1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:03,920 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 2 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:06,760 Speaker 2: I'm Michael Monks from kf I News with you till 3 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:09,800 Speaker 2: ten o'clock tonight. Now I'm not alone. I've got Tiffany 4 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:10,880 Speaker 2: Hobbs with me tonight. 5 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:12,560 Speaker 3: You're never alone, Michael Monks. 6 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 2: Don't say it like that. 7 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 4: There's always a little voice in your head and it's 8 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:16,440 Speaker 4: probably me. 9 00:00:17,239 --> 00:00:19,639 Speaker 2: It is you him, Michael, You're saying horrible things to 10 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 2: me sometimes in the middle of the night. Did you 11 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:22,239 Speaker 2: know that, the little voice in my head? 12 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 5: You know? 13 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:25,160 Speaker 4: I try to motivate you in any way I can, 14 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 4: and look, you're here. 15 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 2: We made it. 16 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 3: It must have worked. 17 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:30,840 Speaker 2: It's like Saturdays on a Thursday. Of course, our listeners 18 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:32,960 Speaker 2: know you from Saturdays with Tiffany and I come on 19 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:35,519 Speaker 2: after you on Saturday Nights with Michael Monks reports. But 20 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 2: the Dream Team on Saturday, Yeah, called off the JV 21 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 2: bench to host the Varsity seven o'clock Thursday Night Halloween E. 22 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:44,960 Speaker 3: Everyone else said, no, that's why we're here. 23 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 2: We're happy to be here. We're happy to be here. 24 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 2: And by the way, did you or did you not 25 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:53,080 Speaker 2: turn the air conditioning on this week? 26 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:53,960 Speaker 3: I did you? 27 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 2: Did? I did I? 28 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:58,400 Speaker 4: Ran it two days and then in the evening, I 29 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 4: said to myself, it's really cold. So my bill is 30 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 4: going to be ridiculous because I went from air to 31 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:06,039 Speaker 4: heat and now I have the sniffles, and we know 32 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 4: how that thing is exactly super random and aggressive heat 33 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:13,199 Speaker 4: wave out of nowhere, out of nowhere, and it's been 34 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 4: so beautiful, you know. And here's the thing I am, 35 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:18,120 Speaker 4: and we're kind of talking about this off air. I 36 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 4: am a person who does enjoy Halloween and dressing up. 37 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 4: And my whole thing was it better not be in 38 00:01:23,319 --> 00:01:25,200 Speaker 4: the nineties come Friday. 39 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:27,520 Speaker 3: It's over right, it can't take it. 40 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:30,920 Speaker 2: The heat's over, Yeah, I mean, is it ever really over? 41 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 4: It's California, it's Los Angeles. But for now it's supposed 42 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 4: to be back to more moderate temperatures. But we did 43 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:40,199 Speaker 4: have a two and a half day heat wave. Uncharacteristic 44 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 4: it was. 45 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 2: It was not I mean, it got to be ninety 46 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 2: seven in downtown Los Angeles. It didn't feel that hot 47 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 2: to me down there. I know you're not far from 48 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 2: where I live. Also, Icky, yeah, you felt bad. 49 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:53,639 Speaker 4: I didn't like it, and as well, many people across 50 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 4: the southern California basin found that their power was cut. 51 00:01:57,200 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 2: Off because of precaution. 52 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 4: Was exactly so just not something you're looking forward to 53 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 4: at this stage. In the fall, the time changes on Sunday, 54 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 4: like we should be entering into boots and sweaters weather. 55 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 2: You know, back home in Kentucky, we always have something 56 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 2: that we call false fall. And so like summer you 57 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 2: think is over, and you've got the leaves starting to turn, 58 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 2: you've got the cool breezes, and the football game is happening, 59 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 2: and then summer kind of roars back for a couple 60 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 2: of weeks. Of last moment Halloween scares. That's what it 61 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 2: felt like we had. 62 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:31,640 Speaker 4: Absolutely, and false fall is perfect because now we are 63 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:34,799 Speaker 4: going to enter into pre winter or pretend winter, and 64 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 4: then we'll be back in some other amalgamation of all 65 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 4: of that. 66 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 2: I have to say, as a transplant, winter in southern California. 67 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 6: Is the best there's a winter here. I think so, 68 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:49,080 Speaker 6: and I think that it's the news. It does get cold. 69 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 6: It gets cold. I'll tell you this. 70 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 2: When I was moving here and I came out to 71 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 2: like sign the documents and all of that, I remember 72 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 2: sitting in Santa Monica. I'm on the beach and it 73 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:01,720 Speaker 2: was December, and it felt great to me because I'm 74 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 2: coming from, you know, the Cincinnati area, which was freezing. 75 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 4: Everybody who's listening to you right now outside of Southern 76 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:11,080 Speaker 4: California is hating this point in the conversation. They hate 77 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 4: this because they're cold and we're talking about warm. 78 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 2: Well that's what I mean, but it you know, it's relative. 79 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 2: So I'm sitting there on the beach on a bench, 80 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:20,239 Speaker 2: you know, reflecting on what I've just done, this big decision. 81 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:22,640 Speaker 2: I've signed the documents, I'm coming to Los Angeles, and 82 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:24,800 Speaker 2: I saw and it felt really good though to me. 83 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:26,920 Speaker 2: And I saw a woman walking a dog and she 84 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 2: was bundled up gloves. Oh and oh this is oh 85 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 2: the shame, But I won't. You know, you can't shame 86 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 2: people on where they're from because you're just bred differently, right, 87 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 2: You're you're you're made for certain types of temperatures, and 88 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 2: when it gets cold in southern California, people feel cold, 89 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 2: but they would absolutely die where I'm from. There's no 90 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 2: doubt about that. 91 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 4: You're saying, basically, in so many words, that those of 92 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 4: us who are in southern California are pansies. 93 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 2: No, I'm not saying that at all. I'm actually hyping 94 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:04,120 Speaker 2: up a little bit. No, not at all. I love 95 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:07,120 Speaker 2: my neighbors, i love my new neighbors, and I'm grateful 96 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 2: for the weather here. But I'm not I'm not judging 97 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:12,839 Speaker 2: people in southern California for wearing a coat when it's say, 98 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:19,800 Speaker 2: fifty eight degrees, because we've still got the pool open, right, yeah, shorts, shorts. 99 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:23,159 Speaker 2: I know that people are a little hot after the 100 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:26,599 Speaker 2: Dodgers game last night, because now the series is going 101 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 2: back to Toronto and the Dodgers are on the ropes. 102 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:33,839 Speaker 2: The Blue Jays up three games to two after that 103 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 2: marathon game Tuesday yesterday, you know, a little rough. It's 104 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 2: what do we think? Kee? 105 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 3: What did it? 106 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:44,040 Speaker 4: The marathon game on Tuesday just tired everybody out. Everyone's 107 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 4: tuckered out. No one on the Dodgers wants to play anymore. 108 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:50,600 Speaker 4: Our bullpen is struggling getting into sports talk sports talk, 109 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 4: but you know, right now Toronto wants it more. 110 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 3: So we'll see what happens tomorrow. 111 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,040 Speaker 4: It's either going to be a really scary Halloween for 112 00:04:57,120 --> 00:04:59,559 Speaker 4: good reason or for bad reason. 113 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 3: We'll see. 114 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:04,280 Speaker 2: Well, there's something else that I've noticed about people in 115 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:08,480 Speaker 2: Los Angeles especially Dodgers fans, especially rowdy Dodgers fans. Maybe 116 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 2: these aren't the real fans. I don't know if people 117 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 2: like to separate themselves from this, but being a resident 118 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:16,840 Speaker 2: of Downtown, I will tell you the celebration last year 119 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 2: after the World Series was how do you say raucus? 120 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 2: It was a little too raucous for my liking. And 121 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:26,839 Speaker 2: I'm not saying that I'm rooting against the Dodgers, but 122 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:29,479 Speaker 2: the Blue Jays were to win. It were a little 123 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 2: quiet this weekend Downtown. I'm not going to be upset 124 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:33,479 Speaker 2: about it. 125 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 4: Oh oh, shame, shame, Michael Monks. 126 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 2: But why do people need to celebrate by, you know, 127 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:42,800 Speaker 2: lighting a metro bus on fire for example? 128 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 3: Well you judge. 129 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 4: I don't judge how you celebrate, Michael. I don't know 130 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:50,480 Speaker 4: what you do when you're really happy. You know, it 131 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 4: is what it is. And hopefully we'll see what happens 132 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:56,359 Speaker 4: come tomorrow, and if not, then it will progress to 133 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:58,360 Speaker 4: a Game seven, of which no one wants. 134 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:01,600 Speaker 2: But at this rate it ain't looking good. Go Dodgers, 135 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:03,120 Speaker 2: Well they're gonna need a game seven. I mean, the 136 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 2: Dodgers are absolutely hoping for a Game seven at this 137 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:06,880 Speaker 2: point down three games to. 138 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 3: Do and math is it mathing? 139 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:10,520 Speaker 2: No, It's okay, that's all right. And I know that 140 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:13,360 Speaker 2: our friends on La Sports A five seventy they're looking 141 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:15,039 Speaker 2: forward to that too. You can always hear the Dodgers' 142 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 2: games right there. Big news coming this weekend, regardless of 143 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:24,200 Speaker 2: the outcome in sports, Regardless if anything somehow miraculously happens 144 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:27,160 Speaker 2: in Washington, DC and the government reopens, it's really too 145 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 2: late to stop this at this point. Foodstamp benefits, Snap benefits, 146 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:33,720 Speaker 2: cow Fresh, those things gone. 147 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:36,120 Speaker 3: A lot of people are gonna lose a lot of. 148 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:39,800 Speaker 2: People, and it could get ugly because not only are 149 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:43,039 Speaker 2: we talking about people who are already among the most 150 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:47,360 Speaker 2: vulnerable in our society missing out on the monthly payment 151 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 2: that they would use to buy food. You've got patrols 152 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:55,480 Speaker 2: being added in some cities outside grocery stores in anticipation 153 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 2: of unrest. 154 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 4: Yeah, and it is indicative of what the expectation is 155 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:02,120 Speaker 4: is that there is going to be a mass flocking 156 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:08,279 Speaker 4: to these sorts of free and support services. Because there 157 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 4: are five point five million residents in California who are 158 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 4: recipients of the cow Fresh Slash Snap benefits, of which 159 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 4: two million of those are children, so it is a 160 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:22,560 Speaker 4: very scary time. 161 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 2: Indeed, a lot of those are here in southern California. 162 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 2: We're going to talk more about that next. We'll hear 163 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:28,960 Speaker 2: from you as well. All you've got to do is 164 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 2: open up the iHeartRadio app, click on that talkback button. 165 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:35,200 Speaker 2: You've got Michael Monks and Tiffany Hobbs with you till 166 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:38,120 Speaker 2: ten o'clock going through all the news of the day. 167 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 2: So join us. 168 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI Am six forty on demand. 169 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:46,000 Speaker 2: Michael Monks from KFI News with you till ten o'clock 170 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 2: alongside the Tiffany Hobbes. Yes, indeed, good to see you tonight. 171 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 2: Thank We are facing some challenges this weekend and it 172 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:57,120 Speaker 2: could get really ugly, not just for a lot of families, 173 00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 2: but for the community at large. We're talking about snap 174 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:04,440 Speaker 2: benefits running out because of the ongoing federal government shutdown, 175 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 2: and folks that would typically get their grocery money loaded 176 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 2: onto their cards on November the first, as they do 177 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 2: on the first of every month, will not get it 178 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 2: this weekend, and that's bad news for millions. 179 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 4: The fact that the timing would never be good for this, 180 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 4: but to have it be during the month where arguably 181 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 4: or not arguably, we spend probably the most on food, 182 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:35,959 Speaker 4: especially given you know, the celebration aspect of it obviously 183 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:40,959 Speaker 4: is just insult to injury. It's beyond the pale, and 184 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:46,199 Speaker 4: a lot of people again our recipients of food subsidies 185 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:49,840 Speaker 4: and social services, and you may not realize that. I 186 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:54,800 Speaker 4: think people think it's only the most destitute of the population, 187 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 4: and in fact, many working people are on these food 188 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 4: benefit services. 189 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:02,600 Speaker 2: When I first moved here, and I moved here without 190 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:04,480 Speaker 2: a job, was waiting to get a good job, and 191 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:06,360 Speaker 2: it took me a long time, so I ended up 192 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 2: working at the Alpoyo Logo. I've told the story on 193 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 2: the air discount. I know it was great, but like 194 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 2: I couldn't get a job anywhere. So I'm working as 195 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:16,439 Speaker 2: a cashier at the Elpoyo Loco at Third and Broadway downtown. 196 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:16,960 Speaker 3: Oh my goodness. 197 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 2: And was always a little bit surprised by some of 198 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 2: the folks who would take out And this is me 199 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:26,080 Speaker 2: perhaps being judgmental and expecting, you know, like a mom 200 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 2: with kids to pull out a cow fresh card. But 201 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:31,640 Speaker 2: I saw a lot of people with their work tags 202 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:35,320 Speaker 2: around their neck, pulling out young guys twenty seven ish 203 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 2: if I went to guests, Yeah, and they're using this, 204 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:42,200 Speaker 2: but as of Saturday, that's going to run out, even 205 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 2: if the federal government somehow manages to reopen tomorrow. Now 206 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:48,560 Speaker 2: California governor knew some Attorney General Bond did they say 207 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:54,960 Speaker 2: there is money in the agriculture cabinets funds to support 208 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:59,160 Speaker 2: SNAP regardless of whether the government is open or not. 209 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:02,199 Speaker 2: So they have joined other states ensuing. Here's Attorney General 210 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:03,720 Speaker 2: Rob Bonda. 211 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:07,160 Speaker 7: Every state but one. Now warning snappist, let me try that. 212 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:09,360 Speaker 7: That was not BoNT at all. Let me try this one. 213 00:10:09,559 --> 00:10:13,000 Speaker 8: You think federal administration has cut off the Supplemental Nutrition 214 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:16,600 Speaker 8: Assistance Program or SNAP, allowing more than forty one million 215 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:20,199 Speaker 8: Americans who rely on federal food assistants to go hungry. 216 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:24,600 Speaker 8: So those funds are sitting there, unspent, and it is unconscionable, 217 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:27,439 Speaker 8: it is a moral, it is illegal. They chose to 218 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:31,680 Speaker 8: leave billions of dollars earmarked for this purpose untouched, without 219 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 8: an adequate explanation, without an adequate plan. 220 00:10:35,559 --> 00:10:40,000 Speaker 2: Trump's US Department of Agriculture chose this. This was a decision, 221 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 2: This was a choice. 222 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:45,240 Speaker 8: It chose to let more than forty one million Americans 223 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:45,880 Speaker 8: go hungry. 224 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:49,120 Speaker 2: So the contention there from Democratic state officials, including some 225 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 2: in Congress, is the money's there, do not let these folks. 226 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:56,079 Speaker 4: Go hungry, right, And I think that when you when 227 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:59,080 Speaker 4: you consider that the money is there, it again just 228 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:02,320 Speaker 4: adds for complication to how could we get to this 229 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:06,560 Speaker 4: point if there are reserve funds to prevent something like 230 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:09,680 Speaker 4: this from happening. And a lot of people are saying 231 00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:13,559 Speaker 4: the money should come in the form of direct payments. 232 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:16,360 Speaker 3: It's not. It's going to. 233 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:23,240 Speaker 4: Food banks, and people are expressing some hesitation with that 234 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:26,760 Speaker 4: and wanting again these more direct payments. 235 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:29,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, you've got people who would typically have a grocery 236 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:31,679 Speaker 2: list that they would go out and fulfill on their 237 00:11:31,679 --> 00:11:33,560 Speaker 2: own based on the amount of money that they're getting, 238 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:36,440 Speaker 2: and instead they're going to be going to food banks 239 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:39,800 Speaker 2: and they will not have the choices that they typically have. 240 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:44,199 Speaker 2: I know that here in southern California, various government entities 241 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:48,320 Speaker 2: and local organizations like food banks are mobilizing to prepare 242 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:51,880 Speaker 2: for this. The LA School District has said that they 243 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:55,920 Speaker 2: will be doing meal pickups. We know that the county 244 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:58,680 Speaker 2: government has set aside ten million dollars. But that's only 245 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:01,840 Speaker 2: ten million dollars. Do you know Los Angeles County alone 246 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:05,960 Speaker 2: receives three hundred twenty million dollars every month from the 247 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:07,360 Speaker 2: federal government to support Californa. 248 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:09,080 Speaker 4: The numbers that have been coming out about this have 249 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 4: been astronomical and highly surprising. Again, do not realize just 250 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:17,320 Speaker 4: how many people benefit from these sort of programs. 251 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:19,880 Speaker 2: One and a half million people in Los Angeles County 252 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:23,760 Speaker 2: use these benefits, three hundred ten thousand in Orange County 253 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 2: use these benefits. The stakes are high. 254 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:29,000 Speaker 7: Every state but one now warning snap assistance will halt 255 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:33,120 Speaker 7: for Americans like single mother Melissa Miles in Michigan, relying 256 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:34,800 Speaker 7: on the program to feed her son. 257 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:37,160 Speaker 4: I don't see how we are one of the wealthiest 258 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:38,880 Speaker 4: countries in the world, yet. 259 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:43,160 Speaker 5: We're willing to let people go hungry all because people 260 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:45,320 Speaker 5: can't communicate and agree. 261 00:12:45,559 --> 00:12:47,880 Speaker 7: Across the country, food banks scrambling. 262 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:52,480 Speaker 5: Honestly, I feel like if lawmakers are reasonable, rational and responsible, 263 00:12:52,679 --> 00:12:54,480 Speaker 5: that they can come together and do the right thing, 264 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:57,640 Speaker 5: and the right thing is being there for the people, 265 00:12:58,080 --> 00:12:59,040 Speaker 5: and right now they're. 266 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:03,200 Speaker 2: Not, and that's that's what's lost. I think in this 267 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:07,679 Speaker 2: new political climate that is governance by meme, there may 268 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:12,960 Speaker 2: be real conversations to have about fraud in this particular program. 269 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 2: There may be real conversations to have about work requirements. 270 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:23,600 Speaker 2: But regardless of your position on the benefits of these benefits, 271 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:26,880 Speaker 2: they are going away on Saturday, and that's going to 272 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:27,640 Speaker 2: cause a problem. 273 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 4: I think you said something really pivotal a little while 274 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:32,880 Speaker 4: ago as well. Many schools, if not all schools in 275 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 4: California benefit from these sorts of subsidies as well. Their 276 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:43,080 Speaker 4: meal programs are directly related to these funds, and so 277 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:47,080 Speaker 4: when these funds go away for however long they do, 278 00:13:47,679 --> 00:13:53,120 Speaker 4: school lunches, school breakfasts are going to be altered in 279 00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:56,720 Speaker 4: so many ways. And many children, especially in the Los 280 00:13:56,760 --> 00:14:01,240 Speaker 4: Angeles Unified School District, depend on these free meals for 281 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 4: their meals or their substence of the day. Without them, 282 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:08,840 Speaker 4: what do they have. It's a dire situation. It's dire, 283 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:09,440 Speaker 4: and it. 284 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:13,960 Speaker 2: Could get ugly. Barstow says that it is planning extra 285 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 2: police patrols at grocery stores to stop theft as these 286 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:24,040 Speaker 2: foodstamp programs run out on Saturday. And what we're what 287 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 2: we're seeing in some of the media reports out of 288 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:32,080 Speaker 2: Barstow is that the Barstow Police Department posted on Facebook. 289 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:35,320 Speaker 2: We understand that these circumstances may cause additional stress for 290 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:40,200 Speaker 2: many families. To help ensure the safety of residents, customers, 291 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 2: and business owners, officers will be conducting extra patrols around 292 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:48,680 Speaker 2: local grocery stores, convenience stores, and shopping centers. They are 293 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:53,120 Speaker 2: calling it a preventative a preventive measure to maintain public safety, 294 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:56,000 Speaker 2: to ter theft and reassure the community that law enforcement 295 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:58,000 Speaker 2: is present and ready to help. 296 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:00,600 Speaker 4: That sounds very comfortable going to a grocery and being 297 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:02,920 Speaker 4: sarcastic going to a grocery store and seeing all these 298 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:05,840 Speaker 4: armed patrolmen. As you've seen, I know we have to 299 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:08,280 Speaker 4: break but as we've seen, we've had this increase of 300 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:12,240 Speaker 4: this heavily armed almost like a militia presence at different 301 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:15,320 Speaker 4: grocery stores. I see them at the targets and major 302 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:18,480 Speaker 4: you know, major areas of the city or at grocery stores. 303 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:22,720 Speaker 4: Like I said, and it doesn't necessarily make you feel comfortable. 304 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 4: It makes you feel like you're in a situation that 305 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:30,840 Speaker 4: is potentially violent or primed for violence. And this is 306 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 4: going to be the norm going forward. 307 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:37,080 Speaker 2: Very scary situation for folks who live on the edge. 308 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 2: And you know, I think there's a certain point in 309 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:43,680 Speaker 2: adulthood where if you're fortunate to be professional and you've 310 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:45,760 Speaker 2: got a decent job, where you start to go to 311 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:49,640 Speaker 2: the grocery store without that worry, where you can go in, 312 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:52,680 Speaker 2: you hit me, have a list, but you can buy 313 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:55,800 Speaker 2: something you didn't anticipate, the expensive bag of pretzels, or 314 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:57,480 Speaker 2: something that was on the shelf that you didn't expec 315 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 2: seeen chocolate this year. I mean, things are going there's 316 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:03,200 Speaker 2: no question about it. You know, things are getting more expensive. 317 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:05,760 Speaker 2: But there are certain luxuries that a lot of us enjoy, 318 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 2: simple luxuries like going in and saying, ah, you know what, 319 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:11,080 Speaker 2: I can buy this bread because I don't have to 320 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 2: worry about that. But there are folks who do worry 321 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:17,000 Speaker 2: about it, and they will be worrying extra hard this weekend. 322 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:20,520 Speaker 2: Local government officials have asked folks to contribute to food 323 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 2: banks that they think they can reach and support. And 324 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:26,800 Speaker 2: we'll continue this conversation. Hope you will join it as well. 325 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:29,640 Speaker 2: Open up the iHeartRadio app, click on the talkback button. 326 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:32,200 Speaker 2: We'll get to some of your comments just ahead. It's 327 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:35,640 Speaker 2: Tiffany Hobbs and Michael Monks with you right here until 328 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:36,640 Speaker 2: ten o'clock tonight. 329 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:41,280 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 330 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 4: Michael Monks and Tiffany Hobbs sitting in tonight from seven 331 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:44,760 Speaker 4: to ten. 332 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:46,400 Speaker 3: Thanks for joining us. 333 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:49,560 Speaker 4: You can do so, of course, on the iHeartRadio app 334 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:51,360 Speaker 4: or live on your radio. And what we do want 335 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:53,560 Speaker 4: you to do is go to the talkback feature and 336 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:56,600 Speaker 4: let us know what you think of what we've been 337 00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:57,280 Speaker 4: talking about. 338 00:16:57,440 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 3: So far. 339 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:01,520 Speaker 4: We've covered the SNAP benefits, we've talked about the Dodgers, 340 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:04,240 Speaker 4: we've talked about the heat, and next we're going to 341 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:06,320 Speaker 4: talk about Prop fifty. 342 00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:06,960 Speaker 8: Yeah. 343 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:09,240 Speaker 2: I think if there's one thing that can calm everyone's 344 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 2: nerves over the pending SNAP defunding this weekend, it's an 345 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:17,639 Speaker 2: election on Tuesday. As if the country can't be more polarized, 346 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:19,920 Speaker 2: A special election. It's a bow on it. It is 347 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:24,960 Speaker 2: a special election here in California. Prop fifty that would temporarily, 348 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:30,280 Speaker 2: they say, I guess, sideline the Independent Redistricting Commission and 349 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:34,879 Speaker 2: draw new congressional districts that pretty much favor Democrats to 350 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:39,080 Speaker 2: pick up five additional seats. Now, Yes, Democrats here say 351 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 2: this is a direct counter to what Texas is doing. 352 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:45,280 Speaker 2: Texas is redrawing its maps. They plan to send about 353 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:48,920 Speaker 2: five more Republicans to Washington. But here's what's happening, Tiffany. 354 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:53,800 Speaker 2: There are other states now mobilizing. Ohio, tell me more, Michael, Yeah, 355 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:57,240 Speaker 2: Maryland's possibly looking at it, North Carolina. All of these states, 356 00:17:57,359 --> 00:17:57,760 Speaker 2: we are. 357 00:17:57,680 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 3: Often the trendsetters. 358 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:03,159 Speaker 2: It does start in California. Yeah, Texas did it. Then 359 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:07,160 Speaker 2: California's doing it. And now it seems like the race 360 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:10,840 Speaker 2: for control of the House of Representatives, which would typically 361 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:14,280 Speaker 2: take place in November of twenty twenty six, is happening 362 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:18,440 Speaker 2: now much earlier. And it won't matter who the candidates 363 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:21,720 Speaker 2: are because folks' seats are going to be drawn so 364 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:26,120 Speaker 2: comfortably that this state's going to send and a very 365 00:18:26,119 --> 00:18:28,639 Speaker 2: predictable number of Republicans, this state's going to send a 366 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:33,119 Speaker 2: very predictable number of Democrats. Look, redistricting is not new, no, 367 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:35,800 Speaker 2: But to have it as weaponized as it is on 368 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:38,200 Speaker 2: a national scale like this, I think that is new. 369 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:41,359 Speaker 2: And that's what we'll be watching for. We'll be covering 370 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:43,919 Speaker 2: this very hard. On Tuesday night, Chris Merrill will actually 371 00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:47,120 Speaker 2: be with me from seven to ten on elation. Yeah, 372 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:49,200 Speaker 2: we'll be back here in seven to ten. Bring the 373 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:51,760 Speaker 2: election result. It's not the only election that's taking place 374 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:53,600 Speaker 2: that New York mayor has gotten a lot of attention. 375 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:55,280 Speaker 2: We're watching that one. 376 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:59,160 Speaker 3: It's going to be an interesting Yeah, I'll be looking. 377 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:02,600 Speaker 2: For some bell weathers whether Democrats or Republicans have momentum 378 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:05,920 Speaker 2: in the New Jersey gubernatorial race, the Virginia gubernatorial race. 379 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:09,320 Speaker 2: But here in California, it looks like Prop fifty is 380 00:19:09,359 --> 00:19:11,040 Speaker 2: going to pass with ease. 381 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:15,120 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, and again if people the polls are showing 382 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:19,600 Speaker 4: that if voters are pulled today, that this prop would 383 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:23,800 Speaker 4: overwhelmingly pass, and it's just been trending further and further 384 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:25,480 Speaker 4: toward that being in the affirmative. 385 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:30,520 Speaker 2: The Republican opposition to this was robust vocally, but they 386 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:33,199 Speaker 2: did not raise a lot of money compared to the 387 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:37,920 Speaker 2: supporters of this proposition, and reporting is indicated that they 388 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:41,960 Speaker 2: have completely stopped trying to fight it. They've accepted their fate, 389 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:47,639 Speaker 2: and if this goes through, it almost certainly means the 390 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:50,639 Speaker 2: end of the congressional careers of multiple members of the 391 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:52,760 Speaker 2: California Republican delegation. 392 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 4: And it can mean the beginning of Governor Newsom's career 393 00:19:57,440 --> 00:20:02,320 Speaker 4: beyond governor of California, because should this go in his favor, 394 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:06,040 Speaker 4: given that Governor Newsom has been the main image behind 395 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 4: Prop fifty, then this could lend itself to what we 396 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:12,240 Speaker 4: can expect in the twenty twenty eight election. 397 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:16,719 Speaker 2: There is no question that Governor Newsom has found his 398 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:19,680 Speaker 2: foe in President Trump, and not in the way other 399 00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:25,399 Speaker 2: Democratic governors would. He is meeting him where President Trump 400 00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:28,680 Speaker 2: is in the mud. President Trump loves a good insult. 401 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:32,040 Speaker 2: President Trump loves a good troll. There's no fight that's 402 00:20:32,119 --> 00:20:35,080 Speaker 2: too small for President Trump to get into. He's an 403 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:37,679 Speaker 2: entertainer at heart. Let's not forget that. I mean, he 404 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:42,160 Speaker 2: is from Hollywood. He is a Hollywood guy himself. He's 405 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:46,080 Speaker 2: a showman. Governor Newsom recognizes that, and that's why you 406 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:48,800 Speaker 2: see the shift in his social media taking on some 407 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:53,719 Speaker 2: of those attributes of President Trump's social commentary. And Governor 408 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:57,520 Speaker 2: Newsom has said recently that he's not ruling out a 409 00:20:57,560 --> 00:21:01,480 Speaker 2: run for president, and so this You're absolutely right, Tiffany. 410 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:05,080 Speaker 2: This fight in California is to show America that Governor 411 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:06,960 Speaker 2: Newsom fights back against President Trump. 412 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:11,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, and it's to establish himself as a viable candidate 413 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:15,960 Speaker 4: against the Republican Party. He is propping himself up as 414 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:20,440 Speaker 4: more or less the superhero of the Democratic Party. Whether 415 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:23,600 Speaker 4: or not people will buy that is yet to be seen. 416 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:26,439 Speaker 4: But Prop fifty is trending in the way of like 417 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:29,280 Speaker 4: we've been discussing, being voted yes on. 418 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:34,479 Speaker 2: And even though jerry mandering is probably not something that 419 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:38,360 Speaker 2: on its face is popular with rank and file voters, 420 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:43,439 Speaker 2: it's been pivoted. It's been positioned as a way to 421 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:45,919 Speaker 2: punch back at President Trump, and in all of the 422 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:49,960 Speaker 2: campaign materials you have seen that this is California fighting 423 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:53,400 Speaker 2: against Trump. And so in a way, Governor Newsom, who 424 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:58,120 Speaker 2: has pushed this issue, is already taking an electoral battle 425 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:02,400 Speaker 2: against the President, and if he can claim this victory, 426 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:06,400 Speaker 2: it could propel his campaign across the country to say 427 00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:09,320 Speaker 2: I fought President Trump. I won. Before I can fight 428 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:11,280 Speaker 2: them and win again in twenty twenty. 429 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:13,800 Speaker 4: Eight, I mean, at this point, when the boxing starts 430 00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:18,280 Speaker 4: on the White House lawn, I imagine Gavin and President 431 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:21,440 Speaker 4: Trump will be amongst the first to enter into a fight. 432 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:24,919 Speaker 2: I know you've got your tongue firmly in cheek. But 433 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:27,160 Speaker 2: how far off do you really think we are? Don't 434 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:32,560 Speaker 2: worry about where my tongue is. Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, gosh, 435 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:34,760 Speaker 2: But how far do you think we are from White House? 436 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:37,040 Speaker 2: I mean, there's gonna be like UFC fights there soon, 437 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:39,760 Speaker 2: I think. Yeah, remember hearing, Yeah, it won't be long 438 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:43,240 Speaker 2: before our elections are chosen in the old way. 439 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:45,440 Speaker 4: Absolutely, you're going to oil up a few of these 440 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:47,679 Speaker 4: politicians and get them out there and let them just 441 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:50,080 Speaker 4: duke it out and may the best person win. 442 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:50,679 Speaker 3: We'll see. 443 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:54,320 Speaker 2: Well, don't threaten me with a good time. Next Tuesday, 444 00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:57,480 Speaker 2: that is election day. Of course, in California, you're already voting. 445 00:22:57,600 --> 00:23:00,520 Speaker 2: La County has opened an additional one one hundred and 446 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:04,879 Speaker 2: forty vote centers this weekend, and that will be in 447 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:08,119 Speaker 2: addition to the one hundred and eleven sites already established 448 00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:12,520 Speaker 2: for the November fourth statewide special election on congressional redistricting. 449 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:15,480 Speaker 2: All two hundred and fifty one vote centers will be 450 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:18,480 Speaker 2: open daily from ten am to seven pm for in 451 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:22,840 Speaker 2: person voting, voter registration and vote by mail ballot returns, 452 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:26,480 Speaker 2: and again we will have those results coming to you live. 453 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:28,800 Speaker 2: If the governor speaks on Tuesday as well. We'll carry 454 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:30,800 Speaker 2: that and we'll bring you the results from across the country. 455 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:34,320 Speaker 2: Will be a raucous good time on Tuesday night. Chris Merril, 456 00:23:34,359 --> 00:23:40,199 Speaker 2: Michael Monks here on KFI bringing you that coverage. Tiffany. 457 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:44,640 Speaker 2: There's a couple of weird stories, one tragic and one 458 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:47,560 Speaker 2: very strange, and we're going to get to those. 459 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:49,200 Speaker 3: Next things, both in time for Halloween. 460 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:53,359 Speaker 2: No kidding, monkeys on the loose with illnesses or not 461 00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:58,240 Speaker 2: or no find out, and an old guy getting killed 462 00:23:58,280 --> 00:23:58,960 Speaker 2: in the shower. 463 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,800 Speaker 3: This really really surreal way at that. 464 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:04,879 Speaker 2: We'll get those stories to you next. 465 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:09,080 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 466 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:11,720 Speaker 2: Michael Monks and rock and roll girl Tiffany Hobbs with 467 00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:16,359 Speaker 2: you until ten o'clock tonight. Boy, oh boy, something scary 468 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:19,200 Speaker 2: Halloween esque was happening. 469 00:24:19,359 --> 00:24:22,879 Speaker 9: Urgent search for dangerous research monkeys that escaped from the 470 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:26,040 Speaker 9: wreckage of a crash on a Mississippi highway. Video showing 471 00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:30,119 Speaker 9: several monkeys crawling in the grass. Heavily armed officers responding 472 00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:32,880 Speaker 9: to the scene. Authority say a truck carrying nearly two 473 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:37,200 Speaker 9: dozen reesius monkeys from two lane university overturned on Interstate 474 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:38,919 Speaker 9: fifty nine in Jasper County. 475 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:41,679 Speaker 2: So this has a couple of Halloween angles. Listening to 476 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:46,440 Speaker 2: that report one monkeys on the loose from a university, 477 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:48,960 Speaker 2: that's obviously the opener to something horrifying, but to call 478 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:52,680 Speaker 2: them Reeseiss monkeys makes them sound kind of delicious. 479 00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:58,720 Speaker 4: This story is so complicated, and it had so many legs, 480 00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:02,480 Speaker 4: no pun intended, poor monk keys. When the story broke 481 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:05,840 Speaker 4: on Tuesday, there was pandemonium. I saw this thing all 482 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 4: over social media. 483 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:07,840 Speaker 3: Monkeys on the. 484 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:13,000 Speaker 4: Loose, truck crashes, Mississippi, kind of this, you know, cauldron 485 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:17,960 Speaker 4: of just elements, and all of it led to again chaos. 486 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:23,320 Speaker 4: But as the detail started to unfold, the numbers changed, Oh, 487 00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:25,640 Speaker 4: there are this many monkeys, There are this many monkeys. 488 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:29,840 Speaker 4: The what the monkeys possessed in the form of possible 489 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:35,400 Speaker 4: diseases was being shared and then retracted. What was said 490 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:40,200 Speaker 4: by the truck driver was disputed by the university Tulane University, 491 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:43,800 Speaker 4: and what it has amounted to is a bunch of 492 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:48,639 Speaker 4: lies and monkeys that were shot and killed and. 493 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:49,640 Speaker 3: That shouldn't have been. 494 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:51,439 Speaker 2: How many monkeys, oh. 495 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:54,959 Speaker 4: Goodness, total, there were how many there were well, I 496 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:59,600 Speaker 4: know they were forty pounds total, and goodness, of course 497 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:02,199 Speaker 4: in this story that's okay, that's okay, but there were 498 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 4: quite a few monkeys there were. 499 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:05,920 Speaker 2: Good well, that was the initial report, Tiffany, was that 500 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:09,199 Speaker 2: these are monkeys that have some sort of horrible disease. 501 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:12,560 Speaker 2: I'm gonna look it up, and they need to be shot. 502 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:15,800 Speaker 2: And originally some of them had been put down, but 503 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:17,320 Speaker 2: like a couple were still on the loose. And now 504 00:26:17,359 --> 00:26:19,840 Speaker 2: that's going to create panic in the community because there 505 00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:23,320 Speaker 2: are monkeys who are contagious with something horrible and they're 506 00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:25,320 Speaker 2: on the loose in a place where they should not be. 507 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:31,480 Speaker 4: Twenty one monkeys total, Three are still outstanding, Five were 508 00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:36,600 Speaker 4: quote unquote destroyed, which is code for killed. But of 509 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:40,359 Speaker 4: the total of the twenty one monkeys, Tulane University disputed 510 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:45,359 Speaker 4: the truck driver's assertions that they were carrying infectious diseases 511 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:48,280 Speaker 4: to lane set, That's not what happened. These were not 512 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,280 Speaker 4: monkeys that were in danger. You were not in danger 513 00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:53,919 Speaker 4: as the public of these things coming into contact with 514 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:55,920 Speaker 4: you and harming you that way, that they could get 515 00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:59,760 Speaker 4: aggressive as monkeys do, but that they should not have 516 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:02,120 Speaker 4: been killed. They should have all been returned. Three are 517 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:04,240 Speaker 4: still on the loose, and I say, go monkeys. 518 00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:07,080 Speaker 2: Five put down, Five put down, and the rest had 519 00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:08,680 Speaker 2: been captured. 520 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:11,760 Speaker 4: And returned to two lane. And then three are on 521 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:13,920 Speaker 4: the loose, which I'm rooting for them. 522 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:16,680 Speaker 2: I'm for them now too, because originally you think, oh no, 523 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:19,240 Speaker 2: I mean it's it's a very sad, unfortunate situation. But 524 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:22,000 Speaker 2: if there are some sort of diseases running through these 525 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:24,560 Speaker 2: monkeys that are harmful to people, then we got to 526 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:26,639 Speaker 2: catch those monkeys. Now I'm team monkey. 527 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:27,879 Speaker 3: Now, I'm totally team monkey. 528 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:30,800 Speaker 4: And this was again all predicated upon the truck driver's 529 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:33,520 Speaker 4: account at the time, and who knows. We haven't heard 530 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:36,600 Speaker 4: a lot about the truck driver himself or herself, but 531 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:40,320 Speaker 4: we do know that what was said initially was false. 532 00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:43,760 Speaker 2: Who is the natural enemy of the monkey in the wild, 533 00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:46,199 Speaker 2: the truck driver? Yeah, I think I think so too. 534 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:48,800 Speaker 3: The point all truck drivers can't trust it. Now. 535 00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:54,960 Speaker 2: What a tragic story involving a grandfather who they're saying 536 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:59,000 Speaker 2: he was basically boiled alive. This story is horrible. In 537 00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:04,879 Speaker 2: a scalding hotel shower, KTLA reports in a lawsuit filed 538 00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:08,159 Speaker 2: earlier this month in Santa Clara County Superior Court, family 539 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:12,320 Speaker 2: members of LA resident Terrell Johnson. He was seventy two. 540 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:15,440 Speaker 2: They alleged scalding shower water as hot as one hundred 541 00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:18,080 Speaker 2: and thirty six degrees led to his death in a 542 00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:19,720 Speaker 2: hotel in San Jose, oh. 543 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:23,280 Speaker 4: He was there to visit his granddaughter, who's a gymnast 544 00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:29,120 Speaker 4: graduate from San Jose State University, and when taking a shower, 545 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:34,199 Speaker 4: something went really really wrong and his grandson actually is 546 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:37,040 Speaker 4: who found him. I can't imagine what that was like 547 00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:39,560 Speaker 4: for the grandson said. He went into the bathroom, the 548 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:42,080 Speaker 4: grandson to check on his grandfather after he'd been in 549 00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:46,959 Speaker 4: there for quite a while, and found grandfather unresponsive, partially 550 00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:50,560 Speaker 4: submerged in the bathtub, and water that was quoted as 551 00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:54,760 Speaker 4: being so hot that family members were unable to immediately 552 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:57,000 Speaker 4: pull him out. They think it got as hot as 553 00:28:57,240 --> 00:28:58,840 Speaker 4: one hundred and thirty six degrees. 554 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:04,680 Speaker 2: Combing code for California for individual showers and tub showers 555 00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:09,480 Speaker 2: should be no hotter than one hundred twenty degrees. Again, 556 00:29:09,520 --> 00:29:11,520 Speaker 2: this lawsuit says that it was as hot as one 557 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:13,480 Speaker 2: thirty four to thirty. 558 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:16,600 Speaker 4: Six King showers that are one hundred and twenty degrees. 559 00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:19,240 Speaker 2: I like a hot shower, but I don't I don't 560 00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:21,240 Speaker 2: know what the temperature is. I like it. I like 561 00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:22,640 Speaker 2: to turn a little red every now and then. 562 00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:25,720 Speaker 4: That's why your skin looks so supple. Now I understand, Yeah, 563 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:26,920 Speaker 4: you got to boil it out. 564 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:31,080 Speaker 2: Goh. I bet that this was so hot that it 565 00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:34,600 Speaker 2: shocked him. Yeah, and put him down, you know, on 566 00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:36,440 Speaker 2: the ground, and he died. 567 00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:39,160 Speaker 4: And and that there is what a lot of people 568 00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:42,760 Speaker 4: are surmising. And the coroner's report will undoubtedly be able 569 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:45,600 Speaker 4: to determine the exact cause of death, whether it happened 570 00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:50,360 Speaker 4: prior or after the water actually made contact. But the coroner, 571 00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:53,360 Speaker 4: the medical examiner there in Santa Clara County, did say 572 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:57,920 Speaker 4: that Terrell Johnson suffered burns to more than thirty three 573 00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:02,640 Speaker 4: percent of his body and those burns were caused by 574 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:08,400 Speaker 4: severe scalding. I just I can't imagine being burned is 575 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:10,280 Speaker 4: one of the worst possible things. 576 00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:13,280 Speaker 2: And then this it is. And when you're in a hotel, 577 00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:17,680 Speaker 2: it takes a moment to figure out the you know, 578 00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:19,960 Speaker 2: the handles on the shower and to know like which 579 00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:23,520 Speaker 2: direction to move it and what temperature you need. But 580 00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:25,560 Speaker 2: once you get it, right, there's really nothing better than 581 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:28,600 Speaker 2: the hotel shower because you're not paying for it. 582 00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:28,920 Speaker 5: Right. 583 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:30,720 Speaker 2: It's like we talked about the AC at the top 584 00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:32,560 Speaker 2: of the hour, Whether you turn on the AC, you know, 585 00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:35,479 Speaker 2: you can run the AC in a hotel room on 586 00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:37,560 Speaker 2: full blast and you do get free. 587 00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:40,240 Speaker 3: You're completely beholden to that greed. 588 00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:43,360 Speaker 4: And this is according to the court documents that were 589 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:46,680 Speaker 4: filed on behalf of Tarrell Johnson and his family. But 590 00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:49,560 Speaker 4: this was not a freak ass accident that it was 591 00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:53,080 Speaker 4: the quote direct result of the defendant's gross negligence and 592 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:57,640 Speaker 4: failure to meet even basic safety obligations, the defendant being 593 00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:02,560 Speaker 4: the hotel owner in sweets at the San Jose Airports. 594 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:07,200 Speaker 4: If you stay there, check your water, check your water, Yeah, 595 00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:07,640 Speaker 4: that is. 596 00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:10,440 Speaker 2: I just don't know though, if it's so hot, how 597 00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:12,680 Speaker 2: far into the water you get. I mean, like I 598 00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:15,680 Speaker 2: think everybody has, you know, you dip a toe in, 599 00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:17,760 Speaker 2: you dip a hand in a little bit, and you 600 00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:20,440 Speaker 2: pull back. It's if it's too hot. I mean, I 601 00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:22,720 Speaker 2: don't I don't know what the circumstances would have been 602 00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:25,440 Speaker 2: for somebody to feel water as hot as they say 603 00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:28,640 Speaker 2: it was and then to get all of the way 604 00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:30,280 Speaker 2: into the shower. 605 00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:32,600 Speaker 4: He might have fallen who knows, passed out. And again 606 00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:35,920 Speaker 4: the coroner's report will share with that is autopsy will 607 00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:36,680 Speaker 4: share what that is. 608 00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:39,160 Speaker 3: But tragic, horrible, horrible story. 609 00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:44,960 Speaker 2: More tales of horror and tragedy and scariness. Because it 610 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:49,560 Speaker 2: is Halloween Eve here in Burbank and across the USA, 611 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:52,840 Speaker 2: and we're going to talk our next hour about Halloween. Oh, 612 00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:54,560 Speaker 2: I'm gonna tell you right now, I don't like Halloween 613 00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:57,000 Speaker 2: and you like it. This is my sports Yeah, I 614 00:31:57,040 --> 00:31:57,400 Speaker 2: hate it. 615 00:31:57,480 --> 00:31:58,000 Speaker 3: Let's do it. 616 00:31:58,080 --> 00:31:59,360 Speaker 2: We want to hear from you all coming up in 617 00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:02,120 Speaker 2: the next hour, just about Halloween, but also the serious 618 00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:04,720 Speaker 2: topics we've been going through. How are you feeling about 619 00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:08,360 Speaker 2: the Prop fifty vote next Tuesday? What are your concerns 620 00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:12,280 Speaker 2: about the benefits? The snap benefits running out as of 621 00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:16,280 Speaker 2: Saturday this coming weekend. Open up the iHeartRadio app, click 622 00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:18,960 Speaker 2: on the talkback button. We see the ones we received already. 623 00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:20,360 Speaker 2: We're going to play some of those at the top 624 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:23,800 Speaker 2: of the next hour as we continue here with Tiffany 625 00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:27,080 Speaker 2: Hobbs and Michael Monks on KFI AM six forty. 626 00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:30,120 Speaker 1: KFI AM six forty on demand