WEBVTT - ‘Tech Tuesday’ with Mike Dobuski | History of Veterans Day

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to Bill Handle on demand from KFI AM

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<v Speaker 2>Bill Handle here Veterans Day, Tuesday, November eleventh, coming up

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<v Speaker 2>at seven fifty. Little handle history. The history of Veterans

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<v Speaker 2>Day very interesting, to say the least. Now, as we

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<v Speaker 2>spoke yesterday, we knew that the vote to avert the shutdown,

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<v Speaker 2>to shut down the shutdown, the governmental shutdown was going

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<v Speaker 2>to happen, and it did on a sixty to forty vote,

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<v Speaker 2>and he needed sixty votes to stop the shutdown, and

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<v Speaker 2>the Republicans won out. The Democrats caved. A couple things

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<v Speaker 2>that take away here. One of them is Chuck Schumer individually.

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<v Speaker 2>It is now being argued in the Senate. He has

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<v Speaker 2>lost control of the Democrats. It is time to get

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<v Speaker 2>him out as a leader. Okay, that's one argument, even

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<v Speaker 2>to the point where running for office out of New York.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's one issue.

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<v Speaker 2>The other issue is what happened, why the Democrats caved

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<v Speaker 2>and why the Republicans and particularly Donald Trump won Why

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<v Speaker 2>did this happen? Well, this is we saw that those

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<v Speaker 2>lines at food banks were increasing. We saw that government

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<v Speaker 2>employees were not as they said. We don't have the

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<v Speaker 2>money to pay our mortgage, to buy food because the

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<v Speaker 2>government shut down because they weren't getting checks. And the

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<v Speaker 2>philosophy of the Republicans and Donald Trump was very simple,

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<v Speaker 2>and that is, the Democrats are going to cave. All

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<v Speaker 2>we have to do is wait them out. The Republicans

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<v Speaker 2>got everything they wanted, exactly what was proposed by the Republicans,

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<v Speaker 2>and what.

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<v Speaker 1>Was the issue.

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<v Speaker 2>The issue now is and was the extension of Obamacare,

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<v Speaker 2>and the extension of Obamacare. The tax credits enabled well

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<v Speaker 2>actually tens of millions of Americans to have Obamacare, to

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<v Speaker 2>have insurance, and that is sunseted. That extension sunset, that

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<v Speaker 2>sunsets stops at the end of the year. And the

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<v Speaker 2>Republicans were adamant saying, we are not going to vote

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<v Speaker 2>on that. We are not going to pass the extension.

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<v Speaker 2>We first want to avert the shutdown. We'll talk about

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<v Speaker 2>everything later. We want a clean bill, relatively clean bill.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, there was some money in the bill for

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<v Speaker 2>construction for the Pentagon and some administrative money for agencies,

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<v Speaker 2>but for the most part, it was a clean bill.

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<v Speaker 2>And what does it mean, continuing resolution that we just

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<v Speaker 2>fund the government as it has been. You want to

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<v Speaker 2>talk about this extension, You want to talk about health

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<v Speaker 2>insurance for millions of Americans who are going to lose it.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll talk about that later. We'll have a vote about

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<v Speaker 2>that later. Well, the reality, it doesn't matter when the

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<v Speaker 2>vote comes. The Republicans will never vote for the extension.

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<v Speaker 2>Their philosophy is real simple. It's sunsets. It ends the

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<v Speaker 2>end of the year, and the extension under the Biden

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<v Speaker 2>administration that's really important ends. And does it really matter

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<v Speaker 2>that people lose their insurance?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think so.

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<v Speaker 2>Does it matter that premiums are going to explode?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think so. I mean, I don't buy that.

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<v Speaker 2>And here is what the Republicans and the Democrats, eight

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<v Speaker 2>of them who jumped over to the Republican side, said,

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<v Speaker 2>you give us this bill, you stop the shutdown, you

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<v Speaker 2>avert the shutdown, then later on will negotiate and vote

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<v Speaker 2>on this extension. Business of healthcare. Well, the Bruges have

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<v Speaker 2>been fighting this forever. They're never going to this government,

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<v Speaker 2>this Congress will never vote for the extension. As long

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<v Speaker 2>as Republicans are in power, and as long as President

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<v Speaker 2>Trump he controls it, he decides. It's that simple. He

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<v Speaker 2>wants the extension, he's going to get the extension. He

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't want the extension, he is not going to get

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<v Speaker 2>the extension. Whatever he says, the Republicans decide they're going

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<v Speaker 2>to go for exactly what he says. And this is fascinating.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is the power that this president has. Most

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<v Speaker 2>presidents have some power, but Congress can in cases, in

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<v Speaker 2>many cases, negotiate with the president and say, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we really don't like this, and let's try this.

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<v Speaker 1>Not with Donald Trump. Whatever he says goes.

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<v Speaker 2>It doesn't matter whether And so here's what the Democrats

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<v Speaker 2>took away from this, because this is where the Republicans

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<v Speaker 2>and the president went out. If we wait long enough,

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<v Speaker 2>the Democrats will cave. And why is that Because the

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<v Speaker 2>Republicans and President Trump had the ammunition. Because look at

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<v Speaker 2>those lines at food banks, Look at the stories of

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<v Speaker 2>you have federal employees who can't make mortgage payments, who

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<v Speaker 2>were going for extra jobs. Look at those air traffic

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<v Speaker 2>controllers who buy law had to go to work and

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<v Speaker 2>we're not getting paid.

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<v Speaker 1>That hits very deep, very quickly.

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<v Speaker 2>So that was right now, and that is more powerful

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<v Speaker 2>than at the end of the year. People losing their

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<v Speaker 2>insurance because that's two that's two months down the line, right,

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<v Speaker 2>lack of food is right now, so of course lack

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<v Speaker 2>of food is going to prevail. Now do the Republicans win.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think so, because here's what's going to happen.

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<v Speaker 2>This extension only goes to the end of January. And

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<v Speaker 2>then the same argument, because between now and the end

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<v Speaker 2>of January, the Republican Republicans say, of course we'll talk

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<v Speaker 2>about that extension. Of course, we'll talk about the tax

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<v Speaker 2>credits that we're allowing under Obamacare, the extra tax credits

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<v Speaker 2>because of the COVID because of COVID, and we want

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<v Speaker 2>to we'll talk about whether we keep those or not.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll have a vote. Let me give you the reality.

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<v Speaker 2>Since Congress is controlled by Republicans, since the Senate is

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<v Speaker 2>controlled by the Republicans, there will never be a vote

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<v Speaker 2>to extend, and all of a sudden, people will have

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<v Speaker 2>lost their insurance. You've got all these billions of people

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<v Speaker 2>who have no insurance or have premiums that are so

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<v Speaker 2>high they can't afford the insurance, and.

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<v Speaker 1>Now they're in the middle of it, and they're going

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<v Speaker 1>to know that.

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<v Speaker 2>The Republicans saying, oh, we'll talk about that later on.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a bunch of crap.

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<v Speaker 2>They're not going to and that's going to hit home,

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<v Speaker 2>and we're right back to where we were. And at

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<v Speaker 2>some point, this is where the Democrats said, at some point,

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<v Speaker 2>we have.

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<v Speaker 1>To come to a meeting. We have to have a meeting.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, it's we have to deal with it. The

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<v Speaker 1>Republicans don't want to deal with it.

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<v Speaker 2>There'll be another stoppage, and again, well, you people are starving.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll do it later, because these what these continuing resolutions

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<v Speaker 2>are about.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll talk about it later.

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<v Speaker 2>Most of the stoppages of the government where the government

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<v Speaker 2>is shut down, most of them are and there's a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of them that happened. Clinton had one almost every year.

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<v Speaker 2>It's one day, two days at at the outside a week,

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<v Speaker 2>which barely ever happens. This is forty days. There's never

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<v Speaker 2>been anything close. There are governmental employees that lost three paychecks,

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<v Speaker 2>and mortgages still do, utility bills are still due, you

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<v Speaker 2>still have to go to the grocery store. You can't

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<v Speaker 2>tell the clerk at the grocery store, oops, I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>get paid next week or the week later. It doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>fly that way. So we'll see what happens. This discussion

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<v Speaker 2>is going to come back with a vengeance at the

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<v Speaker 2>end of January.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, LAPD is.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a national story because it's Los Angeles and the LAPD. Boy,

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<v Speaker 2>what a history it has, both good and bad. So

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<v Speaker 2>the city council cut police spending this year, chopping in

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<v Speaker 2>half the number of officers that the mayor wanted.

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<v Speaker 1>In May, the.

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<v Speaker 2>Council voted to give the LAPD need just enough money

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<v Speaker 2>to recruit two hundred and forty officers. Bass, the mayor

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<v Speaker 2>had requested for eighty Why first of all, to close

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<v Speaker 2>that billion dollar budget shortfall, but also to prevent other

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<v Speaker 2>city workers from being laid off because that's the.

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<v Speaker 1>Only way they were going to be able to afford

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<v Speaker 1>the new cops.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, the problem is, how do you pay for police

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<v Speaker 2>officers when you don't have the money to pay for

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<v Speaker 2>police officers? Bass says, she is scrambling to find the money.

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<v Speaker 2>Is she in a scavenger hunt looking for money under rocks?

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<v Speaker 2>Are they going to raise city taxes? Are they going

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<v Speaker 2>to raise development costs where developers pay more and more

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<v Speaker 2>money because they're an easy hit developers, because everybody hates developers,

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<v Speaker 2>but that's passed on to the housing market. Where is

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<v Speaker 2>she going to find the money at this point, no

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<v Speaker 2>one knows. Bass has seen LAPD. Who's hundreds of officers

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<v Speaker 2>since she took office, and she's hoping at a minimum

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<v Speaker 2>keeping the department from shrinking again this year.

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<v Speaker 1>Now here are some numbers.

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<v Speaker 2>If those cops are hired per Bass's request, sixteen hundred

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<v Speaker 2>civilian workers would be laid off. It's one or the other.

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<v Speaker 2>So what do you choose, the layoffs or the cops.

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<v Speaker 2>Because cities around the country, particularly la I mean, there's

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<v Speaker 2>a billion dollars shortfall in this city. The city spends

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<v Speaker 2>far more money.

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<v Speaker 1>Than it gets in.

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<v Speaker 2>The city has decided that, for example, homelessness is a

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<v Speaker 2>huge issue, which it is, and has spent hundreds of

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<v Speaker 2>million dollars on the homeless issue. Okay, where do you

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<v Speaker 2>get the money? It's part of the budget. Can you

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<v Speaker 2>make Can you balance the budget? Not with additional cops,

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<v Speaker 2>not with additional programs, not with additional civil service workers

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<v Speaker 2>working for the city.

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<v Speaker 1>You cannot do it.

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<v Speaker 2>And she almost vetoed the bill as it was voted,

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<v Speaker 2>and she ended up signing it and not happily. So

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<v Speaker 2>are we going to get the money, where we get

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<v Speaker 2>the cops?

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<v Speaker 1>Who the hell knows? Who the hell knows.

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<v Speaker 2>According to the police chief Jim McDonald, he said, at

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<v Speaker 2>least more people are applying to be cops than before.

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<v Speaker 1>There was a period of time when no one wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to be a cop.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, police officers used to be I mean they

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<v Speaker 2>were put on pedestals, particularly the police officers that walk

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<v Speaker 2>the beat.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, everybody love them.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, they go to a donut shop, they all

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<v Speaker 2>you think they all had dandruff, but they didn't. That

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<v Speaker 2>was the powdered sugar for the free donuts they got.

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<v Speaker 1>Those days are gone. No free donuts.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes they get half off, but those are day old donuts.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, We're done with that.

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<v Speaker 2>I have to go and see I explained this and

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<v Speaker 2>it's deep explanation and analysis.

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<v Speaker 1>Neil, You notice.

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<v Speaker 2>That, I well, I think there's people still want to

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<v Speaker 2>be cops, just not in LA I think, yeah, I agree,

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<v Speaker 2>I agree. And people go through the police academy because

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<v Speaker 2>it's one of the best academies in the country, and

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<v Speaker 2>they are police officers for a period of time, and

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<v Speaker 2>then they go to smaller police departments and there are

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<v Speaker 2>many police departments that pay a whole lot more than

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<v Speaker 2>in LA pays a good chunk of money, that have

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<v Speaker 2>better pensions and sports and as many powdered sugar donuts

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<v Speaker 2>as you could ever want to eat. Okay, Mike Dubuski,

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<v Speaker 2>ABC News reporter who is with us on a regular basis,

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<v Speaker 2>Good morning, Mike. How are things doing in the world

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<v Speaker 2>of Mike Dubuski. Not that I care, but I have.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, hanging in. I suppose yeah, okay, good, good answer,

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<v Speaker 1>hanging in. Okay. I want to spend a minute talking.

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<v Speaker 2>About shopping online for the holidays and how AI is

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<v Speaker 2>affecting that, because it.

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<v Speaker 1>Seems to be Yeah, absolutely so.

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<v Speaker 3>There's some new numbers that we have from Adobe Analytics

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<v Speaker 3>that looks into this, and what they found was that

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<v Speaker 3>in the month of October, traffic from AI platforms to

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<v Speaker 3>retail sites was up twelve hundred percent over last year,

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<v Speaker 3>meaning that people are going to services like chat, GPT

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<v Speaker 3>or Google Gemini. They're talking to these chatbots for a

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<v Speaker 3>little while, and some of the answers that these chatbots

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<v Speaker 3>give back are recommendations for products or links to other websites.

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<v Speaker 3>People are then clicking those links and increasingly buying things

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<v Speaker 3>on online retail platforms. In fact, Adobe also found that

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<v Speaker 3>once a person was sent to one of these third

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<v Speaker 3>party websites, whether it be Walmart or eBay or Amazon

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<v Speaker 3>dot Com, they were sixteen percent more likely to buy

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<v Speaker 3>something if they came from an AI platform, and they

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<v Speaker 3>found this was true in September as well. So as

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<v Speaker 3>we head into the holiday shopping season, it seems like

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<v Speaker 3>this is a growing trend people going to these AI

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<v Speaker 3>services and using them to kind of get an idea

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<v Speaker 3>of what to buy in the online e commerce space.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, a quick question about AI, and that is that

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<v Speaker 2>major companies, particularly the tech companies, are spending hundreds of billions.

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<v Speaker 1>Of dollars Yeah, on AI, and.

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<v Speaker 2>Most of the economists we're looking at this are saying,

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<v Speaker 2>there is no way on God's Earth they're going to

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<v Speaker 2>be able to monetize this. It's virtually impossible because of

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<v Speaker 2>the money that's being invested in this.

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<v Speaker 1>What is your take on this? Do you think that's

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<v Speaker 1>the case?

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<v Speaker 3>I think that's increasingly going to be a point of discussion. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>this next couple months, these next few quarters are going

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<v Speaker 3>to be crucial for the AI industry as they try

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<v Speaker 3>to monetize this technology, because they are spending way more

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<v Speaker 3>than they're making. We think that open Ai, which is

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<v Speaker 3>the maker of JGBT, made about twenty billion dollars last year,

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<v Speaker 3>a pretty penny certainly, but they also lost twelve billion

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<v Speaker 3>dollars last quarter alone. It is incredibly expensive to build

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<v Speaker 3>this technology, to build the data centers, and hire the

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<v Speaker 3>talent that is needed to make these systems work. And

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<v Speaker 3>it's worth mentioning these systems don't even entirely work yet

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<v Speaker 3>they still hallucinate, they still make mistakes. There still some

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<v Speaker 3>real questions about deploying this at scale. So, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>I think it's interesting to see them kind of move

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<v Speaker 3>into this e commerce space. Chat GPT recently announced integrations

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<v Speaker 3>with PayPal and Shopify that will let you check out

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<v Speaker 3>on the app without ever having to leave and actually

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<v Speaker 3>go to a third party to make your purchase. You

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<v Speaker 3>can actually stay within the app and make your purchase there.

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<v Speaker 3>Of course, they get a cut of that. It seems

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<v Speaker 3>like that's a revenue stream for them, or they certainly

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<v Speaker 3>hope it will be, because eventually these bills are going

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<v Speaker 3>to start coming doe and they are pretty hefty bills,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, to the order of nine figure deals that

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<v Speaker 3>OpenAI has struck with the likes of Oracle and Nvidia

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<v Speaker 3>and others.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I, I'm just starting to use AI and

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<v Speaker 2>just for research purposes. Not that I have this problem,

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<v Speaker 2>but I looked at Penis extenders with a I. You

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<v Speaker 2>should have seen the stuff that I got. That's just

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<v Speaker 2>an aside. So people are buying with AI, is it?

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<v Speaker 2>I know it's way up the number of people doing it.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you actually save a good chunk of money? Is

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<v Speaker 2>worthwhile strictly monetarily.

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<v Speaker 3>Well from the customer's perspective, maybe a good thing that

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<v Speaker 3>these AI systems are pretty good at doing is like

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<v Speaker 3>comparing prices, But of course there's still the hallucination problem.

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<v Speaker 3>They might be pulling a price that is outdated or

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<v Speaker 3>not accurate, so there's definitely some level of risk there.

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<v Speaker 3>I think that there's a bigger cost question when it

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<v Speaker 3>comes to deploying these things at scale. McKinsey put out

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<v Speaker 3>a survey last week that found that while ninety percent

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<v Speaker 3>of companies that they surveyed are regularly using AI, nearly

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<v Speaker 3>two thirds are not deploying it at scale into their workflows.

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<v Speaker 3>And this, of course comes nearly three years after the

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<v Speaker 3>launch of chant GPT, these companies are still adopting a

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<v Speaker 3>weight and see sort of approach to this technology, and

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<v Speaker 3>that creates a really existential threat for the AI industry.

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<v Speaker 2>Do we have any numbers or at least pronostications as

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<v Speaker 2>to how many people will or are unemployed because of

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<v Speaker 2>AI and it's wiping out entire industries. I know that,

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<v Speaker 2>for example, entry level computer programmers, engineerings that's gone because

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<v Speaker 2>of AI. And I'm being told, oh, if people are there,

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<v Speaker 2>if they know how to use AI, well, that's a

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<v Speaker 2>fraction of the number of people who lost their jobs.

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<v Speaker 1>Do we have any idea where that's going.

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<v Speaker 3>Not at the moment. Again, it's the very early stages

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<v Speaker 3>of this, and it's worth mentioning. While we are seeing

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of layoffs across the tech sector. Amazon made

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<v Speaker 3>you know, huge headlines recently for nag off thousands upon

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<v Speaker 3>thousands of workers. A lot of it doesn't actually have

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<v Speaker 3>to do with AI. And in fact, Amazon, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>made that announcement that they were making about a ten

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<v Speaker 3>percent staff reduction globally, and they actually had to come

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<v Speaker 3>out after the fact because many people were speculating it's

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<v Speaker 3>because oh, they're integrating generative artificial intelligence. Later they came

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<v Speaker 3>out and said, no, actually, we're just doing this because

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<v Speaker 3>of other sort of economic winds that are blowing. And

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<v Speaker 3>that really does speak to the fact that this technology,

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<v Speaker 3>despite the fact that we talk about it all the time,

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<v Speaker 3>is still really imperfect and still not a really trustworthy

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<v Speaker 3>thing for these companies to integrate.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Mike, thank you for the information. It's always

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<v Speaker 2>good you have a good day. You did because because

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<v Speaker 2>you're in New York, it's actually almost night. Got it,

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<v Speaker 2>all right? Today is Veterans Day, also known as Armisice Day.

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<v Speaker 2>And what's that about a little bit of history here.

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<v Speaker 2>Armisist Day was declared because because World War One ended

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<v Speaker 2>in nineteen eighteen, the Armistice, I mean the fighting stopped

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<v Speaker 2>between the Germans and the Austrians against the quote Allies.

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<v Speaker 2>It's sort of the same. It's some sort of the

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<v Speaker 2>same breakup as World War Two. And it ended on

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<v Speaker 2>the eleventh hour of the eleventh month, the eleventh day.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's why it's November eleven, nineteen eighteen.

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<v Speaker 1>I did a story a.

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<v Speaker 2>Few years ago about they literally put down their arms

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<v Speaker 2>at eleven o'clock. I mean it stopped right there, and

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<v Speaker 2>there was a story about I think it was an

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<v Speaker 2>English soldier who was killed three minutes before eleven o'clock

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<v Speaker 2>ten fifty seven. He was shot. Boy, wrong place, wrong

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<v Speaker 2>time in any case. In nineteen fifty four it officially.

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<v Speaker 1>Became Veterans Day.

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<v Speaker 2>The Armisice Day, originally a day to remember those who

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<v Speaker 2>had served in World War One, the Great War, the

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<v Speaker 2>War to end all wars. Boy, they jumped on that one,

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<v Speaker 2>didn't they coming back to World War Two and then

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<v Speaker 2>remembering those who served in that war. But then you

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<v Speaker 2>have World War two and you have the Korean War.

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<v Speaker 2>So the US decided to honor all veterans instead of Joe,

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<v Speaker 2>just those that came out of World War One, and

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<v Speaker 2>in nineteen fifty four it officially became Veterans Day, honoring

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<v Speaker 2>everyone who has served. Now most people confuse Veterans Day

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<v Speaker 2>with Memorial Day.

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<v Speaker 1>Isn't Memorial Day about people will have served?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it actually is, but Memorial Day honor service members

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<v Speaker 2>who have died in the service to their country. On

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<v Speaker 2>Veterans Day, also deceased veterans are remembered. The difference is

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<v Speaker 2>Veterans Day talks about thinking and honoring living veterans as

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<v Speaker 2>opposed to Memorial Day.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the big one.

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<v Speaker 2>And so in nineteen thirty eight, Armistices Day was established

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<v Speaker 2>to remember that armistice signed on the eleventh hour of

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<v Speaker 2>the eleventh day of the eleventh month, nineteen eighteen. And

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<v Speaker 2>that was first proclaimed by the first Armists Day nineteen

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<v Speaker 2>nineteen by President Woodrow Wilson. And then you had World

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<v Speaker 2>War two, the Korean War, so in nineteen fifty four

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<v Speaker 2>it became Veterans Day as opposed to Armistice Day. I

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<v Speaker 2>kind of like Armistice Day, but the reality is, we

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<v Speaker 2>really have to honor our veterans, and we didn't honor them.

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<v Speaker 2>We don't honor them at all. To give you an

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<v Speaker 2>idea of honoring veterans, when I was in the middle

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<v Speaker 2>of the Vietnam Draft and soldiers coming back from Vietnam

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<v Speaker 2>and the fight over there, and it's a fight we

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<v Speaker 2>shouldn't have had, and I don't want to go into

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<v Speaker 2>politics of that, but do you know that soldiers coming

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<v Speaker 2>back couldn't wear their uniforms on the street because people

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<v Speaker 2>would spit on them, because the armed services were looked

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<v Speaker 2>at in such disregard. And today, of course we all

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<v Speaker 2>those who have served. As a matter of fact, on

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<v Speaker 2>Handle on the law. If anybody says I'm a veteran,

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<v Speaker 2>I go thank you for your service.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a given. Boy.

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<v Speaker 2>Life has changed and for the better. So the thing

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<v Speaker 2>I think to remember is.

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<v Speaker 1>Veterans Day came out of World War One Armistice Day

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<v Speaker 1>on November eleventh.

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<v Speaker 2>Because of the history, thought i'd share that with you

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit.

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