WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:02.919 This is Gary and Shannon and you're listening to KFI 2 00:00:03.040 --> 00:00:05.360 A M six forty, The Gary and Shannon Show on 3 00:00:05.440 --> 00:00:07.280 demand on the iHeartRadio app. 4 00:00:07.400 --> 00:00:11.519 It's time for swamp Watch. I'm a politician, which means 5 00:00:11.560 --> 00:00:13.679 I'm a cheat and a liar, and when I'm not 6 00:00:13.800 --> 00:00:16.000 kissing babies, I'm stealing their lollipops. 7 00:00:16.039 --> 00:00:16.760 Here we got. 8 00:00:16.640 --> 00:00:19.679 The real problem is that our leaders are done. 9 00:00:19.719 --> 00:00:21.039 The other side never quits. 10 00:00:21.079 --> 00:00:24.879 So what I'm not going anywhere. 11 00:00:24.960 --> 00:00:27.679 So now now you train the squat. 12 00:00:27.399 --> 00:00:29.679 I can imagine what can be and be unburdened by 13 00:00:29.719 --> 00:00:32.119 what has been. You know, Murvans have always been going 14 00:00:32.359 --> 00:00:34.479 at President. They're not stupid. 15 00:00:34.560 --> 00:00:37.479 A political plunder is what a politician actually tells the truth. 16 00:00:37.640 --> 00:00:40.200 Have the people voting for you were not swamp watch? 17 00:00:40.399 --> 00:00:41.320 They're all counterned. 18 00:00:41.560 --> 00:00:41.719 Well. 19 00:00:41.799 --> 00:00:44.679 President Trump was on Capitol Hill today to try to 20 00:00:44.719 --> 00:00:47.960 deliver a message to House Republicans ahead of the vote 21 00:00:47.960 --> 00:00:50.679 on this massive bill for his domestic agenda. He wants 22 00:00:50.719 --> 00:00:53.079 them to stop fighting. He wants them to get this 23 00:00:53.119 --> 00:00:57.079 thing passed as soon as possible. In a closed door 24 00:00:57.159 --> 00:01:00.359 meeting that took place, the President spoke afterwards. Hear from 25 00:01:00.399 --> 00:01:03.200 him in a second The President took aim at a 26 00:01:03.240 --> 00:01:05.840 block of Republicans who have been pushing for a higher 27 00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:08.480 cap on the deduction that their constituents can take for 28 00:01:08.519 --> 00:01:13.040 state and local taxes. It's known as salt. He's also 29 00:01:13.319 --> 00:01:18.000 warning conservative hardliners against the deep cuts to Medicaid. This 30 00:01:18.120 --> 00:01:20.200 comes as at a I guess you would argue a 31 00:01:20.200 --> 00:01:22.480 critical time for the Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, 32 00:01:22.920 --> 00:01:25.280 who is trying to steer the party line. He's trying 33 00:01:25.280 --> 00:01:29.239 to trying to make everybody happy here. This multi trillion 34 00:01:29.319 --> 00:01:33.040 dollar bill would be one of the largest bills ever 35 00:01:33.120 --> 00:01:36.319 passed by Congress, just in sheer size, in terms of 36 00:01:36.359 --> 00:01:39.480 the money that it that it's that it deals with. 37 00:01:40.159 --> 00:01:43.920 After the meeting, President Trump came out and said, everyone's happy. 38 00:01:44.359 --> 00:01:44.959 No shouting. 39 00:01:45.079 --> 00:01:48.040 There was no shouting that I think it was a 40 00:01:48.079 --> 00:01:50.480 meeting of love. There were a couple of things that 41 00:01:50.519 --> 00:01:51.480 we talked about. 42 00:01:51.200 --> 00:01:53.560 Specifically where some people felt a little bit one way 43 00:01:53.599 --> 00:01:56.319 or the other not a big deal, and I covered them. 44 00:01:56.359 --> 00:01:57.640 But it wasn't so much a speech. 45 00:01:57.680 --> 00:01:58.840 I covered certain points. 46 00:01:59.760 --> 00:02:04.400 Car Samenez out of New York, Florida, Sorry, Florida Congressman 47 00:02:04.879 --> 00:02:10.599 UH Republican had said that this issue of the state 48 00:02:10.639 --> 00:02:13.319 and local taxes, which has been one of the main 49 00:02:13.360 --> 00:02:15.800 sticking points, is going to be workout. He says, they 50 00:02:15.879 --> 00:02:18.319 they will find some some common ground on it. 51 00:02:18.360 --> 00:02:21.520 Well, we will find the middle ground, uh for that 52 00:02:21.560 --> 00:02:25.680 will satisfy those in the blue states, uh that you 53 00:02:25.719 --> 00:02:28.360 know are asking for the an additional you know, state 54 00:02:28.360 --> 00:02:31.919 and local tax deduction, uh, and those that want the 55 00:02:32.280 --> 00:02:35.560 more spending cuts. Again, these are these are issues around 56 00:02:35.560 --> 00:02:36.039 the edges. 57 00:02:36.560 --> 00:02:36.639 UH. 58 00:02:36.719 --> 00:02:38.360 They're not the main part of this bill. 59 00:02:38.879 --> 00:02:39.319 And UH. 60 00:02:39.400 --> 00:02:42.080 And so I am confident that we will find uh 61 00:02:42.240 --> 00:02:46.759 that that sweet spot. You know, Speaker Speaker Johnson has 62 00:02:46.800 --> 00:02:50.719 a great ability of getting people together, is well respected 63 00:02:50.759 --> 00:02:53.280 by everybody, and you know in our conference. 64 00:02:54.000 --> 00:02:57.599 So that issue of these state and local tax deductions 65 00:02:58.439 --> 00:03:02.000 that right now, it would boost the salt cap up 66 00:03:02.039 --> 00:03:04.960 to thirty thousand dollars that you can deduct from your 67 00:03:05.000 --> 00:03:08.080 federal taxes based on the state and local taxes that 68 00:03:08.120 --> 00:03:10.479 you pay as much up to thirty thousand dollars. 69 00:03:10.639 --> 00:03:12.479 Currently it's at ten thousand. 70 00:03:13.639 --> 00:03:17.719 Pro salt Republicans say that that is way too low, 71 00:03:18.159 --> 00:03:20.719 and Trump says, hey, you gotta let it go. He 72 00:03:21.439 --> 00:03:24.840 specifically went after Mike Lawler, a Republican out of New York, 73 00:03:26.000 --> 00:03:28.560 who could potentially be running for governor by the way, 74 00:03:28.599 --> 00:03:32.800 and he said, end it, Mike, just end it. According 75 00:03:32.840 --> 00:03:35.159 to at least a couple of the lawmakers who saw this, 76 00:03:36.159 --> 00:03:37.960 Nick Laloda, also in New York, said we need a 77 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:40.080 little more salt on the table to get to yes. 78 00:03:40.520 --> 00:03:41.240 Specifically. 79 00:03:42.599 --> 00:03:47.439 He also Trump apparently said to Lawler, if you, he said, 80 00:03:48.039 --> 00:03:50.120 I know your district better than you do, and if 81 00:03:50.159 --> 00:03:53.319 you lose because of salt, you were going to lose anyway. 82 00:03:53.479 --> 00:03:56.520 One of the others that he's going after is Thomas Massey, 83 00:03:56.599 --> 00:04:00.960 Republican congressman out of Kentucky, who can't be told to 84 00:04:01.039 --> 00:04:04.240 do anything. This is a guy, I guess you would 85 00:04:04.319 --> 00:04:08.560 say in the in the vein of the senator from 86 00:04:08.560 --> 00:04:11.159 his state in Kentucky, of Rand Paul, who is not 87 00:04:11.199 --> 00:04:13.599 going to toe the party line. If he doesn't, he doesn't, 88 00:04:13.759 --> 00:04:15.960 He doesn't tow the party line just to tow the 89 00:04:15.960 --> 00:04:19.800 party line. Thomas Massey is a giant no on this 90 00:04:20.120 --> 00:04:23.439 more because of the deficit spending than any other issue. 91 00:04:23.800 --> 00:04:27.360 He thinks that we can't continue to spend our way 92 00:04:27.600 --> 00:04:30.519 into oblivion. That's what Thomas Massey has said and he's 93 00:04:30.560 --> 00:04:33.160 been a no on other bills before that have spent 94 00:04:33.199 --> 00:04:37.360 a lot of money. Trump told reporters that Massey should 95 00:04:37.399 --> 00:04:41.920 be voted out of office and that other reconciliation opponents 96 00:04:41.920 --> 00:04:46.639 should be should possibly face primary challenges. Of course, Thomas 97 00:04:46.639 --> 00:04:49.639 Massey doesn't care what the President says and is still 98 00:04:49.680 --> 00:04:51.879 a no. He's not going to be threatened and has 99 00:04:51.879 --> 00:04:55.360 stood up to Trump before, so that's not a giant surprise. 100 00:04:55.519 --> 00:04:55.720 Hey. 101 00:04:56.000 --> 00:05:00.040 Coming up at noon, President Trump is also expected to 102 00:05:00.199 --> 00:05:04.040 unveil plans for an iron dome system here in the 103 00:05:04.120 --> 00:05:04.839 United States. 104 00:05:05.079 --> 00:05:05.839 He would call it. 105 00:05:05.839 --> 00:05:11.240 The Golden Dome in order to protect the United States 106 00:05:11.240 --> 00:05:14.360 from any threat of missiles coming in from North Korea 107 00:05:14.560 --> 00:05:18.600 or elsewhere. It's very similar to if you're old enough 108 00:05:18.600 --> 00:05:22.920 to remember, the Star Wars program. Experts say it could 109 00:05:22.920 --> 00:05:25.560 cost The Golden Dome program could cost anywhere from tens 110 00:05:25.600 --> 00:05:30.120 of billions to hundreds of billions, depending on how it 111 00:05:30.279 --> 00:05:33.759 is set up, how thorough it is. Trump's going to 112 00:05:33.800 --> 00:05:36.720 be joined by the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and 113 00:05:36.800 --> 00:05:40.240 General Michael Goutline, the vice chair a vice chief of 114 00:05:40.279 --> 00:05:43.480 Space Operations for the Pentagon. He is the one that's 115 00:05:43.519 --> 00:05:46.519 being asked to lead the Golden Dome project, so that's 116 00:05:46.519 --> 00:05:51.560 coming up at noon today. Up next, we'll be talking 117 00:05:51.600 --> 00:05:54.800 about what your brain does in those AHA moments. But 118 00:05:54.879 --> 00:05:57.920 a quick question. There's a study that came out. We're 119 00:05:57.920 --> 00:05:59.759 going to talk about it more tomorrow when we get 120 00:05:59.759 --> 00:06:02.759 into parenting issues with Justin Warsham when he comes along. 121 00:06:02.800 --> 00:06:06.879 But children and teenagers of any age who sip or 122 00:06:06.959 --> 00:06:11.160 taste alcohol with their parents' permission, that's a key, are 123 00:06:11.199 --> 00:06:14.040 more likely to engage in risky drinking in young adulthood. 124 00:06:14.079 --> 00:06:17.720 Did you did you drink with your parents' permission when 125 00:06:17.759 --> 00:06:22.319 you were underage? Or do you allow your kids to 126 00:06:22.439 --> 00:06:25.800 drink if they're not twenty one? And what impact do 127 00:06:25.839 --> 00:06:28.160 you think that made on your kids? Leave us a 128 00:06:28.240 --> 00:06:30.959 talkback message. Hit that little button as you're listening on 129 00:06:31.000 --> 00:06:33.199 the app and send us a quick message. Do you 130 00:06:33.360 --> 00:06:37.399 drink underage? Did you drink underage? Do you allow your 131 00:06:37.480 --> 00:06:41.519 kids to drink underage? And what's you're thinking behind that? 132 00:06:42.720 --> 00:06:44.879 So we'll talk about that a little bit later and 133 00:06:44.920 --> 00:06:49.000 then rejoin it revisit it tomorrow as well. The AHA 134 00:06:49.040 --> 00:06:52.600 moments look different in your brain. We'll talk about those 135 00:06:52.639 --> 00:06:53.800 aha moments we come back. 136 00:06:54.959 --> 00:06:58.439 You're listening to Gary and Shannon on demand from KFI 137 00:06:58.639 --> 00:07:00.160 AM six forty. 138 00:07:00.720 --> 00:07:03.800 You ever have one of those moments when you are 139 00:07:04.680 --> 00:07:09.120 trying to solve a puzzle, or maybe something as simple 140 00:07:09.160 --> 00:07:12.240 as watching a TV show a murder mystery, and you 141 00:07:12.319 --> 00:07:16.240 figure out who did it before they tell you who 142 00:07:16.279 --> 00:07:19.000 did it. There was a study that came out of 143 00:07:19.079 --> 00:07:22.319 Duke University in the University of Berlin that talked about 144 00:07:22.360 --> 00:07:26.759 these light bulb moments, these Aha moments when a solution 145 00:07:27.600 --> 00:07:32.480 suddenly clicks in your head and it shows it's not 146 00:07:32.600 --> 00:07:36.240 just it's just not just satisfying that you solved this puzzle, 147 00:07:36.279 --> 00:07:40.079 whatever it was, that there's an actual physical change that 148 00:07:40.160 --> 00:07:44.600 goes on in your brain and how it processes that 149 00:07:44.720 --> 00:07:49.040 information and then stores that information and makes that kind 150 00:07:49.079 --> 00:07:53.199 of an Aha moment that solution so much more memorable 151 00:07:53.759 --> 00:07:57.360 than something that you just learn over time that's repeated, 152 00:07:58.519 --> 00:08:02.480 they said. They the researchers referred to these as Eureka 153 00:08:02.639 --> 00:08:06.720 moments and why we tend to remember the solutions that 154 00:08:06.800 --> 00:08:09.720 we came to through sudden insight as opposed to stuff 155 00:08:09.720 --> 00:08:13.800 that we learned through routine methods. New study Nature communications. 156 00:08:13.920 --> 00:08:16.959 If you get your local checkout after you're done looking 157 00:08:16.959 --> 00:08:20.199 at the classifieds. It came out this week's Nature Just Communications. 158 00:08:21.959 --> 00:08:25.800 During this experiment, they participants tried to identify objects in 159 00:08:25.959 --> 00:08:29.480 abstract black and white images they're called mooney images while 160 00:08:29.480 --> 00:08:33.039 they were inside and MRI scanner. And after they identified 161 00:08:33.080 --> 00:08:36.799 each job object, they rated how suddenly the solution came 162 00:08:36.840 --> 00:08:39.480 to them, how certain they felt about their answer, and 163 00:08:39.519 --> 00:08:42.440 about how positive they felt about solving it. And then 164 00:08:42.480 --> 00:08:46.559 about five days later they would ask participants to remember 165 00:08:46.600 --> 00:08:49.919 those solutions, and they said that those solutions discovered with 166 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:53.960 the high level of insight AHA, that kind of insight 167 00:08:54.440 --> 00:08:57.720 were remembered about twice as well as those that found 168 00:08:57.759 --> 00:09:03.519 through gradual recognition. Something in there triggers your brain to 169 00:09:03.679 --> 00:09:06.720 store it in a specific area that gives it more 170 00:09:06.759 --> 00:09:10.360 importance than something you would learn over a routine, certain 171 00:09:10.440 --> 00:09:13.279 routine in your life. The brain scans revealed that during 172 00:09:13.320 --> 00:09:17.279 those moments, visual processing areas showed mark changes in how 173 00:09:17.279 --> 00:09:20.039 they represented information. And at the same time you get 174 00:09:20.039 --> 00:09:23.480 emotional about it, your emotional center in the amygdala and 175 00:09:23.559 --> 00:09:27.919 the hippocampus become more active and better synchronized with that 176 00:09:28.080 --> 00:09:32.320 visual area that you're in and that when we experience 177 00:09:32.919 --> 00:09:36.440 the high levels of insight again the aha, the Eureka moments, 178 00:09:37.080 --> 00:09:40.240 there are stronger shifts in the activation patterns within the 179 00:09:40.240 --> 00:09:45.960 brain regions that process solution relevant information, particularly the visual 180 00:09:46.000 --> 00:09:49.879 cortext for visual problems. These areas work very closely in 181 00:09:49.919 --> 00:09:52.679 the brain's emotional and memory systems and that form that 182 00:09:52.759 --> 00:09:56.200 interconnected network. I know it's not Thursday, it's not strange science, 183 00:09:56.240 --> 00:09:58.559 but this is an important thing, and they said it 184 00:09:58.639 --> 00:10:02.720 is very important for low earning as well, because outside 185 00:10:02.879 --> 00:10:06.879 of just the you know, the rote practice. Think I 186 00:10:06.879 --> 00:10:09.879 don't know, multiplication tables when you're in elementary school. If 187 00:10:09.879 --> 00:10:11.720 you can find a way to teach a kid an 188 00:10:11.720 --> 00:10:18.200 elementary school a way to work out the mathematical problems 189 00:10:19.080 --> 00:10:22.639 to an AHA moment as opposed to just practicing them, 190 00:10:23.399 --> 00:10:30.039 then sometimes those will stick better than the regular routine 191 00:10:30.080 --> 00:10:33.799 practice of here you go, this is what your times 192 00:10:33.840 --> 00:10:35.279 tables are going to be, and this is how you 193 00:10:35.360 --> 00:10:38.159 memorize them. So that's that's good. You can always leave 194 00:10:38.240 --> 00:10:41.279 us a talk back message. Just sit that little microphone 195 00:10:41.320 --> 00:10:44.519 button while you're listening on the iHeart app. I mean, 196 00:10:44.919 --> 00:10:47.879 my wife did it, so I guess everybody gets. 197 00:10:49.320 --> 00:10:51.480 Jim, I'm just trying to follow your instructions. 198 00:10:51.519 --> 00:10:54.759 Did you want beef or salmon tonight? 199 00:10:55.840 --> 00:10:57.440 Thank you? Jim, I said beef. 200 00:10:57.559 --> 00:11:02.360 Actually, hey, Gary, you know the Boles man of secrets. 201 00:11:02.600 --> 00:11:04.440 I thought maybe you were coming over to my house. 202 00:11:04.279 --> 00:11:06.720 Tonight forploy. 203 00:11:07.559 --> 00:11:08.279 And a hot dog? 204 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:09.080 What? 205 00:11:09.559 --> 00:11:10.639 Okay, don't play that. 206 00:11:10.639 --> 00:11:11.279 That was horrible. 207 00:11:11.360 --> 00:11:12.519 That was really a joke just for me. 208 00:11:13.720 --> 00:11:17.000 Well now you shared it with everybody, Gary bro Yeah, 209 00:11:17.200 --> 00:11:20.159 that message from your wife wasn't hey, you know what 210 00:11:20.200 --> 00:11:20.960 do you want for dinners? 211 00:11:20.960 --> 00:11:21.240 More like? 212 00:11:21.279 --> 00:11:21.480 Why? 213 00:11:21.559 --> 00:11:23.679 And I am the show? And Shannon's out there? Because 214 00:11:23.679 --> 00:11:25.919 their two days when you guys are by yourself, you're 215 00:11:25.919 --> 00:11:29.120 a kind of hard to listen. You guys are too newsy, 216 00:11:29.519 --> 00:11:32.039 you know what I mean? So just an idea, have 217 00:11:32.080 --> 00:11:34.039 a good day? Are you my wife's agent? 218 00:11:34.200 --> 00:11:34.399 Now? 219 00:11:34.559 --> 00:11:36.759 Is that? That's what I don't quite understand? 220 00:11:37.159 --> 00:11:37.519 Uh? 221 00:11:37.679 --> 00:11:41.320 The Shannon's out today. She will be back on Friday 222 00:11:41.360 --> 00:11:43.279 for our news and Bruise. We're going to be live 223 00:11:43.440 --> 00:11:46.240 at Bravery Brewing in Lancaster and we would love it 224 00:11:46.279 --> 00:11:48.480 if you would come on out there. Great way to 225 00:11:48.559 --> 00:11:51.360 kick off Memorial Day weekend. We have some surprises that 226 00:11:51.399 --> 00:11:53.440 we've got going on. We have some stuff that we're 227 00:11:53.480 --> 00:11:55.679 going to be giving away. Bart from Bravery is going 228 00:11:55.759 --> 00:11:59.960 to be giving some swag away. They've got Bravery's kf Ips, 229 00:12:00.159 --> 00:12:03.279 the beer that they've rooted for us. Again, slightly different 230 00:12:03.320 --> 00:12:05.360 recipe this time, but he already tasted it and said 231 00:12:05.399 --> 00:12:10.240 it's already fantastic. The Bravery Pizza Kitchen will be open 232 00:12:10.360 --> 00:12:12.639 and they'll be serving lunch, et cetera, so you can 233 00:12:12.679 --> 00:12:14.519 go on out there and get the Gary and Shannon 234 00:12:14.639 --> 00:12:17.279 Show pizza. We'll tell you on Friday what's going to 235 00:12:17.320 --> 00:12:19.720 be on that pizza. And then the best part about it, 236 00:12:19.759 --> 00:12:21.759 I think is not only you get to hang out 237 00:12:22.679 --> 00:12:25.480 watch the show on the patio at a great place 238 00:12:25.679 --> 00:12:29.600 in great Weather. After the show, after the live show, 239 00:12:30.480 --> 00:12:33.120 we're going to be recording the Gas Weekend Fix, which 240 00:12:33.159 --> 00:12:36.840 is the podcast that shows up on Saturday mornings. We'll 241 00:12:36.879 --> 00:12:39.279 be recording it live in front of everybody that's there. 242 00:12:39.559 --> 00:12:40.919 So it'd be a great time for you to go 243 00:12:40.960 --> 00:12:44.000 on out and meet us, hang out, have a great time, 244 00:12:44.440 --> 00:12:47.639 and take part in that podcast that we record. 245 00:12:47.799 --> 00:12:48.480 Right after that. 246 00:12:48.799 --> 00:12:53.559 All right, a whole series of Tearing the Sky stories 247 00:12:53.559 --> 00:12:54.000 to get to. 248 00:12:54.440 --> 00:12:55.919 We'll talk about it when we come back. 249 00:12:57.120 --> 00:13:01.279 You're listening to Gary and Shannon on demand KFI. 250 00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:05.279 The FAA confirmed that yet another system outage occurred at 251 00:13:05.279 --> 00:13:08.000 the facility that handles flights in and out of Newark 252 00:13:08.120 --> 00:13:12.159 Liberty International Airport. And why not that's where we begin 253 00:13:12.480 --> 00:13:14.440 our Terror in the Skies. 254 00:13:15.879 --> 00:13:19.120 Flights to zero niner orlayer for day off, Roger, get 255 00:13:19.159 --> 00:13:21.600 off my plane, Roderick Rodgers. 256 00:13:21.679 --> 00:13:22.279 What's our Victor? 257 00:13:22.360 --> 00:13:22.600 Victor? 258 00:13:23.000 --> 00:13:24.080 En is enough? 259 00:13:24.679 --> 00:13:26.799 I have a hand to put these munkey fight and 260 00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:32.159 snakes on this money. It's Gary and Shannon's Terror in 261 00:13:32.279 --> 00:13:34.200 the Skies on KFI. 262 00:13:34.919 --> 00:13:38.840 So the FAA is investigating a brief radio system outage 263 00:13:38.919 --> 00:13:42.159 at the Philly Air Traffic Control Center that is responsible 264 00:13:42.200 --> 00:13:48.840 for handling flights at Newark International Newark Liberty International Airport. 265 00:13:48.480 --> 00:13:49.759 There in New Jersey. 266 00:13:49.960 --> 00:13:52.639 This is not good. It doesn't get much better when 267 00:13:52.639 --> 00:13:53.840 I play the sound for you. 268 00:13:54.960 --> 00:13:55.720 Sorry about that. 269 00:13:55.759 --> 00:14:00.639 I thought United had cleared well before that. Stare for 270 00:14:00.679 --> 00:14:02.679 a moment and I'm got to get together United and 271 00:14:02.720 --> 00:14:04.200 in the way we'll get you up for the owent man. 272 00:14:04.240 --> 00:14:05.879 Why does he have to get the other United out 273 00:14:05.879 --> 00:14:08.200 of the way? Oh, I don't know. Because the radio 274 00:14:08.240 --> 00:14:11.279 went out. 275 00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:12.919 Lost the radar frequency again. 276 00:14:13.039 --> 00:14:13.360 Okay. 277 00:14:13.399 --> 00:14:16.320 The FAA said the control tower lost radio frequencies for 278 00:14:16.399 --> 00:14:22.320 two seconds yesterday morning at about eleven thirty New Jersey time. 279 00:14:22.799 --> 00:14:25.639 Despite that, everything remained safely separated. 280 00:14:25.679 --> 00:14:26.799 There were no big deals. 281 00:14:26.840 --> 00:14:31.360 But this is the fourth time since April twenty eighth, 282 00:14:31.559 --> 00:14:36.440 the fourth time that there has been a system outage 283 00:14:36.559 --> 00:14:40.240 of some duration at the Philly Air Traffic Control Center 284 00:14:40.279 --> 00:14:43.279 that's responding for these responsible for these flights to come 285 00:14:43.279 --> 00:14:47.519 into Newark. After the April incident, there was a second 286 00:14:47.559 --> 00:14:51.919 outage on May ninth that interrupted communications for about ninety seconds. 287 00:14:51.960 --> 00:14:54.399 There were more flight disruptions. There was a third outage 288 00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:58.440 two days after that which halted flights. Staffing shortages linked 289 00:14:58.440 --> 00:15:01.200 to the April incident led to white spread delays. They've 290 00:15:01.200 --> 00:15:04.120 been having construction issues with that Newark airport that we've 291 00:15:04.159 --> 00:15:07.320 told you about many times. In the first couple of incidents, 292 00:15:07.320 --> 00:15:09.440 both April twenty eighth and in May ninth, they had 293 00:15:09.480 --> 00:15:13.080 really bad weather. It was very overcast and foggy in 294 00:15:13.120 --> 00:15:16.440 that area, so they had other natural delays that were 295 00:15:16.440 --> 00:15:20.320 going to occur. Sean Duffy is the Secretary of Transportation. 296 00:15:20.480 --> 00:15:23.639 He said earlier this month that we are in the 297 00:15:23.679 --> 00:15:27.000 midst of upgrading our air traffic control system, but it 298 00:15:27.039 --> 00:15:30.039 is going to take some time. They include updating the 299 00:15:30.080 --> 00:15:33.600 system with new software, with new equipment, and he says 300 00:15:33.639 --> 00:15:37.000 that this revamp is going to cost tens of billions 301 00:15:37.039 --> 00:15:42.679 of dollars. Right now, we know that the FAA system 302 00:15:42.720 --> 00:15:47.559 relies on technology that was outdated before I graduated from 303 00:15:47.639 --> 00:15:52.320 high school, and that in some cases the FAA has 304 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:57.960 had to resort to buying equipment on eBay, replacement parts 305 00:15:58.000 --> 00:16:01.639 on eBay, or even making them on their own using 306 00:16:01.759 --> 00:16:05.200 three D printers because some new components are unavailable for 307 00:16:05.279 --> 00:16:10.480 that same outdated equipment. Obviously, there are problems with the 308 00:16:10.519 --> 00:16:13.480 shortage of air traffic controllers in the US. More than 309 00:16:13.559 --> 00:16:16.279 ninety percent of the nation's airport towers are considered to 310 00:16:16.279 --> 00:16:21.519 be inadequately staffed. They fall short of standards that were 311 00:16:21.519 --> 00:16:23.960 set by the working group from the FAA and the 312 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:27.559 Controllers Union that put them together. So no word today 313 00:16:28.080 --> 00:16:32.120 on an outage near Newark, but not good because yet 314 00:16:32.159 --> 00:16:36.720 another one has prompted problems and delays and they will 315 00:16:36.720 --> 00:16:41.320 continue at Newark for some time. Nearby up in that 316 00:16:41.399 --> 00:16:44.879 same area, there was a close call at LaGuardia Airport 317 00:16:44.919 --> 00:16:48.440 between two commercial jets currently under investigation by the FAA 318 00:16:48.480 --> 00:16:53.120 and NTSP. This is one of many of the close calls, 319 00:16:53.240 --> 00:16:56.000 the go arounds, and the accidents that has prompted calls 320 00:16:56.000 --> 00:16:59.960 for changes to that aviation system, not just air traffic control, 321 00:17:00.279 --> 00:17:04.000 but the way the FAA operates on a very general basis. 322 00:17:04.039 --> 00:17:07.599 So this happened right about twelve thirty in the morning 323 00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:12.519 on May sixth, and air traffic controller canceled the takeoff 324 00:17:12.599 --> 00:17:16.640 clearance for American Eagle flight forty seven thirty six because 325 00:17:16.680 --> 00:17:21.480 a United flight was taxing on that same runway, so 326 00:17:21.640 --> 00:17:25.480 he had to yell. The controller had to yell brickyard 327 00:17:25.599 --> 00:17:29.799 forty seven thirty six stop Brickyard is the call sign 328 00:17:29.799 --> 00:17:35.440 they use for Republic airways, and then rejected takeoff runway thirteen. 329 00:17:35.680 --> 00:17:39.039 Said the pilot, sorry about that. I thought United had 330 00:17:39.039 --> 00:17:42.400 cleared well before that, according to the controller. So the 331 00:17:42.519 --> 00:17:45.759 United flight that was coming in that evening from Houston 332 00:17:46.079 --> 00:17:48.759 carrying one hundred and seven passenger six crew members, the 333 00:17:48.799 --> 00:17:52.559 planes were about a quarter mile apart when the flight 334 00:17:52.920 --> 00:17:56.799 that was taking off hit the brakes, and the FAA 335 00:17:56.839 --> 00:17:59.920 said it's also investigating another like I said, radio outage 336 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:04.480 at Newark. These close calls like this, yeah, they happen. 337 00:18:05.319 --> 00:18:09.079 One way I heard it to describe today is they 338 00:18:09.119 --> 00:18:15.880 need to stop calling them near misses, because that makes 339 00:18:15.920 --> 00:18:19.000 it sound like they were separated. But if you called it, 340 00:18:19.039 --> 00:18:21.680 if you just changed the nomenclature, if all you did 341 00:18:21.799 --> 00:18:25.960 was say we had a near hit at LaGuardia, that 342 00:18:26.119 --> 00:18:29.839 it would have changed pretty significantly and in fact, would 343 00:18:29.880 --> 00:18:32.920 make people think differently about how dire. 344 00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:33.559 The situation is. 345 00:18:33.599 --> 00:18:37.440 When it comes to the tens of thousands of flights 346 00:18:37.480 --> 00:18:40.559 that operate throughout the United just the United States, the 347 00:18:40.640 --> 00:18:42.880 tens of thousands of flights that operate in the United 348 00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:45.519 States each and every day, how many of these close 349 00:18:45.599 --> 00:18:48.799 calls are there? I'm surprised there are not more. But again, 350 00:18:49.000 --> 00:18:52.720 some instances like this one, today's the ninth, today's the twentieth, 351 00:18:53.480 --> 00:18:55.839 and we're only finding out about it two weeks later. 352 00:18:56.920 --> 00:19:01.640 Unless you were the pilot or the air traffic controller, 353 00:19:02.039 --> 00:19:07.200 this stuff isn't advertised very often. So that's just a 354 00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:10.160 couple of the of the stories. There are a couple more, 355 00:19:10.880 --> 00:19:14.160 a couple more terror in the Sky stories. One of 356 00:19:14.200 --> 00:19:16.640 them is actually a love story, Love in the skies, 357 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:20.960 and one is a door dash story, which doesn't make 358 00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:23.440 sense because you would think, what does a door dash 359 00:19:23.519 --> 00:19:28.160 driver have to do with the terror in the skies. 360 00:19:28.240 --> 00:19:30.680 But we'll tell you more about that coming up. Also, 361 00:19:30.880 --> 00:19:34.039 taking your talkbacks, did you drink as a kid? 362 00:19:34.279 --> 00:19:35.359 I don't mean. 363 00:19:35.160 --> 00:19:37.319 That to be flippant, but there's a study out that 364 00:19:37.440 --> 00:19:42.599 talks about how it is people respond when they're allowed 365 00:19:42.599 --> 00:19:45.119 to drink alcohol with their parents as a teenager or 366 00:19:45.160 --> 00:19:48.599 a kid, what that does to them in terms of 367 00:19:48.680 --> 00:19:50.880 predictions about their future behavior. 368 00:19:50.960 --> 00:19:53.279 Hi, guys, I've got six kids and I've always let 369 00:19:53.319 --> 00:19:56.759 them taste alcoholic beverages. We've never been big alcohol drinkers 370 00:19:56.799 --> 00:20:00.480 in my household, although you know, I ran the when 371 00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:03.319 I was a kid. But all of my kids have 372 00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:06.000 found that they disliked the taste of alcohol, and that's 373 00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:08.079 the reason I let them try it, so that they 374 00:20:08.079 --> 00:20:10.720 don't like it, so then as they grew older they 375 00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:13.079 don't care for it. At least that's been my experience. 376 00:20:13.559 --> 00:20:16.039 Yeah, that's experienced for a lot of people. Some people 377 00:20:16.039 --> 00:20:18.720 had said that their parents were teetotalers and they never drank. 378 00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:21.880 Others said that they grew up in an alcoholic family, 379 00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:26.839 so that was always available to them and they just 380 00:20:26.880 --> 00:20:28.519 fell out of love with it because they saw what 381 00:20:28.839 --> 00:20:32.880 was what it was doing to their adults in the house, 382 00:20:32.920 --> 00:20:35.519 to their relatives, to mom, to dad, to whatever. So 383 00:20:36.160 --> 00:20:38.400 leave us your talk back. If you're listening on the app, 384 00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:42.880 hit that little microphone button. And if you were allowed 385 00:20:42.880 --> 00:20:44.920 to drink when you were a teenager, did it effect 386 00:20:45.039 --> 00:20:49.079 the way that you handled alcohol in the future or 387 00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:51.480 do you allow your kids to do it? You allow 388 00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:53.960 your kids to drink alcohol with permission. We'll talk about 389 00:20:54.000 --> 00:20:55.920 all of that later on in the show. We'll also 390 00:20:55.960 --> 00:20:58.559 revisit it tomorrow with Justin Warsham. We do our parenting 391 00:20:58.599 --> 00:21:03.200 segment more in the skies though. Right around the corner you're. 392 00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:06.799 Listening to Gary and Shannon on demand from KFI AM 393 00:21:06.839 --> 00:21:07.400 six forty. 394 00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:14.039 We were asking for talkbacks of your experience. Did you 395 00:21:14.119 --> 00:21:16.359 allow your kids to drink when they were teenagers or 396 00:21:16.400 --> 00:21:19.119 did you drink as a teenager and how it affected 397 00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:21.279 how you looked at alcohol for the rest of your life. 398 00:21:21.400 --> 00:21:24.839 I have to assume Child Protective Services is listening to 399 00:21:24.880 --> 00:21:27.400 these phone calls. No, that's what I'm going to refrain 400 00:21:27.599 --> 00:21:32.000 from talking about my alcoholic tendencies in my childhood. 401 00:21:32.160 --> 00:21:34.400