1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:04,200 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 2 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:09,239 Speaker 2: And this is iHeartRadio. This is the shining star of 3 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:12,960 Speaker 2: the iHeart family. It's KFI AM six forty. Everything should 4 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:16,160 Speaker 2: work and be in pristine condition. Why isn't it. I 5 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:19,400 Speaker 2: wouldn't tolerate this if I were you or live everyone 6 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 2: on the iHeartRadio app at least that's working tonight. Mark Thompson, 7 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:30,120 Speaker 2: sitting in the batbeam went up. I responded, that was 8 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:32,919 Speaker 2: the voice of Mark Ronner. Of course, you know, Nikki's 9 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:36,760 Speaker 2: on board, and Steph is here, and we have you 10 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 2: through the night. All kinds of stuff going on. I'll 11 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:43,640 Speaker 2: get into it in southern California and northern California, across 12 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:48,559 Speaker 2: this country, across the world. All of it will be 13 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 2: laid bare for you tonight on KFI. I have a 14 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 2: couple of stories tonight. Steph made me think of one 15 00:00:57,160 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 2: of them. It has to do with a game show 16 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 2: that is on now, a hit game show that we 17 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:10,199 Speaker 2: happened to visit, and when we visited, something very big 18 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:13,040 Speaker 2: happened that had never happened on the game show before. 19 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 2: I'll get to that a little bit later in the show. 20 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:18,759 Speaker 2: I also have a James Bond movie story for you 21 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:22,440 Speaker 2: that I just learned. I just heard this this week, 22 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 2: and just two nights ago. I heard it and I thought, 23 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 2: oh my god, this is great. I've got to tell 24 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 2: somebody this story that I've just heard, and I'm going 25 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:34,360 Speaker 2: to tell you listening. So we'll get to that a 26 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:36,760 Speaker 2: little bit later as well. It was a big day 27 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:43,319 Speaker 2: for Nicki Minaje. Oh my goodness. Nicki Minaje knew what 28 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 2: to say. If you want to get the golden ticket 29 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 2: from Willie Wonka Donald Trump. You know, Nicki Minaje came 30 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 2: from Trinidad. She came illegally into this country when she 31 00:01:56,720 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 2: was five. I don't need to tell you she's become 32 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 2: a star and now I'm sure she could achieve citizenship 33 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 2: and residency, legal residency in many different ways. One of 34 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 2: the ways that has become available to so many is 35 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:12,079 Speaker 2: if you'll pay a million dollars, you can get one 36 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 2: of these gold Trump cards that gives you legal residency. 37 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 2: Could you get one for free? Nicki minaj said, the secret. 38 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 3: Words, who. 39 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 4: Uh, Well, I don't know what to say, but I 40 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:39,240 Speaker 4: will say that I am probably the President's number one thing. 41 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 2: That is that those were the secret words, you are 42 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:48,639 Speaker 2: getting your gold cards. She ramped up to it. I 43 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 2: wasn't sure that she was actually going to get there, 44 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:55,640 Speaker 2: but she did. I am I Just when she was 45 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:58,240 Speaker 2: umming and aweing, I thought. 46 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:01,240 Speaker 4: Well, I don't know what to say, but I will 47 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 4: say that. 48 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:03,680 Speaker 3: But you do know what to say. 49 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 4: I am probably the President's number one fan. 50 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 3: That's the one. That's what you need to say, and. 51 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:17,919 Speaker 4: That's not going to change. And the hate or what 52 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 4: people have to say, it does not affect me. It 53 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 4: actually motivates me to support him more. And it's going 54 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 4: to motivate all of us to support him more. We're 55 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:32,360 Speaker 4: not going to let them get away with bullying him. 56 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 4: And you know, the smear campaigns, it's not going to work. 57 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 3: The poor man is bully. 58 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 4: Has a lot of force behind him and God is 59 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:43,840 Speaker 4: protecting him. 60 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 2: John. But it's good to know there is someone sorting 61 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 2: it out. Amen, Nicki Minaj, Welcome to the US. And 62 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 2: she got a gold card that she displayed there. It's 63 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 2: got Donald Trump's face on the front of it. Soon 64 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 2: everything will have Donald Trump's face in front of it, 65 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:04,000 Speaker 2: which is the good news for my family. We cannot 66 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 2: get enough. But the one million dollars that's usually attached 67 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 2: to that gold card. She doesn't have to pay, which 68 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:16,279 Speaker 2: is good news for Nicki minaj as I say, arriving 69 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 2: from Trinidad, and now she makes her way into the 70 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 2: US the legal way after being here for a long 71 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 2: time as someone who is here illegally. There was a 72 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:33,360 Speaker 2: bit of a confusion just speaking of you know, immigration 73 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:36,000 Speaker 2: is kind of a big deal, and there are immigration 74 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:40,920 Speaker 2: raids and they're all so anti ICE protests here in La. 75 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:45,920 Speaker 2: The immigration raids have picked up in La, and there 76 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 2: is some confusion sometimes by well TSA workers were mistaken 77 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 2: for ICE agents and endured some protests. 78 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:59,280 Speaker 5: Well, this appears to be a case of mistaken identity. 79 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:02,840 Speaker 5: Some TSA officers were eating dinner here, someone thought they 80 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 5: were ICE and then the crowd showed up whistles and 81 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:13,160 Speaker 5: horns blaring of anger. In Windwood, a crowd of anti 82 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:16,599 Speaker 5: ICE protesters swarming a restaurant after reports that off duty 83 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 5: ICE agents were inside. But law enforcement sources tell Fox 84 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 5: eleven this may be a case of mistaken identity. The 85 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:27,880 Speaker 5: agents weren't ICE, but instead TSA officers eating dinner. La 86 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 5: County Sheriff's deputies called in for crowd control, eventually calming 87 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 5: the situation. Talk to you all about what happened? Channel 88 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 5: Channel eleven, Fox love You. 89 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 3: That's the one with Mark Thompson for years ago. 90 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:50,040 Speaker 5: Yeah, okay, okay, we asked an organizer what happened? No comment, Oh, 91 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 5: we just want to ask what happened? 92 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 4: No, I know, but I just don't trust Fox. 93 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:57,040 Speaker 5: She refused to speak with us, saying it was because 94 00:05:57,160 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 5: we're Fox. 95 00:05:58,279 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 3: This is true. 96 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 2: I remember when I used to work at Fox eleven. 97 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 2: People were saying, oh, you're Fox. You're like, you know, 98 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 2: the right wing propaganda machine. And the reality is that 99 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:12,480 Speaker 2: the local station really at that time anyway, wasn't. I 100 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:16,200 Speaker 2: don't know to what extent there now is a uniformity 101 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:19,160 Speaker 2: about the way they have to report things, or whether 102 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:22,800 Speaker 2: there is a an edict of any kind, or you know, 103 00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 2: from an editorial standpoint, but I think generally speaking, the 104 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 2: locals have a little more wiggle room. I don't think 105 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:31,359 Speaker 2: that's true with some of the next star stations, and 106 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:33,440 Speaker 2: I don't even know for sure whether it's true at 107 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:35,360 Speaker 2: Fox eleven, but I think it's not really fair to 108 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 2: the people at Fox eleven. I mean, you know, they're 109 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:40,880 Speaker 2: not Laura Ingram. They're not Sean Hannity there. A lot 110 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:43,440 Speaker 2: of them are just earnest reporters out there doing their job. 111 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:47,000 Speaker 2: But the immigration raids are picking up here in LA 112 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 2: and so you can expect some pushback. I mean that 113 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:51,920 Speaker 2: was a case of, you know, a mistaken identity of 114 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 2: a confusion. But protesters are hitting the Federal building pretty 115 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:02,840 Speaker 2: regularly demonstrating against the administration and those who've lost their 116 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:09,480 Speaker 2: life to ICE. Three hundred immigration activists in LA at 117 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:15,440 Speaker 2: a recent training session, and again Renee Good and Alex 118 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 2: pretty those two fatalities to US citizens really have supercharged 119 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 2: to kind of push back that you're seeing against these 120 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 2: immigration raids, both in Minnesota and here. So it's been 121 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:32,239 Speaker 2: two months that have changed the landscape of what's going 122 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 2: on nationwide. But there is a hiring binge. I mean, ICE, 123 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 2: as you know, is supercharge. You know, the budget of 124 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:45,120 Speaker 2: ICE is twice out of the FBI. They're way more 125 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:49,880 Speaker 2: money going into ICE than is flowing into almost any 126 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 2: other agency in Washington. And there are a lot of 127 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:55,559 Speaker 2: economic incentives associated with signing up forri ICE. So ICE 128 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 2: is continuing to flex in different ways even as they 129 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:04,200 Speaker 2: own overrun and are now as you know, retrenching that 130 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:10,120 Speaker 2: Gregory Bovino who became the face of that maneuver with 131 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:13,800 Speaker 2: the US Customs and Border agents and what happened with 132 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 2: Alex Pretty. He is now sent back to El Centro 133 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 2: and you now have Tom Homan up there in Minnesota. 134 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 2: So even as they change the faces, the reality of 135 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 2: the policy isn't really changing. So in La, they said 136 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:31,640 Speaker 2: the scope and the sweeps and the number of arrests 137 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 2: in LA appeared to be down overall compared with the 138 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:38,240 Speaker 2: last summer, but daily immigration operations are being documented across 139 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:42,719 Speaker 2: the city of La Boyle Heights to the downtown La 140 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:48,640 Speaker 2: Fashion District. Again, the Fashion District is one of those 141 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 2: spots that agents swept into and it became a ghost 142 00:08:55,040 --> 00:09:02,240 Speaker 2: town overnight. There's also a lot of there's a muscularity 143 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 2: to the way they're moving into all these places that 144 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 2: has to be re examined. It really does. Otherwise you're 145 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:12,679 Speaker 2: basically going in and roughing people up, and there's a 146 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:16,360 Speaker 2: thuggery to it and brutality to it that is just 147 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:21,200 Speaker 2: really not reflective of anything that most Americans want to 148 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 2: be part of. And I say that not just because 149 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:25,959 Speaker 2: it's my opinion, but because polling bears that out. 150 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 3: You know, it's not very popular. 151 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 2: So that's a little bit of what's going on from 152 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:39,120 Speaker 2: Nicki Minaj, who's all smiles tonight, to the ice protests 153 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:44,040 Speaker 2: and the ice activity in southern California. We are KFI 154 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 2: AM six forty Mark Thompson sitting in on this Thursday night. 155 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 156 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 3: We have the talkback feature. 157 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 2: So when you're looking at the app the upper right 158 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:01,640 Speaker 2: hand fortune the screen, I guess it's right in the corner. 159 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:06,200 Speaker 2: There is a microphone. You hit the microphone and you 160 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:10,800 Speaker 2: are in business thirty seconds. Say what you want, feel it, 161 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 2: emote it, love it, and we'll share some through the 162 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:20,560 Speaker 2: course of the night. I was just looking at these 163 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:30,920 Speaker 2: protests pretty substantial here in La The anti ice national shutdown, 164 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:39,400 Speaker 2: pretty big deal. A number of these businesses are announcing 165 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:46,120 Speaker 2: plans to close tomorrow. And I'm looking in Silver Lake, 166 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:52,400 Speaker 2: like favorite coffee shops and favorite bars in Silver Lake. 167 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:56,280 Speaker 2: Some businesses you're going to stay open, but they'll support 168 00:10:56,320 --> 00:11:01,960 Speaker 2: the protests. All these things happening East Hollywood. A lot 169 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:04,520 Speaker 2: of the areas that you know where there's a strong 170 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:07,920 Speaker 2: Latino community, La Unified School District going to be the 171 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:11,440 Speaker 2: focus of protest activity too, either tomorrow or in the 172 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:15,559 Speaker 2: coming weeks. It's the second largest school system, seventy four 173 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:21,720 Speaker 2: percent Latino, So you know, this is at a time 174 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:26,840 Speaker 2: when citizens or documented or undocumented immigrants have been targeted. 175 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:30,560 Speaker 2: So there's just a lot of unrest and the sad 176 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:32,840 Speaker 2: thing for me, and I'm sure I would think most 177 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:36,000 Speaker 2: people who are objecting objectively evaluating it is you just 178 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:39,240 Speaker 2: hate for kids to be attending school with the kind 179 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:42,200 Speaker 2: of anxiety the kids now have. You know, is ice 180 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 2: going to come in? Are my folks going to be 181 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:47,760 Speaker 2: there when I get back? And even if you're in 182 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:51,000 Speaker 2: the country legally, you run this risk because there are 183 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,560 Speaker 2: a lot of people who are in the country legally 184 00:11:53,559 --> 00:11:57,320 Speaker 2: who are being rounded up. So again, these are things 185 00:11:57,320 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 2: that just undercut a kid's ability to learn. But there 186 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:06,959 Speaker 2: are kids who aren't showing up. You know, this is 187 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:11,720 Speaker 2: a This is a situation that I think, unfortunately has 188 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:15,600 Speaker 2: just been inflamed by everything that's gone on in Minnesota 189 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:20,560 Speaker 2: and across America. I think the sadly, the agitation has 190 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:26,600 Speaker 2: come from the top and there's been very little to 191 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:31,920 Speaker 2: chill things out. The Treasury Secretary is saying, Nicki Minaj 192 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:39,160 Speaker 2: did it, Nicki minaje in the one million dollar program 193 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:44,280 Speaker 2: that gives you citizenship. The new Trump accounts have surged 194 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:50,319 Speaker 2: to roughly one million sign ups again after Wednesday, which 195 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:52,520 Speaker 2: was the bit of the audio that I played for 196 00:12:52,559 --> 00:12:56,320 Speaker 2: you from yesterday when Donald Trump and rapper Nicki Minaj 197 00:12:56,400 --> 00:13:03,040 Speaker 2: were on stage. After that, Scott bessen is saying the 198 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:10,080 Speaker 2: figure of one million sign ups for the Trump accounts, 199 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:16,280 Speaker 2: that enrollment has doubled. We've now had a million people 200 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:19,040 Speaker 2: sign up for Trump accounts just this week, said Bessont, 201 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:22,000 Speaker 2: adding the officials believe as many as twenty five million 202 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:27,960 Speaker 2: families nationwide could be eligible. These are designed, these Trump 203 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 2: accounts to supposedly give government seated investment accounts for American children. 204 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:39,760 Speaker 2: The federal government gives you one thousand dollars per eligible child, 205 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:44,079 Speaker 2: and then families, employers, and others add funds over time. 206 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:48,600 Speaker 2: Trump Accounts dot gov is the address, and the program 207 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:53,440 Speaker 2: applies to children who are born this year. I'm sorry, 208 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:56,040 Speaker 2: it would be January first, last year, right, I think that. 209 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:57,160 Speaker 3: I think it's the program's been. 210 00:13:57,120 --> 00:14:00,880 Speaker 2: Underway for a year, so last year it'll be on 211 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 2: through December thirty first of twenty twenty eight to the 212 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:09,600 Speaker 2: end of twenty twenty eight, and they're supposedly going to 213 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:14,400 Speaker 2: formally launch it July fifth of this year. But the 214 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:19,840 Speaker 2: idea is, you have a newborn child and you get 215 00:14:19,840 --> 00:14:23,040 Speaker 2: one thousand dollars and then the government builds an account 216 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:26,320 Speaker 2: for that child that at age eighteen, the child can 217 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:31,080 Speaker 2: cash out. The idea is that the money's invested in 218 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:35,040 Speaker 2: the long term investments and grow over time that families 219 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 2: are able to make additional contributions. It's like a family 220 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:42,520 Speaker 2: savings account. So they're pitching it and the White House 221 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:44,240 Speaker 2: is leaning on a lot of stuff like this. It's 222 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 2: high visibility. It sounds like it might make sense. And 223 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 2: Nicki Minaj appeared as a featured guest at the White 224 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:56,680 Speaker 2: House summit tied to the program's rollout. She said all 225 00:14:56,720 --> 00:15:00,320 Speaker 2: those lovely things about Donald Trump, and then that got 226 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 2: her that gold card, but it also helped push sign 227 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:08,000 Speaker 2: ups for this program way up. And again if you 228 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:13,680 Speaker 2: missed it, she is referring to the President and talks 229 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 2: about him and says that she is his number one fan. 230 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:20,680 Speaker 2: So if you thought you were the number one fan, 231 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:26,360 Speaker 2: you have competition from Nicki Minaj. She's also caused a 232 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:32,080 Speaker 2: new controversy. She went after Don Lemon. Don Lemon, the 233 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:37,040 Speaker 2: guy from CNN. Yeah, he he went into a church. 234 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:41,120 Speaker 2: And there's now this back and forth between Don Lemon 235 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:44,040 Speaker 2: and Nicki Minaj. It's the back and forth you dreamt of. 236 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:47,400 Speaker 2: I know, someday you thought, well, I'd love to see 237 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:49,680 Speaker 2: those guys go at it, Don Lemon and Nicki Minaj. 238 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 6: Well, here you have Nicki Minaj and her response to 239 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:55,760 Speaker 6: all of this and the language that she used. I 240 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:58,520 Speaker 6: think it's interesting just because Nicki has been over the 241 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:01,200 Speaker 6: last couple of months made a that she is is 242 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:04,560 Speaker 6: now publicly supporting, and I think maybe she has all 243 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:07,720 Speaker 6: along but now publicly making known for support for the 244 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:13,160 Speaker 6: Trump administration and even the MAGA movement. The choice of 245 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:17,239 Speaker 6: words that she used to go after you went after homophobic. 246 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:20,160 Speaker 7: Yeah, well, I mean, I don't think you have to 247 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:21,600 Speaker 7: black it out. You should show it to people. She 248 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:26,120 Speaker 7: called me Don you know cea sucker. Lemon is disgusting. Look, 249 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:28,640 Speaker 7: this is what I'll say to Nicki Minaja And no. 250 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:31,680 Speaker 2: This is Don Lemon obviously responding to Nicki Minaj in 251 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:34,520 Speaker 2: the new way that you respond to people. First it 252 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 2: was on social media, now it's in a podcast. 253 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:38,480 Speaker 7: You always respond out, this is what I'll say to 254 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:41,320 Speaker 7: Nicki Minaj, and I normally don't respond to things like this, 255 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:43,360 Speaker 7: but you know, Effitt, I'm going to do it this time. 256 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:45,440 Speaker 7: I think Nicki Minaj has made it very clear how 257 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:47,920 Speaker 7: she feels about African Americans in this country. For I 258 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 7: don't think she's one of them, obviously, and she should 259 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:53,240 Speaker 7: under Trump's rules, she should be deported because I don't 260 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 7: think reportedly that she is a legal citizen here she 261 00:16:56,840 --> 00:16:57,680 Speaker 7: is undocumented. 262 00:16:57,760 --> 00:17:01,600 Speaker 2: Well now she is legal, but it's true that when 263 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:03,880 Speaker 2: she arrived as a five year old from Trinidad, she 264 00:17:04,080 --> 00:17:04,720 Speaker 2: was illegal. 265 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:05,480 Speaker 3: He's right about that. 266 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:08,920 Speaker 7: And so she has shown her disdain for African Americans. 267 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:10,720 Speaker 7: So why are you supporting her? Why are you buying 268 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:12,960 Speaker 7: her records? She's also supported. I have lots of gay 269 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:18,520 Speaker 7: friends who love Nicki Minaj. Why are you supporting this homophobic, bigot, bigoted, 270 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:23,080 Speaker 7: ignorant woman. You should not be supporting her, Nicki Minaj. 271 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:26,680 Speaker 7: This is clearly out of her depth. She doesn't understand politics, 272 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:29,600 Speaker 7: she doesn't understand journalism, and I'm not surprised that she 273 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:32,840 Speaker 7: is weighing in on something that is beyond her capacity. 274 00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:34,680 Speaker 7: What I will say to her is because she put 275 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:37,760 Speaker 7: a doll, I think she put the chucky doll in there. 276 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:42,040 Speaker 7: A better symbol that should have been represented in that 277 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:45,199 Speaker 7: picture is a pick me doll. Because Nicki Minaj is 278 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:48,560 Speaker 7: a pick me she will do anything that is expedient 279 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:51,919 Speaker 7: for her politically. And again, she's ignorant. She doesn't know 280 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:53,840 Speaker 7: what she's talking about. She's always weighing in on things 281 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:56,920 Speaker 7: that she doesn't know about. Nicki Minaj should just sit down. 282 00:17:57,359 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 7: And by the way, isn't she mary to an alleged pedophile. 283 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:04,960 Speaker 2: Well, when you say that, that might also be part 284 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:08,080 Speaker 2: of the agenda in sucking up to Trump. A lot 285 00:18:08,119 --> 00:18:12,400 Speaker 2: of people get those pardons after saying some nice, flowery 286 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:13,359 Speaker 2: things about the president. 287 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:18,320 Speaker 7: She has a nerve to say something disparaging about something homophobic. 288 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:22,520 Speaker 7: I'm pretty sure that maybe that's part of the reason 289 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:24,840 Speaker 7: that she is closing up to the Trump administration for 290 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:27,879 Speaker 7: some sort of lenience, for leniency for her family members. 291 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:29,840 Speaker 3: And it's just very transparent. 292 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:34,120 Speaker 7: So Nicki Minaj, f off, stop being a homophobic bigot 293 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:37,360 Speaker 7: and you know, get a like and some brains. 294 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 2: Well, I'd hope to get those two back together, Manage 295 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:42,760 Speaker 2: and Lemon, But it sounds like I have some work 296 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 2: to do. There have been a lot of harsh words 297 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:50,639 Speaker 2: exchanged you on. I'm a neutral party. I am the 298 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:55,080 Speaker 2: Switzerland of the Lemon manage back and forth. But I 299 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:59,800 Speaker 2: am hopeful that those two crazy kids who are hurling 300 00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:03,320 Speaker 2: the those rhetorical Molotov cocktails at each other can be 301 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:06,920 Speaker 2: brought together. You know, I hear you're thinking, come on, Mark, 302 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:09,119 Speaker 2: the way they talk to each other, they're never gonna 303 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:11,480 Speaker 2: sit down and beat pals again. 304 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:13,920 Speaker 3: Well, I'll remind you that. 305 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:19,240 Speaker 2: Our president, Donald Trump, he's said some pretty nasty things 306 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:24,639 Speaker 2: about people. You'll remember the breakup between Elon Musk and 307 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:28,399 Speaker 2: Donald Trump. Musk said that Trump is in the Epstein files, 308 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:31,760 Speaker 2: all over the Epstein files. Even hinted that the election 309 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:37,920 Speaker 2: was rigged for Trump and said a lot of other 310 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:42,359 Speaker 2: despicable things. And now those two are skipping down the 311 00:19:42,359 --> 00:19:44,560 Speaker 2: halls of the White House again, locked arm in arm. 312 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:47,040 Speaker 3: Steve Bannon same thing. 313 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:50,639 Speaker 2: He had a falling out with Trump there again saying 314 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:53,280 Speaker 2: all kinds of nasty stuff about each other. Now Steve 315 00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:55,439 Speaker 2: Bannon and Trump are skipping down the halls of the 316 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:58,760 Speaker 2: White House, arm in arm. So it can happen, and 317 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:02,359 Speaker 2: it's my goal, but I'll admit it's an uphill climb 318 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:09,360 Speaker 2: for Don Lemon and Nicki Minaj to come together some 319 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:11,240 Speaker 2: kind of approach. Moll, I know it's time to take 320 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:15,360 Speaker 2: a break. You don't need to do that. I'm a professional. 321 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:20,000 Speaker 2: What is going on here? The headphones don't work. You're 322 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:21,200 Speaker 2: in my head about a break? 323 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 3: Just for that. 324 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:25,280 Speaker 2: I have a few more remarks that I want to make. 325 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:30,680 Speaker 2: Take your time. Mark Thompson. Here, I am six forty. 326 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:33,520 Speaker 2: We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 327 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:38,080 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 328 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:39,840 Speaker 3: Did you see that. 329 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:47,920 Speaker 2: Johnny Rockets Fat Burger and Roundtable Pizza the heron company 330 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:52,320 Speaker 2: of those three always thought they were successful, right, just 331 00:20:52,359 --> 00:20:57,879 Speaker 2: file for chapter eleven. Fat Brands, Inc. They're called from 332 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:01,399 Speaker 2: Beverly Hills. Filed for kruptcy on Monday. There's a twist 333 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:05,960 Speaker 2: to the story. They are restructuring debt. As you know, 334 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:08,800 Speaker 2: bankruptcy can be an effective way to you know, restructured 335 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:11,639 Speaker 2: debt and re emerge as a successful company. So not 336 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:14,919 Speaker 2: to say that they're going to go away, but I mean. 337 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:16,560 Speaker 2: In fact, the President of the United States has declared 338 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:21,000 Speaker 2: bankruptcy six times. He seems to be doing okay. They 339 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:26,359 Speaker 2: have several brands, though with roots in southern California. Johnny 340 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:33,880 Speaker 2: Rockets founded on Melrose in nineteen eighty six, and Hot 341 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:37,040 Speaker 2: Dog on a Stick is also part of this company, 342 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:42,480 Speaker 2: founded in Santa Monica in nineteen sixty four, and Fatburger 343 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:48,800 Speaker 2: founded in nineteen forty seven in LA's Exposition Park neighborhood. 344 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 2: They also have in the Bay Area a couple of brands, 345 00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:59,000 Speaker 2: Round Table Pizzas there founded in Menlo Park, which is 346 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:03,040 Speaker 2: just south of San Francis in nineteen fifty nine, and 347 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:06,720 Speaker 2: the fast casual chain Yala Mediterranean, founded in the Pleasant 348 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:10,439 Speaker 2: Hills in the East Bay of the Bay Area. Anyway, 349 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:12,920 Speaker 2: the company accumulated more than a billion dollars in debt 350 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:16,360 Speaker 2: according to the SEC. And see all these brands that 351 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:20,239 Speaker 2: we know and love, they live in some kind of 352 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:24,120 Speaker 2: corporate structure that can be underwater. In this case, they were. 353 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:26,720 Speaker 2: Do you think it's got something to do with the 354 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:34,840 Speaker 2: popularity of weight loss drugs? Maybe, I mean, I think, well, 355 00:22:35,119 --> 00:22:39,640 Speaker 2: I think weight loss drugs actually, I guess they make 356 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:41,159 Speaker 2: you less hungry. 357 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:42,399 Speaker 3: Is that what weight loss drugs do. 358 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:47,399 Speaker 2: No zempic and all that suit could be. 359 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:48,960 Speaker 3: I mean, I don't know if they're. 360 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:52,640 Speaker 2: I don't know if they were solely dependent on that 361 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:54,600 Speaker 2: part of the population. Maybe it did have an effect. 362 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:55,080 Speaker 3: I don't know. 363 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:59,240 Speaker 2: I'll tell you what I think had an effect. Hey, 364 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:01,760 Speaker 2: I think think it's getting to be a little bit 365 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:04,280 Speaker 2: of a tougher lift to make a lot of these 366 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:08,520 Speaker 2: restaurant chains work. There's a changing restaurant landscape. There's less 367 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:12,320 Speaker 2: dining in I think surviving COVID was difficult for a 368 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:15,720 Speaker 2: lot of restaurant chains, even fast casual. The tastes of 369 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:18,159 Speaker 2: the American public are changing. A lot of people going 370 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:25,920 Speaker 2: for delivery now. And in this particular case, the Fat 371 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:31,760 Speaker 2: Brands founder was investigated for tax fraud. So I'm guessing 372 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:37,760 Speaker 2: that the books themselves were being I'm going to say 373 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:42,880 Speaker 2: they were allegedly monkeyed with, they were allegedly manipulated. There 374 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:46,800 Speaker 2: were things going on with the books potentially. Again, if 375 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:51,120 Speaker 2: you look at the history of the company, the US 376 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:58,560 Speaker 2: Department of Justice was involved in the allegations that not 377 00:23:58,680 --> 00:24:03,000 Speaker 2: everything was kosher with this company. But what happened the 378 00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:06,680 Speaker 2: new administration came in and a lot of people who 379 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:09,639 Speaker 2: were being investigated by the Justice Department, a lot of 380 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:16,119 Speaker 2: people who were even facing jail time imprisonment because of convictions. 381 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:19,080 Speaker 2: At the feet of the Justice Department, they were what 382 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:24,320 Speaker 2: they were pardoned or you saw the US Justice Department 383 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:29,960 Speaker 2: drop the investigation. And that's exactly what happened here. Charges 384 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:34,320 Speaker 2: were dismissed, the tax fraud charges that the DOJ was 385 00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:39,959 Speaker 2: bringing erased. But a federal judge, this is how cooked 386 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:44,560 Speaker 2: the books might have been. A federal judge ordered the 387 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:48,840 Speaker 2: DOJ to explain the decision. So it was one of 388 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:51,359 Speaker 2: those situations it seemed as though it might have some 389 00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:55,080 Speaker 2: cred from the standpoint of there might again not everything 390 00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:58,000 Speaker 2: being cool with the way they handled the books. And 391 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:01,359 Speaker 2: so even a federal judge and said, look, I'll need 392 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:05,360 Speaker 2: you to explain this anyway. That's Johnny Rocket's Fatburger, Roundtable Pizza. 393 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:09,280 Speaker 2: They're still out there. But their parent company, which is 394 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:15,040 Speaker 2: I think right here in southern California as I say now, 395 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:18,200 Speaker 2: filing for Chapter eleven bankruptcy protection. 396 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:21,440 Speaker 3: So that's the story there. 397 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:26,119 Speaker 2: The Milania movie, I'm like you, I can't wait to 398 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:31,159 Speaker 2: see it. Heard such great things about it, everybody I 399 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:36,240 Speaker 2: know is going. I'm waiting for the initial surge, the 400 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:39,399 Speaker 2: tsunami of people who are going to the movie, just 401 00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:42,439 Speaker 2: like Avatar or any of those movies. I'm waiting for 402 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:45,200 Speaker 2: it to wayne after a few weeks. Then I might 403 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:48,879 Speaker 2: be able to get a ticket. So don't spoil the ending. 404 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:54,480 Speaker 2: I'm going to see it. No spoilers. More about the 405 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:58,560 Speaker 2: Malania movie and the Millennia movie adds when we come back. 406 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:06,680 Speaker 1: Listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 407 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:10,080 Speaker 2: Nice day in southern California. I think it's got us 408 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:13,760 Speaker 2: to a warmer tomorrow, Like warmer's still wow. Yeah, mid 409 00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:19,040 Speaker 2: eighties tomorrow, Man, that's just crazy. In January, gosh, unreal. 410 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:23,000 Speaker 2: Thankfully we had all this rain that you know, kind 411 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:26,760 Speaker 2: of sort of allows us to luxuriate when it gets 412 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:27,520 Speaker 2: dry and warm. 413 00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:30,720 Speaker 3: I don't like this hot weather. Damn like this hot Well, 414 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:34,960 Speaker 3: that is that Mary Poppins. That's the wrong country. 415 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:37,119 Speaker 2: Oh, it is the wrong country. You know what's happening 416 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:40,000 Speaker 2: in your country? That I really am And I'm sure 417 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:42,159 Speaker 2: this is your your country. I don't mean to suggest 418 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:46,159 Speaker 2: it's not. But the one of my favorite things I've 419 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:51,440 Speaker 2: always dreamt of doing. The trip the Australian Open of Tennis. 420 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:52,840 Speaker 3: Oh, I love the tennis. 421 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:57,399 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's in Melbourne and I have always dreamt of going. 422 00:26:57,800 --> 00:26:59,679 Speaker 2: Every year I say, this is the year I'm going 423 00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:01,440 Speaker 2: to go, and then every year it slips by. 424 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:03,040 Speaker 7: Have you gone to the New York Open? 425 00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:10,480 Speaker 2: I went once. It's it's fun. But here's what happened 426 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:12,400 Speaker 2: on the US Open. I'll tell you this real quick, 427 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:14,719 Speaker 2: and this is I'm really you have to understand kind 428 00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:17,840 Speaker 2: of a creature of obligation. It's a good thing. Like 429 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:19,640 Speaker 2: if you if I say I'm going to do something 430 00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:21,040 Speaker 2: for you, I'm going to do it. You get one 431 00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:23,560 Speaker 2: hundred percent. Just nothing's going to happen. It's gonna If 432 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:25,560 Speaker 2: I say I'm going to follow through on something, I'm 433 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:27,760 Speaker 2: going to follow through. But here's how it gets. He 434 00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:31,159 Speaker 2: gets me into trouble all kinds of ways. But I 435 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:32,919 Speaker 2: think many of you'll be able to relate to what 436 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:36,359 Speaker 2: this situation was. I wanted to take my mom and 437 00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:38,480 Speaker 2: dad to the US Open. They were in New York. 438 00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:41,800 Speaker 2: They live in Washington, d C. My dad's passed on now, 439 00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:44,760 Speaker 2: but the time big tennis player, my dad played tennis. 440 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:47,320 Speaker 2: He was until he was eighty eight. He used to 441 00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:53,320 Speaker 2: teach tennis and help put him through college. And I 442 00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:55,720 Speaker 2: wanted to take my mother and father to the US Open, 443 00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:59,840 Speaker 2: but they were staying with my sister, and she lives 444 00:27:59,880 --> 00:28:03,520 Speaker 2: on Long Island, so I can't just take my mom 445 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:08,199 Speaker 2: and dad. I have to also take my sister. My 446 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:13,760 Speaker 2: sister is married to a guy who I can't leave behind. 447 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:17,879 Speaker 2: So now I'm taking my sister, her husband, my mother, 448 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:22,560 Speaker 2: my father, me I can't remember if I was dating 449 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:24,480 Speaker 2: somebody at the time or not. It's at least five 450 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:28,000 Speaker 2: people to the US Open, and the tickets are not inexpensive, 451 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:31,280 Speaker 2: and so I went from being able to give them 452 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:34,639 Speaker 2: sort of a wonderful experience because I was going to 453 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:38,320 Speaker 2: get great seats. So now I've got to host five 454 00:28:38,360 --> 00:28:41,920 Speaker 2: of us. So we're sitting way up high, and it 455 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:45,040 Speaker 2: just it's a weird thing. If you've never been to 456 00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:49,080 Speaker 2: a tennis match of this sort. You're in the stadium 457 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:53,920 Speaker 2: looking down, you can see they are playing tennis, but 458 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:57,200 Speaker 2: you're really like, it feels like you're a block away, 459 00:28:57,480 --> 00:29:01,200 Speaker 2: like you're watching a tennis match from way down the street, 460 00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:04,880 Speaker 2: and so you end up watching the tennis where on 461 00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:07,960 Speaker 2: the jumbo tron you end up watching the tennis on 462 00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:13,040 Speaker 2: TV and you know, getting to your seat and getting 463 00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:16,800 Speaker 2: out of your seat and just a it was a drag, 464 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:19,760 Speaker 2: and I paid for some thing where we could go 465 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:22,360 Speaker 2: to the beer garden or whatever, you know, one of 466 00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:26,360 Speaker 2: those corporate things, the Stella Artois beer garden or the 467 00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:29,360 Speaker 2: Heineken beer garden. You know, there's all that crap. It's 468 00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:35,160 Speaker 2: really a wonderfully fun corporate event, is what I decided. 469 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:38,680 Speaker 2: If some corporation is taking you, if you're being hosted, 470 00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:41,440 Speaker 2: or if you're really wealthy, you have access, I think, 471 00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:44,480 Speaker 2: to an experience that we didn't have access to. So 472 00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:46,920 Speaker 2: when you say have you been to the US Open, 473 00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:52,280 Speaker 2: I've been, but I feel as though it was, you know, 474 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:55,720 Speaker 2: just not the US Open that probably many other people 475 00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:57,640 Speaker 2: have experienced. Do you remember who played? 476 00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:01,680 Speaker 3: I don't. I don't, I really don't. Now. 477 00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:04,920 Speaker 2: I went to Wimbledon many years ago, and I went 478 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:08,400 Speaker 2: to the French Open many years ago, and I saw 479 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:13,800 Speaker 2: some historic matches there. And that's kind of the reason 480 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:16,960 Speaker 2: I want to go to the Aussie Open, because I 481 00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:20,120 Speaker 2: think it's you know again, it's a hard court. The 482 00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:22,000 Speaker 2: problem with the Aussie Open, if I can say, first 483 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:23,400 Speaker 2: of all, you've got to get there. It's like nineteen 484 00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:29,440 Speaker 2: hours in the air. Get thirteen, okay, and it feels 485 00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:34,240 Speaker 2: like nineteen. And then you get there and it's what, 486 00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:37,760 Speaker 2: it's summertime, and it is hot. 487 00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:41,480 Speaker 3: In fact, it is so hot right now it is. 488 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:45,040 Speaker 2: Really it's like a blowtorch. You're sitting there in that 489 00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:48,720 Speaker 2: stadium and the mercuries are well, you know, they do 490 00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:51,760 Speaker 2: celsius there, I think, but it's like one hundred and 491 00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:55,640 Speaker 2: two and you know it's and you're just sitting there, baking, 492 00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:59,080 Speaker 2: trying to enjoy yourself. So again, it's got its own 493 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:04,200 Speaker 2: impediments maybe to it being a perfect experience, but a 494 00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:06,840 Speaker 2: the weather isn't always like that, and b they do 495 00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:09,960 Speaker 2: have now a roof on a lot of I think 496 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:12,959 Speaker 2: on the main stadium and maybe one of the others, 497 00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:17,120 Speaker 2: so you know, the situation is a bit more manageable. 498 00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:19,719 Speaker 2: Now there's a major tennis tournament coming up that right 499 00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:21,960 Speaker 2: down the road, and I'll finish this out quickly because 500 00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:23,600 Speaker 2: I know, you know, the percentage of people that really 501 00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:27,880 Speaker 2: cares about tennis is pretty small. But Indian Wells has 502 00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:31,040 Speaker 2: a great, great tennis setup. It's really like a mini 503 00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:34,479 Speaker 2: US Open and I'm going to go to that, so 504 00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:36,880 Speaker 2: I'm hoping that that'll be a lot of fun. But 505 00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:42,920 Speaker 2: the great thing about tennis is, I think in the 506 00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:45,840 Speaker 2: outer courts, as you kind of roam in week one 507 00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:48,720 Speaker 2: of these two week tournaments, you get to see name 508 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:52,440 Speaker 2: players just kind of warming up. It's a great chance 509 00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:55,360 Speaker 2: to more casually take it in. You know, you don't 510 00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:57,280 Speaker 2: have to have a ticket, sit down there and watch 511 00:31:57,320 --> 00:32:00,000 Speaker 2: the match begin. You get to actually see them warm up. 512 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:02,560 Speaker 2: But imagine if you were able to, you know, go 513 00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:06,640 Speaker 2: to batting practice at the Dodgers or go to you know, 514 00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:09,360 Speaker 2: training camp with the Rams, you know, you might just 515 00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:12,520 Speaker 2: you'd have a different It's a different vibe, a different experience. 516 00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:15,440 Speaker 2: So I like that in the Indian Wells Tournament, which 517 00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:20,800 Speaker 2: is coming up in March. Milania is the new movie 518 00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:29,240 Speaker 2: that is being advertised in many places, among them La 519 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:36,120 Speaker 2: Metro buses, and sadly, LA Metro officials are saying that 520 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:42,440 Speaker 2: there's been a vandalism spree extensive and severe that has 521 00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:46,720 Speaker 2: I guess defaced a lot of the promotional posters for Milania. 522 00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:51,600 Speaker 2: This is a documentary film about the First Lady. They 523 00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:56,440 Speaker 2: were these posters installed at bus stops across Los Angeles 524 00:32:56,520 --> 00:33:01,840 Speaker 2: as well, and the agency that in installed them, as 525 00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:07,280 Speaker 2: well as Metro officials were worried that this might happen, 526 00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:11,120 Speaker 2: and indeed it has now they worry that buses will 527 00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:15,160 Speaker 2: be targeted even more, and so the whole idea of 528 00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:18,080 Speaker 2: getting the word out and promoting the film. They spent 529 00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:22,480 Speaker 2: forty million dollars on the movie. Oh, this is a 530 00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:27,320 Speaker 2: good little question for you to think about. How much 531 00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:29,680 Speaker 2: do you think they spent forty million for the movie? 532 00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:32,320 Speaker 2: Amazon financed it. How much do you think they paid 533 00:33:32,360 --> 00:33:34,400 Speaker 2: for the marketing of the movie for those posters that 534 00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:37,120 Speaker 2: are on the LA buses, for the posters that are 535 00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:39,800 Speaker 2: on the LA bus stops. Do you know the answer 536 00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:42,920 Speaker 2: to this, NICKI, I can find out. No, no, no, 537 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:45,000 Speaker 2: I know the answer. But I'm asking you to. 538 00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:47,960 Speaker 3: Guess how much they paid for the marketing alliance? So 539 00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:50,040 Speaker 3: it was forty million for the movie. How much for 540 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:52,480 Speaker 3: the marketing of Millennia? Thirty million? 541 00:33:55,320 --> 00:33:58,720 Speaker 8: Steph And he guesses, so forty million was the movie 542 00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:03,720 Speaker 8: just the movie? Okay, yeah, I'll say I'll say half 543 00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:08,120 Speaker 8: twenty million. No, I'm good, And you know Mark, I 544 00:34:08,160 --> 00:34:08,480 Speaker 8: think so? 545 00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:11,200 Speaker 2: I do yet, Yeah, a thirty five million I'm going 546 00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:12,719 Speaker 2: to give it to Nikky on this and both of 547 00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:15,840 Speaker 2: you guessed, well, because you know the answer is. You know, 548 00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:19,320 Speaker 2: they spend almost as much on the marketing of the 549 00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:22,160 Speaker 2: film as they did on the film itself, and so 550 00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:27,439 Speaker 2: Amazon forked over forty million and thirty five million toward 551 00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:32,359 Speaker 2: marketing for the film. The film premiered. Where where did 552 00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:39,040 Speaker 2: the film premiere at the Kennedy Center? Of course it didn't. Yeah, 553 00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:42,560 Speaker 2: how did they get that venue for the premiere of Milania? 554 00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:43,600 Speaker 3: Man? 555 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:50,040 Speaker 2: Well, it's a very very special time for the Trumps. 556 00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:52,840 Speaker 3: I hope they're happy. They seem happy. 557 00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:57,360 Speaker 2: And a lot of people are saying this is Jeff 558 00:34:57,360 --> 00:35:01,759 Speaker 2: Bezos just trying to get in good with the a 559 00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:05,480 Speaker 2: corrupt administration. I don't say that. I think it's born 560 00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:09,799 Speaker 2: of love. Yeah, creative people saw the magic of the 561 00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:12,680 Speaker 2: Milania story and they've told it in this forty million 562 00:35:12,719 --> 00:35:17,799 Speaker 2: documentary and I can't wait to see it. And it's 563 00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:23,680 Speaker 2: called Milania. I didn't spend a long time on the title. 564 00:35:23,719 --> 00:35:26,759 Speaker 2: For the most it's just gonna say they focus group that, right. 565 00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:28,759 Speaker 2: I could have worked through lunch maybe to come up 566 00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:31,640 Speaker 2: with an alternative. But see if now, I no, no 567 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:35,160 Speaker 2: good luck to all of them when we come back 568 00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:40,080 Speaker 2: in the next hour, A real life story of prime 569 00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:44,480 Speaker 2: time television. Mark Thompson here on KFI AM six forty. 570 00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:47,320 Speaker 2: We are live everywhere on the iHeartRadio 571 00:35:47,320 --> 00:35:50,840 Speaker 1: App KFI AM six forty on demand