1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. Hi there, friends, 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:09,920 Speaker 1: Chris Merril k IF I AM six forty more stimulating talk. 3 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:16,800 Speaker 1: Tonight's program, incidentally, is brought to you by Tequila Tequila 4 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:18,639 Speaker 1: when the brown water just isn't enough? 5 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:22,600 Speaker 2: Am I right? Mark? I endorsed that. Yes, that's right. 6 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 2: Co sign love that we're getting ready to go on 7 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:30,640 Speaker 2: the Aaron Marks like, I need tequila. There's no need 8 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:33,360 Speaker 2: to make me sound like a filthy alcoholic. You're not you. 9 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 2: You sip it. You have a nice sip in tequila 10 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 2: from Costco. 11 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:39,879 Speaker 3: Well not during the news, Yeah, I mean I was 12 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:41,200 Speaker 3: talking about later like a gentleman. 13 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 2: At the end of the day. News is over, my friend. 14 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 2: Yet fifteen minutes, You're good, You're fine. We're off to 15 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 2: a terrific start. The President spoke tonight, complete transparency. I 16 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 2: listened to Michael Krozer and I ran to go get 17 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:00,640 Speaker 2: Power Bawl tickets, So I missed the speaker, Like, how 18 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 2: long was it like twenty minutes? Yeah he did. That's 19 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 2: a short speech for him, isn't it. Doesn't he usually 20 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 2: go in an hour? 21 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:06,319 Speaker 4: Yeah? 22 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 2: Yeah for him? Quite sure? Yeah? Yeah, did we declare 23 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 2: war on Venezuela. 24 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 3: I was pulling into the garage at the very beginning, 25 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:16,200 Speaker 3: so he might have done it while I was parking. 26 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 2: Fooshue were listen, Did we declare war on Venezuela? Not 27 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,560 Speaker 2: that I could hear, but all right, pretty close. I 28 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:24,080 Speaker 2: don't think we missed much then, I don't think. So 29 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 2: we'll talk about what we are doing to Venezuela coming 30 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:30,679 Speaker 2: up at eight o'clock. First, I was getting ready for 31 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 2: the show here and take everything that we had, throw 32 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:36,679 Speaker 2: it all out the window because I heard the Bill 33 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 2: handle what we call a look at it kind of 34 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:41,399 Speaker 2: a tease or you know, something he did on his show, 35 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:46,479 Speaker 2: and he was talking about the end of the Obamacare 36 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 2: subsidies and how this is going to give ammunition to 37 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 2: the Democrats, and boy is it ever, especially in California. 38 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 2: I was looking at the story that NBCLA had and 39 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 2: the price increases pretty astonish. 40 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 5: Key subsidies that lower the cost of health insurance are 41 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 5: set to expire at the end of the year. Congress 42 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 5: has been debating an extension for months with no decision yet. 43 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 6: Unfortunately, if we don't see action from Washington, DC, we 44 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 6: do anticipate to see people as many as four hundred 45 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:21,920 Speaker 6: thousand leave Cover California because they can no longer afford 46 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:22,360 Speaker 6: the price. 47 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 5: Jessica Altman, executive director at Cover California, says they currently 48 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 5: ensure about two million Californians without subsidies. Premiums, she says, 49 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 5: will go up. 50 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:35,920 Speaker 2: Wait a minute, they cover two million, and we're gonna 51 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 2: lose four hundred thousand. That seems like a pretty sizable chunk. 52 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 6: On average with people on Cover California with pay if 53 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 6: they stayed enrolled in their same plan, is an increase 54 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 6: of ninety seven. 55 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 5: Percent Javas's clinics, The concern is what happens next. 56 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 7: We're gonna have people have increases in cancer, they will 57 00:02:57,560 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 7: not get preventive health services. 58 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:03,920 Speaker 2: Wow wow, ninety seven percent hit and it was so 59 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 2: cheap to begin with. Yeah right, wow a ninety percent? Yeah, no, 60 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 2: wonder everybody's dropping off. I mean, if you were relying 61 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:13,640 Speaker 2: on those subsidies, it's not like you had an extra 62 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 2: double what your your premium was in order to cover that. Meanwhile, 63 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 2: there is conversation going on a Capitol hill about trying 64 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 2: to get a vote on extending those subsidies. How'd that go? 65 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:27,680 Speaker 8: From News Nation a big day for healthcare in America, 66 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:29,360 Speaker 8: as a vote just took place in the House of 67 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 8: Representatives passing the Republican health Care Plan. 68 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 2: But also, yeah, there you go, we pass the healthcare plan. Done, 69 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 2: problem solved. All right, Well, I guess we don't have 70 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 2: to worry about it. Oh there's more right, I'll let 71 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 2: it run out here. But that sounds like everything's done. 72 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 8: Big news on the Affordable Care Act and the twenty 73 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 8: four million people who are rolled enrolled rather in Obamacare 74 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 8: as today, four House Republicans came forward and said they 75 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 8: would support an extension, a three year extension. 76 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:00,360 Speaker 2: And here's what that could mean. Oh wait, that was 77 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 2: not part of the Republican bill. Oh okay, so the 78 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 2: covered California recipients they are going to see their bill. 79 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 2: Double okay. 80 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 8: A new analysis mean if Obamacare doesn't go forward. A 81 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:16,040 Speaker 8: new analysis from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities 82 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 8: breaks down the potential impact by congressional district. It shows 83 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 8: that a forty five year old making thirty two thousand 84 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 8: dollars in these two districts in California could see their 85 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:31,720 Speaker 8: annual premium spike by almost fifteen hundred dollars. You see 86 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 8: it there from about seven hundred dollars to more than 87 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:37,160 Speaker 8: twenty one hundred dollars. And this is a story that 88 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:40,040 Speaker 8: we would see all across the country if Congress doesn't 89 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 8: extend the Obamacare tax credits. 90 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:46,279 Speaker 2: This just from a purely political sense, does this hurt 91 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:49,600 Speaker 2: the Democratic districts more or the Republican districts more? 92 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:52,359 Speaker 3: Well, people on both sides are going to suffer. And 93 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 3: you can't lose sight of that Red states. I mean, 94 00:04:55,279 --> 00:04:58,720 Speaker 3: I think, what is it the poorest states? All ten 95 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:01,159 Speaker 3: are red states. Those people are going to suffer at 96 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 3: least as much as the blue states. 97 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:08,159 Speaker 2: And most of those are like Southeastern states, right, Southern states. Okay, wow, 98 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:11,480 Speaker 2: So I wonder what the I wonder what the thought 99 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 2: process is going to be in those states. I wonder 100 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 2: if it's like, well, no, this had to happen. We 101 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:17,599 Speaker 2: got to get people off you know, they're they're leeching 102 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:19,840 Speaker 2: off of it. And then they go, wait, my wait, 103 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:22,919 Speaker 2: my stuff went up. Well I thought this was going 104 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:25,840 Speaker 2: to get the leeches and they go, oh, well yeah, 105 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:28,280 Speaker 2: well you were the one using the subsidy. I wonder 106 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:32,840 Speaker 2: how that's gonna look. Those uh, those House Republicans and 107 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 2: four of them jump sides. They went to the they 108 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 2: sided with the Democrats to try to force a vote 109 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 2: on extending the subsidies. And let me tell you how 110 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:42,960 Speaker 2: I think this is gonna shake out, and it's going 111 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:44,680 Speaker 2: to affect a lot more than the people who are 112 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:48,440 Speaker 2: just on the Affordable Care Act and receiving subsidies. This 113 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 2: is why I think it's gonna it's gonna have far 114 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:53,919 Speaker 2: reaching consequences, far beyond that. And I know there's the 115 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:55,800 Speaker 2: health concern, and I know, as Mark just said, there's 116 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:57,400 Speaker 2: gonna be people who are going to suffer on both 117 00:05:57,400 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 2: sides of the aisle. I think it's gonna be even 118 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:03,640 Speaker 2: bigger than that, because when they decided to vote to 119 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 2: reopen the government, they only voted to reopen it through 120 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:10,279 Speaker 2: the end of January. And the whole argument the whole 121 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:12,920 Speaker 2: time was the Democrats said, we're shutting down the government 122 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:14,599 Speaker 2: because we're taking a stand and we have to extend 123 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 2: the subsidies or people are gonna they're gonna lose their 124 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 2: health care right, they're not gonna be able to afford it, 125 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 2: and it's gonna cost people, and it's gonna hurt people 126 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:22,719 Speaker 2: and people might die. Okay, that was kind of their point. 127 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:27,360 Speaker 2: The Republican said, you're punishing the whole country for this policy. 128 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:30,920 Speaker 2: You can't do that. Just vote to fund the government. 129 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:34,240 Speaker 2: Just vote on the CR the continuing resolution, and then 130 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 2: we'll sit down and will negotiate, right, And the Democrats said, no, 131 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 2: we're not gonna do that because you're not going to negotiate. 132 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:43,279 Speaker 2: You're not gonna listen to us when we want to 133 00:06:43,279 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 2: extend those subsidies. And the Republicans said, you can't just 134 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 2: punish the whole country. You can't shut the whole government down. 135 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:52,359 Speaker 2: We'll sit down, we'll talk to you. So eventually the 136 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:55,360 Speaker 2: Democrats said, okay, well we got to reopen the government, 137 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 2: and they voted to to end the government shut down. 138 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 2: So then they sit down and they talk to the 139 00:07:02,839 --> 00:07:05,720 Speaker 2: Republicans and they say, okay, what about those Obamacare subsidies 140 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:07,680 Speaker 2: And the Republicans went, yeah, no, we're not going to 141 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 2: do that. And they said, no, but you were going 142 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 2: to talk about trying to find a solution here, whether 143 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 2: that was extending the subsidies but lowering the earnings cap 144 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 2: or whatever, you know, finding a compromise here, and then 145 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 2: went yeah, we're not going to do that. The government's open. 146 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 2: We got control of the House, in the Senate, in 147 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 2: the White House, we're not gonna we're not going to 148 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 2: negotiate with you. And so basically only have four Republicans 149 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 2: that went, wait a minute, wait a minute, we should 150 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 2: at least have a floor vote on this, and Mike Johnson, 151 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:32,680 Speaker 2: the Speaker of the House, said no, we're gonna do 152 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:36,000 Speaker 2: what we want to do. So these four Republicans did 153 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 2: push for it, and so at least there's going to 154 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 2: be a conversation that won't happen until January. And I 155 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:45,400 Speaker 2: don't anticipate that they're gonna that they're going to find 156 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 2: a solution here, because I think that the majority of 157 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:49,440 Speaker 2: the Republicans in the House and the Senate they're going 158 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 2: to take a hard line stance. As we know, even 159 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 2: if it gets through the House, the Senate's already poop 160 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:56,160 Speaker 2: pooed that. So then what happens come the end of January. 161 00:07:57,160 --> 00:07:59,600 Speaker 2: Come the end of January, the Democrats are going to 162 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:02,720 Speaker 2: do this same thing that they did in October, and 163 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:07,000 Speaker 2: they're gonna go, we gotta have their subsidies back, and 164 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:10,320 Speaker 2: we are not gonna We're not gonna vote to keep 165 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 2: the government open, which means everything we had with air 166 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 2: traffic controllers and uh national parks piling up with trash 167 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 2: and all this other stuff that's gonna play out again 168 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 2: starting January or excuse me, starting February first. It's all 169 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 2: gonna start again. And the Republicans are gonna say, the 170 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 2: Democrats are trying to do this, they're holding the country hostage. 171 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:32,440 Speaker 2: Why don't you just vote to reopen the government and 172 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:34,760 Speaker 2: then we'll talk about it. And the Democrats are gonna say, 173 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:38,520 Speaker 2: fool me once, shame on, shame on the fool and 174 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 2: then fool me, fool me again, and it's and it's 175 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:44,960 Speaker 2: you can't fool me again. That's what they're gonna say. 176 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:48,800 Speaker 2: That's exactly what they're gonna say. And so then what 177 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 2: happens is all of us have to go through that 178 00:08:50,559 --> 00:08:54,240 Speaker 2: entire dance that we did, that cost the the economy 179 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:58,360 Speaker 2: billions of dollars, that cost a number of people a 180 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:01,680 Speaker 2: lot of their jobs, that had air traffic controllers out 181 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 2: running door dash in uber to try to try to 182 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:07,560 Speaker 2: pay the rent that month. And I said this at 183 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:11,480 Speaker 2: the time, and boy, is gonna be wonderful vindication when 184 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 2: I'm able to say, look, I'm right, and god I 185 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:16,360 Speaker 2: hope I'm not. But I said at the time, I said, look, 186 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:19,839 Speaker 2: you're about to get your back pay. Put it all 187 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:22,680 Speaker 2: in the bank. Take every penny you can and put 188 00:09:22,679 --> 00:09:24,560 Speaker 2: it in the bank, because this is all gonna happen 189 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 2: again in ninety days, and that it is playing out 190 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:32,000 Speaker 2: exactly as we saw it exactly. There are no surprises here, 191 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:35,959 Speaker 2: So get ready for it. You're about to be asked 192 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:38,599 Speaker 2: to step up for your fellow man, to make those donations, 193 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:40,800 Speaker 2: to bring food to the food bank, to donate water 194 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:44,920 Speaker 2: to the different locations, to try to lend a hand 195 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:46,960 Speaker 2: where you can. You're gonna see the gofundmes pop up. 196 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:48,720 Speaker 2: Everything that we had before, we're gonna have it again. 197 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:52,840 Speaker 2: And this time the Democrats are not gonna cave because 198 00:09:53,640 --> 00:09:55,679 Speaker 2: the assurances that they had from the Republicans last time, 199 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:57,840 Speaker 2: they got nothing out of it, So why would they, 200 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:00,200 Speaker 2: Why would they give up any leverage that they have. 201 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 2: They're not going to do it. They will not do it, 202 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 2: all right. You've probably seen Tesla's on the road, of 203 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:09,360 Speaker 2: course we all have. They roll through an intersection, they 204 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:11,240 Speaker 2: glide down the freeway and you think, man, it would 205 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:15,440 Speaker 2: be nice if my car had a self driving autopilot mode. 206 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:19,319 Speaker 2: So now California regulators have thrown down a thirty day 207 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:22,760 Speaker 2: ultimatum over the way that Tesla markets their magic. What 208 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:25,360 Speaker 2: the state says is misleading. What happens if Tesla doesn't 209 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:26,960 Speaker 2: fix it is next. I'm Chris Merrill. 210 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:30,920 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 211 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:35,000 Speaker 2: Remember, if you are on the app, you can hit 212 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 2: that talk back button and let us know what you think. Questions, comments, cripts, quotes, criticism, compliments. 213 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 2: Love to hear whatever it is that you have to say. 214 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:43,960 Speaker 2: And I do take a look at everything like it, 215 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:46,600 Speaker 2: hate it, whatever it is. I see everything. I got 216 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:49,160 Speaker 2: a nice one tonight, Mark, I don't believe it. No, 217 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:52,840 Speaker 2: it's true. I take this as a super high compliment. Okay, 218 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:55,960 Speaker 2: all right, No, it's not that it would be funny 219 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:57,880 Speaker 2: if I dropped this one on you from yesterday. Chris 220 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:03,120 Speaker 2: Merrill's show is absolute huh terrific. No, but that's not 221 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:03,760 Speaker 2: what we got, Tony. 222 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:07,319 Speaker 3: I'm glad you decided not to do that. 223 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:13,400 Speaker 7: Predictable predictable, Hey, Chris, happy when to say the other 224 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:16,319 Speaker 7: day I called and said you were known for doing 225 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:20,520 Speaker 7: these skits and using a lot of different voices. Well, 226 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:22,079 Speaker 7: the guy who actually did it. 227 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:23,000 Speaker 2: His name is. 228 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:26,440 Speaker 7: Phil Henry h. 229 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 4: R. 230 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:30,760 Speaker 2: Hen He's a riot. 231 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:34,439 Speaker 7: Yeah, somehow I thought that you the voice sound of 232 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:38,840 Speaker 7: wow obviously wrong. Talented. 233 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:41,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, he said, he's as talent as you. Uh. Look, 234 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:44,319 Speaker 2: nobody is more talented than Phil Henry. 235 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 7: Oh. 236 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,240 Speaker 3: I got the chance to tell Phil Henry in person 237 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 3: a few months ago when he was visiting that he 238 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:51,360 Speaker 3: personally had made me incontinent. 239 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:57,360 Speaker 2: He's hilarious. That is quite that is honestly, that is 240 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:00,120 Speaker 2: quite a compliment. Like for real, Oh my gosh, there 241 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:02,680 Speaker 2: is nobody more talented than Phil Henry. Who would you know, 242 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:06,079 Speaker 2: shared this studio, well, the other studio before the remodeling, 243 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:10,560 Speaker 2: for years, and I had early in my career, I 244 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:14,160 Speaker 2: had the honor of putting him on my station twice 245 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:18,440 Speaker 2: because Phil was Phil was syndicated and and of course 246 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 2: he originated here, and so I was. I was the 247 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:27,160 Speaker 2: operations manager at a station in Kansas, and and I 248 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:29,199 Speaker 2: had the honor of putting him on. It became available, 249 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:30,440 Speaker 2: and I said, yeah, we got to get we got 250 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 2: to get this show on. It's so good. And I 251 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:35,920 Speaker 2: would just same thing as you, Mark. I was just 252 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 2: die laughing because the thing is, so many people didn't 253 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:42,400 Speaker 2: get the joke, and that is that he didn't have guests. 254 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:44,640 Speaker 2: It was him doing all the voices, and they were 255 00:12:44,679 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 2: all outrageous and it would just infuriate people and it 256 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:48,559 Speaker 2: was so funny. 257 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 3: I don't know how he kept from breaking more often 258 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:53,800 Speaker 3: than he did, because he really drove things into the ground. 259 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:56,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, you know my understanding, and I think Krozier produced 260 00:12:56,320 --> 00:12:59,120 Speaker 2: for him. Yeah. My understanding is he was very clinical 261 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:01,480 Speaker 2: about the whole thing. He says, this is this is 262 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:03,920 Speaker 2: the bit, this is what we're doing. Now which direction 263 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:05,839 Speaker 2: are we going? And he was he was like, how 264 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:07,280 Speaker 2: do we get the most out of this? I mean, 265 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:11,360 Speaker 2: just a brilliant radio mind and an incredible performer and 266 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:14,079 Speaker 2: Phil still all over. I mean, you hear his voice everywhere. 267 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 2: He does so much voiceover work, whether it's just straight 268 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:19,720 Speaker 2: voiceover work or character work and cartoons and things like that, 269 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:21,640 Speaker 2: He's just everywhere. So thank you. I'm going to take 270 00:13:21,679 --> 00:13:24,040 Speaker 2: that as a high compliment. I'm nowhere close to the 271 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:26,199 Speaker 2: talent that he had, but I appreciate it, thank you 272 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:30,560 Speaker 2: so much. In the meantime, I got a buddy that 273 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:34,319 Speaker 2: just bought a Tesla, and he said that it the 274 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:36,800 Speaker 2: new Tesla. I think he's got like a thirty day 275 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:39,800 Speaker 2: trial on the autopilot and then you have to pay 276 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:43,920 Speaker 2: for the subscription. Do I have that right? I'm getting this. 277 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:46,640 Speaker 2: This is my buddy telling me what his understanding was 278 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:49,959 Speaker 2: of his new car, and the autopilot always intrigued me. 279 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:53,120 Speaker 2: I had a friend here that got a Tesla when 280 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:55,600 Speaker 2: it first came out with the autopilot, and I said, 281 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:58,079 Speaker 2: that must be amazing because you can just set it 282 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:00,679 Speaker 2: like if you're stuck in traffic. You just said that autopilot, 283 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:03,479 Speaker 2: it just takes care of it for you, and that's fantastic. 284 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:06,160 Speaker 2: And now other cars have kind of caught up and 285 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:10,199 Speaker 2: they've got like stop and go, cruise control, that kind 286 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:13,280 Speaker 2: of thing. Even my car has that, but after it's 287 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:14,679 Speaker 2: been stopped for a few minutes, then I have to 288 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:17,679 Speaker 2: kind of tell it go again, that sort of thing. Anyway, 289 00:14:17,679 --> 00:14:20,240 Speaker 2: with the Tesla, I always thought that was really cool. Well, 290 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:23,160 Speaker 2: Stay to California says, yeah, it's cool, but you can't 291 00:14:23,160 --> 00:14:27,240 Speaker 2: call it autopilot because it's not from CBSA San Diego. 292 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 9: Could Tesla be banned from selling cars here in California? 293 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 10: It's a possibility. Let me give you some background. 294 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:33,720 Speaker 2: Yeah please. 295 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:34,800 Speaker 10: A few years. 296 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:38,080 Speaker 9: Ago, the DMV sued Tesla, saying it's advertising was. 297 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:40,200 Speaker 10: Deceptive to consumers. 298 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:42,920 Speaker 9: By telling them their cars were fully self driving even 299 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:44,000 Speaker 9: though they're not autonomous. 300 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 10: Drivers need to pay attention. 301 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's true. 302 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:50,000 Speaker 9: So a judge ruled in the DMV's favor and said 303 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 9: Tesla should have their license to sell and manufacture cars 304 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:56,680 Speaker 9: here in California revoked for thirty days immediately. Well, this week, 305 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:59,320 Speaker 9: the DMV decided to give Tesla a break. They said, 306 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:03,320 Speaker 9: you can continue to manufacture cars as for selling them 307 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:06,920 Speaker 9: if you fix those advertising issues within sixty days. So, 308 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:09,400 Speaker 9: in other words, take the wording off your website or 309 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:13,359 Speaker 9: wherever it exists. If you do that, you can continue 310 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:15,760 Speaker 9: to sell your vehicles here in California. 311 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:16,920 Speaker 10: But if you don't do. 312 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:20,480 Speaker 9: That within sixty days, you will be banned from selling 313 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 9: Tesla's in the state of California for an entire month. 314 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:28,640 Speaker 2: Wow you think Tesla does. I mean, we're their biggest customer. 315 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:31,600 Speaker 2: This state is the biggest customer base in the country. 316 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 2: I can't see Tesla saying, yeah, let's just let's just 317 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:39,080 Speaker 2: not sell cars in California for a while. I gotta 318 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:41,120 Speaker 2: believe they're going to take that, They're going to reward 319 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:44,360 Speaker 2: their stuff. I gotta believe that there are teams of 320 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:50,800 Speaker 2: people plugging in prompts to groc to say, rewrite our advertising, 321 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:53,080 Speaker 2: because obviously they're not going to do it. We've fired 322 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 2: all the creatives. We just let the AI write everything out. 323 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:58,240 Speaker 2: So I gotta believe that there's a huge team that's 324 00:15:58,240 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 2: going to do that. I don't think Tesla's are going 325 00:15:59,880 --> 00:16:03,320 Speaker 2: to be band interesting story too. When Tesla first started 326 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:06,280 Speaker 2: introducing the autopilot and Elon Musk was talking about this, 327 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:08,480 Speaker 2: I think the Model S was the only thing that 328 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:10,760 Speaker 2: was out at the time, and I was having a 329 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:13,520 Speaker 2: conversation with another friend of mine who's a car guy, 330 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:16,480 Speaker 2: and I said, how is this? You know, where does 331 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:18,320 Speaker 2: this go? Does this? How does this playout? They said, 332 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:21,400 Speaker 2: We're going to see more people. And this was before 333 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:24,600 Speaker 2: we had things like I mean, Uber was around, Lift 334 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:27,200 Speaker 2: was around, but they said this, They go, there's going 335 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:29,280 Speaker 2: to be people that are going to buy a car 336 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:32,320 Speaker 2: like a Tesla. They're going to charge it at night, 337 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:34,960 Speaker 2: then they're going to take it to work, and then 338 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:37,760 Speaker 2: they're gonna have Tesla. They're gonna have their car go 339 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:40,880 Speaker 2: earn money for them And I said, how so the 340 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:42,920 Speaker 2: car can drive itself. They said that in the future, 341 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:44,800 Speaker 2: the car will be able to drive itself. They can 342 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:47,840 Speaker 2: just tell their car basically just go be a taxi 343 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:49,760 Speaker 2: for the next eight hours and then pick come pick 344 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:52,440 Speaker 2: me up at the end of work. And I thought, wow, 345 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:56,400 Speaker 2: what an interesting concept. I think my friend was wrong 346 00:16:57,080 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 2: because and this is where he was shortsighted. What's in 347 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:04,280 Speaker 2: it for Tesla? Because now we do have the autonomous 348 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:06,760 Speaker 2: taxis right, we do have the self driving cabs the 349 00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:08,880 Speaker 2: way Mos, and now Tesla's doing this in a number 350 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:11,639 Speaker 2: of markets as well, and so that is happening, but 351 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:14,480 Speaker 2: it's not from the car owners. It's from the manufacturer 352 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:17,320 Speaker 2: or it's from the parent company because they want to 353 00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:21,000 Speaker 2: make the money. So while I thought my friend was 354 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:24,679 Speaker 2: pretty close, he was off on one major thing, and 355 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:26,600 Speaker 2: that is that if you own the car, you're not 356 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:29,119 Speaker 2: going to make any money because they're going to make 357 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:33,760 Speaker 2: all the money. Still, it's a pretty good prediction. 358 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:36,000 Speaker 3: And then you have to factor in all the recalls 359 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:39,240 Speaker 3: from Tesla. Oh my gosh, I mean, how often are 360 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:40,240 Speaker 3: you going to be without a car. 361 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:43,800 Speaker 2: Everybody is. Everybody is recalling their cars faster, and I 362 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:46,920 Speaker 2: think it's because there's so much technology that's going into 363 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:49,200 Speaker 2: the vehicles now and they're cranking them out as quickly 364 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:51,080 Speaker 2: as they can. They try to advance their cars as 365 00:17:51,119 --> 00:17:53,480 Speaker 2: quickly as they cancel. The next model year is better 366 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:56,440 Speaker 2: than their competition, and they're all it's like this technology 367 00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:59,520 Speaker 2: arms race, and as a result, it doesn't get the 368 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:02,640 Speaker 2: kind of thorough testing that we used to have before 369 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:05,600 Speaker 2: everything was so technical, before everything was so digitized, and 370 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 2: you know, I mean the basic computer told you how 371 00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:12,639 Speaker 2: much gas you had left and if your oxygen sensor 372 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:15,760 Speaker 2: was was on the fritz. Now the computers are wild. 373 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 3: This makes me feel like such a ludd eye because 374 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:19,720 Speaker 3: just like I don't want a smart TV, i'd like 375 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:20,600 Speaker 3: a dumb car too. 376 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:26,679 Speaker 2: Well. They're cheaper, not as much fun though. The TVs no, 377 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:29,880 Speaker 2: oh no, the cars, oh I yeah, I don't want that. 378 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:33,000 Speaker 2: You don't want to go when I dumb TV too? 379 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:37,200 Speaker 3: I troll uh the Internet for cars pretty frequently. Yeah yeah, 380 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:39,439 Speaker 3: And I'm always looking for something that woulds been in 381 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:43,440 Speaker 3: like a senior citizen's garage for decades. I do not 382 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:45,359 Speaker 3: want a new totally computerized car. 383 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:47,199 Speaker 2: I got some bad news for you on that, and 384 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:49,320 Speaker 2: that is that I'm the guy you want to buy 385 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:51,440 Speaker 2: a car from because I washed my car twice a week. 386 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:53,280 Speaker 2: I vacuum it out. It's two years old. It looks 387 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:54,840 Speaker 2: like it just rolled off the lot. I have very 388 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:56,600 Speaker 2: few miles on it. But it's also loaded with a 389 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 2: bunch of the tech that you would hate. So it's yeah, 390 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:01,480 Speaker 2: that doesn't help it. Yeah, mixed bag can't work with 391 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:04,600 Speaker 2: it all right. Hollywood tragedy turning personal, The children of 392 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:09,120 Speaker 2: Rob Reiner are and his wife, of course, Michelle Singer Rider, 393 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:12,520 Speaker 2: are breaking their stileas about their parents' death and the 394 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:15,800 Speaker 2: arrest of their brother. What they're saying, it may make 395 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:18,440 Speaker 2: you change how you're feeling about this whole case. That's next. 396 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:22,880 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 397 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:27,359 Speaker 2: Horrific Hollywood Murder. And then we're also coming up on 398 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:31,320 Speaker 2: almost thirty years down another really high profile murder where 399 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:37,880 Speaker 2: they never caught the killer. That is ahead and how 400 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:40,840 Speaker 2: to take oil in one easy step That is coming 401 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:42,640 Speaker 2: up here after eight o'clock as well. I'm Chris Merrill 402 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:47,320 Speaker 2: AM six forty. Listen anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app. Remember, 403 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:48,760 Speaker 2: whenever you're on that app, you can hit that talk 404 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:50,919 Speaker 2: back button and leave a message. And I see all 405 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:52,720 Speaker 2: of them, good, bad and different, whatever it is. I 406 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:56,200 Speaker 2: appreciate everybody that's popped on wish me well. I appreciate 407 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:58,640 Speaker 2: those of you who are listening. Because you hate listen too, 408 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:00,680 Speaker 2: that's fine with me. I don't care along as you're listened, 409 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:05,360 Speaker 2: So thank you for that. Every day we've got more 410 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:09,560 Speaker 2: on the Rob Reiner and Michelle Singer Reiner murder story. 411 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:13,159 Speaker 2: Of course, the well, it wasn't an arraignment today. That 412 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:16,159 Speaker 2: was kind of a weird thing, a little bizarre. I 413 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:17,960 Speaker 2: didn't expect that, but I'm not a lawyer, so I 414 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:19,920 Speaker 2: don't know exactly why they did it. But they waved 415 00:20:19,920 --> 00:20:22,879 Speaker 2: their right to a speedy arraignment, which I thought was unique. 416 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:24,640 Speaker 2: ABC seven was talking about that as well. 417 00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:26,800 Speaker 11: I can tell you that it all happened very quickly, 418 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:29,479 Speaker 11: in just a matter of minutes. We did see Nick Reiner. 419 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:32,360 Speaker 11: He was sitting behind glass. The judge did ask us 420 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:35,080 Speaker 11: not to show his face on camera. His defense team, 421 00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 11: including his attorney Alan Jackson, was also physically in front 422 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:40,359 Speaker 11: of him, blocking the media from seeing him as much 423 00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:42,720 Speaker 11: as possible. We did catch a glimpse of him, though 424 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 11: he appeared calm and quiet, mostly just looking forward at 425 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:48,959 Speaker 11: the glass and only speaking briefly when spoken to by 426 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:52,040 Speaker 11: the judge or Jackson. And as we reported the big 427 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:54,719 Speaker 11: headline to come out of court today, Reiner waved his 428 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:57,920 Speaker 11: right to a speedy arraignment. They delayed that arraignment until 429 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:01,080 Speaker 11: January seventh, his defense attorney giving us just a brief 430 00:21:01,119 --> 00:21:03,760 Speaker 11: statement outside, of course, this. 431 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:08,120 Speaker 4: Is a devastating tragedy that has befallen the Rhiner families. 432 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:10,840 Speaker 4: We all recognize that our hearts go out to the 433 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:17,200 Speaker 4: entire Rhiner family. There are very, very complex and serious 434 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:22,360 Speaker 4: issues that are associated with this case. They just need 435 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:27,720 Speaker 4: to be thoroughly but very carefully dealt with and examined 436 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:33,240 Speaker 4: and looked at and analyzed. We asked that during this 437 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:36,159 Speaker 4: process you allow the system to move forward in the 438 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:38,359 Speaker 4: way that it was designed to move forward, not with 439 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 4: the rush to judgment, not with jumping to conclusions, but 440 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:46,159 Speaker 4: with restraint and with dignity and with the respect that 441 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:50,640 Speaker 4: this system and this process deserves and that the family deserves. 442 00:21:50,920 --> 00:21:53,800 Speaker 2: Boy, he is dramatic. That's the lawyer Alan Jackson. Who 443 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:57,520 Speaker 2: Alan Jackson. I think I mentioned he represented Karen Reid, 444 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:01,560 Speaker 2: really high profile case in New York where she was 445 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:06,200 Speaker 2: just acquitted, right, Yeah, that's right. Yeah. He also represented 446 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 2: Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey. Okay, a little bit of 447 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:12,720 Speaker 2: a spotty record there with the last two. That's like 448 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:15,359 Speaker 2: the first thing they say now every time they mention him. Oh, 449 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:20,000 Speaker 2: the Weinstein, Weinstein. Yeah, well even Kevin Spacey wasn't his stuff, 450 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:24,800 Speaker 2: wasn't He only charged in England, one of the European countries, 451 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:26,520 Speaker 2: and then didn't they overturn that? Yeah? 452 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:30,359 Speaker 3: I think he got off, so to speak. But his 453 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:33,200 Speaker 3: reputational damage I think had neither matter entirely. 454 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:35,720 Speaker 2: Right. Yeah, not great, not great at all. Harvey Weinstein 455 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:39,160 Speaker 2: though not the outcome any defense attorney would want. 456 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:41,800 Speaker 3: He was not great in fact, not that you bring 457 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:44,240 Speaker 3: it up. The last I read about Spacey was that 458 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:46,199 Speaker 3: wasn't he facing homelessness? 459 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:49,080 Speaker 2: Oh? No, he was. Yeah, he was having some problems. 460 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:51,840 Speaker 2: I know that. Yeah, I mean that's not all on 461 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:54,560 Speaker 2: his attorney, but no, I think it's on him. You 462 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:57,560 Speaker 2: got to yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, but I think he was. 463 00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:01,399 Speaker 2: I think somebody just hired him. I think he was 464 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:05,640 Speaker 2: I think he's working again. Really, yeah, I got it. 465 00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:07,200 Speaker 2: It seems like it's been six or eight weeks since 466 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:09,239 Speaker 2: I saw that I might need to I might need 467 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 2: to baning that when we're when we're out, yes, being 468 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,480 Speaker 2: it thoroughly, I will, I will bang away. So why 469 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:16,840 Speaker 2: would you? Why would you waive a speedy arraignment? So 470 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:19,840 Speaker 2: the arrangment is quite simply when the court says, here's 471 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:22,560 Speaker 2: what you're being charged with, right, and then the defendant 472 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:25,360 Speaker 2: pleads and an arraignment they always plead not guilty, right, 473 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:29,480 Speaker 2: and then the judge will set bail or release conditions 474 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:31,879 Speaker 2: of that kind of stuff. And so you are entitled 475 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:35,000 Speaker 2: to a speedy arraignment, meaning you you can have that, 476 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:37,600 Speaker 2: and it's usually like twenty four forty eight seventy two 477 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:39,520 Speaker 2: hours if there's a weekend or a holiday or something 478 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:43,000 Speaker 2: like that. And the idea behind a speedy arrangment is 479 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:45,879 Speaker 2: so that you don't get picked up and then thrown 480 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:49,720 Speaker 2: in a cage and then left there and then forgotten about. 481 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:52,200 Speaker 2: And I think we can all think of examples where 482 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:54,640 Speaker 2: that may have happened. Oh I've been I've been arrested 483 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:56,679 Speaker 2: but not charged, and now they're holding me and they 484 00:23:56,680 --> 00:24:00,280 Speaker 2: can't hold you indefinitely, is the deal. So why would 485 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:02,359 Speaker 2: you wave your right to that? Well, the reason you 486 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:06,919 Speaker 2: wave your right to that is for the defense. They're prepping, 487 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:10,800 Speaker 2: They're doing everything they can to start to start figuring 488 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:13,080 Speaker 2: out where are we going with this, how are we 489 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:16,040 Speaker 2: gonna you know, what is our defense going to look like? 490 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:21,679 Speaker 2: Defense wants to slow the trial calendar down? And what 491 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:26,600 Speaker 2: do they say? Justice delayed is justice denied? Which is 492 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:29,320 Speaker 2: so part of the right to a speedy trial in 493 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:31,520 Speaker 2: the United States is so that every defendant has the 494 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:33,800 Speaker 2: opportunity to not have not be locked up in the 495 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:37,320 Speaker 2: key thrown away. But it's also for the victims, so 496 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:39,600 Speaker 2: that the victims can have closure, so that they get 497 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:42,040 Speaker 2: justice in a in a much more timely manner. However, 498 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:44,920 Speaker 2: when you've got a high profile case like this, they're 499 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:46,479 Speaker 2: going to say, let's slow this down as much as 500 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:51,160 Speaker 2: we can. They're probably going to take and have conversations 501 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:53,639 Speaker 2: with Nick about where were you, what were you doing? 502 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:57,120 Speaker 2: You know, they're they're already tracking like what is the time, 503 00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:59,919 Speaker 2: what were his movements from the from that entire weekend 504 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:02,800 Speaker 2: from the party to the time that that he allegedly 505 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:04,879 Speaker 2: killed his parents. So they're gonna go through all this 506 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:07,160 Speaker 2: and they're gonna try to figure out was he on drugs. 507 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:10,040 Speaker 2: If he was on drugs, can they get him some 508 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:12,040 Speaker 2: sort of a treatment plan so that they can say 509 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:14,760 Speaker 2: to the judge, you shouldn't deny him bail. He's getting treatment, 510 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:17,840 Speaker 2: he's got support, he's got YadA, YadA YadA. Judge is 511 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:21,600 Speaker 2: probably not gonna give him an easy bail. I'm gonna 512 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:26,640 Speaker 2: guess that he's not gonna see daylight unless he's acquitted. 513 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:29,760 Speaker 2: But just the same, they're gonna do everything they can. 514 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:31,719 Speaker 2: They're gonna go through all the different steps, and then 515 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:34,719 Speaker 2: they are going to do everything they can to slow 516 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:40,879 Speaker 2: the pace down and control that timeline. That's the idea. 517 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:45,920 Speaker 2: That's why they're waiving the the speedy arrangement. So there's 518 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:52,639 Speaker 2: your latest on that. No, I've got lots more to say, Foosh, 519 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:55,160 Speaker 2: But you yelled at me for being laid on brakes yesterday, 520 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:57,920 Speaker 2: so I'm trying to I'm trying to honor the clock 521 00:25:57,960 --> 00:25:59,720 Speaker 2: a little better tonight. Well, thank you. 522 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:01,959 Speaker 3: We got so much more to say though, now that 523 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:04,240 Speaker 3: Fush is back, he's merciless with everybody. 524 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:07,399 Speaker 2: He's so bad isn't he? He's just the worst. 525 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:09,200 Speaker 3: He someone's got to keep you guys in line, comes 526 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:10,800 Speaker 3: right back and starts cracking the whip. 527 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:13,040 Speaker 2: I know it. Listen, listen to the way he talks 528 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:19,879 Speaker 2: to us. He says, where his employees unbelievable. This guy unbelievable. Right, 529 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:22,120 Speaker 2: It's been thirty years ago since a six year old 530 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:25,360 Speaker 2: was found dead and it haunted the nation. Now we've 531 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:28,680 Speaker 2: got DNA breakthroughs, there's fresh evidence and there's more public pressure, 532 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:32,000 Speaker 2: reigniting hope that her killer may finally be found. What 533 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:35,119 Speaker 2: has changed and why you're gonna be talking about it 534 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:36,359 Speaker 2: tomorrow is next. 535 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:40,720 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 536 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:46,480 Speaker 2: It's Chris Merril. 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After eight o'clock, 544 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:15,359 Speaker 2: it was almost thirty years ago and Christmas morning we 545 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:17,879 Speaker 2: woke up and went, oh, Merry Christmas, and then all 546 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 2: of a sudden, the world turned to this bizarre murder 547 00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:23,760 Speaker 2: of a six year old girl in Colorado, Jean Benet 548 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:29,360 Speaker 2: Ramsey's murder, still unsolved, found dead in her family's basement. 549 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:33,040 Speaker 2: Horrific story where at one point they thought it was 550 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:36,960 Speaker 2: the sun that did it. This was all around. Remember 551 00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:39,440 Speaker 2: where the OJ thing going on, and then this came out. 552 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:42,719 Speaker 2: It was it was like we were in the in 553 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:47,800 Speaker 2: the infancy of true crime spectacles in the early and 554 00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:50,919 Speaker 2: mid nineties. I mean, of course La was at the 555 00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:53,840 Speaker 2: center of it with Rodney King. It was at ninety two, 556 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:58,800 Speaker 2: and then OJ, and then the OJ trial and the 557 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:02,760 Speaker 2: the Menendez brothers, which, by the way, all of the 558 00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:04,960 Speaker 2: with the exception Rodney King, all of these are like 559 00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:07,800 Speaker 2: back in the news this year. Right, we had the 560 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:13,120 Speaker 2: anniversary of the chase. We had the Menendez brothers who 561 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:15,160 Speaker 2: for the last year it was a will they won't 562 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:17,560 Speaker 2: they get released kind of thing, And now all of 563 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:21,000 Speaker 2: a sudden, Jean Benet Ramsey is back in the headlines. 564 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:24,320 Speaker 2: In fact, I think Katla is doing a special on 565 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:27,600 Speaker 2: that tonight. I think you're doing it tonight. 566 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:31,440 Speaker 12: An autopsy revealed the cause of her death was strangulation 567 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:34,920 Speaker 12: along with head trauma. John says, jump that we knew 568 00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:39,160 Speaker 12: John Benet had been sexually assaulted with a paintbrush. 569 00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:40,040 Speaker 2: Handle that I didn't know. 570 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:44,480 Speaker 12: Oh my gosh, DNA was found and his daughter's underwear 571 00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:46,480 Speaker 12: and under her fingernails. 572 00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:48,680 Speaker 2: But I think we knew that too. So this is 573 00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:49,880 Speaker 2: her father speaking. John. 574 00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:55,440 Speaker 13: A number of items were sent off to be tested items, 575 00:28:55,560 --> 00:29:01,560 Speaker 13: and he recovered and told this identified male DNA in 576 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:03,760 Speaker 13: her night clothing underwear. 577 00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:04,760 Speaker 10: He tells us. 578 00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:08,720 Speaker 12: The Boulder Police Department made many mistakes from the start, 579 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:14,680 Speaker 12: including only focusing their investigation on John, his now deceased wife, Patsy, 580 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:17,920 Speaker 12: and their son Burke, who was only nine at the time. 581 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:20,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, I remember when. For the longest time, it was like, 582 00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:21,840 Speaker 2: well the parents did it, and then it was like, oh, 583 00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:23,400 Speaker 2: the brother did it, and that's why he put her 584 00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:25,920 Speaker 2: in the basement and he was trying to cover it up. 585 00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:28,200 Speaker 2: And no, none of that panned out. 586 00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:31,280 Speaker 12: But in two thousand and six, the new district attorney 587 00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:35,720 Speaker 12: took advantage of new technology and ordered more DNA testing. 588 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:39,520 Speaker 2: Okay, that was ten years after the murder. That was 589 00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:42,680 Speaker 2: almost twenty years ago. Today. What's going on that. 590 00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:48,560 Speaker 13: Gave her the confidence to to declare that clearly it 591 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:51,960 Speaker 13: was an intruder and she wrote a letter of apologize 592 00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:54,520 Speaker 13: and Claire to us as suspects. 593 00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:59,400 Speaker 2: Can you imagine being a suspect in your child's brutal 594 00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:03,200 Speaker 2: murder for ten years before somebody finally does the police 595 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:08,360 Speaker 2: work and rules you out. Oh, you're trying to mourn 596 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:10,440 Speaker 2: your daughter. The whole country things you did it and 597 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:12,560 Speaker 2: you're getting away with it. Just horrible. 598 00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:16,000 Speaker 12: Bolder Police Department has changed stopping over the years and 599 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:19,320 Speaker 12: become a police force that John is hopeful may finally 600 00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:21,440 Speaker 12: be able to solve his daughter's murder. 601 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:23,160 Speaker 10: The department has told him. 602 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:25,960 Speaker 12: They're currently actively working on the case. 603 00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:30,480 Speaker 2: If you're the Bolder Police, though, how much are you 604 00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:33,880 Speaker 2: really how much effort are you putting into this? Bolder 605 00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:37,560 Speaker 2: Police update an annual update, police reaffirmed that the case 606 00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:41,000 Speaker 2: remains a quote top priority and said that they are 607 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:43,560 Speaker 2: following leads with help from the FBI and state agencies. 608 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:47,800 Speaker 2: I'm sorry, I don't believe it. I just don't believe it. 609 00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:50,920 Speaker 2: I don't think so. Now, maybe you have a cold 610 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:55,360 Speaker 2: case unit good and maybe that cold case unit is 611 00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:58,080 Speaker 2: working on this as well as any other cold cases, 612 00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:00,720 Speaker 2: and it is as much a priority as anything else. 613 00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:03,600 Speaker 2: But you can't tell me that you're putting as much 614 00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:07,440 Speaker 2: effort into a thirty year cold case as you are 615 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:13,360 Speaker 2: into something that freshly happens on campus at University of Colorado, 616 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:16,480 Speaker 2: which is in Bolder. See I pulled a local See 617 00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:18,760 Speaker 2: how I did that. I took something that was local 618 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:22,440 Speaker 2: to them, and then I localized it. See as professionalism 619 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:25,600 Speaker 2: and as you are a complete pro thing, go thank 620 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:27,600 Speaker 2: you that the words act after. 621 00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:30,520 Speaker 10: He hopes. 622 00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:34,520 Speaker 12: This includes retesting the mysterious male DNA found at the 623 00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:40,400 Speaker 12: scene in the latest format necessary to do investigative genetic genealogy. 624 00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:43,880 Speaker 2: It was Oh, this is how they got the Golden 625 00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:44,480 Speaker 2: State killer. 626 00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:49,880 Speaker 13: It was first used by a technology focused police department 627 00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:53,680 Speaker 13: of California that identified the Golden Stake killer. I just 628 00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:55,640 Speaker 13: said that forty year old cold case. 629 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:59,920 Speaker 12: This would allow detectives to use public databases to potential 630 00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:04,400 Speaker 12: find the suspects relatives, and then possibly lead to the 631 00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:07,040 Speaker 12: killer and justice for John Bennet. 632 00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:09,280 Speaker 2: Which is why there are a lot of people that 633 00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:13,080 Speaker 2: are going, I don't want my stuff made public. I 634 00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:14,960 Speaker 2: don't want it made public. I don't want it out there. 635 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:18,720 Speaker 2: I don't want to get dragged into this stuff. But man, 636 00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:21,080 Speaker 2: what if you could what if you could end a 637 00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:25,120 Speaker 2: case like that? Mine, by the way, is out there, 638 00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:27,040 Speaker 2: and I said, you can go ahead and use it. 639 00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:30,200 Speaker 2: I don't care. You find out that my brother is 640 00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:34,280 Speaker 2: a serial killer, Great, that's fine. You should lock him up, 641 00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:36,760 Speaker 2: he should pay the consequences, and I should get a 642 00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:39,600 Speaker 2: book deal. So as far as I'm concerned, use my DNA. 643 00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:43,680 Speaker 2: That's fantastic anyway, I think again, I think Katla is 644 00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:45,480 Speaker 2: running a specially on that tonight. It's all over. It's 645 00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:47,640 Speaker 2: all over the news. A lot of people have updates 646 00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:50,960 Speaker 2: on this because they're all thinking the DNA and genealogy 647 00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:53,840 Speaker 2: stuff might be what it takes to solve this case. 648 00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:55,960 Speaker 2: I don't know why it's taken them so long since 649 00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:59,360 Speaker 2: we got resolution on the Golden State killer. Feels like 650 00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:01,480 Speaker 2: that's something that if this in fact were a top 651 00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:04,080 Speaker 2: priority and they knew of that emerging technology, that would 652 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:06,400 Speaker 2: have jumped on it sooner. But what do I know? 653 00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:07,880 Speaker 2: What do I know? 654 00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:08,320 Speaker 3: To me? 655 00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:14,080 Speaker 2: Top priority means it's something that you put a rush on. Evidently, 656 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:19,040 Speaker 2: to the Boulder Police Department Top priority means it's not 657 00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:24,640 Speaker 2: going anywhere. Hey. You know international disputes, and we think 658 00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:28,000 Speaker 2: of those disputes and we think of tariffs and saber rattling, 659 00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:32,360 Speaker 2: tough talk. But this international dispute has the President claiming 660 00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:35,400 Speaker 2: in other country's oil and land actually belongs to the 661 00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:41,240 Speaker 2: United States and is threatening action until it's return. How 662 00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:44,680 Speaker 2: that claim is shaking up global diplomacy and our own 663 00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:47,920 Speaker 2: California energy markets is next. 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