11:22.039 --> 00:11:24.720 in the Senate of six years and then six years 245 00:11:24.720 --> 00:11:28.720 of two year terms for the House. I think what 246 00:11:28.799 --> 00:11:30.919 happens is and by the way, I think every map 247 00:11:30.960 --> 00:11:33.240 should be drawn so that it's fifty to fifty or 248 00:11:33.799 --> 00:11:38.000 you know, you know, effectively equal party representation, so that 249 00:11:38.080 --> 00:11:40.799 every race and every district is competitive like mine is. 250 00:11:41.559 --> 00:11:43.720 I'm a Republican and a district with only twenty nine 251 00:11:43.720 --> 00:11:46.679 percent Republican registration. It forces me to work harder, It 252 00:11:46.720 --> 00:11:49.759 forces me to get smarter on the issues. It forces 253 00:11:49.799 --> 00:11:52.399 me to compromise and negotiate in the House right and 254 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:54.759 actually come together with the opposite party when I'm in 255 00:11:54.759 --> 00:11:57.519 the minority especially, And I think we need. 256 00:11:57.440 --> 00:11:57.919 More of that. 257 00:11:58.080 --> 00:12:01.000 But these these these folkolks that rely on this for 258 00:12:01.039 --> 00:12:03.960 a thirty year, forty year career and come out wealthy 259 00:12:04.000 --> 00:12:08.039 on the backside. It's mind boggling to me that they 260 00:12:08.159 --> 00:12:11.519 do that. You know, John Adams was the second president, 261 00:12:11.559 --> 00:12:13.600 and when our founding fathers used to crave going back 262 00:12:13.600 --> 00:12:16.240 to the farm and actually stop having to do this 263 00:12:16.320 --> 00:12:19.200 type of work. And I'll serve my country in any 264 00:12:19.240 --> 00:12:22.639 capacity that's required. But I think we should not allow 265 00:12:22.679 --> 00:12:24.559 people to stay in office for longer than twelve years. 266 00:12:24.679 --> 00:12:26.759 You hit on a lot of important points during the 267 00:12:26.799 --> 00:12:29.600 last segment too. You talked about you think that we 268 00:12:29.639 --> 00:12:32.080 should have weaker parties, and that was something our founding 269 00:12:32.120 --> 00:12:34.519 fathers talked about, is that their fear was that the 270 00:12:34.559 --> 00:12:36.559 parties would get too strong. And that's what we're seeing, 271 00:12:36.600 --> 00:12:42.200 this bipolarization or this polarization between Republican Democrat. You can't 272 00:12:42.200 --> 00:12:44.879 even have a civil conversation anymore. I see that as 273 00:12:44.919 --> 00:12:48.080 one of the biggest threats to our democracy. Foreign actors, 274 00:12:48.120 --> 00:12:51.919 foreign adversaries are looking at us and celebrating how divided 275 00:12:51.960 --> 00:12:55.200 we are. We're imploding from within. So how do you 276 00:12:55.799 --> 00:12:58.200 address that and really put a dent in that issue 277 00:12:58.240 --> 00:13:00.279 to bring us back to the place where we could 278 00:13:00.320 --> 00:13:03.759 have civil discussions. I mean, today, even if people shake 279 00:13:03.840 --> 00:13:06.240 hands before a debate, we're like, oh, yeah, they can. 280 00:13:08.159 --> 00:13:10.080 Yeah, but there's still that some that judge. And you 281 00:13:10.399 --> 00:13:12.120 know when I do that, I still get the phone 282 00:13:12.120 --> 00:13:13.919 calls going out. How can you shake that guy's hand 283 00:13:13.960 --> 00:13:17.480 like you know, it's a it's frowned upon, right, So, uh, 284 00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:21.879 the reality is you do it by example. In my debates, 285 00:13:22.080 --> 00:13:25.159 I never get personal. I'm very direct. I can be 286 00:13:25.200 --> 00:13:28.639 aggressive when I need to be, but I think being civil, 287 00:13:28.919 --> 00:13:31.600 especially in these debates at town halls, when you know 288 00:13:31.639 --> 00:13:33.080 my town halls are four hours long. 289 00:13:33.919 --> 00:13:35.120 I listened to the questions. 290 00:13:35.440 --> 00:13:38.960 I treat the people asking the questions with great respect, 291 00:13:39.000 --> 00:13:41.039 and I answer in a manner that there's a tone 292 00:13:41.080 --> 00:13:44.120 in an attacked that you can take in a vernacular 293 00:13:44.159 --> 00:13:46.679 that you can use that actually, even though you disagree 294 00:13:46.720 --> 00:13:52.440 with them, they still end up, you know, uh, liking you, right, 295 00:13:52.799 --> 00:13:54.879 and that brings the temperature down. I think, I think 296 00:13:54.960 --> 00:13:56.679 if we just took a little more time to make 297 00:13:56.720 --> 00:13:59.960 sure that we weren't pissing people off while we were 298 00:14:00.159 --> 00:14:03.639 communicating our perspectives, and we were a little more sensitive 299 00:14:03.639 --> 00:14:07.480 to the fact that not everyone agrees with us. And frankly, 300 00:14:07.519 --> 00:14:11.360 social media incentivizes these politicians sometimes who think of themselves 301 00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:15.759 as actors or you know, sociallebrity figure celebrities, and it 302 00:14:15.840 --> 00:14:19.960 incentivizes them. Media, the media really large, not you guys obviously, 303 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:23.639 but is incentivized to polarize. They make money to provide 304 00:14:23.759 --> 00:14:26.320 you know, brain candy to the voters and what they 305 00:14:26.320 --> 00:14:29.639 want to hear. So but yeah, their founding founders had 306 00:14:29.639 --> 00:14:33.080 it right that the two party system is probably one 307 00:14:33.080 --> 00:14:36.000 of the most toxic things that our country has right now. 308 00:14:36.039 --> 00:14:38.799 When you overlay social media on top of that, it's 309 00:14:39.159 --> 00:14:41.759 even tougher. But you do it by setting an example. 310 00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:45.000 You do it by recognizing that some people vote with 311 00:14:45.039 --> 00:14:46.159 their heart, some people. 312 00:14:45.960 --> 00:14:46.639 Vote with their mind. 313 00:14:47.200 --> 00:14:48.200 Neither one of them are wrong. 314 00:14:48.559 --> 00:14:51.279 It's just human nature and my job as an elected 315 00:14:51.320 --> 00:14:53.200 officials to get the people who disagree with me to 316 00:14:53.279 --> 00:14:55.840 understand the why. And when you do that, they end up, 317 00:14:55.840 --> 00:14:57.559 in many cases agreeing with you and. 318 00:14:57.600 --> 00:14:59.120 Being curious about one another. 319 00:14:59.159 --> 00:15:01.480 If we were you know, whenever I see someone who 320 00:15:02.039 --> 00:15:03.960 freaks me out or I kind of I feel like, ooh, 321 00:15:04.039 --> 00:15:05.679 I don't like that person, I actually kind of try 322 00:15:05.720 --> 00:15:06.480 to go up to them. 323 00:15:06.320 --> 00:15:09.600 And always take the meeting. Yeah, yeah, always takes a meeting. 324 00:15:09.960 --> 00:15:12.000 And again, in a competitive district, you have to take 325 00:15:12.039 --> 00:15:14.200 the meeting, right, so you're forced to hear the other 326 00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:15.480 perspectives and that's a good thing. 327 00:15:15.720 --> 00:15:18.679 Congressman, appreciate it. Thank you, Garyman to know you're busy. 328 00:15:19.039 --> 00:15:21.840 Congressman Mike Garcia from the twenty seventh District, It's time 329 00:15:21.879 --> 00:15:22.960 for tech talk. 330 00:15:23.679 --> 00:15:25.240 Good machines are getting smarter. 331 00:15:25.720 --> 00:15:29.039 This is tech Talk, brought to you my sky Net 332 00:15:30.279 --> 00:15:31.039 and Mark Saltzman. 333 00:15:31.080 --> 00:15:32.600 It's been a couple of weeks since we've been able 334 00:15:32.600 --> 00:15:34.240 to chat. But how you doing. 335 00:15:34.559 --> 00:15:36.840 Yeah, I'm all right, thanks for having me back on 336 00:15:37.080 --> 00:15:38.480 and hello Christina. 337 00:15:38.759 --> 00:15:40.840 Hi, good to be with you. I'm excited to hear 338 00:15:40.840 --> 00:15:41.639 what you got for us. 339 00:15:41.759 --> 00:15:41.960 Yeah. 340 00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:45.360 Thanks, and give my best to my buddy Rich Demuro's sure, 341 00:15:45.799 --> 00:15:49.039 he's the tech guy KTLA and elsewhere and on and 342 00:15:49.240 --> 00:15:52.159 here on iHeart and KFI on Saturdays as well. 343 00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:53.120 He's everywhere now. 344 00:15:53.279 --> 00:15:54.759 Yeah, he's the best, great guy. 345 00:15:55.720 --> 00:15:56.000 Yeah. 346 00:15:56.039 --> 00:15:57.919 So yeah, it's been obviously a couple of weeks since 347 00:15:57.960 --> 00:16:01.639 we've chatted. It's just been traveling and yeah, I mean 348 00:16:01.679 --> 00:16:04.559 I think those in southern California have done a little 349 00:16:04.559 --> 00:16:06.960 bit better over the last day compared to your other 350 00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:09.559 friends on the other side of the country, opposite side. 351 00:16:09.600 --> 00:16:13.159 Yeah, but and this is something we've we've talked before 352 00:16:13.480 --> 00:16:16.879 post disaster about ways to make sure that you maintain 353 00:16:16.919 --> 00:16:21.320 in contact and for us in terms of constantly talking 354 00:16:21.360 --> 00:16:23.639 about earthquake preparation, this is something that we need to 355 00:16:23.679 --> 00:16:28.480 pay attention to. But it's using satellites potentially as an 356 00:16:28.480 --> 00:16:32.320 emergency way of contacting people using your cell phone. 357 00:16:32.600 --> 00:16:33.360 Yeah, that's right. 358 00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:36.600 So we saw this coming out of Hurricane Helene, where 359 00:16:36.679 --> 00:16:40.240 people were using the latest iPhone or the newest Android device. 360 00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:44.279 If the Wi Fi and cellular network is down, you 361 00:16:44.320 --> 00:16:47.919 can still send emergency messages over satellite and still free 362 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:50.879 for another year or two. And so I'm referring to 363 00:16:51.080 --> 00:16:55.720 Apple's service called Emergency SOS. For those with a Pixel 364 00:16:55.840 --> 00:16:58.600 nine phone, which is the latest Google device, it's called 365 00:16:58.639 --> 00:16:59.600 Satellite SOS. 366 00:17:00.039 --> 00:17:00.919 The idea is the same. 367 00:17:01.159 --> 00:17:03.480 If you have no signal, or again, even if it's 368 00:17:03.480 --> 00:17:06.200 not a hurricane, if you're in SoCal and you're lost 369 00:17:06.319 --> 00:17:09.839 somewhere and you can't get a signal it happens, then 370 00:17:09.920 --> 00:17:11.640 what you can do is hold your phone up to 371 00:17:12.039 --> 00:17:15.039 the sky. It has to be in line in sight, 372 00:17:15.200 --> 00:17:18.640 line of sight with satellites, so no obstructions like trees 373 00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:21.359 or tall buildings and you'll you'll be able to not 374 00:17:21.440 --> 00:17:23.720 have a phone call or anything, but you can send messages. 375 00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:26.640 You just type in SOS where you type in nine 376 00:17:26.680 --> 00:17:29.960 to one one when you're in your messages app, and 377 00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:31.960 you're you're going to be able to send a message 378 00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:35.519 to either first responders or you know, the emergency services 379 00:17:35.640 --> 00:17:38.599 rather or if you have the latest iOS eighteen, the 380 00:17:38.680 --> 00:17:42.079 latest operating system update and one of the newer iPhones 381 00:17:42.119 --> 00:17:46.480 fourteen and newer, then you can actually message those on 382 00:17:46.599 --> 00:17:49.039 other phones as well, like your contacts if they don't 383 00:17:49.119 --> 00:17:51.559 have an iPhone by the way, then they'll just get 384 00:17:51.559 --> 00:17:53.799 it as an SMS like a text message. It takes 385 00:17:53.839 --> 00:17:57.000 about thirty seconds, but it goes through and you'll get 386 00:17:57.000 --> 00:17:59.880 a confirmation as well. So it's a great little sort 387 00:17:59.880 --> 00:18:03.039 of you know, emergency thing you can rely on in 388 00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:05.480 the event that cellular or Wi Fi is not available 389 00:18:05.519 --> 00:18:07.680 to you. And I know people use it also with 390 00:18:08.359 --> 00:18:10.640 you know, with the hurricane yesterday in Florida. 391 00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:12.200 We're living in Star Trek. 392 00:18:12.039 --> 00:18:14.240 Right now, we are, you know, my sister in law 393 00:18:14.279 --> 00:18:17.519 said she tried this, she's in Florida right now, in Orlando, 394 00:18:17.640 --> 00:18:20.279 and they actually lost cell service. She said she tried 395 00:18:20.279 --> 00:18:22.400 it yesterday to set up her phone because there's something 396 00:18:22.480 --> 00:18:24.759 you do where you swipe down the menu and she 397 00:18:24.839 --> 00:18:27.200 wasn't able to because of the cloud cover apparently. But 398 00:18:27.640 --> 00:18:30.440 is there do people have to also do something with 399 00:18:30.920 --> 00:18:33.000 swiping down the menu from the right top corner and 400 00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:35.400 kind of like opting into this or is it as 401 00:18:35.400 --> 00:18:37.680