1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: Now we have to be on the lookout for Chinese vapes. 2 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:09,000 Speaker 1: This message coming from the Senate GOP. They're warning against 3 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:12,320 Speaker 1: these things. So there's a group of Senate Republicans. They 4 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:15,360 Speaker 1: sent a letter to the Treasury Secretary of Scott Passent 5 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 1: and US trade representatives warning about the risks of illicit 6 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:24,760 Speaker 1: Chinese ease cigarettes. They say that these vapes are highly 7 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:29,680 Speaker 1: sophisticated and can connect to smartphones and it's a breach 8 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 1: of data. They can install malware and also collect sensitive 9 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:38,920 Speaker 1: user information, and the devices could target US military personnel 10 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:41,920 Speaker 1: and this raises national security concerns. 11 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:43,519 Speaker 2: Do you think this could be a good reason for 12 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 2: parents to talk to their teenagers and give them another 13 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 2: reason not to vape or not to start vaping. You know, 14 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:50,920 Speaker 2: of course you have the conversation, Hey, it's bad for 15 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 2: your health, you shouldn't do it. But now it's like, hey, 16 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 2: it's going to change. It's spying on it's going to 17 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:56,920 Speaker 2: connect your phone, They're going to steal all your information. 18 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 2: I don't know if teenagers really care about their data 19 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 2: at that point in their lives, but it may be 20 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 2: another angle for parents to take on this entire situation. 21 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:08,120 Speaker 2: The first thing I thought of with this, and there's 22 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 2: no mention of this in the story at all. But 23 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:13,959 Speaker 2: what my mind went to was Israel and their war 24 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:17,959 Speaker 2: with Hamas and the beepers that randomly detonated, and that 25 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:21,560 Speaker 2: was allegedly all done by Israel during their war with Amas. 26 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:24,360 Speaker 2: But this is ridiculous. I didn't even know that there 27 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 2: were a type of vape that could connect to your phone. 28 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, apparently Trump's DOJ has seized about ninety million dollars 29 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:36,560 Speaker 1: worth of these illicit Chinese vapes in one operation, and 30 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 1: they say that some of the vapes are even linked 31 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 1: to Mexican cartels and they're used as a money laundering front. 32 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 2: Can we stop with everything connecting to our phones at 33 00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:47,960 Speaker 2: this point in time? I get some of it. I 34 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 2: like it that our thermostat is connected to our phone 35 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 2: so I can change it when I'm not at the place, 36 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 2: But I don't need my refrigerator connected to my phone. 37 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 2: We have a cureg. You can connect our cuig to 38 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 2: our Bluetooth in our phone. Right for whatever reason, I 39 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 2: have no idea. 40 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 1: Again, I set up your when you want your coffee 41 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 1: to start. 42 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 2: I don't know, And I'm okay. I can walk down 43 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 2: and push the little thing down and get my coffee 44 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 2: at any point in time. I don't know what the 45 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 2: benefit is of having your vape connected to your phone, 46 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:18,840 Speaker 2: just like you can have your vape connected to our 47 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:21,360 Speaker 2: washer and dryer if we'd never set it up. Do 48 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:24,080 Speaker 2: I need an alert that tells me, oh, your washer's done. 49 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 1: It's just like the refrigerators that you can have your 50 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:28,040 Speaker 1: family photos scrolling. 51 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:30,360 Speaker 2: I don't need that either. I mean, some make sense, 52 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 2: all right. I want my phone to connect to my car. 53 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:34,519 Speaker 2: It makes sense to connect to my thermostat, but please 54 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 2: quit trying to connect every single electronic device in the 55 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 2: world to our phones. 56 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 1: Indiana Senator Todd Young put a message out. He said, 57 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:46,800 Speaker 1: elicit Chinese e cigarettes are a health and national security threat, 58 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 1: and their sales are helping to fund the Chinese communist 59 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 1: parties activities. He's joined a group of Senate colleagues and 60 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 1: urging Treasury to stop these illegal shipments. Well, that's what 61 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 1: happens when you have unrestricted trail with authoritarian regimes things 62 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:03,800 Speaker 1: like this. 63 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:06,520 Speaker 2: You know what, And this could all just be part 64 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 2: of Trump's bigger plan, which is to bring manufacturing back 65 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 2: to the United States. Maybe this is just an excuse 66 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 2: to say, hey, we need to be making our vapes 67 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 2: here in the American made vape, the good old US 68 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 2: of Aight, just like our grandfathers used to make these 69 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 2: vapes here in this country. We need to bring that 70 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:24,840 Speaker 2: manufacturing back to the United States.