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<v Speaker 1>This is Gary and Shannon and you're listening to kf

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<v Speaker 1>I AM six forty, the Gary and Shannon Show on

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<v Speaker 1>demand on the iHeartRadio app. And we haven't solicited anybody

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<v Speaker 1>on the talkback yet.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh that's right, Yeah, there's talk towna. Didn't we have

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<v Speaker 2>a thing yesterday about the talkback where.

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<v Speaker 3>I said I missed that part?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, I said, well you want to do the

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<v Speaker 2>talkbacker's up there? This talkback thing, if you're just joining us,

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<v Speaker 2>is a way that you can lead comments for us

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<v Speaker 2>and we can share those comments on the show. I

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<v Speaker 2>think most people are familar with who know the show.

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<v Speaker 2>And you d of look at me and you said, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>if you I can go. If you want me to

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<v Speaker 2>monitor the talk back, I can do that. And I

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<v Speaker 2>felt like, grudgingly, Well no, it wasn't begrudging. It was

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<v Speaker 2>just like I felt like she was already overwhelmed. Remember

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<v Speaker 2>we had all the fire stuff, et cetera, so I

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<v Speaker 2>kind of just laid off it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, well okay, yeah, well that's to that point. We've

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<v Speaker 1>been pretty much wall the wall of the wildfires. But

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<v Speaker 1>we want to bring back at least a segment that

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<v Speaker 1>Gary and Shannon do to help you feel more at home.

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<v Speaker 3>It is time for what's happening. Time for what's happening.

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<v Speaker 2>A ceasefire deal has been reached between Israel and hal Mos,

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<v Speaker 2>more than fifteen months into that conflict. The Katari Prime

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<v Speaker 2>Minister speaking from Doha on the deal, and according to

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<v Speaker 2>the Hamas delegation in Doha, the provisions of this deal

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<v Speaker 2>include the complete withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Gaza

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<v Speaker 2>Strip and handing over thirty three Israeli prisoners dead and

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<v Speaker 2>alive in exchange for the release of one thousand Palestinian prisoners.

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<v Speaker 1>President Biden spoke within the hour about this, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>to lay out sort of how the US is involvement

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<v Speaker 1>and what it means moving forward. It could be a

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<v Speaker 1>six month deal where it's in phases. Let me get

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<v Speaker 1>that out of my mouth. This will be happening in phases,

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<v Speaker 1>and that first phase could take six months, and that

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<v Speaker 1>would include the release of hostages, many of whom are

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<v Speaker 1>American as well.

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<v Speaker 2>And the President, Joe Biden, still president for a few

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<v Speaker 2>more days, is going to deliver a farewell address to

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<v Speaker 2>the nation from the Oval Office. It'll be tonight at

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<v Speaker 2>eight o'clock Eastern, so five o'clock out here.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm sure that you're going to carry it here at Canfi.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I'm sure it will be a well, it's a

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<v Speaker 2>self assessment, and let me guess the assessment will be positive.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, he's got the Chips and Science Act that

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<v Speaker 2>he'll talk about with fifty two billion dollars to build

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<v Speaker 2>factories and create institutions domestically to make computer chips. The

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<v Speaker 2>American Rescue Plan Act. He'll point to that that was

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<v Speaker 2>coming off one of the most devastating global health crises

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<v Speaker 2>in years, right, and that was a one point nine

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<v Speaker 2>trillion dollar stimulus package. He's got the Inflation Reduction Act

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<v Speaker 2>and various climate initiatives, and that is transformational. I'm sure

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<v Speaker 2>he'll talk about that. And then you know, the other

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<v Speaker 2>side of Biden's presidency has has been talked about, and

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<v Speaker 2>the Afghanistan withdrawal would lead that. I don't think you'll

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<v Speaker 2>hear a lot about that. I don't think you'll hear

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<v Speaker 2>a lot about the Ukraine War and Gazo or border security.

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<v Speaker 2>I just think that you're going to hear about the positives.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, and in that is his fifty years, five decades

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<v Speaker 1>worth of serving this nation. He's going to talk a

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<v Speaker 1>lot about that, so he actually already released a farewell letter.

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<v Speaker 1>The other thing that we're looking at, of course, is

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<v Speaker 1>the extreme fire danger in southern California. It does remain

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<v Speaker 1>today and we're still looking at those wins. May not

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<v Speaker 1>be too bad in the La Basin, but that's not

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<v Speaker 1>the area that is of concern right now. So this

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<v Speaker 1>National Weather Service Particularly Dangerous situation, it's the highest warning

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<v Speaker 1>that the National Weather Service issues that is in effect today.

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<v Speaker 1>This includes areas like Phillmore, Simi Valley, came Rio, Thousand

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<v Speaker 1>let's just get through six o'clock tonight before we can

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<v Speaker 1>kind of breathe a sigh of relief.

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<v Speaker 2>And I should mention that there are warnings that include

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<v Speaker 2>red flag warnings in Orange County and the Inland Empire,

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<v Speaker 2>and again those are continuing till six pm for winds

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<v Speaker 2>of seventy miles an hour. FDI banning The FDA is

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<v Speaker 2>banning red dye number three in food and drinks. This

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<v Speaker 2>three already, but I guess not. The agency saying that

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<v Speaker 2>it is amending its Color Additive Regulations to no longer

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<v Speaker 2>allow the use of red dye number three in food,

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<v Speaker 2>beverages and ingested drugs. This is a twenty twenty two

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<v Speaker 2>petition from health groups and activists. This should remind all

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<v Speaker 2>of the various groups who try to make enough noise

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<v Speaker 2>to get government change that it really does work. The

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<v Speaker 2>Red number three, it's also known as red three, is

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<v Speaker 2>a synthetic food dye that gives foods and drinks that

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<v Speaker 2>bright cherry red color. It's used primarily in like candy

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<v Speaker 2>and cakes and cupcakes and you know, frozen desserts, but

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<v Speaker 2>some ingested drugs as well, and now the FDA is

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<v Speaker 2>banning it. I remind you know, we always talk about regulations,

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<v Speaker 2>and regulations are so cumbersome. These are protections, many of them.

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<v Speaker 2>And when you get to some of these things that

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<v Speaker 2>can cause cancer. That's what FD the FDA is saying

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<v Speaker 2>in red number three is it's called or red three,

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<v Speaker 2>You're talking about protections against the cancers that may emerge

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<v Speaker 2>in the human population. So FDA making that ban.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, we have our second sewage spill in Orange County,

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<v Speaker 1>the second in as many months. So this is a

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<v Speaker 1>stretch of Laguna Beach that has been closed after four

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and sixty five thousand gallons.

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<v Speaker 3>Of sewage spilled into.

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<v Speaker 1>The coastal waters off Laguna Beach between Treasure Island and

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<v Speaker 1>Table Rock at Aliso Beach.

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<v Speaker 3>So they're now closed.

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<v Speaker 1>Orange County Health officials confirmed this last night, and they

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<v Speaker 1>put out a statement of course saying please don't go,

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<v Speaker 1>don't visit, we have to test the waters. In December,

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<v Speaker 1>I mentioned this is the second one in two months.

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<v Speaker 1>In December, the coastal area around Salt Creek and Data

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<v Speaker 1>Point was closed after about thirty three hundred dollars of

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<v Speaker 2>So and in both cases it was the same thing

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<v Speaker 2>with sewage line.

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<v Speaker 1>Broke, sewage line break, yes, yeah, mis wild it's and

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<v Speaker 1>that break, by the way, has been patched. So the

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<v Speaker 1>sewer line breach has since been patched. Area beaches remained

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<v Speaker 1>closed though for the obvious reasons that just stated.

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<v Speaker 2>The other thing I was just going to mention is

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<v Speaker 2>this is happening as people scramble for a place to live.

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<v Speaker 2>There are signs of rent gouging spikes all over the

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<v Speaker 2>city and all over the region. I mean, I'm talking

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<v Speaker 2>about sixty percent jack rents. You go from you know,

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<v Speaker 2>five thousand dollars to eight thousand dollars to rent you

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<v Speaker 2>know someplace that would be this two bedroom condo in

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<v Speaker 2>LA for example.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and in a time of an emergency crisis, you

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<v Speaker 1>cannot hike it more than ten percent. I mean ten

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<v Speaker 1>percent even seems like a lot, but anything above ten

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<v Speaker 1>percent is illegal.

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<v Speaker 3>This is a g.

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<v Speaker 1>Bonta's territory, the Attorney General, Rob Bonta, this is his territory.

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<v Speaker 3>But this is happening so much. I'm glad you brought

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<v Speaker 3>that up.

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<v Speaker 1>We had a real estate agent joining us on Fox

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<v Speaker 1>eleven News and he was talking about how he was

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<v Speaker 1>literally he was online and he was seeing all of

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<v Speaker 1>these apartment complexes suddenly boost their rents astronomically, even one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred percent.

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<v Speaker 2>It's completely predatory.

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<v Speaker 3>It's so predatory.

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<v Speaker 2>Happening. And so as you know, as you say, it'll

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<v Speaker 2>have to be Bonto who cracks down. You need to

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<v Speaker 2>just make a few examples of people and businesses and

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<v Speaker 2>a couple of one offs, and it'll have a chilling

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<v Speaker 2>effect on that all.

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<v Speaker 1>Of the looters and burglaries that are happening in the

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<v Speaker 1>evacuation zones, the fire zones.

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<v Speaker 2>You know mentioned iHeartRadio, and the political analyst for iHeartRadio

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<v Speaker 2>based in Sacramento is joining us.

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<v Speaker 4>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>So many California issues that relate to the federal government

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<v Speaker 2>now in ways that are so very serious and so

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<v Speaker 2>very immediate. Welcome Gary Dietrich to KFI. Hi Gary, Hey, Mark,

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<v Speaker 2>good to be with you.

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<v Speaker 4>And yeah, I mean outside of Washington, there's absolutely no question.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, even now, these fiz of courses have exacerbated

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<v Speaker 4>to Stephen mar More Mark, But the microscope is on

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<v Speaker 4>Sacramento from Gavin Newsom on down.

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<v Speaker 2>So what will be the course of things from here

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<v Speaker 2>on out? I know there's no way to forecast exactly

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<v Speaker 2>what the relationship will be between the incoming administration and

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<v Speaker 2>Gavin Newsom and his administration. But how would you see

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<v Speaker 2>things playing out? I mean, Donald Trump is going to come.

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<v Speaker 4>Visit Oh, well, I don't know. I mean, is have

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<v Speaker 4>we heard now from the president of the lex team

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<v Speaker 4>that he's going to actually come?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I spoke to Hi, Gary, This is marlontez Here.

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<v Speaker 1>I spoke to the board chair of Ellie County Supervisors

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<v Speaker 1>Katherine Barker. She's the one who penned the letter to

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<v Speaker 1>Trump over the weekend asking him to come.

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<v Speaker 3>She was online with me last night.

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<v Speaker 1>She says she hasn't had official word, but she says,

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<v Speaker 1>knowing everything she's been told that she is very confident

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<v Speaker 1>that he will be here next week. Of course, just

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<v Speaker 1>it would have to be. I would imagine Wednesday or Thursday, after.

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<v Speaker 2>They sweep up, after the inauguration parties, you'll get on

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<v Speaker 2>a plane and come to California.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe, yeah, to see the devastation. So not officially confirmed,

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<v Speaker 1>but I'm being told he will be here.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, mar I don't want to surprise me, Mark. It

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<v Speaker 4>won't surprise me and he comes, because Trump has done this.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, he was up at the Paradise fires during

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<v Speaker 4>his first term, right, So I wouldn't be surprised at

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<v Speaker 4>all if he comes. The question is going to be

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<v Speaker 4>what is said now? Typically, as you guys know, it

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<v Speaker 4>comes to Trump and newsom it is. It is the proverbial.

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<v Speaker 4>It is the quick essential love hate relationship. Okay. I

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<v Speaker 4>would expect there to be lots and lots of fire

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<v Speaker 4>works up and until the moment he walks up those

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<v Speaker 4>stairs and gets on Trump, Well, at that point will

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<v Speaker 4>be air Force one right and flies into lax. But

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<v Speaker 4>when they have been on the ground together, and this

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<v Speaker 4>was true, and he came out to view the fire

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<v Speaker 4>zones here in northern California, that is Trump. You know,

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<v Speaker 4>there's a lot of cordiality, a lot of mutual respect,

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<v Speaker 4>but there's also a lot of consternation, I dare say, competition,

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<v Speaker 4>and certainly you know, conflict. I mean that is going

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<v Speaker 4>to be if you want to say overarching mark, what

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<v Speaker 4>is the next four years? Well, for Newsom, it's going

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<v Speaker 4>to be two years until he's done as governor. What

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<v Speaker 4>is it going to look like? It's going to look

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<v Speaker 4>just like that. It's going to be. Hey, look, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>I don't like you. I don't like the way you govern.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't like the priorities you're setting. Oh, but when

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<v Speaker 4>we got to work together, we're going to make it happen.

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<v Speaker 4>And that's what I'm going to expect to see more

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean this all comes under the backdrop of

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<v Speaker 1>the special session that Newsome call to Trump proof California,

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<v Speaker 3>Of course, the political fallout with.

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<v Speaker 1>The House Speaker Mike Johnson saying Monday that Congress should

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<v Speaker 3>So there is all of that to contend with.

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<v Speaker 1>What's the vibe in Sacramento as it relates to Speaker

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<v Speaker 4>Well, it's that's the president kong No, just kidding Bill Well.

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<v Speaker 4>I think the fallout is what you might expect, and

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<v Speaker 4>that is, you know, every jurisdiction that's getting dollars for

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<v Speaker 4>whatever purpose from the level above it, the local to state,

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<v Speaker 4>state to federal, never wants any strings attached, right. But

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<v Speaker 4>I take people back to things like, for example, Gavin

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<v Speaker 4>anymore unless you're more accountable for results. And that's what

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<v Speaker 4>unquote conditions, but I think what they want to see is, look,

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<v Speaker 4>some more preventative measures put in place. I think that's

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<v Speaker 4>where the discussion is going to revolve around. You guys,

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<v Speaker 4>and I don't know what the devil is always in

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<v Speaker 4>the details, but I would expect that to be part

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<v Speaker 4>of it now. Not for some immediate relief, I expect

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<v Speaker 4>a FEMA dollars and other things to flow when he

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<v Speaker 4>comes to longer term dollars, particularly in the rebuild effort.

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<v Speaker 4>I think you're going to see some kind of very

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<v Speaker 4>intense conversations about, Look, what are you going to do

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<v Speaker 4>differently in California if we give you X billions of

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<v Speaker 2>I think there are a lot of us in California

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<v Speaker 2>who want things done differently. We want the rebuild effort

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<v Speaker 2>to be done differently. Most certainly, I want to ask

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<v Speaker 2>you about the political fallout here in California from the

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<v Speaker 2>fires as well. We've talked about the embattled mayor of

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<v Speaker 2>in a way. I don't think she can survive it

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<v Speaker 2>my own personal opinion. But what are your thoughts about

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<v Speaker 2>the news, administration, and key political figures as it relates

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<v Speaker 4>Well, Mark, I think I've told people, if you're a

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<v Speaker 4>political person, this fire okay. Now, I don't want to

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<v Speaker 4>take compassion out of this or understanding or any of

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<v Speaker 4>that that comes first and foremost, But just look at

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<v Speaker 4>raw politics. This is the exact wrong place to have

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<v Speaker 4>a major disaster like this. Why is that Because it's

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<v Speaker 4>the media capital of the world, it's the television capital

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<v Speaker 4>of the United States. You have twenty four to seven coverage,

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<v Speaker 4>and then you have all kinds of very high profile voices,

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<v Speaker 4>particularly as you know, celebrities, Hollywood folks, who are raising

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<v Speaker 4>these kinds of political concerns marked every day, and so

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<v Speaker 4>it's really difficult to get out from under that bright

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<v Speaker 4>political light when that is shining on you as brightly

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<v Speaker 4>as not only it is as it is now, but

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<v Speaker 4>it is going to be for months, if not years.

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<v Speaker 4>And I agree with you Karen Bass, who, by the way,

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<v Speaker 4>her name was thrown out even as a potential gubernatorial

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<v Speaker 4>candidate in twenty six. I think there's widespread belief now

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<v Speaker 4>in second that those days that ship is saaled, there's

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<v Speaker 4>no way that's going to happen. The question now is

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<v Speaker 4>does she survive her mayorship? And then of course when

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<v Speaker 4>it comes to somebody like Newsom or potentially other constitutional officers,

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<v Speaker 4>like what's going to happen with Rob Bonte he's talking

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<v Speaker 4>about running for governor, you know, but what's going to

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<v Speaker 4>happen with NWSOM and a potential twenty eight presidential bid.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, the response to disasters is always seen as

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<v Speaker 4>job one for a politician. If you do them well,

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<v Speaker 4>well you got kind of a leg up. For the

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<v Speaker 4>most part. People believe Ron DeSantis handles their hurricanes fairly well.

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<v Speaker 4>But if you don't, I'll tell you it can be

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean, you brought it to celebrity point, and

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<v Speaker 1>of course many of them lost their homes in the

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<v Speaker 1>Palisades fire and particularly but by and large, Hollywood is

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<v Speaker 1>like California, overwhelmingly royal blue. Right, But even now we're

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<v Speaker 1>seeing some celebrities who maybe have been like that, sort

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<v Speaker 1>of turning against that royal blue, if you will.

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<v Speaker 2>And even within royal blue, there are options beyond Karen.

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<v Speaker 3>Bash exactly exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>So, yeah, this leadership matters, I think, is the moral

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah. You know, Willie Brown, famous, the former Speaker Assembly,

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<v Speaker 4>widely seen as probably the most powerful, you know, member

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<v Speaker 4>of the of the you know chambers under the Dome

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<v Speaker 4>here in Sacramento for decades and decades. You know, famous

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<v Speaker 4>you said, basically, you've got to polae fifty one percent

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<v Speaker 4>majority of people in your house. And I got to

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<v Speaker 4>tell you, you know, there are a lot of these individual

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<v Speaker 4>legislators right they're back up. The Assembly has to run

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<v Speaker 4>every two years. House members have to run every two years.

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<v Speaker 4>We're twenty two months away from the midterm election. These

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<v Speaker 4>people are going to have some answering to do, you know.

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<v Speaker 4>That's that's why I think there was a lot of

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<v Speaker 4>concern here in Sakna but about tying this funding for

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<v Speaker 4>you know, a special session for the fires to a

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<v Speaker 4>special anti Trump funding session, because the last one was

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<v Speaker 4>seen this primarily symbolic. It wasn't it was not imperative,

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<v Speaker 4>in other words, guys to have a special session in

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<v Speaker 4>order to start, you know, the anti Trump lawsuits. That

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<v Speaker 4>was not a requirement. It was seen primarily as symbolic

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<v Speaker 4>and political. And I think that's going to be a

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<v Speaker 4>very fine line that the Democrats, in particular in the

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<v Speaker 4>Capitol here in Sacramento are going to have to be

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<v Speaker 4>very careful about because I think to your point, Mark

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<v Speaker 4>you know, there's a lot of folks down there. Even

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<v Speaker 4>Democrats are saying, Look, if the hydrants don't work, if

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<v Speaker 4>we don't have water to fight fires, if we don't

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<v Speaker 4>have proper funding for a fire department, I don't care

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, exactly, And I also think that there'll be a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of I don't care what the details are. You're

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<v Speaker 2>out at some point it's you know, stop with the explanations.

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<v Speaker 2>You're done. So, Gary Dietrich, great stuff from Sacramento. Gary.

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<v Speaker 2>Of course, the iHeartRadio political analyst to appreciate you taking

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<v Speaker 4>Of course, all the best to you folks and all

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<v Speaker 2>Mark, thanks Carry, thanks so very much. Even as everything

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<v Speaker 2>else that has been far shall we say forward in

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<v Speaker 2>the foreground has been happening in southern California. In the background,

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<v Speaker 2>TikTok is creeping toward possible shutdown on Sunday, Yeah, the.

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<v Speaker 3>Last day of the Biden administration.

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<v Speaker 2>The idea is that you know, TikTok is owned by

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<v Speaker 2>at least a big part of it by Byte Dance.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a Beijing based parent company. And the idea is

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<v Speaker 2>that somehow China is in control of a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>the information and data that comes out of TikTok and

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<v Speaker 2>then makes it over to Chinese interests, intelligence, et cetera. Right,

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<v Speaker 2>That's the notion is essentially that you're on an adversarial

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<v Speaker 2>to be polite footing with China, and all of that

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<v Speaker 2>data that then streams to the Chinese government can be

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<v Speaker 2>used and weaponized against Americans.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, if the federal ban on the app goes into effect,

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<v Speaker 1>a scheduled TikTok appears poised to shut down the social

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<v Speaker 1>media app in the US again this Sunday. The revelation

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<v Speaker 1>comes after the Supreme Court appeared inclined to uphold a

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<v Speaker 1>law that President Biden signed last spring on national security grounds,

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<v Speaker 1>even as President elect Trump and some other lawmakers are

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<v Speaker 1>advocating for an extension on the Sunday deadline. So, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>Trump really wants it because remember Trump hailed he Well,

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<v Speaker 1>he's changed his tune a couple of times, but since

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<v Speaker 1>he won handily in November, he attributes some of that

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<v Speaker 1>to the TikTok world.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, to social media world, without question. I mean, he

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<v Speaker 2>essentially musk weaponized x slash Twitter for him. And it's

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<v Speaker 2>interesting because Biden, as Marla was saying, on national security grounds,

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<v Speaker 2>this administration they signed this ban and the Supreme Court

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<v Speaker 2>upheld it. And so now if it's conceivable that the

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<v Speaker 2>band could go in effect on Sunday, and so when

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<v Speaker 2>you went to the app, it would just say, I

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<v Speaker 2>think it would refer you to a website. You wouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>be able to get on TikTok if you went to

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<v Speaker 1>Well here, well, let's I think we should clarify. So

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<v Speaker 1>under the law, a TikTok band was essentially make new

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<v Speaker 1>downloads on app stores like Apple and Google no longer possible.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm not on TikTok, so I wouldn't be able to,

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<v Speaker 1>but you are a TikToker.

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<v Speaker 2>Just well, I do like TikTok, and I was a

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<v Speaker 2>late adopter to it, like I wasn't on early, but

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<v Speaker 2>or you know, set me straight on it, one of

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<v Speaker 2>the things about TikTok is that they're short. So the

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<v Speaker 2>way the videos run longer than just the sixty or

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<v Speaker 2>ninety seconds that you'd see on Instagram reels for example,

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<v Speaker 2>isn't that right, Kiana?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, they use it.

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<v Speaker 5>I think it used to be like thirty seconds or something,

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<v Speaker 5>which is really quick. And then you know, during COVID

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<v Speaker 2>So it so there's a lot more information, there's a

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<v Speaker 3>I mean it again, you could learn a lot more.

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<v Speaker 1>But then again, I mean that's where a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>people get their news these days, which as a news

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<v Speaker 2>Right, and what we say you can learn a lot more.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it's not necessarily a learning tool. It could

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<v Speaker 3>Oh well, yeah, I mean you can.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, I mean, there is there's that.

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<v Speaker 1>But what I want to clarify though, while the app

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<v Speaker 2>Now, would you like me to tell you what's going

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<v Speaker 3>Please please look into your crystal and tell.

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<v Speaker 2>Us here's here's what I think is going to happen.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know, but I think for the reasons that

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<v Speaker 2>Marla has said, there are so many users and Trump

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<v Speaker 2>has immense buy in there with so many Trump supporters

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<v Speaker 2>and so much Trump support generally coming from that world

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<v Speaker 2>as well. I believe he and he's already demonstrated this

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<v Speaker 2>He's going to be president on Monday, and I believe

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<v Speaker 2>you've got a lot of rich guys who are now

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<v Speaker 2>circling like Kevin Trump.

424
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<v Speaker 3>Kevin O'Leary from Shark Tank.

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<v Speaker 2>Great example, I mean, celebrity guy like that. But you

426
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<v Speaker 2>also have Elon Musk who's very close to Trump. You

427
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<v Speaker 2>also have Zuckerberg, you have Base. These are all people

428
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<v Speaker 2>who have encircled Trump at mar Lago and are connecting

429
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<v Speaker 2>with him in a way that clearly is agenda driven.

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<v Speaker 2>They want to make sure that they're on the right

431
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<v Speaker 2>side of the incoming president. And so he could put

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<v Speaker 2>together a consortium, a group of people, a coalition of

433
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<v Speaker 2>many of these social media guys, or he could just

434
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<v Speaker 2>gift it to Musk again and one way or another,

435
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<v Speaker 2>TikTok would survive, and it would survive under the regime

436
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<v Speaker 2>of again one or many of these guys that we've mentioned.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, canub do you know anything about these sort of

438
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<v Speaker 1>the new video apps that are trying to take its

439
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<v Speaker 1>place because people are panicked about Sunday so because replacing

440
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<v Speaker 1>TikTok is not going to be simple. But Lemon eight,

441
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<v Speaker 1>lemon and then the number eight and red Note those

442
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<v Speaker 1>became the top most downloaded downloadable apps this week as

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<v Speaker 1>people await official news from the Supreme Court.

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<v Speaker 3>Canon do you know anything about.

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<v Speaker 5>The I know, so when Lemonade first came out, like

446
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<v Speaker 5>I don't know, a couple of years ago, I downloaded it.

447
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<v Speaker 5>And it's another version of Pinterest, but for like Instagram,

448
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<v Speaker 5>it's it's like a mix of Instagram, Pinterest, and TikTok

449
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<v Speaker 5>in the format of Instagram. It's really weird. I don't

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<v Speaker 5>see like the Hap Yeah and Red No. I'm not

451
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<v Speaker 5>too familiar on Red No. I just learned about that

452
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<v Speaker 5>like last night when I was, you know, looking at

453
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<v Speaker 5>the news and stuff and seeing you know, where people

454
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<v Speaker 5>were going and flocking to with this TikTok band. The

455
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<v Speaker 5>only two that I really am familiar with is YouTube shorts,

456
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<v Speaker 5>Instagram or Instagram reels, and then Snapchat. A little bit

457
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<v Speaker 5>about Snapchat, I kind of felt that fell off the

458
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<v Speaker 5>face of the planet for me. But Instagram reels and

459
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<v Speaker 5>YouTube shorts I think have the most potential to keep

460
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<v Speaker 5>people posting videos, short form videos like that.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the things that's happened is in protest because

462
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<v Speaker 2>again it's because of this sort of breach of America's

463
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<v Speaker 2>privacy and China's going to have all this data. There

464
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<v Speaker 2>is anger among the TikTokers that it's going to be

465
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<v Speaker 2>taken away. And so what they've done is they are

466
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<v Speaker 2>now subscribing and downloading Chinese apps. And there are a

467
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<v Speaker 2>bunch of them, and they're in Chinese, but there are

468
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<v Speaker 2>millions of people who are downloading them as a kind

469
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<v Speaker 2>of fu to the Supreme Court and to.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you think this is bad. One app, We're going

471
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<v Speaker 3>to download all of them.

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<v Speaker 2>They're going to get all my data now because I'm

473
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<v Speaker 2>so angry that you're taking my TikTok away. So that's

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<v Speaker 2>being played at at the very same.

475
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<v Speaker 3>Time, so the clock ticks in, it talks until we

476
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<v Speaker 3>wait to hear.

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<v Speaker 2>Very well done, thank you. You can find Marla on

478
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<v Speaker 2>the Fox eleven News, ten o'clock news, and then of

479
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<v Speaker 2>course the early show that you do also now.

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<v Speaker 1>Well of late, we've been NonStop coverage from sure two

481
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<v Speaker 1>pm to one am. But yes, normally you can find

482
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<v Speaker 1>me at six pm and eleven pm.

483
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<v Speaker 3>I'm going to confuse you to eleven.

484
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<v Speaker 2>Yes, I thought it's at ten o'clock.

485
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<v Speaker 3>Then, well they have the ten o'clock.

486
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<v Speaker 2>Oh, that's with Christine.

487
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<v Speaker 1>That's with Christine. And then we launched the eleven o'clock.

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<v Speaker 1>It'll be one year on January twenty.

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<v Speaker 2>No, that's right. I remember when you launched it. Now, yes,

490
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<v Speaker 2>I just haven't seen it.

491
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<v Speaker 3>Most people, you're either a morning person or a night person.

492
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<v Speaker 2>Harry, I'm a sleep No.

493
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<v Speaker 3>We have regular viewers that hear from them. You may

494
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<v Speaker 3>not be one of them.

495
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<v Speaker 2>I love you, you know, I will watch anything you do. Yeah,

496
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<v Speaker 2>and my show is that Mark Thompson Show on YouTube.

497
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<v Speaker 2>Of course you can find at anytime, so we're live

498
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<v Speaker 2>every day, but it's up there forever. The deal with

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<v Speaker 2>Karen Bass, you know, I know you'll talk about this

500
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<v Speaker 2>on Fox eleven, and this will be a conversation that

501
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<v Speaker 2>is going to be played out here on KFI and

502
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<v Speaker 2>in many conversations around Southern California in Los Angeles. I

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<v Speaker 2>believe Mayor Bass is taking on a lot of political water.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know, Marla, I just don't see her surviving this.

505
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<v Speaker 2>You know the details of her trip to Ghana. She

506
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<v Speaker 2>said she wasn't going to take any overseas trips. Then

507
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<v Speaker 2>she ends up in Ghana on this trip at an

508
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<v Speaker 2>extremely critical time. The idea that you wouldn't know that

509
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<v Speaker 2>it's an extremely critical time, I think that's a kind

510
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<v Speaker 2>of tortured logic. Now, well she did know, what's my point? Yeah,

511
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<v Speaker 2>In other words, it's torture to suggest that you wouldn't

512
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<v Speaker 2>know that it's a critical time.

513
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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

514
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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, So you can't logically say I didn't know this

515
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<v Speaker 2>is going to be such a critical time in the

516
00:26:30.839 --> 00:26:33.599
<v Speaker 2>history of my city, you know, And so for that reason,

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<v Speaker 2>I think this is largely indefensible I'm sure she's trying

518
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<v Speaker 2>to defend it. Her people are trying to defend it,

519
00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:42.559
<v Speaker 2>they're trying to explain it. But at some point, as

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<v Speaker 2>I was saying before, you begin to get so much

521
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<v Speaker 2>momentum against you as a politician, in this case the mayor,

522
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<v Speaker 2>I don't think the details matter anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>You're done, Yeah, I mean you personally, your opinion is

524
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<v Speaker 1>you don't think that she will survive.

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<v Speaker 3>No, what it's going to take a few months.

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<v Speaker 1>Perhaps there is that change dot org petition that has

527
00:27:02.119 --> 00:27:06.519
<v Speaker 1>been circulating that started off and gosh, let me just

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<v Speaker 1>look what dated this.

529
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<v Speaker 3>It doesn't matter.

530
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<v Speaker 1>But in the last few days and already one hundred

531
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<v Speaker 1>and forty three thousand plus people have signed this petition

532
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<v Speaker 1>and order it for really to take on weight, it

533
00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:19.880
<v Speaker 1>needs one hundred and eighty thousand.

534
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<v Speaker 3>I think it'll get there.

535
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<v Speaker 1>But it may not even need this change dot org

536
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<v Speaker 1>petition to your point, because there are it just seems

537
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<v Speaker 1>one each day there's sort of a new wrinkle in

538
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<v Speaker 1>it for her and how she's handling it, beginning with

539
00:27:36.359 --> 00:27:39.640
<v Speaker 1>when she first landed back from Ghana, and yes, she

540
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<v Speaker 1>was ambushed by a reporter and it lasted for what

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00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:43.599
<v Speaker 1>two and a half minutes.

542
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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, she's on that jetway. I get it. The reporter

543
00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:48.880
<v Speaker 2>is a jerk. Okay, he's saying, don't you think you

544
00:27:49.039 --> 00:27:51.079
<v Speaker 2>owe the people of Los Angeles an apology for a way?

545
00:27:51.119 --> 00:27:54.160
<v Speaker 2>I get it seeing he's being a jerk, But that

546
00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:58.160
<v Speaker 2>doesn't mean you can stonewallet you're an experienced politician. You

547
00:27:58.279 --> 00:28:01.599
<v Speaker 2>have to blow back on situations that you can even say, Hey,

548
00:28:01.599 --> 00:28:03.240
<v Speaker 2>I know you're being a jerk right now at a

549
00:28:03.279 --> 00:28:07.119
<v Speaker 2>time that you're exploiting for your own media of virality.

550
00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:09.240
<v Speaker 2>You want this to go viral, But the reality is

551
00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:11.480
<v Speaker 2>my city's in trouble. I'm back here now to take

552
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<v Speaker 2>care of business. I've been in touch with my people.

553
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<v Speaker 2>Whatever you want to say, you can't just stand there

554
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<v Speaker 2>on the jetway. I mean, I thought that was a

555
00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:20.720
<v Speaker 2>failing and I'm glad you mentioned it, because these things

556
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<v Speaker 2>come down to key moments for politicians that will never

557
00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:27.359
<v Speaker 2>be forgotten. And that's one of them and the other.

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<v Speaker 2>It reminds me of Gavin Newsom at that French laundry.

559
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<v Speaker 2>I mean, there are it has that feeling to Yeah,

560
00:28:34.440 --> 00:28:36.680
<v Speaker 2>there's no getting around the French laundry. It's going to

561
00:28:36.839 --> 00:28:40.039
<v Speaker 2>constantly come up in Gavin Newsom's political currenter.

562
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<v Speaker 3>That didn't bring him down. No, well, there was a recall.

563
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<v Speaker 2>It damaged him. It damaged him and it will continue

564
00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:48.640
<v Speaker 2>to damage him. I mean, it continued. It was reputationally

565
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<v Speaker 2>harmful to him.

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<v Speaker 3>Would you say that, Yeah, I would for sure.

567
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<v Speaker 1>What I'm saying is he's still the governor and he

568
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<v Speaker 1>will be the governor until twenty twenty six.

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<v Speaker 3>What happens next with him remains to be seen.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know, so this Ghana trip is what I'm saying.

571
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<v Speaker 2>The Ghana trip is going to be her French laundry.

572
00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:10.440
<v Speaker 2>It's going to be the thing that leaves too big

573
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<v Speaker 2>a stink on her politically for her to survive it.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, you bring that up because the French laundry thing

575
00:29:16.880 --> 00:29:19.720
<v Speaker 1>was captured. We broke that at Fox eleven, our reporter

576
00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:21.480
<v Speaker 1>Bill Malusian, he's now with Fox News.

577
00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:24.319
<v Speaker 3>He got his hands on those photos.

578
00:29:24.319 --> 00:29:27.799
<v Speaker 1>And now there's photos that have surfaced of Bass at

579
00:29:27.839 --> 00:29:31.759
<v Speaker 1>an embassy cocktail party in Ghana the night of or

580
00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:34.720
<v Speaker 1>the day of when the fires erupted January the seventh,

581
00:29:34.880 --> 00:29:38.440
<v Speaker 1>and she left to go abroad on January the fourth.

582
00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:43.400
<v Speaker 1>And again those optics of the pictures in Ghana while

583
00:29:43.519 --> 00:29:47.160
<v Speaker 1>her city's burning, and knowing that on January fourth, the

584
00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:50.920
<v Speaker 1>meteorologists had already forecasted life threatening wins.

585
00:29:51.079 --> 00:29:53.440
<v Speaker 2>That's exactly right, and that's the key. You knew on

586
00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:57.480
<v Speaker 2>January fourth that the city and your constituents were going

587
00:29:57.519 --> 00:30:02.960
<v Speaker 2>to be threatened by potentially an unprecedented weather event. You

588
00:30:03.079 --> 00:30:06.359
<v Speaker 2>have to cancel your participation in that Ghana trip. I

589
00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:08.759
<v Speaker 2>get it, the President wanted you to do it. You

590
00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:11.599
<v Speaker 2>were reluctant, whatever you want to say, but the reality

591
00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:13.839
<v Speaker 2>is you've got to cancel your participation in that event.

592
00:30:13.880 --> 00:30:14.519
<v Speaker 2>You just have to.

593
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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, And she didn't, and now the fallout. She's back

594
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<v Speaker 1>here and she's been here. She's been here since January

595
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<v Speaker 1>the eighth. She came here more than twenty four hours

596
00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:27.880
<v Speaker 1>after returning from Ghana. It took about twenty four hours

597
00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:31.519
<v Speaker 1>for her to get home. And since then though, we

598
00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:35.759
<v Speaker 1>have asked her for interviews and she has declined interviews,

599
00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:38.000
<v Speaker 1>and I can only speak for us here at Fox eleven.

600
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<v Speaker 1>But you know, she's been out there at the pressers

601
00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:42.960
<v Speaker 1>and giving the information, but just sort of the splintering

602
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<v Speaker 1>within her own administration and I'm including LAFD within that

603
00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:51.200
<v Speaker 1>about the infighting between her and the chief of LAFD.

604
00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:53.200
<v Speaker 1>Here we are in a time of crisis and it

605
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<v Speaker 1>seems like everything is sort of going against Bass right now.

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<v Speaker 2>No, you're exactly right, and I believe that these things,

607
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<v Speaker 2>as you say, everything's going against her. She made this

608
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<v Speaker 2>bed and she will sleep in it, and it will

609
00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:10.119
<v Speaker 2>cost her politically, and it may cost her mayorship soon.

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<v Speaker 2>It's another thing. The last thing I would say is

611
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<v Speaker 2>her style is a very stoic style. You know, she

612
00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:20.039
<v Speaker 2>doesn't really She's very good with the kind of a

613
00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:23.359
<v Speaker 2>very measured approach to things. Sadly, I don't think that's

614
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<v Speaker 2>going to serve her in this instance.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I would say that prior to this incident, before

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<v Speaker 1>she left for Ghana, I think she had more of

617
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<v Speaker 1>a warm demeanor, more approachable. I think that she was

618
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<v Speaker 1>winning some political points for some of her work in homelessness.

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<v Speaker 1>I know, John Cobalt, would you know vehement Lee disagree

620
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<v Speaker 1>with me. But ever since landing back here, I think

621
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<v Speaker 1>she's been more on that defensive mode, and I think

622
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<v Speaker 1>she should take a page from people like a Tracy

623
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<v Speaker 1>Park on the LA City Council or the Board of

624
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<v Speaker 1>Supervisor's chair Catherine Barker, who's more of a straight shooter,

625
00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:58.519
<v Speaker 1>and call a spadea spade say, I messed up. This

626
00:31:58.240 --> 00:32:00.720
<v Speaker 1>is this is, this didn't go as it should have.

627
00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:04.559
<v Speaker 1>That we need to do better. Call spade is paid.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah interesting, I would say it doesn't matter what she says.

629
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<v Speaker 2>Now she's done.

630
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<v Speaker 3>Too late now yeah, call Belt next.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll be back tomorrow for Gary and Shannon. She's Marletteis.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Mark Thompson. Stay safe, thinking of everyone. We are

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<v Speaker 2>KFI AM six forty.

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<v Speaker 3>You've been listening to the Gary and Shannon Show.

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<v Speaker 2>You can always hear us live on KFI AM six

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