1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:03,920 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 2 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:09,039 Speaker 2: You never watch your favorite TV show? Now, this is 3 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 2: the old days. 4 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:13,280 Speaker 3: Look, youngsters, there was a time that we used to 5 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:16,959 Speaker 3: watch television on the broadcast or on cable, and you 6 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:18,920 Speaker 3: had to actually be there on time to see it. 7 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:22,439 Speaker 3: And you would watch your favorite show, and then, especially 8 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:26,320 Speaker 3: in the sitcoms, the show would seemingly end, but they 9 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 3: would take a little bit of a commercial break and 10 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 3: come back and give you a tease of about three 11 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:32,920 Speaker 3: or four minutes of an additional scene, and that was 12 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:34,960 Speaker 3: kind of a way to get you to stick around 13 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:37,559 Speaker 3: through that commercial break to watch the next thing. And 14 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:40,199 Speaker 3: then you feel so good and you're happy, and you 15 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:44,479 Speaker 3: got to watch whatever it was Growing Pains, the Brady Bunch, 16 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 3: whatever your era, and then the TV would remain on 17 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:51,879 Speaker 3: and then the next show would come on and you'd go. 18 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 2: Hmm, this is not my favorite show. 19 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:01,160 Speaker 3: I'm Chris Merril. This is six forty following Tim Conway Junior. 20 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 3: Remember you can listen anytime on demand and. 21 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 2: The iHeartRadio app. Did you see where I was going 22 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:06,399 Speaker 2: with that? 23 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 4: No? 24 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 2: Smooth, thank you, I appreciate that. Appreciate that. Uh who? 25 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:13,119 Speaker 2: But Sam is in tonight. 26 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 3: We've got Mark, of course, who also skipped at Tim's 27 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:19,959 Speaker 3: birthday party. This job Mark uh Nikki in here as well. 28 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:22,479 Speaker 2: Great to have you guys. Hey, hey, it is. 29 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:25,400 Speaker 3: Good to have everyone on board and in a way 30 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 3: we go great news. If you thought, my god, La, 31 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:36,199 Speaker 3: the city of La just doesn't seem to spend enough money, 32 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 3: there is really good news for you because now we 33 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:42,840 Speaker 3: have an idea of what next year's budget is going 34 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 3: to be, and we are. 35 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 2: We're tickling a trillion. 36 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 3: It's being just could you do look at about a 37 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:52,600 Speaker 3: trillion dollars? 38 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 2: Right? Billion? Trillion? Am I right on that? 39 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 1: Yeah? 40 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 3: Okay, he goes million, billion, trillion, right, I'm not the 41 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 3: I'm not skipping one. 42 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 2: Nope, okay, great, So. 43 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:08,800 Speaker 3: Budget changes adopted Budget twenty five twenty six is just 44 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:12,360 Speaker 3: shive nine hundred Oh I'm sorry, dang, nine hundred million dollars. 45 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:16,080 Speaker 3: I did skip one. It's a billion, it's a billion dollars. 46 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 3: Trillion seemed high? Trillion did seem high? Can we just 47 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:22,240 Speaker 3: stop pause, go back and start the whole thing over again. 48 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 3: I know people are already disappointed. It's not the Tim show, 49 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 3: but if we can just really bone that up to 50 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 3: start this program. Just rewind, guys, just hit the dump 51 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 3: button and go back to the start. 52 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 2: Good. Thank you, I appreciate that. Very good. 53 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 3: Hy It's Chris Merril. Kay if I am six forty 54 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:40,079 Speaker 3: more stimulating talk? 55 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 2: Boy? 56 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 3: If you thought this is working off splendidly? Boy, have 57 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 3: you thought jeepers? I sure wish LA would spend some 58 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 3: more money. Boy, have I got news for you. The 59 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 3: new budget is tickling a billion dollars. Some morons think 60 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 3: that that's almost a trillion, but it's a long way 61 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 3: from it. 62 00:02:56,880 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 2: Nope, we're tickling at trillion dollars. A billion. 63 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 3: We're take on a billion dollars. Boy, even when I 64 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 3: know I was wrong, I still do it again. Thank 65 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:09,920 Speaker 3: god Sam's here to keep me on track. Where's the 66 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 3: money going? Well, the fire department says they need two 67 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 3: two hund do million, baby, a million dollars. 68 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:21,240 Speaker 2: It's a lot of shiny red fire trucks. What are 69 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 2: they going to spend it on? Now? 70 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 3: Look in light of the fires that we endured to 71 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 3: start last year. You know that's still fresh on the 72 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:32,799 Speaker 3: mind of the council and they gotta be thinking, Yeah, 73 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:33,959 Speaker 3: I mean, what are we going to do? Say no, 74 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 3: to the fire department and then have another massive fire 75 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 3: come through in the fire department say. 76 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 2: Well, you know we asked we got denied funding. 77 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 3: I mean we asked for two hundred trillion dollars of 78 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 3: their six hundred quadrillion dollar budget. 79 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 2: That's not right. 80 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 3: They asked for two hundred million, roughly one hundred ninety 81 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 3: nine point three. So we're right there, and what does 82 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 3: that go to? The fire department says, Look, we've got 83 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:59,000 Speaker 3: to have more firefighters, so we have to have new 84 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:03,720 Speaker 3: academy classes. We have to have more ambulances, we have 85 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 3: to have more paramedic training, we have to have more 86 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 3: field supervisors, and we got to start clearing some of 87 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 3: this brush out so that the next time that we 88 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 3: do have some sort of an incendiary event that sounds official. 89 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:20,840 Speaker 3: When we have an incendiary event, we'll be able to 90 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:22,919 Speaker 3: be able to tackle it faster if we have all 91 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 3: that brush cleaned up. And then what else, Oh, they 92 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 3: want to do hydrant checks in the palisades. That seems 93 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:32,840 Speaker 3: like something that would be effective at the end of 94 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:35,919 Speaker 3: twenty twenty four. But cool, I'm all for it. And 95 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 3: the additional Hella tanker funding. I don't know anybody that's 96 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 3: going to say no. Now, I don't know if you're 97 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:46,720 Speaker 3: going to have a number of a number of officials 98 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:48,920 Speaker 3: that will go through that the request with a fine 99 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 3: tooth comb and say, wait a minute, you don't need this, 100 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:55,039 Speaker 3: you don't need that. But it is wildly unpopular to 101 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 3: say no to the fire department. And it is even 102 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:01,239 Speaker 3: more unpopular to say no to the fire department after 103 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:03,680 Speaker 3: that entire mess that we had. 104 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:06,160 Speaker 2: Can you imagine what it would look like. 105 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:10,479 Speaker 3: To Mayor bass if she's already catching hell over the 106 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 3: Palisades fire, already talking about mismanaging things. 107 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 2: Of course, she wasn't here, she was in Europe. 108 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 3: So imagine if she now comes out and says, yeah, 109 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 3: I don't want to give more money to the fire department. Now, 110 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 3: fire Department's gonna take advantage of this, and they're gonna 111 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:25,680 Speaker 3: do everything they can to try to get more money, 112 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:29,160 Speaker 3: and as well they should. If I'm in the fire department, 113 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:32,719 Speaker 3: That's exactly what I'm doing, is I'm saying, okay, now 114 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 3: we present the city with a wish list, and uh, 115 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 3: it doesn't even matter if it's two hundred million dollars 116 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:43,839 Speaker 3: two hundred million, it's two hundred million dollars two hundred million. Meanwhile, 117 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 3: speaking of taking advantage of fires, see what Malibu is doing. 118 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 3: I don't know if I disagree with them, although it 119 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:54,479 Speaker 3: does feel a little. 120 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 2: Opportunistic. NBCLA was talking. 121 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:03,799 Speaker 3: About their new plan to uh move the homeless along. 122 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 5: Malibu has declared a local emergency, saying worsening wildfire conditions 123 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:11,480 Speaker 5: means the city needs to take extra steps to tackle 124 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:12,320 Speaker 5: fire hazards. 125 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 3: Oh this is like out of the Trump playbook. This 126 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:17,800 Speaker 3: is where you say, oh, we've got an emergency. I 127 00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:19,279 Speaker 3: have to do this thing that I've wanted to do 128 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:25,039 Speaker 3: all along anyway, But there is there is some rationale. 129 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:27,920 Speaker 5: Here according to city policy enacted in twenty twenty one, 130 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:30,720 Speaker 5: that means stepping up enforcement of homeless encampments. 131 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:33,839 Speaker 4: What this does is it enables us to move a 132 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 4: little faster because of the urgency. We can't wait three days, 133 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:42,120 Speaker 4: five days before having sent in when red flag weather, 134 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 4: we can't wait. 135 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:46,719 Speaker 5: Just across from Malibu City Hall, it's It's Legacy Park 136 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 5: and been just full of items belonging to people experiencing homelessness. 137 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:52,600 Speaker 4: From Infortunately they don't have a home, so this is 138 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:53,039 Speaker 4: our stuff. 139 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:55,720 Speaker 5: Those some in Nalbu may find this concerning. Public Safety 140 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 5: Director Susan Duenna says, these items are typically cleared out 141 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 5: every night, so it's not to behavior the city is targeting. 142 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:05,479 Speaker 4: There's nothing illegal about having stuff instead of Yeah, but 143 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 4: it was focusing on encampments since September twenty ninth, when 144 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:10,320 Speaker 4: the local emergency was declared. 145 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 5: If people are found illegally camping. 146 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:14,880 Speaker 4: We would contact them, let them know that the fire 147 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 4: dange is very high and because of that, we can't 148 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 4: have any encampments in the brush area. 149 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:21,800 Speaker 2: And why is that? 150 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 3: Because when you talk about fires getting started all too often, 151 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 3: it's coming out of these encampments. And look, it gets 152 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 3: to the point where you go, there really are two 153 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 3: major reasons that wildfires start in southern California. Now, I 154 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 3: know you could you could have somebody throwing a cigarette 155 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:46,040 Speaker 3: butt out the window. Absolutely that person should be hung 156 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:48,920 Speaker 3: up by their toenails. You could have somebody that's dragging 157 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 3: trailer chains right sending off sparks. We've all seen that 158 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 3: on the freeway as well. Okay, that could happen, but really, 159 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 3: what are the two major causes is of fires? The 160 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:09,280 Speaker 3: power companies right and arson. Now, whether it's intentional arson 161 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:12,080 Speaker 3: or not. That's for the course to determine. But power 162 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:16,560 Speaker 3: companies and the power lines seems to be a big driver, 163 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:20,040 Speaker 3: whether it's Eton or whether we've and we've seen it 164 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 3: in northern California two PG and he keeps burning everybody's 165 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 3: cities down. 166 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 2: And then you've got arson. 167 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 3: Now in the case the Palisades, that was allegedly I 168 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:33,440 Speaker 3: have to be careful here, the dufis who was setting 169 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:37,200 Speaker 3: off fireworks and or you know whatever it was that 170 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:39,199 Speaker 3: he set the fire. Fire department said it was out, 171 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 3: but it smoldered for a week and then the wind's 172 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:42,920 Speaker 3: kicked up just the same. 173 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:43,520 Speaker 2: That's arson. 174 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:46,000 Speaker 3: But how many times do we hear about a fire 175 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:49,080 Speaker 3: and we go, oh, you guys want to bet that 176 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:52,920 Speaker 3: that was a homeless person started that. I mean, it 177 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:55,640 Speaker 3: gets to the point, especially the more populated the area, 178 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:57,920 Speaker 3: you go, oh that's homeless. Oh it's a homeless person. 179 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:01,720 Speaker 3: Homeless started that. So Malibu's got a little bit. 180 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:02,760 Speaker 6: Of a got. 181 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:06,080 Speaker 3: A little case to be made here, and now they're 182 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:08,840 Speaker 3: concerned we're moving into Santa Anna season you got and 183 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:12,040 Speaker 3: I've got audio of them actually talking to the uh, 184 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:16,720 Speaker 3: the homeless and saying, look, you're gonna have to go 185 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:18,840 Speaker 3: somewhere else. You you're gonna have to go be a 186 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:22,200 Speaker 3: firebug somewhere else. Here's here's that audio. This was straight 187 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:26,560 Speaker 3: and I nobody else got this. I surreptitiously recorded this audio. 188 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:29,080 Speaker 3: Ready ghet them up. 189 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:38,720 Speaker 2: I came with us on soundtrack, rolling roll and rolling. Yeah. 190 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 3: So then they just chase them off, and they go, hey, 191 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 3: why don't you go down to the next city and 192 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:42,679 Speaker 3: be their problem. 193 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:45,600 Speaker 2: Now you're gonna have to pack up your encampment. Off 194 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:45,840 Speaker 2: you go. 195 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:50,200 Speaker 3: We don't really do a very good job of solving 196 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:54,840 Speaker 3: homelessness so much as we shuffle homelessness. 197 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:58,160 Speaker 2: So somebody else's fired to deal with. 198 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:03,360 Speaker 3: Meanwhile, you got investigators trying to figure out why what 199 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:06,040 Speaker 3: appeared to be a very routine drill turned into a 200 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 3: very major incident one of the busiest freeways in southern California. 201 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:14,320 Speaker 3: It's a screw up that is somehow making Gavin Newsome 202 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:16,640 Speaker 3: look good. To find out what that is next time. 203 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:18,839 Speaker 3: Chris Merril I am six forty We live everywhere on 204 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 3: the iHeartRadio app or listen anytime on demand of the 205 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:22,480 Speaker 3: iHeart Radio app. 206 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:28,120 Speaker 2: I'm Chris Merrill. I AM six forty More stimulating talk. 207 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:32,480 Speaker 3: So you can join me on Sunday afternoons and it's 208 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:36,679 Speaker 3: always rewarding for me anyway to talk with you on 209 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 3: Sunday afternoon. I just love it. I love doing the show. 210 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:42,040 Speaker 3: We do a lot of interaction and it's fantastic. But 211 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:48,000 Speaker 3: I I was talking this last weekend about the closure 212 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:51,880 Speaker 3: of Camp Pendleton on Saturday, and they were doing this 213 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:54,440 Speaker 3: live fire event. What I did not know at the 214 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:58,280 Speaker 3: time is that there had been a blast that went 215 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:04,280 Speaker 3: awry and it hit a CHP vehicle. My understanding at 216 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 3: that time, however, was that it happened on base grounds. Evidently, 217 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 3: uh it did, in fact toss shrapnel toward I five. 218 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:19,320 Speaker 2: So uh here. 219 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:23,839 Speaker 3: I was shocked to find that out, and I thought, 220 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 3: I mean, my my reaction was, how does that happen? 221 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:34,440 Speaker 3: I mean, initially, if you're unfamiliar with the with the 222 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:36,520 Speaker 3: the intricacies of this story and Mark, feel free to 223 00:11:36,559 --> 00:11:37,920 Speaker 3: jump in and correct me if I'm wrong on any 224 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:43,480 Speaker 3: of this. But the the whole idea was, Oh, we're 225 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 3: gonna do this. It's preparation. We're doing live artillery training. 226 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:50,440 Speaker 3: Uh and uh and we're gonna we're gonna do it 227 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:52,400 Speaker 3: on you know, Saturday. 228 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 2: It happened to coincide with No King's Day. 229 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:56,640 Speaker 3: Now I don't know if it was in response to 230 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:59,360 Speaker 3: the schedule No King's Day or if I don't know 231 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:01,079 Speaker 3: exactly what it was. I do know that they are 232 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 3: they're training for the two hundred and fiftieth birthday of 233 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:08,719 Speaker 3: the Marine Corps. Okay, cool, So then JD. Vance is 234 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:10,960 Speaker 3: going to be there and they're like, Hey, we're gonna 235 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:14,720 Speaker 3: do this big thing and look we're we're mighty, we're powerful, YadA, 236 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:15,280 Speaker 3: YadA YadA. 237 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:17,520 Speaker 2: So there's there's a performative aspect to it. 238 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:22,720 Speaker 3: When the administration shows up for what is basically address rehearsal, 239 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:26,839 Speaker 3: Gavin Newsom jumps in and he says, oh, this is 240 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:29,720 Speaker 3: too dangerous. We got to shut the roads down. And 241 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:33,120 Speaker 3: Pendleton said, what, No, you don't have to. We're doing 242 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:35,480 Speaker 3: all this in the approved area. This is this is 243 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:38,360 Speaker 3: there's no reason to shut I five down. You don't 244 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 3: have to do any of that stuff. 245 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:39,720 Speaker 2: This is. 246 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:43,720 Speaker 3: Look, we're gonna be in the parameters that are considered safe. 247 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 2: And news oh, no, we're shutting it down. We're shutting 248 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:47,240 Speaker 2: it down. We're shutting it down. 249 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 3: And you thought, okay, is this just a silly standoff 250 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:53,959 Speaker 3: where once again we're the pawns in the middle of 251 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:57,560 Speaker 3: this little political game. The answer is probably yes. But 252 00:12:57,640 --> 00:13:05,600 Speaker 3: now all of a sudden, Newsome is looking prescient, like, oh, 253 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:08,320 Speaker 3: thank goodness. Newsom was there to make sure that people 254 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 3: didn't get accidentally bombed, and now there's a big investigation 255 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:14,920 Speaker 3: to how this shrapnel got out there. 256 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:16,160 Speaker 2: Fox eleven was talking about it. 257 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:19,679 Speaker 7: We spoke with a retired Marine intelligence officer and he 258 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:22,720 Speaker 7: gave us his perspective on what he thought had taken place, 259 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:26,680 Speaker 7: and he says that it's likely there are multiple investigations 260 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:29,240 Speaker 7: going on at this hour on the federal level, on 261 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:32,400 Speaker 7: the state level as they try to figure out what 262 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:37,080 Speaker 7: caused that device to prematurely release and what it could 263 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:41,680 Speaker 7: have done. Potentially, it even could have caused death. Let's listen, Billy. 264 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:44,120 Speaker 2: Okay, very dramatic, but not wrong. 265 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:48,240 Speaker 8: The estrange that a round would explode mid air directly 266 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:49,720 Speaker 8: over the I FI Freeway. 267 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 7: Two days after a celebration dubbed from Sea to Shore 268 00:13:52,679 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 7: a review of amphibious strength in which metal shrapnel from 269 00:13:56,200 --> 00:14:01,200 Speaker 7: an explosive ordinance fired over the five Freeway native prematurely 270 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:05,960 Speaker 7: striking an unoccupied CHP vehicle and possibly a second one 271 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:10,280 Speaker 7: near a CHP motorcycle. Everyone trying to figure out what 272 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:14,680 Speaker 7: went so wrong. Gravity No one was hurt in the incident, 273 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 7: said the CHP, but still very concerning. Monday evening, we 274 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:22,000 Speaker 7: spoke to a retired Marine intelligence officer. You just said 275 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 7: that who did a couple of duties at Camp Pendleton. 276 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:28,120 Speaker 8: I don't personally recall us ever doing a live fire 277 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 8: from the west side of the I five, but I 278 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:34,600 Speaker 8: do know there are firing points out there that can 279 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:37,760 Speaker 8: be used, and I understand that they have been firing 280 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:40,960 Speaker 8: from that side of the freeway going back decades. And 281 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,280 Speaker 8: from what I heard, this is the first time anything 282 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:45,960 Speaker 8: even close to this nothing. Nobody can remember anything like 283 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:47,240 Speaker 8: this ever happening before. 284 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, which is why Peddleton said, you don't have to 285 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:53,280 Speaker 3: shut the freeway down. That's silly, And now you're just 286 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 3: you're just playing politics with it, and then this happens. 287 00:14:56,960 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 2: Whoa timing here? Timing It's not great. 288 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 7: Well, as we said earlier, there are likely multiple investigations 289 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:07,920 Speaker 7: going on at this hour. I asked him his opinion 290 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 7: on whether he thought it was actually wise in the 291 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:13,560 Speaker 7: end that the governor did shut down the Five Freeways. 292 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:16,040 Speaker 7: We all know a lot of people pushed back on that. 293 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:19,000 Speaker 7: They were very upset that their weekend would be disturbed. 294 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:20,320 Speaker 2: Yeah. 295 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:22,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, because it felt like, oh, look, we're stuck in 296 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:26,280 Speaker 3: a four hour traffic jam because the president excuse the 297 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:29,520 Speaker 3: governor wants to play politics with the vice president by. 298 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:32,960 Speaker 7: The very busy five Freeway being shut down. He said 299 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:36,320 Speaker 7: initially that he thought it was not necessary, but that 300 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:40,000 Speaker 7: he would wait to render his opinion until all of 301 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:42,160 Speaker 7: these investigations were finished. 302 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 2: Yeah. 303 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:47,400 Speaker 3: Well, now I'm freaked out anytime that they start doing anything. 304 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 3: I had no concerns before. I thought it was silly 305 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:52,240 Speaker 3: that the freeway got shut down, and then all of 306 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:55,400 Speaker 3: a sudden, you've got shrapnel flying across the freeway. 307 00:15:56,880 --> 00:15:59,080 Speaker 2: I think it's probably a bit of a freak accident. 308 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:03,960 Speaker 3: I think it's but at the same time, it seems 309 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 3: like unnecessary risk, now, doesn't it. I don't know if 310 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:14,800 Speaker 3: you ever dream of being that very special person that 311 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:19,040 Speaker 3: gets to be a part of a team, an elite team, 312 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:22,120 Speaker 3: the kind of team that gets called upon when a 313 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:26,520 Speaker 3: job no one else can do needs to be done. Well, 314 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:29,840 Speaker 3: somewhere out there, there is a guy who is a 315 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 3: member of a team just like that, sitting around in 316 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 3: sweatpants eating cereal next to Napoleon's crown. You'll find out 317 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:40,040 Speaker 3: where Interpol is looking next. I'm Chris Merrill AM six 318 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:41,920 Speaker 3: forty Live everywhere on the iHeart Radio app. 319 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:45,920 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 320 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:50,560 Speaker 3: Myither could even me Chris Merril, I AM six forty 321 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:55,720 Speaker 3: more stimulating talk and listen anytime on demand of the 322 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 3: iHeart Radio app. 323 00:16:56,680 --> 00:16:58,760 Speaker 2: Appreciate everybody that is checking us out on the app tonight. 324 00:16:58,800 --> 00:16:59,640 Speaker 2: You guys are dynamo. 325 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:06,000 Speaker 3: Oh, one of the boldest museum robberies, Well, you could 326 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:06,720 Speaker 3: say in recent memory. 327 00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:09,760 Speaker 2: I think it's probably one of the boldest ever ever. 328 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:12,040 Speaker 2: Happened at the Louver. Of course you're familiar with this 329 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:13,800 Speaker 2: mask thieves. 330 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:19,719 Speaker 3: They dressed up like construction workers, a little bit like YMCA. 331 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:23,680 Speaker 3: They rated the Louver, smashed through glass cases till eight 332 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:26,399 Speaker 3: pieces of what they say is priceless jewelry. 333 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:29,640 Speaker 2: But that's a lie. It took them seven minutes. 334 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:32,000 Speaker 3: Investigators say the heist was either commissioned by a private 335 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:35,840 Speaker 3: collector or tied to organized crime networks, so at some 336 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:37,840 Speaker 3: point they got to fleece this crap, right, they got 337 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:38,879 Speaker 3: to start trying to sell it. 338 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 2: Now. 339 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:43,119 Speaker 3: I told you it was not priceless. They say priceless, 340 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:46,400 Speaker 3: But everything has a price. From ABC seven. 341 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:49,720 Speaker 2: And we have breaking news with a price tag. After 342 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:51,280 Speaker 2: the heist at the Louver. 343 00:17:51,359 --> 00:17:54,480 Speaker 9: The Paris prosecutor saying the crown jewels were taken they 344 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:57,520 Speaker 9: were worth one hundred and two million dollars, but that 345 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:00,560 Speaker 9: estimate doesn't include the historical value in France. 346 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:04,680 Speaker 2: France would surrender that. 347 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:07,439 Speaker 9: The prosecutor says. At least one hundred investigators are on 348 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:11,480 Speaker 9: the hunt for the suspects who stole those nine precious items. Meanwhile, 349 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:14,320 Speaker 9: the president and director of the lou Museum is under 350 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:18,760 Speaker 9: security and scrutiny over museum security and set to appear 351 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:20,960 Speaker 9: before front lawmakers tomorrow. 352 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:28,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, what in the world happened with security? So these 353 00:18:28,359 --> 00:18:30,680 Speaker 3: guys took a ladder truck, and I guess these are 354 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:33,080 Speaker 3: really common in Paris. If you haven't been keeping up 355 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:34,919 Speaker 3: on this, then you got to know these basics. If 356 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:37,040 Speaker 3: you have, then pardon me while I make sure everybody's 357 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 3: on the same page. So imagine effectively a fire truck 358 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 3: without the fire truck. Look, it's just a ladder truck. Okay, 359 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:48,520 Speaker 3: so this is the giant ladder truck that they use 360 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:50,159 Speaker 3: in Paris to take down the narrow street so that 361 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:53,359 Speaker 3: people can load furniture up and down off the balconies. 362 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:55,520 Speaker 2: Actually kind of genius when you think about it. 363 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:59,160 Speaker 3: Much easier than trying to haul a sofa up twisty 364 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:05,359 Speaker 3: staircases for four floors. So they take this thing and 365 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:08,600 Speaker 3: they put on construction uniforms and they go up the 366 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:14,440 Speaker 3: ladder and they take grinders, battery powered grinders, I'm assuming. 367 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:16,439 Speaker 3: I don't think they had extension cords. And they start 368 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:20,800 Speaker 3: going at the window. Now this is making noise, right, 369 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:23,800 Speaker 3: but they're construction workers. And then they break the window 370 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:26,080 Speaker 3: out and people inside the loof because it was Sunday 371 00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:28,119 Speaker 3: and they were, you know, loving. 372 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:30,480 Speaker 2: And they, oh my god, what's happening. 373 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:33,439 Speaker 3: And I don't know if these guys jumped out and 374 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:36,760 Speaker 3: said the classic this is a robbery, which would have been. 375 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:41,800 Speaker 2: Cliche but still cool. And security is there. 376 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:45,520 Speaker 3: The alarms are going off, right, the alarms are wow, well, yeah, 377 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:47,880 Speaker 3: this window has been shattered and the alarms are going off. 378 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:48,920 Speaker 2: Security is there. 379 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 3: I've seen a few different reports, many of them just 380 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:56,639 Speaker 3: totally ignore what security even did. But it sounds like 381 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:03,840 Speaker 3: these guys waved their grinder at security and said get 382 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:07,560 Speaker 3: out of here, and security went, here's my white flag, 383 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:10,399 Speaker 3: very French. 384 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:13,199 Speaker 2: And then they they went and they had wine and 385 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:14,120 Speaker 2: cheese in the next room. 386 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:17,440 Speaker 3: They got all the the patrons out because they say, oh, 387 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:20,400 Speaker 3: the patron's security. The safety is always our top priority. 388 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:24,880 Speaker 3: Good it should be. But you're telling me no security 389 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:28,119 Speaker 3: guards can do anything. There's the difference between Europe and 390 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:31,720 Speaker 3: the United States. In the United States, the guards would 391 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:34,720 Speaker 3: have had side arms or at least bear spray or something. 392 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:37,359 Speaker 3: But also in the United States, the robbers would have 393 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:42,080 Speaker 3: had side arms or bear spray or something, right, because 394 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:44,360 Speaker 3: you know, they would have expected a shootout of some sort. 395 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:47,439 Speaker 3: But these guys then went to the they went to 396 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:49,560 Speaker 3: where the jewels are being held, and they did a 397 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:52,880 Speaker 3: little smash and grab and got out of there with 398 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:56,959 Speaker 3: all these jewels. And everything I'm hearing is, oh, they 399 00:20:56,960 --> 00:20:59,360 Speaker 3: did it in under seven minutes, Like that's some sort 400 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:00,600 Speaker 3: of an impressed feet. 401 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:05,440 Speaker 2: You're at the most famous museum in the world. 402 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:09,280 Speaker 3: The alarms are going off, security guards have already been 403 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:10,160 Speaker 3: scared away. 404 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:13,000 Speaker 2: By grinders. 405 00:21:14,119 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 3: And what the French police couldn't eu eu eu their 406 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:21,280 Speaker 3: way over there and try to stop these yahoos. They 407 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 3: got the jewels, they slid back down the ladder and 408 00:21:25,359 --> 00:21:29,439 Speaker 3: they not firetruck, and then they tried to set the 409 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:34,720 Speaker 3: fire truck on fire. It didn't light because irony. So 410 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:39,720 Speaker 3: then they jumped on waiting No did they know. They 411 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:44,160 Speaker 3: didn't jump onto a waiting speedster. They didn't jump into 412 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 3: the sind in a in a speed boat. They didn't 413 00:21:48,119 --> 00:21:51,679 Speaker 3: even have a renault waiting buy. They jumped on mop 414 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 3: heads and took off down the road that paralleled the 415 00:21:56,119 --> 00:21:56,800 Speaker 3: sind River. 416 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:01,840 Speaker 2: And they're gone in the wind kaiser, so SI off 417 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:02,119 Speaker 2: they go. 418 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:09,199 Speaker 3: It has got to be the most low tech, poorly planned, 419 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:17,199 Speaker 3: most successful heist in history. This did not take oceans eleven. 420 00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:20,119 Speaker 3: This was not something where we had to have the 421 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:26,399 Speaker 3: best of the best. These were Yahoo's who identified a 422 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:30,480 Speaker 3: really simple flaw in the system and took advantage of it. 423 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:35,840 Speaker 3: And so now where are we We are in manhunt 424 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:37,760 Speaker 3: mode ABC seven. 425 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:40,520 Speaker 10: It took all of seven minutes on a Sunday morning 426 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:41,200 Speaker 10: in Paris. 427 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:43,880 Speaker 3: They make it sound like seven minutes is a short 428 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:49,200 Speaker 3: amount of time, and granted it is, but you've been 429 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:51,199 Speaker 3: listening to this segment for less than seven minutes, and 430 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:52,959 Speaker 3: I guarantee, in your mind you feel like it's been 431 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:53,639 Speaker 3: going on forever. 432 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:56,680 Speaker 10: It's according to investigators who are now on a complex 433 00:22:56,800 --> 00:23:01,119 Speaker 10: manhunt for four robbers and the irreplaceable jewels they stole 434 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:01,840 Speaker 10: from the Louver. 435 00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:03,400 Speaker 2: Officials say four. 436 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:06,840 Speaker 10: Men disguised as construction workers drove up to the side 437 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 10: of the museum in a truck mounted with a long ladder, 438 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:13,840 Speaker 10: extending that ladder to a second story bout sip ahead. 439 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:18,399 Speaker 10: Police say the men ransacked the Apollo Gallery, getting away 440 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:20,399 Speaker 10: on scooters with eight pieces of. 441 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:24,880 Speaker 2: Jewelry incredible mopet escape. 442 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:28,040 Speaker 10: Including this elaborate diamond brooch the Louver bought. 443 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:29,000 Speaker 2: In two thor skip ahead. 444 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:32,760 Speaker 10: Today, ABC's James Longman spoke with France's Minister of Culture, 445 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:35,400 Speaker 10: who is in charge of the Louver and leading the investigation. 446 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:38,240 Speaker 10: She says all of the evidence so far points to 447 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:41,720 Speaker 10: organized crime and did not rule out this could be 448 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:44,880 Speaker 10: an inside Joboo all right. 449 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:47,879 Speaker 2: Well, that might explain why the security was so trash. 450 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:51,320 Speaker 10: French officials say among what they've submitted for DNA analysis 451 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:54,120 Speaker 10: is a vest and a bottle of liquid the robbers 452 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:57,119 Speaker 10: allegedly used to try and set the truck on fire 453 00:23:57,520 --> 00:24:00,119 Speaker 10: before they took off. A new report from France his 454 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:03,960 Speaker 10: main auditors examines a five year period ending last year 455 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:07,520 Speaker 10: and finds the Louver struggle to implement planned security upgrades, 456 00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:11,440 Speaker 10: which is set to include additional security cameras. The report 457 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:15,160 Speaker 10: notes swaths of rooms at the Louver have no cameras 458 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:15,600 Speaker 10: at all. 459 00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:20,159 Speaker 3: Oh good, that's out there, now, great, there are swaths 460 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:26,760 Speaker 3: of rooms with priceless artifacts with millions of dollars and 461 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:31,080 Speaker 3: untold historical value that is not being eyeboled right now. 462 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:34,280 Speaker 2: Look, this is not the Thomas Crown affair. 463 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:39,480 Speaker 3: This is this is more like a guy Ritchie movie 464 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:42,600 Speaker 3: that didn't even get greenlit because everyone thought this is 465 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:44,080 Speaker 3: the dumbest thing we've ever heard. 466 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:48,400 Speaker 11: The security seemed to have been beaten by their own hubris. 467 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:50,600 Speaker 11: I got to tell you, I think the scooters were 468 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:53,600 Speaker 11: a pretty clever touch. I just watched a video of 469 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:56,639 Speaker 11: a guy on a scooter absolutely clowning police in a 470 00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:59,760 Speaker 11: police car trying to get him. They didn't the cops 471 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:01,920 Speaker 11: in have a chance, and neither did a guy chasing 472 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:02,440 Speaker 11: them on foot. 473 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:05,080 Speaker 3: But wouldn't you go with something with a little more 474 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:07,119 Speaker 3: juice than a scooter. I mean, I would understand a 475 00:25:07,119 --> 00:25:10,440 Speaker 3: motorcycle or dirt bike or something, right, but I mean. 476 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:13,080 Speaker 11: They can go, they can go places that a car 477 00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:13,600 Speaker 11: can't go. 478 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:15,439 Speaker 1: Well, I understand its blending. 479 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:17,919 Speaker 12: In Paris, there's tons of them. 480 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:21,560 Speaker 3: Oh you think they did the whole Vanish in plain sight? 481 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:22,000 Speaker 2: Yeah? 482 00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:24,440 Speaker 12: Have you have you ever been to the Louver as well? 483 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:28,159 Speaker 12: I've been and there's tons of security that. Plus my 484 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:30,760 Speaker 12: father tripped off the security alarm when he went to 485 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:32,240 Speaker 12: try to touch the Mona Lisa. 486 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:36,360 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, that's discouraged. Wow. Yeah, no, they frowned on that. 487 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:39,280 Speaker 3: There's a lot of because because the Mona Lisa was 488 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:41,760 Speaker 3: stolen in the nineteen thirties, that's why it's a famous painting. 489 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:44,480 Speaker 12: And she's now encased in glass, so even if you 490 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:46,160 Speaker 12: try to take a photo of her, you just get 491 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:48,639 Speaker 12: like the glare of the glass baiting back at your camera. 492 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:54,440 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, that's because of the the NFTs, right, yeah, 493 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:57,040 Speaker 3: you know the NFTs where everybody had like the pictures 494 00:25:57,080 --> 00:25:59,400 Speaker 3: of the frog and then they were they were like. 495 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:02,399 Speaker 2: That's he's gonna copy exist anymore. 496 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:05,920 Speaker 3: I know, exactly exactly, because they didn't put glass over 497 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:11,199 Speaker 3: the the NFTs. So everybody just stole it. Tell me 498 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:14,000 Speaker 3: if you've heard this one. A bear walks into a 499 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:15,600 Speaker 3: bar ouch. 500 00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:16,679 Speaker 2: Thank you. 501 00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:19,600 Speaker 3: I'll give you the rest of the story next. Thank you, Sam. 502 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:23,120 Speaker 3: I really appreciated that one. It's Chris Meryl CAFI six forty. 503 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:26,159 Speaker 3: We're live everywhere in the iHeartRadio web. There is a 504 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:30,800 Speaker 3: new resist dolls happening, and it's not about politics this time. 505 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:33,320 Speaker 3: I will tell you about the resistants that could save 506 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:36,520 Speaker 3: your job. Coming up here after marks eight o'clock news. 507 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:40,280 Speaker 3: I'm Chris Merril kfi AM six forty more stimulating talking 508 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:45,800 Speaker 3: on demand anytime on the eye Heart Radio app. All right, 509 00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:48,880 Speaker 3: I'm gonna give you two bear stories, and I will 510 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:51,480 Speaker 3: be perfectly frank with you in the spirit of radio. 511 00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:54,280 Speaker 2: I'm gonna give you the not as good one. 512 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:56,760 Speaker 3: First, but I'm telling you that I'm doing that so 513 00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:58,679 Speaker 3: that you want to stick around for the better one. Okay, 514 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:04,239 Speaker 3: So let's start with the bear hunt in southern California, 515 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:07,280 Speaker 3: which is the least interesting of the bear stories and 516 00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:08,439 Speaker 3: still pretty damn interesting. 517 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:10,480 Speaker 6: Those bears just kind of made themselves at home. 518 00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:14,200 Speaker 3: This is from NBCLA where they set their reporter out 519 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:15,160 Speaker 3: bear hunting. 520 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:17,320 Speaker 6: See guys, right now, we're driving around. I want you 521 00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:19,399 Speaker 6: to take a look at this. So we're driving around 522 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:22,159 Speaker 6: right off Sepulvida and valle Vista, taking a look at 523 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:24,960 Speaker 6: this neighborhood. So the bears, let's talk about the timeline 524 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,960 Speaker 6: of this. They were first seen just before three o'clock 525 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:31,520 Speaker 6: this morning at Sepulveda and Ventura, and then they were 526 00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:34,399 Speaker 6: seen making their way north toward Valle Vista. 527 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:38,320 Speaker 3: Now, the whole time she's driving around and you're watching 528 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:42,439 Speaker 3: the scenery go around behind her, and you're just thinking, 529 00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:45,480 Speaker 3: wouldn't it be the coolest thing if she drives and 530 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:48,800 Speaker 3: and the whole time that she's talking, you're looking out 531 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:51,359 Speaker 3: the window. She's sitting in the passenger seat. There's a 532 00:27:51,359 --> 00:27:53,920 Speaker 3: camera on here there doing the live shot. I assume 533 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:55,879 Speaker 3: she's got a producer that's driving the car. 534 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:57,520 Speaker 2: And so you see everything. 535 00:27:57,600 --> 00:27:59,760 Speaker 3: They're driving through a neighborhood behind and the whole time, 536 00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:02,840 Speaker 3: I'm thinking, God, wouldn't be awesome if all of a 537 00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:04,560 Speaker 3: sudden we just saw the bear come out. 538 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:07,159 Speaker 2: So I'm watching this live. 539 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:12,000 Speaker 3: Shot in the car and I'm just I'm just staring 540 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:15,600 Speaker 3: right past the reporter the whole time, and I have 541 00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:19,640 Speaker 3: to give this reporter credit. Normally when you watch TV news, 542 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:21,200 Speaker 3: they go, we're gonna go to so and so they're 543 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:22,840 Speaker 3: on the scene, and then it goes to this person 544 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:25,240 Speaker 3: who's standing there with a stick mic like a garden gnome, 545 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:27,520 Speaker 3: standing in front of a building in the dark, going 546 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:30,000 Speaker 3: we're out the side of where they will be meeting 547 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:33,159 Speaker 3: in another four hours to discuss what might happen in 548 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:37,520 Speaker 3: another year. And it's so irritating, but I loved this 549 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:39,600 Speaker 3: because there was something happening and I felt like I 550 00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:43,080 Speaker 3: was looking for the bear with the reporter and then. 551 00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:45,680 Speaker 6: Into this neighborhood. So we want to show you some video. Yeah, 552 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:48,720 Speaker 6: there were crews out here really early this morning, kind 553 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:51,480 Speaker 6: of fanning out, looking around, look at their lights on, 554 00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:55,840 Speaker 6: trying to find that mama bear and her baby cups. 555 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:58,000 Speaker 6: So far, no luck, and I can tell you I've 556 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:00,880 Speaker 6: been driving around all morning through this neighborhood. I haven't 557 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:04,600 Speaker 6: seen anything yet, but we are looking all right. 558 00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:10,840 Speaker 3: So could not find that bear, could not find populated area, 559 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:13,680 Speaker 3: couldn't find the bear. If she had have gone to 560 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:15,320 Speaker 3: West Hollywood, she would have found the bear, but she 561 00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:17,360 Speaker 3: couldn't find it where she was looking. It is the 562 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:22,920 Speaker 3: least interesting bear story I have for you. So let's 563 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:27,120 Speaker 3: turn our attention to the Sequoia Park Zoo in Eureka. 564 00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:29,719 Speaker 2: We're going nor count. 565 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:34,960 Speaker 3: So they're doing, uh, they got the workers out there 566 00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:37,120 Speaker 3: that are doing there what they call the routine inspection 567 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:39,840 Speaker 3: of the Redwood Skywalk, which is kind of a it's 568 00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:43,360 Speaker 3: a tour through the redwoods, right and on the tour, 569 00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:47,920 Speaker 3: a black bear is leaning on a gate at this 570 00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:51,160 Speaker 3: park zoo. The black bear is leaning on the gate, 571 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:57,720 Speaker 3: did not pay admission, is steering into the bear enclosure. 572 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:01,640 Speaker 3: The bear became a tourists who went and looked at 573 00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:06,680 Speaker 3: bears very much like humans around the time of Barnum 574 00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:09,640 Speaker 3: and Bailey, where we would just simply go look at 575 00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:13,560 Speaker 3: humans who were basically being paraded around for us to 576 00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:18,360 Speaker 3: stare at. According to the the people of the park zoo, 577 00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:20,280 Speaker 3: they said the wild bear to not appear aggressive and 578 00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:25,640 Speaker 3: was observed interacting with the other bears through their fencing. 579 00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:29,640 Speaker 2: I think that's awesome, they said. 580 00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:32,280 Speaker 3: We respond to bear calls within the city of Eureka 581 00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:34,720 Speaker 3: quite often, but having a wild bear get into the 582 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:41,000 Speaker 3: zoo is the first. H Yeah, it's like breaking into prison. 583 00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:43,800 Speaker 2: Kind of great. 584 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:48,560 Speaker 3: Employees are accustomed to seeing wildlife like skunk's, raccoons, squirrels, 585 00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:52,120 Speaker 3: and possums around the zoo or a possum, as well 586 00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:56,560 Speaker 3: as wild black bears, foxes, deer, and even river otters 587 00:30:56,600 --> 00:30:58,440 Speaker 3: in the park, but they have not ever seen the 588 00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:02,360 Speaker 3: wild bear show up to go talk with the other bears. 589 00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:07,360 Speaker 2: One has to imagine they're probably planning their escape. I 590 00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:09,480 Speaker 2: would pay to see that. Look. 591 00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:12,760 Speaker 3: I loved Cocaine Bear. I would love to go see 592 00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:20,480 Speaker 3: Escape from Alcatraz Bear. One hundred percent would pay to 593 00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:24,960 Speaker 3: watch it. I'm gonna try to save your job. I'm 594 00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:27,600 Speaker 3: gonna tell you how to join the resistance next. I'm 595 00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:29,960 Speaker 3: Chris Merril kf I AM six forty. We're live everywhere 596 00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:31,440 Speaker 3: on the iHeartRadio app. 597 00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:35,720 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.