1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:04,200 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand by 2 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:04,960 Speaker 1: there Chris. 3 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:11,920 Speaker 2: Merril, KFIM sixty on demand anytime, the iHeartRadio app always 4 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 2: always exciting, and I get it. Hang out with you. 5 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:19,480 Speaker 2: I mean, I'm not as cool as Mark Ronner, who 6 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:24,440 Speaker 2: basically told Tim Conway Junior to you know, jump off 7 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 2: a pier or something. I just hang on here, show 8 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 2: some restrengths. Please look like I'm a mini stalker of 9 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:34,479 Speaker 2: Tim Conway Junior. Okay, which is why whatever I'm I'm on. 10 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 2: He never wants to talk to me because he knows 11 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 2: I'm just completely enthralled with him. What are you gonna 12 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:42,479 Speaker 2: start saying ding dong back to him? What's going on? Uh? 13 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 2: He told me I was doing it wrong. I'm not 14 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 2: allowed to say ding dong anymore. I didn't know the rules. Yeah, yeah, okay, 15 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:49,879 Speaker 2: and uh. And so then I hear him inviting you 16 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 2: to go hang out at Morongo and You're like, yeah, 17 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:54,320 Speaker 2: I don't know. I mean it sounds okay, but whatever. 18 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 2: And meanwhile I'm sitting, you know, in the green room, 19 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:00,280 Speaker 2: getting ready to come on, and I'm going, oh, we 20 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 2: got some fun, invite me. I want to go. I 21 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:06,080 Speaker 2: want to go. Can I be your friend? Can I 22 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 2: be your friend? 23 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 3: Tim? 24 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 2: Could I be your friend? Let me just say I've 25 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 2: only lived in La seven years as of right about now, 26 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 2: and I moved from Seattle, where things are a lot 27 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 2: more close together. It's a nightmare going anywhere or doing 28 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 2: anything here, and I almost never do. See. I just 29 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:26,320 Speaker 2: hate people, and so getting me out of the house 30 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 2: is very difficult. Unless it's Tim Conway Junior that says, 31 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:30,560 Speaker 2: do you want to go hang out? And I'm like, 32 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 2: you be my friend? You be my friend? And here 33 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 2: he is inviting you, and You're like, nah, I think 34 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 2: you do that. You may be somewhat mischaracterizing that, but 35 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:45,479 Speaker 2: I don't know, Tim, I don't know. Maybe we should 36 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 2: move on. Maybe uh, you know, you find somebody cool. 37 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 2: Maybe I'll come out then to you know. But I'm like, oh, 38 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 2: Marcus going out, Tim Conway, I've become such a hermit 39 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 2: since I moved here. It's it's fankful. I missed doing things. Yeah, 40 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 2: but then the thought of doing them is painful too, 41 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 2: isn't it. It does cause anxiety. I look, I'm with 42 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:09,640 Speaker 2: you on that one hundred percent unless it's Tim. But 43 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 2: I'm I'm with you. I'm kind of got. People will say, hey, 44 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 2: do you want to get together for for a you know, 45 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:16,239 Speaker 2: happy hour, and I'm like, yeah, that sounds great, And 46 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 2: the day comes and I go, dear God, please cancel, 47 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 2: please cancel, please cancel, please cancel. Well, see, you got 48 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:24,920 Speaker 2: to preempt that because nobody likes somebody who bags on plans. 49 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:27,679 Speaker 2: But I've never hung out with Tim outside of work, 50 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 2: and so I think it would be fun to hang 51 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 2: out and have some drinks with him and and and 52 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 2: you know, have non office talk. But uh, yeah, I 53 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 2: don't even know where Marongo is. It's it's probably a 54 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:42,520 Speaker 2: considerable drive from here, isn't it. Okay, it doesn't matter. 55 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 2: It could be the end of the earth. I go 56 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 2: hang out really well. I don't want you to sound 57 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 2: desperate at all. I am. I mean, I'm owning it, Okay. 58 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:53,799 Speaker 2: Gary and Shannon, by the way, if you want to 59 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:57,120 Speaker 2: hang out so down. I like Gary and Shannon too. 60 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:00,959 Speaker 2: They're at Bja's the Huntington Beach tomorrow. Their show Not 61 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 2: Into One. They've got the live news and brus broadcasts, 62 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 2: so Bjay's brew House, hunting to Beach on Beach Boulevard, food, 63 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 2: fun prizes, Gary and Shannon come down and join us 64 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 2: for some fun. Also, did you happen to see the 65 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:16,800 Speaker 2: note that says there's gonna be prizes, which as an 66 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:19,920 Speaker 2: iHeart employee, you are not eligible to win. That was 67 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 2: specifically put in the note that we were given story 68 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:24,720 Speaker 2: in my life, but it leads me to believe that 69 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:26,400 Speaker 2: somebody would try to get away with it, and so 70 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:28,240 Speaker 2: we have to put a disclaimer in the notes to 71 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:31,360 Speaker 2: the employees. I think that's standard practice for a long 72 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 2: long time. You know, like my first radio job ever, 73 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 2: my girlfriend won a trip to see a band and 74 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 2: it nearly caused the whole station to meltdown. No, like 75 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 2: you should know that. It just makes me think like 76 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 2: somebody tried to get away with us recently, and you 77 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 2: should know better. You should know better than that. One 78 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 2: would think that's tacky. Why are you dating a tacky girl? 79 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 2: What's the matter with that? I was trying to win 80 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 2: a prize from your radio station. It was without my knowledge, 81 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 2: your consent, and then when it was revealed to me, 82 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 2: I was like, what did you do? Oh yeah, oh 83 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 2: they said it's okay, well, all right, okay, hmm mm hmm, 84 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 2: all right, it's just etiquette man, just etiquette. Hey, speaking 85 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 2: of etiquette, could Katie Porter make anything worse for herself? 86 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 2: I'm so impressed by Katie Porter's downward spiral and how 87 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:24,840 Speaker 2: she's like, you know, her PR team says, Katie, you 88 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 2: got to get out there because this interview you did 89 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:35,360 Speaker 2: with CBS was terrible. You threw a temper tantrum. You 90 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 2: look like you're really unhinged. You gotta get out there 91 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 2: and fix this. You have to show you have to 92 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:43,920 Speaker 2: put your best foot forward. So she goes on as 93 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:50,279 Speaker 2: she talks to Katla and basically says, here are my 94 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:53,320 Speaker 2: talking points. I'm going to repeat them. You're asking me 95 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 2: follow ups and I don't like that, so I'm going 96 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 2: to repeat my talking points more sternly. And then when 97 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:01,120 Speaker 2: she was asked are there more more videos that are 98 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 2: going to come out, she just went back to her 99 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 2: talking points, which makes you believe that there are more 100 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:08,920 Speaker 2: damning videos of Katie pourn. Hey, this was the Mia 101 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:13,279 Speaker 2: Kulpa on katy La. Listen to this. It's not going well, 102 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:14,839 Speaker 2: Katie quit. Well, you're ahead. 103 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 4: So this is your first time speaking publicly since the 104 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:21,760 Speaker 4: now to viral videos. What do you want people to know? 105 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:24,279 Speaker 4: About you and do you have the temperament to be 106 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 4: the next governor of California? 107 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 2: Okay, super softball question. I mean that is the question 108 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 2: she's been prepped for. What do you want to say? 109 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 2: And do you have the temperament? I mean, what's she 110 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:38,280 Speaker 2: gonna say? No, I don't have the temperament. Of course 111 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 2: you're gonna say yes, of course I'm ready for it. 112 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 2: And then she's got her prepared remarks for that specific question. 113 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:47,680 Speaker 5: When I look at those videos, I want people to 114 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:51,679 Speaker 5: know that I understand that I could have handled things better. 115 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:54,719 Speaker 5: I think I've known as someone who's able to handle 116 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 5: tough questions, who's willing to answer questions, and I want 117 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:00,880 Speaker 5: people to know that I really value the incredible work 118 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 5: that my staff can do. I think I can. People 119 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:05,039 Speaker 5: who know me know I can be tough, but I 120 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:08,120 Speaker 5: need to do a better job expressing appreciation for the 121 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 5: amazing work that my team does. 122 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 2: Boom canned response, exactly what she but she practiced that 123 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:16,839 Speaker 2: a one hundred times before she went on the air, 124 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 2: and then the reporter did she committed the Katie Porterson 125 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:24,120 Speaker 2: and asked a follow up. 126 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:30,559 Speaker 4: Should California voters feel confident that there aren't any more 127 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:32,240 Speaker 4: Katie Porter videos out? 128 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 2: There should be another easy one? 129 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:37,479 Speaker 5: Well, what I know is that I could have done 130 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:40,159 Speaker 5: better in those moments. I'm going to be focused on 131 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:42,760 Speaker 5: earning their votes and earning their trust. That's true in 132 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 5: every election. I've only ever had tough elections. So I'm 133 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:48,839 Speaker 5: absolutely aware that I'm going to have to continue to 134 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:50,640 Speaker 5: show them. I'm going to have to answer every question. 135 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:53,360 Speaker 5: I'm glad I got to continue that interview and finish 136 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:53,919 Speaker 5: that interview. 137 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:56,680 Speaker 2: And yeah, I mean you were the one that threatened. 138 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 5: To walk up answer all her questions. And that's what 139 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:01,320 Speaker 5: I'm going to continue to do show Californians not only 140 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 5: that I understand their problems, but that I have the 141 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:07,159 Speaker 5: will and the strength of character to actually get something 142 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:07,920 Speaker 5: done about them. 143 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:09,360 Speaker 4: But not just the CBS. 144 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 2: Oh no, no, no, no, no follow ups. 145 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 4: This an interview, the interview with the staffer. Can voters 146 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 4: be confident that there won't be another one of those 147 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 4: videos that's going to come to light? 148 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 2: That sounds an awful lot like the question you just asked, 149 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:26,160 Speaker 2: And as we know from Katie Porter, do not ask 150 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:28,440 Speaker 2: the same question twice if she didn't give you an 151 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 2: answer the first time. You're supposed to just move on. 152 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 5: What I do know is that I could have done 153 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:35,280 Speaker 5: better in that situation. 154 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 2: That's not a Holy crap. This sounds exactly like every 155 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:39,080 Speaker 2: other response she's given. 156 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 4: Oh so is there potentially another video that we're going 157 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 4: to see? 158 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:45,120 Speaker 5: Nikki? I'm going to be honest with you. I know 159 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 5: that that video and that video was several years ago, 160 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 5: as you know, and I apologize to the staffer that's super. 161 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:55,240 Speaker 2: Important to me, super important. 162 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:58,120 Speaker 5: And will continue to try to hold myself to do better. 163 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:00,160 Speaker 5: That's what I can promise. 164 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:01,880 Speaker 4: But not that there's not going to be any more videos, 165 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 4: because that's that's what people are wondering. Are we going 166 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 4: to see something else like that? 167 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:09,280 Speaker 5: I can tell you what I've told you, which is 168 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:10,960 Speaker 5: that I am taking responsibility. 169 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 2: Wow, just repeating it over and over again. Oh can 170 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:20,120 Speaker 2: we put a can we put a fork in her 171 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 2: pitical political career? Yet? Because I got to tell you 172 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:26,360 Speaker 2: it's feeling like it's done. I feel like it feoks 173 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 2: like it's well done. Continues to say these things, and 174 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:34,960 Speaker 2: I mean, at this point, kids, you just say, look, 175 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 2: there might be h I have at times lost my 176 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 2: temper and it's something I'm working on. I hope there 177 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:48,360 Speaker 2: aren't more videos, and I know that I'm going to 178 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 2: do everything in my power to make sure there never 179 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 2: are new videos. But she didn't. I mean, she's like, 180 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 2: I understand and I accept responsibility, and I'm telling you 181 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:03,600 Speaker 2: I understand and I except, come on, Katie, she seems 182 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:07,600 Speaker 2: less authentic than ever. And now as a result, you've 183 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 2: got a number of other California Democrats that are going, oh, 184 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 2: she toxic. She's toxic. Now, there have been a few 185 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:18,280 Speaker 2: that have said, Okay, look, Katie messed up, but she 186 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:21,200 Speaker 2: still are she still our person. So you've got let 187 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 2: me see a handful of labor unions Orange County Representative 188 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 2: David min They're are reaffirming their support in recent days, 189 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:33,000 Speaker 2: but a number of others, according to Politico, are saying 190 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:39,920 Speaker 2: mm hmmm mmmmm, staying away. Some were granted anonymity to 191 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:42,520 Speaker 2: speak candidly on the sensitive topic. These are Democrats, by 192 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:45,240 Speaker 2: the way, One former House colleague said, Katie Porter is 193 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:47,640 Speaker 2: apparently the smartest person in every single room, and she's 194 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:49,559 Speaker 2: not afraid to make you know it. Oh god, those 195 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:53,760 Speaker 2: are the worst people. I cannot stand people that think 196 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:57,360 Speaker 2: they are the smartest in the room. I cannot stand. 197 00:09:57,440 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 2: And I'm not talking about people. I work with people 198 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:02,960 Speaker 2: that are a little socially awkward, and they want to 199 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:06,200 Speaker 2: they want to try to correct little things, or they 200 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:08,960 Speaker 2: want to try to they want to try to explain 201 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:12,080 Speaker 2: to you what you just said. Have you run into 202 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 2: those people and I mean, you'll say, boy, it was 203 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 2: really tough turning, uh turning left into work today, and 204 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 2: they'll go, well, the left hand turning is the most 205 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:21,320 Speaker 2: difficult turn to make when you're coming into the into 206 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 2: the uh, the radio station. It is the most difficult one. Okay, 207 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:27,160 Speaker 2: did you just explain left turns to me? Like I'm 208 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:29,200 Speaker 2: telling you, I just got stuck there for a long time. 209 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:30,679 Speaker 2: Of course you got stuck there for a long time. 210 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:33,720 Speaker 2: It's the most difficult shut up. Like, I can't stand 211 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:36,880 Speaker 2: those that's irritating. But it's the people who think that 212 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 2: they're smarter than you going in that just irk me. Now, 213 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:42,920 Speaker 2: maybe that shows you that I'm just you know, self 214 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 2: conscious and not real smart. But you know what, I'm 215 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 2: not voting for you. I'm not going to vote for 216 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:54,800 Speaker 2: somebody that that wants to make me feel dumb. I 217 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:58,120 Speaker 2: won't do it. So a number of others are saying, 218 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:04,160 Speaker 2: mm hmmm, her brand is now toxic, not pretty. Also 219 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:06,680 Speaker 2: in the world of politics, there is another big hitter, 220 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:09,800 Speaker 2: and I mean a big hitter who's getting involved in 221 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:15,360 Speaker 2: the map grab for California's legislative districts. Wait until you 222 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:17,640 Speaker 2: hear who is weighing in on this next. I'm Chris Merrill. 223 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:21,440 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 224 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:26,439 Speaker 2: I'm Chris Merrill. I AM six forty more stimulating talk 225 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:29,560 Speaker 2: and on demand anytime in the iHeartRadio app. All right, 226 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:32,520 Speaker 2: So you got Prop fifty, which, as you probably know 227 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:38,400 Speaker 2: by now, it takes the authority to redraw congressional districts 228 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:46,560 Speaker 2: away from the Independent Redistricting Commission, which you approved five 229 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:51,280 Speaker 2: years ago, and it gives the authority back to the 230 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:57,040 Speaker 2: legislature for another five years. So why do they do that? 231 00:11:57,040 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 2: That is because they're mad about Texas district lines to 232 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:06,079 Speaker 2: Jerrymander and pick up house seats in d C. So 233 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:09,960 Speaker 2: California says, all right, Texas, We're gonna fight fire with fire. 234 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:13,760 Speaker 2: And now other states are messing with their stuff as well, 235 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:15,760 Speaker 2: including you heard Mark Ronner talking about this in the 236 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:18,640 Speaker 2: top of the hour newscast that the Supreme Court looks 237 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:23,280 Speaker 2: like they may back off on the Voting Rights Act. 238 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:26,520 Speaker 2: There's a case that's in Louisiana where congressional map was 239 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:31,640 Speaker 2: drawn and it considered race for drawing districts. But but 240 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 2: Louisiana's legislature, very right wing, said nope, we're gonna We're 241 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:39,160 Speaker 2: gonna not consider race. But it had been a consideration before. 242 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 2: The Supreme Court looks like they're gonna say that we 243 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:47,440 Speaker 2: should probably be able to just forget about that and 244 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 2: and you can just jerrymander it so that it's mostly white, 245 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:54,720 Speaker 2: but don't worry about race. So race is a factor, 246 00:12:56,120 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 2: whether you like it or not. But the Supreme Court 247 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:01,800 Speaker 2: says that's okay. That's what it sounds like. They haven't 248 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 2: ruled yet. Decision probably gonna come in January, but for 249 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:08,840 Speaker 2: right now, that's that's kind of what the tea leaves 250 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 2: are saying about the Supreme Court. Back in California, however, 251 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:17,000 Speaker 2: the Prop fifty movement, which of course you have to 252 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 2: vote on because you passed the you passed it in 253 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:20,880 Speaker 2: the first place, saying that you didn't want a bunch 254 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:24,439 Speaker 2: of partisans in Sacramento making the call so now you 255 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:26,839 Speaker 2: have to you have to take and give your rights 256 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:29,120 Speaker 2: back to them in order for it to happen. So 257 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:31,960 Speaker 2: you're gonna have to vote at a Prop fifty. But 258 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:35,040 Speaker 2: there is a heavy hitter in the Democratic Party who 259 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:39,240 Speaker 2: now says it's on you, California. The whole nation is 260 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:42,480 Speaker 2: counting one. Oh hell as Obama. 261 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:47,000 Speaker 3: Former President Barack Obama now endorsing Proposition fifty, a measure 262 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:51,240 Speaker 3: before voters that would alter California's congressional districts and the 263 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:54,880 Speaker 3: effort to secure five more Democratic seats and next year's 264 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:55,959 Speaker 3: mid term elections. 265 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:58,800 Speaker 2: Top fifty puts our elections back on a level of 266 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:02,880 Speaker 2: playing here. I must pit. It's up to you. You 267 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:07,800 Speaker 2: have to do. Look, it's not gonna be level. You've 268 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:11,839 Speaker 2: got Jerry Mander going on in North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana. 269 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:15,600 Speaker 2: It's all taxes. Obviously, it's happening everywhere. Our five seats 270 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:16,760 Speaker 2: are going to counteract. 271 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 3: Then, designed to get loyal Democrats to mail in their ballots. 272 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:22,960 Speaker 3: Political science professor Dan Schner of USC Prop. 273 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:26,240 Speaker 6: Fifty supporters understand that if this is a vote about 274 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 6: registricting and democratic reform, that's a tough election for them. 275 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:32,800 Speaker 2: To win. But in pep blue. 276 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:36,400 Speaker 6: State like California, if the elections about whether the voters 277 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:38,720 Speaker 6: want to help or harm Donald Trump. 278 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:40,120 Speaker 2: That makes it much easier. 279 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 6: And that was the core piece of Obama's message in 280 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 6: this new ad. 281 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:50,880 Speaker 2: Sticket. That's a Trump pass this law and stick it 282 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:56,880 Speaker 2: to're done. That's what you got to do, California, it's 283 00:14:56,920 --> 00:15:01,840 Speaker 2: on you just stick it, get done. Republicans, Green Party 284 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:06,320 Speaker 2: candidates say it's unconstitutional and corrupt. Well, it's not unconstitutional. 285 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:12,160 Speaker 2: It's being voted on, so it's not. It's actually exactly 286 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:17,120 Speaker 2: how you change the state constitution is through the proposition, 287 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 2: the initiative to modify the state constitution. It would be 288 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:24,600 Speaker 2: unconstitutional if they just did it anyway, but it isn't it. 289 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:31,280 Speaker 2: What could be interesting, though, is this notion that oh, 290 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:34,240 Speaker 2: they can just jerrymander five seats out of nowhere. Well, 291 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:35,680 Speaker 2: how are you going to do that. Well, we're gonna 292 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:37,280 Speaker 2: take a look at voter registration. We're gonna take a 293 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:40,720 Speaker 2: look at strong districts. You know what voter registration is 294 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:43,920 Speaker 2: shifting right now. CBSLA was talking about. 295 00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 7: That voters are more increasingly vote registering to vote independent, 296 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:51,600 Speaker 7: especially new registrants because new registrants are younger, and so 297 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:54,040 Speaker 7: they more often choose to not affiliate with one of 298 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:57,520 Speaker 7: the two parties. And in California, because we have an 299 00:15:57,560 --> 00:16:01,640 Speaker 7: open primary, it doesn't really punish anybody who registers independent. 300 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:05,520 Speaker 7: They can still vote for governor, legislatures, presidential race where 301 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:08,600 Speaker 7: it's important to be registered with potentially a political party 302 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:10,040 Speaker 7: or to get a partisan ballot. 303 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:12,360 Speaker 2: I love it when the interviewer gets all excited. 304 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:18,120 Speaker 7: They can still and they can still. Yes, it doesn't 305 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:20,520 Speaker 7: really punish anybody who registers independent. 306 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:29,360 Speaker 2: They can still. I kind of like that. Yeah, why 307 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:34,080 Speaker 2: don't you uh, why don't you interview dirty like this? 308 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:35,080 Speaker 2: Hang on, let me go back to it. 309 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:36,680 Speaker 7: There's independent they can m. 310 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 2: You're geting a little turned on, Chris, more than a little, 311 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:42,080 Speaker 2: That's what I thought. I think I've got I think 312 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:44,200 Speaker 2: I'm gonn address this up a little bit. Let me 313 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:46,520 Speaker 2: see if I can just let me see, I'll just 314 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:53,000 Speaker 2: uh go with that. Let's bring it over. Here, here 315 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:58,240 Speaker 2: comes the fuzzy guitar. Oh, you know exactly what I'm doing? 316 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:03,920 Speaker 2: Did I just ruin it? I think we're just warming up. Okay, 317 00:17:04,080 --> 00:17:04,560 Speaker 2: let's see. 318 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 7: Because we have an open primary, it doesn't really punish 319 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:09,960 Speaker 7: anybody who registers independent. 320 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:12,879 Speaker 2: They can still vote for governor legislature. It's only a 321 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:14,000 Speaker 2: presidential race where. 322 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:16,920 Speaker 7: It's important to be registered with potentially a political party 323 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:18,359 Speaker 7: or to get a partisan ballot. 324 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:22,520 Speaker 2: M I think that's what's missing from news reports, not 325 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:29,160 Speaker 2: enough moaning. One hundred percent agree with you? What? Yes, Yes, 326 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:31,760 Speaker 2: that's why the Naked News does so well online. It's 327 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:36,760 Speaker 2: fantastic the Naked News. Yeah. Ooh, and this storm is 328 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:39,239 Speaker 2: going to thrust its way into southern California and make 329 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:44,680 Speaker 2: us all very wet. O. That sounds like something I 330 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:47,160 Speaker 2: shouldn't look up on my work computer. No, I think 331 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:53,199 Speaker 2: it would be great. Yeah, yeah, nice knowing it. It's fun. Yeah, 332 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:56,919 Speaker 2: no kidding, all right. You gave them screen time, the 333 00:17:57,040 --> 00:17:59,880 Speaker 2: apps gave them everything else, and now lawmakers are scram 334 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:02,440 Speaker 2: to fix what you didn't see coming. If you thought 335 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:05,720 Speaker 2: this segment was wildly inappropriate, wait until you hear what 336 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:09,760 Speaker 2: chat GP two is doing to your kids. They'll never 337 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 2: look you in the eye again. It's next. I'm Chris Merrill. 338 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:16,720 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 339 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:21,399 Speaker 2: Chris Merril KFI AM six forty more stimulating talk. Remember Tomorrow, 340 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:23,960 Speaker 2: Gary and Shannon live of BJ's and Hunting and Beach 341 00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:26,439 Speaker 2: during their show nine am to one. They've got the 342 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:29,440 Speaker 2: live news and brus broadcast so Bjay's brew House, Huntington 343 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:36,520 Speaker 2: Beach one sixty sixty Beach Boulevard, Food, fun prizes. I 344 00:18:36,560 --> 00:18:40,600 Speaker 2: hope it's good. Prizes. You ever, uh, Mark, you ever 345 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 2: worked for radio station to give away crap prizes? Do 346 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:49,119 Speaker 2: I have to answer that? Yeah, I've done that. And 347 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:50,879 Speaker 2: then we had a radio station one time. I was 348 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:55,960 Speaker 2: in high school, the CHR station, so the charts station, 349 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:59,200 Speaker 2: right contemporary hits radio came and they were doing you know, 350 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:01,159 Speaker 2: promotional stuff. They were going around all the high schools 351 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:03,920 Speaker 2: and the staff was playing a basketball game against the faculty. 352 00:19:04,119 --> 00:19:07,120 Speaker 2: And look, small town, these are the biggest celebrities we've 353 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:09,280 Speaker 2: ever seen. It was Matt. Everybody showed up like eight 354 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:12,120 Speaker 2: hundred people in my tiny gym and the town only 355 00:19:12,119 --> 00:19:14,920 Speaker 2: had twelve hundred people in it. It is huge. These 356 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:19,119 Speaker 2: guys came and they did they did this contest and uh, 357 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:21,399 Speaker 2: it's just some dumb stuff that they did. And I 358 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:24,280 Speaker 2: got I got called out and I and I won. 359 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:27,479 Speaker 2: I did whatever it was. And they were like oh, 360 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:29,879 Speaker 2: we'll find you something. And they gave me like a 361 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:32,399 Speaker 2: tape of an artist who nobody had ever heard of 362 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:35,840 Speaker 2: and uh, and they were like, here, you can have this. 363 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:39,159 Speaker 2: So it was obviously a tape that had been it 364 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:41,320 Speaker 2: was cassette tape that had been sent to them by 365 00:19:41,359 --> 00:19:43,840 Speaker 2: someone trying to promote their crap, but they never put 366 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:46,159 Speaker 2: it on the air, and they they just threw it 367 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:49,280 Speaker 2: in their prize bind so that was my prize. Well, 368 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:51,760 Speaker 2: there's sometimes where it's painfully obvious that they've just kind 369 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:54,080 Speaker 2: of cleaned off everybody's desk with all this swag noble 370 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:57,280 Speaker 2: that that's what And that's always funny. I'm like, this 371 00:19:57,359 --> 00:20:01,160 Speaker 2: is such trash. And actually that's one of those things. 372 00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:04,119 Speaker 2: They didn't know it at the time, nor did I 373 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:06,760 Speaker 2: because I was only in eighth grade or a freshman 374 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:09,760 Speaker 2: or something like that. But I realized that when I 375 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:13,400 Speaker 2: got to be, you know, calling some shots at radio stations, 376 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:17,040 Speaker 2: I go, we are not leaving here giving people crap prizes. 377 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:20,119 Speaker 2: It's not that. Nope, I'm not going to attach my 378 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:22,520 Speaker 2: name to that. It's a big deal that we're here, 379 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:24,440 Speaker 2: or it's a big deal that they came to our 380 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:26,840 Speaker 2: events or whatever. Else it is. I want them to 381 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:30,399 Speaker 2: go away with something that has our brand on it. 382 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:32,560 Speaker 2: Even if it was just bumper stickers or T shirts. 383 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:34,080 Speaker 2: You know, at least that was something with our brand 384 00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:36,159 Speaker 2: on it and it had it couldn't just look like 385 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:39,359 Speaker 2: they were, like you said, cleaning off somebody's desk of 386 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:43,520 Speaker 2: throwaway swag from someplace else such crap. I hated that. 387 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:49,919 Speaker 2: I digress. It's been known to happen. Uh there is 388 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:55,119 Speaker 2: one thing that has pushed tech growth more than anything else, 389 00:20:56,000 --> 00:21:02,240 Speaker 2: from digital video, the internet, gaming. Do you know what 390 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 2: the biggest catalyst is for tech advancement in the world 391 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:11,720 Speaker 2: of entertainment, Well, it's with every new technology from the 392 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:15,680 Speaker 2: dawn of mankind. It's always been sex. It is absolutely sex. 393 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:18,320 Speaker 2: You are one hundred percent correct, Mark Roder. This is 394 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:21,280 Speaker 2: why you're the smartest man here. It's a small room, 395 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:24,800 Speaker 2: that's right. So what is the next step? Then, we're 396 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:28,480 Speaker 2: trying to get widespread AI adoption. How are we gonna 397 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:35,160 Speaker 2: do it? AI porn? Yep? So Grock on Twitter has 398 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:39,560 Speaker 2: already offered sexual role play companions. Another reason that Twitter 399 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:43,959 Speaker 2: is the check in the cash pawn shop of social media. Uh, 400 00:21:44,119 --> 00:21:49,479 Speaker 2: So they've offered sexual roleplay companions. Now Chat GPT is 401 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:55,399 Speaker 2: going to start allowing erotica. I saw the post on 402 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,960 Speaker 2: X from Sam Altman and and the responses to it 403 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 2: are just wither House. So well, it's basically every possible 404 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:07,800 Speaker 2: permutation you can think of of ways to call him 405 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:13,520 Speaker 2: and his users losers outstanding. Yeah, and that's accurate as well. 406 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:17,440 Speaker 2: Altman wrote on acts that the companies treat adult users 407 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:22,080 Speaker 2: like adults principle. We'll extend to allowing erotica for verified adults. 408 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:24,840 Speaker 2: So that's it. You just have to get verified, No problem, 409 00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:28,399 Speaker 2: Mark Cuban. He says it's going to backfire hard. He 410 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:31,360 Speaker 2: said no pun intended. He said, no parent is going 411 00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:36,600 Speaker 2: to trust their kids can't get through your age gating. Yeah, 412 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:40,520 Speaker 2: I don't disagree. In the same way that we found 413 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:43,680 Speaker 2: Dad's playboys under the bed, We're gonna figure out a 414 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:46,760 Speaker 2: way to find it. Kids can find anything. They're like bloodhounds. 415 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:50,280 Speaker 2: That's exactly right, especially if it's porn. Yeah. Now this 416 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:53,840 Speaker 2: is where California to the rescue. You know what, you 417 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:56,800 Speaker 2: know what we need to fix all this more laws. 418 00:22:57,280 --> 00:23:00,639 Speaker 8: New legislation aims to put safeguards on checks, thoughts and 419 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:02,720 Speaker 8: AI to protect young people. 420 00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:05,080 Speaker 2: Assembly Member Josh Lowenthal. 421 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:08,000 Speaker 6: The signing of this bill today. It puts in place 422 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:11,400 Speaker 6: some basic guardrails so when kids are using these chatbots, 423 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:15,080 Speaker 6: for example, making it clear that the chatbot is not human, 424 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:18,480 Speaker 6: and that creating a clear protocol prevents the discussion of 425 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:20,320 Speaker 6: suicide and other self harm. 426 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:22,560 Speaker 8: Chatbots are just all right, that's better. 427 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:25,560 Speaker 2: I like that. In fact, why don't you just not 428 00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:28,600 Speaker 2: have self harm things anyway? 429 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:32,119 Speaker 8: One aspect of the new legislation, parents have long worried 430 00:23:32,119 --> 00:23:35,919 Speaker 8: about the negative effects of the technology their children consume daily. 431 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:38,879 Speaker 8: The platforms are in the business of keeping eyes on 432 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:39,720 Speaker 8: the screen. 433 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:43,720 Speaker 9: Friends, real friends. Our competition to that, sleep is competition 434 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:46,960 Speaker 9: to that. Family is competition to that, and family time 435 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:49,760 Speaker 9: and that's not healthy for anyone. 436 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:53,280 Speaker 8: Assembly Member Pila Chiavo's bill made it easier to cancel 437 00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:56,719 Speaker 8: social media accounts and protect the user's data. The new 438 00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:59,640 Speaker 8: law means age verification requirements and more. 439 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:02,359 Speaker 2: All right, will it work? Yeah, they're gonna figure out 440 00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:04,560 Speaker 2: a way around it. And the thing is, too, is 441 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:08,600 Speaker 2: that getting around safeguards in AI is not difficult. Let 442 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:12,440 Speaker 2: me give you an example. I nearly got fired yesterday, 443 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:17,359 Speaker 2: and here's why I tend to think I'm funny even 444 00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 2: if I'm not. So one thing we know about being 445 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 2: funny is it sometimes you have to push the envelope. 446 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:27,560 Speaker 2: So co worker of mine, lovely, lovely person, one of 447 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:31,919 Speaker 2: my favorite people in the office. She she comes in 448 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:35,960 Speaker 2: and tells me last week that she's she's expecting and 449 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:38,720 Speaker 2: I was like, oh, my gosh, congratulations, that's amazing. It's 450 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:42,520 Speaker 2: so wonderful, right, And I'm very supportive. I'm genuinely excited 451 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:46,320 Speaker 2: for her and and her her uh it's her boyfriend, 452 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:50,159 Speaker 2: but he's he's a great guy. So I'm really excited 453 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:54,440 Speaker 2: for them. But I'm also a pest. So I said 454 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:59,439 Speaker 2: to her yesterday, I said, she was showing me they 455 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:02,679 Speaker 2: got they had the gender reveal, and uh, it was 456 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:04,159 Speaker 2: very simple. It was just the two of them and 457 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 2: a cake that they cut open and it showed the 458 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:08,520 Speaker 2: color of you know, the color of the cake was 459 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:11,040 Speaker 2: the gender. Well, at least there was nothing explosive. Yeah, right, 460 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:13,399 Speaker 2: that's where they go wrong. Yeah, nothing burned down. They 461 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:16,359 Speaker 2: did it right, so she said. I said to her, 462 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:20,120 Speaker 2: I said, is there even just like you know, every 463 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:22,080 Speaker 2: parent thinks about what their child is going to be 464 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:23,760 Speaker 2: in the back of your mind, is there like just 465 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:26,600 Speaker 2: a point zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero 466 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:28,919 Speaker 2: zero zero zero zer there's a one percent chance that 467 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:34,920 Speaker 2: you're worried that you're carrying the Antichrist And she thought 468 00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:39,240 Speaker 2: that was inappropriate. What yeah, I know, and just totally innocent. 469 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:42,800 Speaker 2: And I told her, I said, somebody's going to at 470 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:46,080 Speaker 2: some point, right, because she's she's a religious person, said, 471 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:48,399 Speaker 2: I mean, somebody's gonna carry the Antichrist. It may have 472 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:51,720 Speaker 2: already done it, but it's there's a non zero percent 473 00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:54,520 Speaker 2: chance that it's you. And she again thought that was 474 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:59,520 Speaker 2: very inappropriate. So I did the only logical thing. I 475 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:04,959 Speaker 2: turned to chat GPT and my friend is Hispanic, and 476 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:07,960 Speaker 2: I said, chat GPT, can you make me a picture 477 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:13,280 Speaker 2: of a Hispanic Antichrist baby? And chat GPT told me no, 478 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 2: right guardrails. So then it said, would you like me 479 00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:22,360 Speaker 2: to come up with a short story that incorporates different mythologies? 480 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:26,320 Speaker 2: And I said yes please. So it did, incorporating different 481 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:31,040 Speaker 2: mythologies of a baby who was born outside Tijuana and 482 00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:35,520 Speaker 2: you know, frightened the doctors and this sort of thing, right, 483 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:39,160 Speaker 2: And I said, will you please make me a companion 484 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:41,920 Speaker 2: photo of this short story for social media. And do 485 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:45,040 Speaker 2: you know what it cranked out. It cranked out Tijuana 486 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:48,639 Speaker 2: Baby Antichrist, just like I asked it for in the 487 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:53,359 Speaker 2: first place, festive, thank you. It had a taco shop 488 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:55,840 Speaker 2: and a chupacabra in the back. I thought, chat GPT, 489 00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:57,880 Speaker 2: you are racist as hell. Oh no, it's those little 490 00:26:57,880 --> 00:27:01,560 Speaker 2: details didn't make it right. And it had horns and 491 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:05,680 Speaker 2: devil eyes. It was fantastic. Yeah, and I've since destroyed 492 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:10,080 Speaker 2: the photo and erased all the evidence. But my point 493 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:12,879 Speaker 2: is is that even though there are guardrails built in, 494 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:15,879 Speaker 2: there are ways around it, and it's not even all 495 00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:19,159 Speaker 2: that difficult. It even offered me suggestions on how to 496 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:21,320 Speaker 2: get around its own guardrails when it said do you 497 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:24,800 Speaker 2: want me to make a short story? And I said sure, 498 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:27,639 Speaker 2: and then I just said, make me make me a 499 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:31,119 Speaker 2: photo for social media around the short story. Cool done, 500 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:36,200 Speaker 2: not difficult. She did not wrap me out to hr 501 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:38,520 Speaker 2: so and I've destroyed all the evidence, so I feel 502 00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:40,080 Speaker 2: like I'm not going to get fired for that. I 503 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:41,840 Speaker 2: think at this point, if you just give her a 504 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:44,440 Speaker 2: copy of the OMEN, you'll be completely in the clearic. 505 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:48,639 Speaker 2: Oh yes, oh hey, listen, just in case, watch this. 506 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:51,240 Speaker 2: It's an instructional video. It's an important movie and she 507 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:58,119 Speaker 2: should appreciate it. He'll note it's not a Tijana Antichrist, though, well, 508 00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:00,040 Speaker 2: she gets an attitude about it. You can just be like, 509 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:03,760 Speaker 2: what don't you like good movies? Right? Oh? I thought 510 00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:05,840 Speaker 2: you were. I thought you were religious and believed in 511 00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:09,000 Speaker 2: the afterlife. But evidently not right. I love that. Just 512 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:11,320 Speaker 2: gas later, Mark, you and I we see things eye 513 00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:13,800 Speaker 2: to eye. We're both gonna get fired at the same time. 514 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:16,199 Speaker 2: It'd be great, all right. You thought the roles were 515 00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:18,280 Speaker 2: pretty clear. Then California changed the game, and now the 516 00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:22,520 Speaker 2: backlash is coming in fast, and it is a fight 517 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:26,960 Speaker 2: that certainly we are going to lose, and millions of 518 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:29,240 Speaker 2: your tax dollars are gonna be wasted. But for one politician, 519 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:32,400 Speaker 2: the symbolism of this fight is worth the cost. You're 520 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:35,320 Speaker 2: gonna find out what the endgame is in California's latest 521 00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:37,480 Speaker 2: rights grab. It is next. I'm Chris Merrill. 522 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:41,080 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 523 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:45,640 Speaker 2: I'm Chris Merril KFI AM six forty on demand anytime 524 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:51,200 Speaker 2: the iHeartRadio app. We are locked and lost suited. The 525 00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:55,000 Speaker 2: NRA has now filed a lawsuit to block California's new 526 00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:59,480 Speaker 2: law which bans the sale of certain glock handguns. So 527 00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:03,600 Speaker 2: what is this law about? If you are unfamiliar with it, 528 00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:06,440 Speaker 2: this is what is going to be a giant and 529 00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:11,680 Speaker 2: expensive waste of time. I'll tell you why, Gavin Newso 530 00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:16,720 Speaker 2: things it is important though. That is from Fox eleven. 531 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:19,840 Speaker 10: Red Rifle is just one of many stores we talked 532 00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:23,320 Speaker 10: to who say they are out of glocks as people 533 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:26,240 Speaker 10: rush to buy them ahead of the band, which has 534 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:29,760 Speaker 10: to do with their ability to be converted into fully 535 00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:32,920 Speaker 10: automatic weapons. And take a look, because you can do this, 536 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:37,760 Speaker 10: because this so easily you can change this gun to 537 00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:41,360 Speaker 10: fully automatic adding an illegal part called a switch. 538 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:43,520 Speaker 2: Did they just tell us how to turn our gun 539 00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:47,520 Speaker 2: into an automatic? Now? That is solid reporting. I like 540 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:50,200 Speaker 2: that way to go through the steps and why. 541 00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:53,200 Speaker 10: Governor Newsom signed a law of adding glock style weapons 542 00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:57,800 Speaker 10: with the so called cruciform trigger bar, and it takes 543 00:29:57,800 --> 00:29:59,440 Speaker 10: effect in a couple of months. 544 00:29:59,320 --> 00:29:59,880 Speaker 1: January f. 545 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:06,200 Speaker 4: All of these guns, any glock or glock clone, which 546 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:08,920 Speaker 4: is a great number of pistols, is banned under the new. 547 00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:12,640 Speaker 10: Law unless you are law enforcement backers of the law, 548 00:30:12,760 --> 00:30:16,120 Speaker 10: saying cops are the only ones who should have automatic weapons. 549 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:21,280 Speaker 8: No gun sold in California should be one screwdriver away 550 00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:22,960 Speaker 8: from becoming one. 551 00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:27,000 Speaker 2: They're sold out everywhere. It's a shame, you know. It's 552 00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:29,800 Speaker 2: such a good, reliable pistol. And that's what's happened with 553 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:32,600 Speaker 2: the glocks. We have entirely sold out of glocks. Uh huh. 554 00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:34,440 Speaker 1: Not a single glock in California. 555 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:39,160 Speaker 2: No, because anybody that look firearms enthusiasts like to collect firearms, 556 00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:40,440 Speaker 2: and when you tell them that they can't, then all 557 00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:42,000 Speaker 2: of a sudden they're like, oh, I gotta have it. 558 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:47,040 Speaker 2: It's it's not any different than whatever the hot toy is, 559 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:50,120 Speaker 2: the what's that ugly toy that's so popular right now? 560 00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:53,080 Speaker 2: La boo boos? That sounds about right. Yeah, those are 561 00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:55,520 Speaker 2: the dumbest things ever. But somebody said you can't have them, 562 00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:58,160 Speaker 2: and everybody's like, I will give you ten thousand dollars 563 00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:01,680 Speaker 2: for the la boo boo? Why because no one else 564 00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:05,160 Speaker 2: can have it. So when you have a firearms enthusiast, 565 00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:07,120 Speaker 2: of course they're gonna stock up on that. That's exactly 566 00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:09,800 Speaker 2: what's happening right now. It is a giant waste of 567 00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:13,680 Speaker 2: time because the NRA is suing. You're gonna have other 568 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:17,000 Speaker 2: Second Amendment proponents that are gonna sue. They're gonna say 569 00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:18,959 Speaker 2: you're taking away our rights to own these firearms. It's 570 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:21,080 Speaker 2: gonna head to the courts. And even if the California 571 00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:24,920 Speaker 2: courts or the Ninth Circuit Court says, oh well, California 572 00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:27,200 Speaker 2: can do what they want, it's their state, it's gonna 573 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:29,080 Speaker 2: go to the Supreme Court. It's gonna get overturned. It's 574 00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:31,520 Speaker 2: gonna cost us millions of dollars to fight the lawsuits. 575 00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:35,800 Speaker 2: Lawyers are gonna get rich out of this. But most importantly, 576 00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:38,560 Speaker 2: when it comes to this law, Gavin Newsome wants to 577 00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:44,840 Speaker 2: draw attention to his liberal credits. He's trying to build 578 00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:47,880 Speaker 2: his resume and say, I'm the one trying to stop 579 00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:53,600 Speaker 2: gun violence. I'm the one trying to stop you know, 580 00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:57,680 Speaker 2: these particular firearms from being used in school shootings. I'm 581 00:31:57,720 --> 00:32:00,320 Speaker 2: the one who's willing to do it, even if I 582 00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:02,560 Speaker 2: get beat down in the courts. I'm the one that's 583 00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:08,640 Speaker 2: willing to challenge the status quo. And that's fine, except 584 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:11,800 Speaker 2: I'm just kind of mif that is costing me taxpayer dollars, 585 00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:15,480 Speaker 2: why am I paying taxes? For you to do something 586 00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:18,880 Speaker 2: that you know is gonna get beat down in the courts. Oh, 587 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:21,040 Speaker 2: because we have to change the story. We have to 588 00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:23,800 Speaker 2: change the narrative. We have to let everybody know that 589 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:26,520 Speaker 2: I'm the politician that the next time there's a mass 590 00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:28,440 Speaker 2: shooting that I can jump up on the stage and 591 00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:31,280 Speaker 2: I can say that I'm willing to stop it, but 592 00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:34,880 Speaker 2: no one else is. Yeah, but now it's my tax 593 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:40,960 Speaker 2: dollars paying for that crap, not at all, unlike ridiculous 594 00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:46,840 Speaker 2: videos playing at the airport trying to tell me how 595 00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:50,240 Speaker 2: I should think about my politicians. You're already juggling shoes, 596 00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:52,880 Speaker 2: you're already juggling laptops, You've got your emotional baggage you're 597 00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:58,040 Speaker 2: bringing along, and now you've got TV screens at security 598 00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:00,760 Speaker 2: that are trying to add something else to juggle in 599 00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:04,640 Speaker 2: your day. Lax, though, says not a my tarmac. That 600 00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:07,080 Speaker 2: is next. I'm Chris Merril kf I AM six forty. 601 00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:10,120 Speaker 2: We're live everywhere in the iHeartRadio app kf I AM 602 00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:11,680 Speaker 2: six forty on demand