WEBVTT - Bonus: Reid Butler Live From LA Talks US Protests

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<v Speaker 1>On the air with Jason Lauren clint here as well.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's got to America.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, it's been another dramatic weekend. Protesters flooding the streets

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<v Speaker 2>of many US cities.

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<v Speaker 3>It was all around the country, wasn't it. I saw

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<v Speaker 3>big protests in New York as.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, because what erupted in Los Angeles is now spilled

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<v Speaker 2>onto the streets of many US cities.

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<v Speaker 1>Now this is the protest over people being deported.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, this is the No King's protests or rallies, and jeez,

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<v Speaker 2>it's scary. We saw Lauren Tamasi, one of Channel nine's

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<v Speaker 2>US correspondents, the other day, hit with a rubber bullet,

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<v Speaker 2>which was scary for her obviously in her family, but

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<v Speaker 2>also all of us as colleagues of hers at nine.

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<v Speaker 3>So the No King's rally is this saying we don't

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<v Speaker 3>have a king in this country. But people in America

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<v Speaker 3>are saying Donald Trump is behaving like he is a king.

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<v Speaker 2>At the same time, in Washington, DC, you saw this

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<v Speaker 2>bizarre parade. It was actually the two hundred and fiftieth

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<v Speaker 2>anniversary of the US Defense Force. This parade like a

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<v Speaker 2>military milatary parade on Donald Trump's birthday, so it's just

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<v Speaker 2>a strange old time living in the States.

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<v Speaker 1>Very odd.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but it is getting willing on the streets. And

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<v Speaker 2>a man, a friend of mine and a colleague at

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<v Speaker 2>nine who found himself right in the middle of it,

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<v Speaker 2>smack bang where I was on a yesterday on the

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<v Speaker 2>Today Show. He did a great job in the midst

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<v Speaker 2>of the chaos, is Reed Butler, us correspondent for nine.

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<v Speaker 2>Get a read.

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<v Speaker 3>Good morning, Good day, guys. How are you going, because

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<v Speaker 3>it's scary to watch you guys out there on the streets.

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<v Speaker 3>Are you feeling safe while you're reporting on these events?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh?

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<v Speaker 4>Look, we have a good security with us, which.

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<v Speaker 5>Has been a really helpful situation to alleviate a bit

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<v Speaker 5>of that pressure because you've got so much focus at

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<v Speaker 5>the time on talking to the camera, working out what's

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<v Speaker 5>happening around you, making sure that everything is working.

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<v Speaker 4>So that is helpful. They kind of watch your back.

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<v Speaker 4>But safe.

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<v Speaker 5>You probably never feel safe in those situations because it

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<v Speaker 5>changes so quickly, and particularly in the big protest yesterday Sunday,

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<v Speaker 5>in time, it just went from big and boisterous too

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<v Speaker 5>so dangerous in about a matter of a couple of minutes,

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<v Speaker 5>and it was just suddenly you've got the horses charging you,

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<v Speaker 5>and you've got rubba bullets being fired tear gas.

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<v Speaker 4>We had to get our masks.

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<v Speaker 5>Because you've got tears streaming down your face and you

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<v Speaker 5>can taste it in the back of your throat and

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<v Speaker 5>it lasts for a solid twenty minutes or thirty minutes,

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<v Speaker 5>and you've got the red eyes for the entire day

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<v Speaker 5>pretty much. So yeah, it is a it's sort of frightening,

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<v Speaker 5>but you're just going to try and stay calm and

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<v Speaker 5>just talk about what's happening around you and try and

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<v Speaker 5>stay collected. But it is hard, particularly when you're live

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<v Speaker 5>on air and you've got a situation where the police

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<v Speaker 5>are just moving in.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to play Devil's advocate, and don't be wrong,

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<v Speaker 1>I sat there watching it as well. But do we

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<v Speaker 1>need the reporters so close in there? Do you know

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<v Speaker 1>what I mean? Do you need to be on the

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<v Speaker 1>front line and putting yourself in that situation well.

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<v Speaker 2>Where storytellers first and foremost.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, thank you, Clint.

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<v Speaker 5>And also it is a situation where you a lot

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<v Speaker 5>of the time we're not right in the middle of it.

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<v Speaker 5>There was lots of times yesterday where we were several

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<v Speaker 5>blocks down because it was too unsafe, and you still

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<v Speaker 5>had those bullets firing from probably hundreds of meters away,

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<v Speaker 5>smashing car windows next to you, and all of that

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<v Speaker 5>sort of stuff. So you want to try and find

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<v Speaker 5>that balance where you can tell the story and work

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<v Speaker 5>out what's happening, because there's also no it's not as

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<v Speaker 5>if we're looking online to see how these protests are

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<v Speaker 5>unfolding or where they're moving. You kind of have to

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<v Speaker 5>be there and see what is happening as it is happening,

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<v Speaker 5>because it is just that kind of thing that's unfolding

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<v Speaker 5>when you're on air.

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<v Speaker 4>When you're on radio, whatever it is.

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<v Speaker 3>So for anyone who's not fully across it just in

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<v Speaker 3>sort of an elevator pitch, what exactly is happening over there?

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<v Speaker 5>So what the interesting thing about these protests yesterday, they

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<v Speaker 5>were planned a long time in advance, anti Trump, the

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<v Speaker 5>no Kings protests. They people, these demonstrators, they think Donald

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<v Speaker 5>Trump is acting like a dictator rather than elected official.

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<v Speaker 5>But what has happened in the past week which blew

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<v Speaker 5>everything up with these immigration raids across Los Angeles, So

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<v Speaker 5>that has just fired up these crowds and you had

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<v Speaker 5>something that very well could have been a kind of

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<v Speaker 5>peaceful protest yesterday that just turns so violent because the

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<v Speaker 5>emotions are so high.

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<v Speaker 4>Because a lot of the people in these.

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<v Speaker 5>Crowds on the motorbikes and with the big Mexican flags.

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<v Speaker 5>They've had loved ones detained in these immigration raids across

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<v Speaker 5>Los Angeles at farms and washes.

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<v Speaker 2>Highly emotive, detained, deported and you know what, they are

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<v Speaker 2>determined as well.

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<v Speaker 1>There was a video on the weekend I saw of

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<v Speaker 1>a lady being detained by the NYPD and the ICE

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<v Speaker 1>officials and then they've detained her leaving her ten year

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<v Speaker 1>old daughter on the street, a tourist, tourist visiting. It

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<v Speaker 1>was crazy.

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<v Speaker 5>So when you see those videos and it just fires

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<v Speaker 5>everyone up. It's crying and the like motions are so high,

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<v Speaker 5>and obviously that is a recipe for these kinds of

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<v Speaker 5>flare ups.

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<v Speaker 2>It's crazy time to be living in the US. What

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<v Speaker 2>is it like today in LA and we're expecting these

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<v Speaker 2>protests to continue.

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<v Speaker 4>It's definitely a lot calmer today.

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<v Speaker 5>Things obviously fired up so much laid into the afternoon

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<v Speaker 5>yesterday and overnight pass curfew in downtown La a bizarre

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<v Speaker 5>situation where downtown is in.

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<v Speaker 3>So's everything restaurants to shut shops, to shut convenience stores, shop, everything.

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<v Speaker 4>Shut, not only shut but boarded up. Worried about looting.

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<v Speaker 5>So we were seeing people desperately trying to put up

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<v Speaker 5>these big plywood boards.

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<v Speaker 4>The Apple store.

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<v Speaker 5>Got looted, the Bizara store there got looted, all these restaurants.

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<v Speaker 4>So, yeah, it is.

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<v Speaker 5>And that's given police the LAPD license to be a

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<v Speaker 5>bit more aggressive because they can.

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<v Speaker 4>They have that order to clear out.

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<v Speaker 5>When you're there, you get that alert on your phone

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<v Speaker 5>and you watch a blaring sound being like curfew, curfew,

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<v Speaker 5>you got to get out of there, and obviously a

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<v Speaker 5>lot of people don't listen to that, and that is when.

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<v Speaker 4>You've seen most of the police move in.

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<v Speaker 5>It is tarma today, but these raids are continuing. The

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<v Speaker 5>National Guard, the Marines that Donald Trump is sent into

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<v Speaker 5>Los Angeles, they're going to be here for the next

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<v Speaker 5>month or two at least. And that's also been another

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<v Speaker 5>aggravating fancy is the.

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<v Speaker 2>Ranch with the mechanical bull on the strict curfew as well.

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<v Speaker 4>Read I'll have to go and do some investigating one.

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<v Speaker 1>Compared to your days on a current affair with neighbors

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<v Speaker 1>at war? Would you say tensions more high at home

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<v Speaker 1>or over there? Oh?

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<v Speaker 4>Look, ACA had its moments. It's oh yes, absolutely.

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<v Speaker 5>I haven't been jammed in any doors, which is good,

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<v Speaker 5>but there's still who knows how long these protests will

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<v Speaker 5>go for. But no, this is tense, like it was

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<v Speaker 5>just what my security guard there when curfew hit and

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<v Speaker 5>the streets were mostly empty except for these real radical protests,

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<v Speaker 5>he said, it was like it felt like a purge

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<v Speaker 5>that movie. People just running around and smashing things. I

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<v Speaker 5>saw police at one point firing rubber bullets up at

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<v Speaker 5>a rooftop of an apartment building because there are people

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<v Speaker 5>on the rooftop throwing glass bottles at police.

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<v Speaker 1>The minute they're throwing stuff like we're going to leave

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<v Speaker 1>it there. But read Butler Johnnie's.

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<v Speaker 3>On they say freejumping on guys.

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<v Speaker 2>Jason Lauren Lauren wake up feeling good following them on

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<v Speaker 2>the socials