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 --> 00:00:10.839 on the iHeartRadio app Stories we are following for you today. Well, Hey, 4 00:00:10.880 --> 00:00:13.279 the debate's tonight. This is a big one, and that 5 00:00:13.359 --> 00:00:16.920 new poll says thirty percent of registered voters say the 6 00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:19.280 debate will help them decide who to vote for. And 7 00:00:19.320 --> 00:00:21.199 I got to believe the more I think about that, 8 00:00:21.239 --> 00:00:23.280 the more it makes sense to me. With all the 9 00:00:23.320 --> 00:00:25.640 people we don't hear from the people in the middle, 10 00:00:25.679 --> 00:00:28.359 of the independent voters who have yet to decide. I 11 00:00:28.399 --> 00:00:34.000 think Trump had a lot of momentum following the execution attempt, well, 12 00:00:34.079 --> 00:00:39.799 assassination attempt, not execution, Well whatever, it's neither here nor there, Yeah, exactly, 13 00:00:41.479 --> 00:00:44.240 and then Kamala and Tim Walls took over and it 14 00:00:44.320 --> 00:00:46.359 was their show for a month, and I think that 15 00:00:46.399 --> 00:00:49.560 her momentum has kind of hit the skids a little bit. 16 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:52.560 I don't think that it is as strong as it 17 00:00:52.759 --> 00:00:55.280 was a month ago. And so they are neck and 18 00:00:55.359 --> 00:00:57.320 neck according to all of the polling. 19 00:00:57.719 --> 00:00:59.560 Which makes tonight all the more important. 20 00:00:59.600 --> 00:01:03.799 Right, Steve Gregory joins us with some news he is 21 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:06.760 going to break for us and how apropos when we're 22 00:01:06.799 --> 00:01:10.760 talking about these massive fires all over southern California. 23 00:01:10.920 --> 00:01:13.280 Yeah, you know, yesterday I was at that press conference 24 00:01:13.359 --> 00:01:17.439 who announced the arrival of the two super scoopers from Quebec, Canada, 25 00:01:17.879 --> 00:01:21.359 and La County Fire Chief Anthony Moroney was there and 26 00:01:21.840 --> 00:01:23.560 I pulled him aside as I do in a lot 27 00:01:23.599 --> 00:01:25.239 of these press conferences, and I just wanted to get 28 00:01:25.280 --> 00:01:26.760 a little bit of a one on one with him 29 00:01:27.120 --> 00:01:29.719 and ask him some concerns about what's going on overview 30 00:01:29.719 --> 00:01:31.599 of the fire season, the remainder of the fire season. 31 00:01:32.000 --> 00:01:34.560 But then I get into this sort of area that 32 00:01:34.680 --> 00:01:38.719 I wasn't expecting. Now Here in Cutbee, I would asking 33 00:01:38.760 --> 00:01:41.680 the chief about resources because he had just mentioned that 34 00:01:42.040 --> 00:01:46.280 he's asked for help from state, cala Oes and CalFire. 35 00:01:46.640 --> 00:01:48.239 And I said, well, if that's the case, are you 36 00:01:48.280 --> 00:01:52.560 afraid you don't have enough bodies to protect the county? 37 00:01:52.599 --> 00:01:54.840 And this was his response, We have the number of 38 00:01:54.879 --> 00:01:57.040 bodies that we need to handle. The fire risk of 39 00:01:57.159 --> 00:02:00.760 particular concern to La County Fire. The state has notified 40 00:02:00.799 --> 00:02:06.400 us that they intend to move our inmate wildland hand 41 00:02:06.439 --> 00:02:09.599 crews out of La County beginning in twenty twenty five, 42 00:02:10.120 --> 00:02:14.759 and that's not acceptable. A quarter of the state lives 43 00:02:14.759 --> 00:02:18.039 in La County, A third of the state lives in 44 00:02:18.120 --> 00:02:21.840 southern California, and I just don't understand why the governor 45 00:02:21.879 --> 00:02:25.639 wants to remove nine of our wildland firefighting hand crews 46 00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:28.039 and close four of our fire camps. 47 00:02:28.879 --> 00:02:30.400 What is the reasoning? 48 00:02:31.360 --> 00:02:33.879 So there was no reason as of right now, there's 49 00:02:33.919 --> 00:02:36.840 been no answer given others, and so the chief here 50 00:02:36.879 --> 00:02:38.960 in the next county he sort of explains because then 51 00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:41.159 I said, I've kind of got around it, and I said, well, well, 52 00:02:41.199 --> 00:02:44.360 then what are your overall concerns. 53 00:02:43.599 --> 00:02:47.120 When you asked me what my concerns are, my paramount 54 00:02:47.120 --> 00:02:50.280 concern right now is the loss of our inmate wildland 55 00:02:50.280 --> 00:02:53.520 firefighting hand crewse. We've been advised that it was supposed 56 00:02:53.560 --> 00:02:56.960 to begin July first of twenty twenty five. However it 57 00:02:57.080 --> 00:03:00.240 might be as soon as January of twenty twenty five. 58 00:03:00.560 --> 00:03:03.000 That would more than cut in half the number of 59 00:03:03.000 --> 00:03:05.879 wildland firefighters that we have here in La County. 60 00:03:06.039 --> 00:03:09.520 And the reason not sure. The government hasn't given you 61 00:03:09.560 --> 00:03:10.680 a reason why. 62 00:03:10.840 --> 00:03:15.000 Well, it's going to save the state money to reallocate 63 00:03:15.159 --> 00:03:18.560 our crews to the inmate camps located throughout the state 64 00:03:18.560 --> 00:03:22.199 of California, but here in La County, we have a 65 00:03:22.240 --> 00:03:25.319 tremendous wildland threat and we need to make sure that 66 00:03:25.360 --> 00:03:27.759 we're doing everything possible to keep those crews here. 67 00:03:28.080 --> 00:03:28.360 Steve. 68 00:03:28.439 --> 00:03:30.560 For people who don't watch fire Country the way I 69 00:03:30.599 --> 00:03:31.639 do religious. 70 00:03:31.240 --> 00:03:33.439 Things, yes, and what an accurate portrayal. 71 00:03:33.080 --> 00:03:35.759 By the way, it is not, but it does highlight 72 00:03:35.879 --> 00:03:39.039 how important these crews are. Can you the hand crews 73 00:03:39.080 --> 00:03:42.439 talk about the work that these crews do and how 74 00:03:42.479 --> 00:03:44.639 it is essential for the firefighting affort. 75 00:03:44.719 --> 00:03:46.800 These hand crews are the ones that are out there 76 00:03:47.039 --> 00:03:49.919 cutting the line, as they say, and that line is 77 00:03:49.960 --> 00:03:53.479 what contributes to containment. And when we say it on 78 00:03:53.560 --> 00:03:56.240 KFI News, we talk about surrounding the fire. You hear 79 00:03:56.560 --> 00:04:00.560 often it's five percent contained. Well contained means surrounded, and 80 00:04:00.599 --> 00:04:02.400 those hand crews are the ones that are on the 81 00:04:02.400 --> 00:04:05.680 initial attack out there cutting those lines. They are with 82 00:04:05.840 --> 00:04:09.800 shovels and pickaxes and other tools Pulaski's, and they're digging 83 00:04:09.879 --> 00:04:12.719 through the brush to create some sort of a barrier 84 00:04:13.319 --> 00:04:16.279 and so the fire won't jump. And that's what those 85 00:04:16.319 --> 00:04:18.439 hand crews do. So you heard the chief. They're saying 86 00:04:18.720 --> 00:04:21.040 more than half of those hand crews will disappear. 87 00:04:22.240 --> 00:04:24.439 But there's not that many left are there compared to 88 00:04:24.480 --> 00:04:25.639 what we've had in years past. 89 00:04:25.839 --> 00:04:30.759 No, and that's because when COVID hit a lot of 90 00:04:30.800 --> 00:04:34.879 the inmates that they count on there was no incentive 91 00:04:34.879 --> 00:04:37.519 anymore because they were all being let out because of COVID, 92 00:04:38.000 --> 00:04:39.839 So there was no incentive for them to stay in 93 00:04:39.920 --> 00:04:42.319 and go through the training. Because here's the thing, and 94 00:04:42.360 --> 00:04:45.160 this is what the chief was making a point about offline. 95 00:04:45.680 --> 00:04:48.800 He said, these inmate fire crews, when they go through training, 96 00:04:48.959 --> 00:04:51.959 they are certified wildline firefighters, right, but. 97 00:04:51.959 --> 00:04:54.000 They're paid almost nothing, right, so it can't be a 98 00:04:54.000 --> 00:04:54.759 budget issue. 99 00:04:54.839 --> 00:04:56.839 It's well, it's a budget issue for the people that 100 00:04:56.879 --> 00:04:57.720 are managing them. 101 00:04:57.839 --> 00:05:00.040 It's a transportation it's where you put. 102 00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:03.680 It's actually but here's the weird thing. 103 00:05:03.800 --> 00:05:04.639 Here's the weird thing. 104 00:05:04.720 --> 00:05:08.439 I just found out from Chief John O'Brien there at 105 00:05:08.680 --> 00:05:12.120 County Fire. He said, cal Fire just approved funding for 106 00:05:12.279 --> 00:05:16.199 nine brand new hand crews for cal Fire. They're taking 107 00:05:16.279 --> 00:05:19.000 these inmate crews away from La County. And by the way, 108 00:05:19.240 --> 00:05:22.199 get this, it only costs four point eight million dollars 109 00:05:22.199 --> 00:05:25.040 the whole program for this crew. Yeah, for La County 110 00:05:25.199 --> 00:05:28.120 only four point eight. So now the county they got 111 00:05:28.240 --> 00:05:31.079 no advanced word on this, no notice that this was happening, 112 00:05:31.079 --> 00:05:32.879 and now they're scrambling. They're trying to come up with 113 00:05:32.920 --> 00:05:35.439 their own four point eight million to offset the costs 114 00:05:35.639 --> 00:05:37.120 so they can keep those crews here. 115 00:05:37.759 --> 00:05:42.319 Well, in the sentencing changes in California have resulted in 116 00:05:42.480 --> 00:05:45.040 a dwindling number of these inmates as well. 117 00:05:45.279 --> 00:05:47.600 Prop forty seven, maybe one oh nine, all of those 118 00:05:47.639 --> 00:05:50.920 things on those lower of fence right crimes they are 119 00:05:51.160 --> 00:05:53.360 there's before you used to be an incentive to go 120 00:05:53.399 --> 00:05:56.120 to these fire crews when you were on the verge 121 00:05:56.160 --> 00:05:59.759 of being released, or you were good behavior, parold whatever 122 00:05:59.759 --> 00:06:00.199 it is. 123 00:06:00.519 --> 00:06:03.040 But here's the thing. They also, when I say they're. 124 00:06:03.000 --> 00:06:07.519 Certified wildline firefighters, they can get work sure as firefighters. 125 00:06:07.639 --> 00:06:11.279 And Chief Maroni was saying that this is probably one 126 00:06:11.319 --> 00:06:14.920 of their best transitional programs they have. 127 00:06:15.079 --> 00:06:18.639 It is called the Department of Corrections and Rehabilization right exactly. 128 00:06:18.680 --> 00:06:21.839 Well, and that's the thing, it's like, what benefit are 129 00:06:21.920 --> 00:06:24.680 you getting if you're just not getting sentenced for committing 130 00:06:24.680 --> 00:06:27.439 your crime or what have you. And then as opposed 131 00:06:27.439 --> 00:06:30.839 to getting a light sentence getting work in one of 132 00:06:30.879 --> 00:06:35.199 these camps and then one you are parolled getting gainful 133 00:06:35.240 --> 00:06:38.639 employment with a firefighting agency. Isn't that a better rehab 134 00:06:38.680 --> 00:06:41.319 program than just not punishing people for the crimes that 135 00:06:41.360 --> 00:06:42.000 they're committing. 136 00:06:42.120 --> 00:06:44.959 But four point eight million dollars is the savings that 137 00:06:44.959 --> 00:06:45.920 they're going to realize. 138 00:06:46.480 --> 00:06:46.800 Now. 139 00:06:47.120 --> 00:06:49.160 They're not doing this with anybody else in the state, 140 00:06:49.199 --> 00:06:51.959 by the way, So four point eight million, they tend 141 00:06:52.040 --> 00:06:54.079 to say from this, but they just spent forty five 142 00:06:54.199 --> 00:06:56.000 million on these six new handcrews. 143 00:06:56.079 --> 00:06:59.480 Wow, at CalFire, go figure. 144 00:07:00.439 --> 00:07:02.839 Steve Gregory, come to us with better news tomorrow. 145 00:07:02.959 --> 00:07:04.040 Okay, how about that? 146 00:07:05.560 --> 00:07:09.959 How about I don't know whiskey. 147 00:07:09.600 --> 00:07:13.360 Wednesday, whiskey Wednesday with whiskey. Okay, that sounds good. Did 148 00:07:13.360 --> 00:07:16.480 you hear what happened at that half marathon over the wad? 149 00:07:16.519 --> 00:07:18.560 Oh my god? Yeah. 150 00:07:18.600 --> 00:07:23.000 A runner died after finishing the Disneyland Hollywood Halloween half 151 00:07:23.000 --> 00:07:27.680 marathon on Sunday. Thirty three year old Caleb Graves was 152 00:07:27.720 --> 00:07:30.199 his name, began clutching his chest as he crossed the 153 00:07:30.240 --> 00:07:34.759 finish line. First responders immediately providing assistance. He was taken 154 00:07:34.759 --> 00:07:38.439 to a hospital pronounced dead about an hour later. In 155 00:07:38.480 --> 00:07:42.000 a TikTok video the day before the race, he shared 156 00:07:42.040 --> 00:07:45.399 his concerns about the heat in Anaheim, saying he had 157 00:07:45.439 --> 00:07:48.360 passed out not long after walking his dog outside for 158 00:07:48.399 --> 00:07:49.439 around twenty minutes. 159 00:07:49.959 --> 00:07:52.199 Right, but they intentionally started it very early. I mean 160 00:07:52.199 --> 00:07:55.079 this happened at seven am, before things get hot. And 161 00:07:55.120 --> 00:07:59.079 he was an experienced runner, a young and apparently healthy 162 00:07:59.120 --> 00:08:01.639 with no symptoms or health issues. 163 00:08:01.759 --> 00:08:02.879 It's really frightening. 164 00:08:03.759 --> 00:08:07.519 Tonight, the Dodgers take on the Chicago Cubs at Dodger Stadium, 165 00:08:07.519 --> 00:08:09.720 first pitch at seven o'clock. Listen to every play on 166 00:08:09.839 --> 00:08:13.600 AM five seventy LA Sports, stream all games NHD on 167 00:08:13.639 --> 00:08:17.639 the iHeartRadio app Keyword AM five seventy LA Sports powered 168 00:08:17.639 --> 00:08:19.720 by LA Care for all of LA. 169 00:08:20.040 --> 00:08:23.000 What happened last night? They lost badly to the Cubs. 170 00:08:23.079 --> 00:08:26.279 Yeah, their future is very much uncertain, I think even 171 00:08:26.319 --> 00:08:28.439 though everyone's expecting them to go to the World Series. 172 00:08:28.800 --> 00:08:31.319 What's going on with the pitching situation. Well, they've had 173 00:08:31.360 --> 00:08:35.240 so many injuries. Their high dollar free agents have been 174 00:08:35.320 --> 00:08:38.159 hurt and coming back slowly. Kershaw has been out with 175 00:08:38.200 --> 00:08:41.080 a toe injury, and their offense from the you know, 176 00:08:41.200 --> 00:08:43.759 the middle of the order down is sputtering. 177 00:08:43.279 --> 00:08:45.080 As they say, well they just cut off that toe. 178 00:08:45.320 --> 00:08:48.200 Yeah he would Deon, did he would? 179 00:08:48.360 --> 00:08:48.639 Yeah? 180 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:50.960 Kershaw would cut that toe off if it would make 181 00:08:51.000 --> 00:08:53.559 a difference. But remember last year they flamed out in 182 00:08:53.600 --> 00:08:57.240 three games in the first round. So the pitching is 183 00:08:57.240 --> 00:09:00.600 is definitely an issue. Thank goodness for Jack Flaherty, who 184 00:09:00.639 --> 00:09:03.039 they acquired, who's done well, but they really don't have 185 00:09:03.080 --> 00:09:04.399 any dependable starting pitching. 186 00:09:05.039 --> 00:09:05.240 Hey. 187 00:09:05.240 --> 00:09:07.559 Coming up next, there was an article in the La 188 00:09:07.759 --> 00:09:09.960 Times about forest schools. 189 00:09:10.240 --> 00:09:13.679 I love this idea. I like that term forest school. Yes, 190 00:09:13.919 --> 00:09:16.639 it's just nature is so good for you. 191 00:09:16.799 --> 00:09:20.240 And the more that we get kids outside and off 192 00:09:20.240 --> 00:09:23.639 the screens, sure, I think, the better their mental health 193 00:09:23.679 --> 00:09:27.399 will be and everything will be moving forward. So these 194 00:09:27.559 --> 00:09:30.480 forest schools are picking up traction. We'll tell you about 195 00:09:30.480 --> 00:09:32.759 that coming up next. But first we're going to kill 196 00:09:32.799 --> 00:09:38.480 you with dengay. A rare case of dengay, the viral 197 00:09:38.559 --> 00:09:43.159 infection spread by mosquitoes, is here. It was confirmed in 198 00:09:43.240 --> 00:09:49.440 Baldwin Park yesterday. The case represents the state's third ever 199 00:09:49.639 --> 00:09:54.240 confirmed case of the dengay that is not related to travel. 200 00:09:55.000 --> 00:09:57.200 The two other cases were confirmed in Long Beach and 201 00:09:57.279 --> 00:10:01.600 Pasadena last fall. Whenever I read one of these stories, 202 00:10:01.639 --> 00:10:03.879 my mind something else to be worried about. Yeah, my 203 00:10:03.919 --> 00:10:07.840 mind immediately goes back to when I saw the alert 204 00:10:08.480 --> 00:10:11.519 across the AP wire that I monitor during the show 205 00:10:11.960 --> 00:10:14.279 about this rare Chinese virus. 206 00:10:14.360 --> 00:10:15.440 Yeah, you know what I mean. 207 00:10:15.519 --> 00:10:18.399 I remember that day. I remember it crossing and being like, oh, 208 00:10:18.440 --> 00:10:19.000 this is weird. 209 00:10:19.039 --> 00:10:21.519 There's this rare Chinese virus. Sure, I remember that too. 210 00:10:21.799 --> 00:10:24.120 Susan Hereris Soon and I were anchoring the weekend news 211 00:10:24.159 --> 00:10:27.200 on Fox eleven, and remember it was the Seattle cruise 212 00:10:27.240 --> 00:10:30.960 ship that was quarantined off shore for a while, and 213 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:33.039 nobody quite knew exactly what was going on. 214 00:10:33.080 --> 00:10:35.279 It was a very uncertain, frightening time. 215 00:10:35.519 --> 00:10:38.759 Yeah, I remember that, getting the alert on my phone, 216 00:10:38.960 --> 00:10:41.279 just thinking like, oh, this is much ado about nothing, 217 00:10:41.440 --> 00:10:43.159 and then getting an alert on my phone that March 218 00:10:43.240 --> 00:10:45.279 Madness was canceled, and that's when I knew it was 219 00:10:45.320 --> 00:10:48.399 serious because of the billions of dollars they would miss 220 00:10:48.440 --> 00:10:51.440 out on. And then Tom Hanks got it and then 221 00:10:51.480 --> 00:10:52.679 the world shut down. 222 00:10:52.879 --> 00:10:54.720 Yeah, I mean that was more. That was like four 223 00:10:54.720 --> 00:10:57.679 and a half years ago. It was like March twenty twenty. 224 00:10:57.879 --> 00:11:01.320 So this is not that but it is No, it's hard, 225 00:11:01.840 --> 00:11:06.399 it's not good. Dangay is bad. High fever, severe headache, 226 00:11:06.840 --> 00:11:10.480 leading to you know, internal bleeding and organ failure. They 227 00:11:10.519 --> 00:11:14.279 say that the potential risk for widespread Danay virus transmission 228 00:11:14.279 --> 00:11:18.440 in La County remains low. But this we knew it 229 00:11:18.480 --> 00:11:20.360 was going to rive because we reported on it on 230 00:11:20.440 --> 00:11:22.759 the East coast a couple of weeks ago, so it 231 00:11:22.799 --> 00:11:25.840 was only really a matter of time. But mosquitoes, man, 232 00:11:26.080 --> 00:11:28.639 I'll see one on my arm or something in my 233 00:11:28.759 --> 00:11:31.600 mind immediately goes to I hope this is not one 234 00:11:31.600 --> 00:11:34.519 of those crazy mosquitos with the weird diseases, and it 235 00:11:34.679 --> 00:11:35.720 just takes my blood. 236 00:11:35.879 --> 00:11:37.639 Well, maybe this means we're going to see and hear 237 00:11:37.679 --> 00:11:39.120 more from Barbara Ferrara again. 238 00:11:39.200 --> 00:11:42.440 Oh for the love of God, come on, No, not 239 00:11:42.519 --> 00:11:42.840 a fan. 240 00:11:43.279 --> 00:11:45.639 I just wanted to feed her like every time I 241 00:11:45.679 --> 00:11:47.440 saw it, Give her a sandwich. 242 00:11:47.039 --> 00:11:48.480 Anything like, I get it. 243 00:11:48.519 --> 00:11:51.679 If she's a vegan or whatever, mixing some more chickpeas, 244 00:11:51.879 --> 00:11:54.200 get her out in the sun. A little little vitamin 245 00:11:54.320 --> 00:11:56.440 D would go a long way. And it's not a 246 00:11:56.519 --> 00:11:59.480 knock on her appearance. It's just a knock on. I 247 00:11:59.559 --> 00:12:03.360 want her bones to like last, you know, and herd 248 00:12:03.360 --> 00:12:05.000 it be strong moving forward in. 249 00:12:04.919 --> 00:12:07.159 Life, especially as the director of public. 250 00:12:06.879 --> 00:12:11.000 Health exactly how ironic was that? 251 00:12:11.000 --> 00:12:12.919 That was such a scary time. You know, I think 252 00:12:12.960 --> 00:12:14.360 back to that, and you know, we were out in 253 00:12:14.399 --> 00:12:16.759 the field all the time. I had one of those 254 00:12:16.840 --> 00:12:20.240 plastic visors on as well as the mask and the 255 00:12:20.240 --> 00:12:23.080 feast of exactly it was. It was very it was 256 00:12:23.120 --> 00:12:26.039 a very frightening time, obviously in a very costly time. 257 00:12:26.840 --> 00:12:28.919 So you guys, you know, I didn't even think about that. 258 00:12:29.039 --> 00:12:31.200 I didn't watch a lot of a ton of locals 259 00:12:31.240 --> 00:12:32.159 and TV news. 260 00:12:32.840 --> 00:12:35.480 So we're out in the field interacting with people every 261 00:12:35.559 --> 00:12:38.320 day from a distance. Instead of using the hand mic, 262 00:12:38.399 --> 00:12:40.600 we had like the poles like they would use like 263 00:12:40.639 --> 00:12:42.840 in a movie or TV show, like. 264 00:12:42.759 --> 00:12:43.360 A boom mic. 265 00:12:44.159 --> 00:12:47.080 Yeah yeah, so we'd stay you know, six or seven 266 00:12:47.120 --> 00:12:49.639 or eight feet away. It was it was a very 267 00:12:49.679 --> 00:12:53.879 scary time before the vaccine came out and you're covering that. 268 00:12:54.039 --> 00:12:56.200 Were there were reporters that said I'm not doing this. 269 00:12:56.159 --> 00:12:59.399 Oh absolutely, yeah yeah, and and they were supported by 270 00:12:59.440 --> 00:13:02.399 the stations. I mean, and the station, to their credit, 271 00:13:02.639 --> 00:13:05.960 took expensive precautions to try to keep people safe. 272 00:13:06.080 --> 00:13:08.480 But we still had to work and cover the news. 273 00:13:09.279 --> 00:13:11.559 But you put your life on the line for Fox eleven. 274 00:13:12.840 --> 00:13:13.360 I don't know if I. 275 00:13:13.320 --> 00:13:15.960 Would describe it that way, but I guess technically, yeah, 276 00:13:16.039 --> 00:13:17.360 people people were dying. 277 00:13:17.440 --> 00:13:17.960 You didn't know. 278 00:13:18.080 --> 00:13:19.519 Yeah, you tried to be careful, but. 279 00:13:19.879 --> 00:13:20.720 I wouldn't have done that. 280 00:13:20.840 --> 00:13:22.120 Did you get it? I did. 281 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:22.440 Yeah. 282 00:13:22.480 --> 00:13:24.759 I didn't get it till till when it was almost done. 283 00:13:24.919 --> 00:13:25.480 I got it. 284 00:13:25.679 --> 00:13:28.200 I don't remember when, but I remember I was just 285 00:13:28.240 --> 00:13:30.480 a little bit tired and it was a little bit 286 00:13:30.519 --> 00:13:32.320 of a sore throat. And that was it. I mean, 287 00:13:32.360 --> 00:13:35.639 I still like worked out and everything, and yeah, quarantining 288 00:13:35.679 --> 00:13:38.879 and now it's just like threat And that was like Jacob. 289 00:13:39.000 --> 00:13:41.919 I had into broadcast from home for a week and 290 00:13:42.080 --> 00:13:45.440 Jacob was my only connection to the outside world, and 291 00:13:46.559 --> 00:13:50.679 it was it was wild. Billionaire has rocketed back into orbit, 292 00:13:50.799 --> 00:13:56.000 claiming to perform the first private spacewalk civilian spacewalk. This 293 00:13:56.120 --> 00:14:01.159 is tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, and he a previous chartered 294 00:14:01.159 --> 00:14:05.240 flight into space. This time he's sharing the cost with SpaceX. He, 295 00:14:05.519 --> 00:14:08.080 along with a pair of SpaceX engineers and a former 296 00:14:08.120 --> 00:14:12.879 Air Force Thunderbird's pilot, launched before dawn today apart aboard 297 00:14:12.919 --> 00:14:16.159 a SpaceX rocket from Florida. They want to reach new 298 00:14:16.200 --> 00:14:19.320 heights during their five day trip, higher than the International 299 00:14:19.360 --> 00:14:22.279 Space Station. They also plan to test their new custom 300 00:14:22.360 --> 00:14:26.559 suits with a spacewalk on Thursday, where they will always 301 00:14:26.559 --> 00:14:30.240 have a hand or foot touching the capsule so we 302 00:14:30.279 --> 00:14:34.480 don't have a was it Sandra Bullock George Clooney episode? Yeah? 303 00:14:34.519 --> 00:14:36.320 What was that one called? Got? I don't know that 304 00:14:36.399 --> 00:14:37.960 was good? You liked that one? 305 00:14:38.039 --> 00:14:38.600 Yeah? 306 00:14:38.639 --> 00:14:42.120 I didn't find them believable really, but I'm a cynical being. 307 00:14:42.879 --> 00:14:45.960 Lottery player is going to be lining up today, have gravity, 308 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:48.279 that's right to take their shot at claiming one of 309 00:14:48.279 --> 00:14:52.360 the biggest mega millions jackpots in history, The top prize 310 00:14:52.480 --> 00:14:56.039 up for grabs at least eight hundred million dollars after 311 00:14:56.120 --> 00:15:00.679 no one correctly picked the winning numbers for Friday's evening drawing. 312 00:15:00.759 --> 00:15:03.279 Do you have a did you, when you're at Fox 313 00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:05.039 eleven have a lotto pool? 314 00:15:05.159 --> 00:15:05.360 Yeah? 315 00:15:05.360 --> 00:15:06.840 We did occasionally when it got big. 316 00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:09.679 Sure, did you ever think that the person in charge 317 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:12.559 of the pool was secretly winning the lottery? I did not, 318 00:15:12.879 --> 00:15:15.679 and then just hiding the money and pretending to live 319 00:15:15.679 --> 00:15:16.679 a regular life. 320 00:15:16.919 --> 00:15:18.360 That's Michelle here. Really. 321 00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:21.000 Yes, she runs our lotto pool and I have this 322 00:15:21.080 --> 00:15:24.039 fan fiction where like she's hit a big one, like 323 00:15:24.080 --> 00:15:26.200 we have hit a big one, and. 324 00:15:26.240 --> 00:15:28.279 She she keeps it to herself, keeps. 325 00:15:28.080 --> 00:15:30.519 It to herself like millions, Like she's sitting on millions 326 00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:33.120 of dollars, but she keeps up the appearances like she's 327 00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:34.159 living a normal life. 328 00:15:34.559 --> 00:15:36.600 I did do a pool with a bunch of college 329 00:15:36.639 --> 00:15:39.200 friends and they it was through email, and there were 330 00:15:39.240 --> 00:15:42.480 all of these rules you know, if if two people 331 00:15:42.519 --> 00:15:44.639 have the same you know, they tie and split and 332 00:15:44.639 --> 00:15:47.360 who It was almost like it needed another lawyer to 333 00:15:47.519 --> 00:15:48.279 analyze it all. 334 00:15:48.320 --> 00:15:49.679 But you wonder that. 335 00:15:49.600 --> 00:15:54.519 Those those rules had to come from fights amongst friends 336 00:15:54.600 --> 00:15:57.120 that were in lotto pools together and went to litigation 337 00:15:57.200 --> 00:15:57.559 over her. 338 00:15:57.600 --> 00:15:59.120 It would be a good problem to have, right it 339 00:15:59.159 --> 00:15:59.519 would be. 340 00:15:59.759 --> 00:16:00.320 Yeah. 341 00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:06.919 Okay, So nature based education, there's a whole movement going on, 342 00:16:07.200 --> 00:16:10.279 they say. In recent years this concept has exploded a 343 00:16:10.360 --> 00:16:14.759 mid worries about kids getting lost on screens, the country's 344 00:16:14.879 --> 00:16:17.919 mental health crisis when it comes to kids, and then 345 00:16:17.960 --> 00:16:20.919 the pandemic of course, turbocharged the trend. 346 00:16:21.320 --> 00:16:22.240 Schools closed. 347 00:16:22.320 --> 00:16:25.960 Parents tried to find places where their kids could still learn. 348 00:16:26.159 --> 00:16:29.159 I was a huge proponent of not closing the schools 349 00:16:29.159 --> 00:16:32.759 but moving them outside. There's plenty of outdoor areas in 350 00:16:32.919 --> 00:16:35.240 LA where you could just teach out outside. 351 00:16:35.320 --> 00:16:37.399 Well, that's kind of what this program is talking about, 352 00:16:37.440 --> 00:16:40.200 right right, he's kind of put down your screen and 353 00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:41.799 go climb a tree. 354 00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:44.480 Well, I don't know about climbing. That sounds a little dangerous, 355 00:16:44.480 --> 00:16:47.360 phil Or climb a rock, climb a rock, look at 356 00:16:47.360 --> 00:16:53.120 a tree. Yes, the benefits have been weighed. They say 357 00:16:53.159 --> 00:16:59.559 that research shows nature based learning supports creativity, resiliency, executive function, 358 00:16:59.639 --> 00:17:02.559 school readiness, and a host of other benefits for the 359 00:17:02.559 --> 00:17:04.880 body and mind. I mean, just you go out there 360 00:17:04.880 --> 00:17:06.720 and you take a walk, it puts you in a 361 00:17:06.720 --> 00:17:09.839 better move Sure, it makes sense. Yeah, and Lust is 362 00:17:09.880 --> 00:17:10.279 doing this. 363 00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:14.440 They have several programs apparently with that premise, and it 364 00:17:14.559 --> 00:17:18.759 mainly seems like it's focused on younger students, like the preschoolers, 365 00:17:18.759 --> 00:17:20.839 the kindergarteners, the first grader, which I like. 366 00:17:20.839 --> 00:17:23.519 Because what are you going to learn at that age 367 00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:27.359 sitting in a classroom like that. As of the last 368 00:17:27.359 --> 00:17:30.839 school year, there were about eight hundred nature preschools to 369 00:17:30.880 --> 00:17:34.440 your point in the US that is a two hundred 370 00:17:34.440 --> 00:17:36.319 percent increase since twenty seventeen. 371 00:17:37.640 --> 00:17:40.559 Makes perfect sense here in southern California, not obviously on 372 00:17:40.720 --> 00:17:43.480 days like today Whi's one hundred and ten, but overall. 373 00:17:43.119 --> 00:17:46.359 Exactly, California among the top three states with the highest 374 00:17:46.440 --> 00:17:51.200 number of these schools. Kids they're finding are happier and healthier, 375 00:17:52.480 --> 00:17:54.640 and then, as the La Times puts, it may be 376 00:17:54.799 --> 00:17:58.000 poised to become the next generation of climate warriors. Okay, 377 00:17:58.039 --> 00:18:01.160 let's pump the brakes a little bit here, but that's 378 00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:04.599 class and getting ahead of the game a little bit exactly. Yeah, 379 00:18:04.640 --> 00:18:07.960 it was really interesting though, how many people are involved 380 00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:11.640 in this, And they said it began in Scandinavia. 381 00:18:11.680 --> 00:18:14.839 They call it forest schools, which is a great image. 382 00:18:15.920 --> 00:18:19.759 It's a broader based, nature based education movement. We were 383 00:18:19.759 --> 00:18:22.319 talking but remember when in college we you'd have the 384 00:18:22.400 --> 00:18:25.680 rare day where the professor would say, let's go outside, yeah, 385 00:18:25.720 --> 00:18:29.839 and sit on the grass and discuss, you know, Marxist 386 00:18:29.880 --> 00:18:31.200 philosophy or whatever it is. 387 00:18:31.920 --> 00:18:34.720 We do that from time to time with this show. 388 00:18:34.799 --> 00:18:36.960 We say let's go do the show outside. Oh you're 389 00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:39.839 doing it on the road on Thursday. That's right, it's inside. 390 00:18:39.960 --> 00:18:41.799 But we'll go up to the balcony and it always 391 00:18:41.799 --> 00:18:44.039 sounds good and theory up on the fifth floor, and 392 00:18:44.079 --> 00:18:46.279 then we realize how hot it gets out there, and 393 00:18:46.319 --> 00:18:48.640 it's this direct sun, and we last about an hour 394 00:18:48.839 --> 00:18:50.839 and then we si see our way out of our 395 00:18:50.880 --> 00:18:55.240 outdoor broadcast. Here's the problem with the nature schools currently. 396 00:18:55.720 --> 00:18:59.240 They are unable to tap into public dollars because they're 397 00:18:59.319 --> 00:19:02.720 unlicensed for the most part, so they're only accessible to 398 00:19:03.160 --> 00:19:06.440 wealthy people, wealthy families. In fact, seventy eight percent of 399 00:19:06.480 --> 00:19:11.000 the student bodies of nature preschools are white kids. These 400 00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:14.920 are families that can pay tuition, right, so they're not diverse, 401 00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:17.359