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Is 0:01:19.319 --> 0:01:22.720 the telephone number one eight hundred two two two five 0:01:22.840 --> 0:01:23.560 two two two. 0:01:24.440 --> 0:01:25.319 Well, I think it was. 0:01:25.400 --> 0:01:29.640 Last week we had Julie Watts from CBS News California 0:01:29.760 --> 0:01:35.080 Investigates on to talk about her multi part series on 0:01:35.200 --> 0:01:38.919 taxpayer dollars going to an organization that is very friendly 0:01:39.000 --> 0:01:43.800 with Gavin Newsom's wife to provide free diapers for California babies. 0:01:44.640 --> 0:01:47.319 Here with an update on that, mister Randy Wang. 0:01:47.840 --> 0:01:51.560 Julie Watts is continuing to dive deep into what has 0:01:51.600 --> 0:01:54.480 now been called Diapergate. By the way, we got such 0:01:54.520 --> 0:01:58.360 a huge response from that interview, we're gonna be rerunning 0:01:58.440 --> 0:02:02.200 that interview and the Susanie Crabtree interview from last week 0:02:02.440 --> 0:02:05.120 at the end of tomorrow's show. So if you did 0:02:05.160 --> 0:02:07.640 not get to see those interviews, we're gonna play them 0:02:07.640 --> 0:02:09.600 for you because we got a lot of requests. They 0:02:09.639 --> 0:02:12.320 were some of our best interviews we've had for the month. 0:02:12.680 --> 0:02:15.440 Is now we're doing these things on video. But here's 0:02:15.480 --> 0:02:20.280 the latest from the legendary Julie wattsper. 0:02:19.680 --> 0:02:22.639 This investigation began back in May as a simple fact check. 0:02:22.720 --> 0:02:25.680 That is what we Californians are actually paying for right now. 0:02:25.919 --> 0:02:28.840 That comes out to eighteen point five cents. 0:02:28.680 --> 0:02:30.959 Per diaper, has a lot of diapies. 0:02:33.360 --> 0:02:36.200 Back to the critics, math and backgrounded, Baby to Baby 0:02:36.200 --> 0:02:39.040 to Baby is a highly rated charity. Other than the 0:02:39.120 --> 0:02:42.440 state refusing to immediately release the contract, there was really 0:02:42.480 --> 0:02:45.280 only one red flag. This is what the state wants 0:02:45.280 --> 0:02:48.600 to send home with every new parent, four hundred diapers. 0:02:48.680 --> 0:02:51.280 But experts warn not to buy diapers in bulk for 0:02:51.320 --> 0:02:54.480 newborns because babies can quickly outgrow diapers in the. 0:02:54.720 --> 0:03:02.000 So whose idea was this? Gavin good question? Did Baby 0:03:02.080 --> 0:03:05.640 to Baby have an overstocked They overbought on size zero 0:03:05.800 --> 0:03:07.960 diapers and figured, hey, can we get the state to 0:03:08.000 --> 0:03:11.720 buy them first couple of months. Also, and I have 0:03:11.760 --> 0:03:14.080 to point this out every single time we do this story. 0:03:14.880 --> 0:03:19.320 Who was asking for this? Where was the need? There 0:03:19.320 --> 0:03:21.440 are a lot of hurdles to become a parrot in 0:03:21.480 --> 0:03:25.000 the state of California. It costs on average about three 0:03:25.080 --> 0:03:28.200 hundred thousand dollars to raise a child from birth to 0:03:28.320 --> 0:03:31.959 college in the state of California. Is four hundred diapers 0:03:32.000 --> 0:03:34.080 really going to push someone into the other direction? 0:03:34.760 --> 0:03:39.760 Good question, So stockpiling leads to waste. Turns out agency 0:03:39.760 --> 0:03:43.200 officials had the same concerns, which the records revealed when 0:03:43.200 --> 0:03:45.640 we finally got them after sixty six days. 0:03:45.840 --> 0:03:50.000 They slow rolled this contract over and over and over 0:03:50.040 --> 0:03:53.160 again until Julie found the numbers somewhere else and did 0:03:53.160 --> 0:03:55.360 a report on it, and they're like, no, no, no, here's 0:03:55.360 --> 0:03:57.120 the contract. There's nothing to see here. What are you 0:03:57.160 --> 0:03:58.119 talking about. 0:03:58.160 --> 0:04:01.880 Whenever they act weird about these, there's usually a reason why, 0:04:02.880 --> 0:04:04.280 And here we are now. 0:04:04.360 --> 0:04:07.640 The state warned baby to baby that sending new parents 0:04:07.680 --> 0:04:11.080 home with four hundred diapers quote might be overwhelming. 0:04:12.000 --> 0:04:15.360 Yeah, you think you even have room in the car 0:04:15.400 --> 0:04:15.720 for that. 0:04:17.400 --> 0:04:21.039 And echoed warnings that only offering newborn in size one 0:04:21.120 --> 0:04:24.680 diapers could lead to quote waste because maybe. 0:04:24.520 --> 0:04:26.960 So the state knows that this is a stupid idea, 0:04:27.040 --> 0:04:29.640 but we're going to pay the nonprofit to do it. Anyway. 0:04:30.600 --> 0:04:32.359 That's the state of California for you. 0:04:33.080 --> 0:04:33.920 It's quickly outgoing. 0:04:34.040 --> 0:04:35.800 I mean, this is by the way, it hearkens back 0:04:35.839 --> 0:04:39.040 to another thing that Julie Watts did a report from 0:04:39.080 --> 0:04:43.560 earlier this year on how the California State of California 0:04:43.640 --> 0:04:47.560 does all kinds of audits and nobody at the legislature 0:04:47.640 --> 0:04:50.720 or the Governor's office even reads them. There was an 0:04:50.760 --> 0:04:54.919 audit many years ago on how edd was prone for fraud, 0:04:55.320 --> 0:04:57.440 they didn't do anything about it. And John, how much 0:04:57.480 --> 0:05:02.359 did we lose in twenty twenty what thirty billion dollars? 0:05:03.080 --> 0:05:06.200 Estimates are around thirty billion dollars? Some of that went 0:05:06.240 --> 0:05:10.520 to Las Vegas steakhouses that now Baby. 0:05:10.360 --> 0:05:13.839 To Baby, pushing back arguing against offering the additional sizes 0:05:14.240 --> 0:05:17.600 and saying their boxes each about the size of a 0:05:17.640 --> 0:05:18.800 small carry on bag. 0:05:18.960 --> 0:05:21.360 What are you supposed to do with all of these diapers? 0:05:23.360 --> 0:05:26.039 And we're the ones paying for it. If we're paying 0:05:26.080 --> 0:05:30.560 for that many diapers that newborns can't even use, they 0:05:30.600 --> 0:05:33.479 better fit Jerry Brown and Maxine Waters too. 0:05:35.960 --> 0:05:38.840 Hard to carry? Meanwhile, their competitors sided data. 0:05:38.880 --> 0:05:41.360 Did they give you a little dolly to carry them 0:05:41.360 --> 0:05:43.800 out to the car? Does now the hospital have to 0:05:43.839 --> 0:05:46.120 pay for a staffer not only to wheel you out, 0:05:46.160 --> 0:05:48.560 but also to wheel out all the boxes of diapers? 0:05:48.760 --> 0:05:51.320 Where does the hospital keep all the diapers that are 0:05:51.320 --> 0:05:54.680 going home with you. There's a lot of weird questions 0:05:54.720 --> 0:05:55.920 about this diaper deal. 0:05:56.400 --> 0:05:59.120 What are you supposed to do put the baby on 0:05:59.160 --> 0:06:00.960 the roof of your car when you load up your 0:06:00.960 --> 0:06:03.120 trunk in the back seat with diapers that you're not 0:06:03.160 --> 0:06:04.560 gonna use anyway. 0:06:06.560 --> 0:06:07.840 Like it's a piece of furniture. 0:06:10.400 --> 0:06:13.760 Showing that eighty three percent of families in need actually 0:06:13.839 --> 0:06:18.800 ask for diapers size four and above, several organizations urge. 0:06:18.560 --> 0:06:20.840 The state to yeah, those infant days, they don't need 0:06:20.880 --> 0:06:22.960 anything yet they don't need the diapers. 0:06:24.120 --> 0:06:27.480 Size four. That's pretty big, though, isn't it? Think how 0:06:27.520 --> 0:06:29.320 much breast milk are these kids drinking? 0:06:30.600 --> 0:06:32.560 This segment has already taken a dark turn. 0:06:33.360 --> 0:06:36.960 Amazon proposed letting families select sizes delivered to their door 0:06:37.240 --> 0:06:40.280 with returns, but Amazon is missing. 0:06:40.000 --> 0:06:42.839 From them, although we all know what the Amazon return 0:06:42.960 --> 0:06:46.320 process is. Like, why don't you want these diapers? Are 0:06:46.360 --> 0:06:49.040 you sure you don't want these diapers? Please tell us 0:06:49.040 --> 0:06:51.120 why you don't want these diapers? Oh, you want to 0:06:51.160 --> 0:06:54.120 talk to somebody, here's someone from Bangladesh. Tell them why 0:06:54.160 --> 0:06:55.400 you don't want these diapers. 0:06:57.320 --> 0:07:01.760 The state's comparison spreadsheet, which has no scores, no rankings. 0:07:01.800 --> 0:07:04.359 In fact, the closest thing to a score sheet is 0:07:04.400 --> 0:07:08.280 the agency's final recommendation listing Baby to Baby and one 0:07:08.360 --> 0:07:12.680 other nonprofit, which the state notes offered more diapers in 0:07:12.800 --> 0:07:16.720 more sizes and direct to consumer distribution, which Baby to 0:07:16.720 --> 0:07:17.800 Baby could not wait. 0:07:17.960 --> 0:07:21.520 Was the other organization a bank? It was diaper bank. 0:07:22.280 --> 0:07:25.120 Okay, I was about to say the only bank I 0:07:25.160 --> 0:07:28.000 think that would be associated with fertility would be a 0:07:28.000 --> 0:07:28.720 sperm bank. 0:07:29.320 --> 0:07:32.760 No, this is a diaper bank. It's a nonprofit that 0:07:32.920 --> 0:07:36.120 is donation based out of Oakland. They've been around for many, many, 0:07:36.160 --> 0:07:40.560 many years, and they have the infrastructure to actually give 0:07:40.600 --> 0:07:43.920 out the diapers to people. Baby to Baby does not 0:07:44.200 --> 0:07:47.240 have the distribution to do this, but now they have 0:07:47.320 --> 0:07:50.160 forty million dollars and they can figure that out. So 0:07:50.400 --> 0:07:53.800 the question is, again, Gavin Newsom's the one that at 0:07:53.840 --> 0:07:56.680 the press conference said this was a competitive bidding process. 0:07:56.720 --> 0:08:00.120 We now know it's not. And why was the organization 0:08:00.280 --> 0:08:03.600 with ties to Jennifer c. Bold Newsom chosen over the 0:08:03.760 --> 0:08:07.320 organization that could have done this more efficiently for cheaper. 0:08:08.520 --> 0:08:11.240 Still, the state selected Baby to Baby anyway, walking in 0:08:11.320 --> 0:08:14.520 a contract with four hundred diapers sent home with each 0:08:14.560 --> 0:08:16.679 baby in newborn and size. 0:08:16.920 --> 0:08:21.560 What if you have twins, you get eight hundred. What 0:08:21.640 --> 0:08:25.040 if you have triplets, What if you're octomom? How many 0:08:25.080 --> 0:08:26.640 diapers are they going to send you home with? 0:08:29.520 --> 0:08:32.920 And only no returns or exchanges? 0:08:33.880 --> 0:08:39.640 Okay, this is a scam. The nonprofit that's getting paid 0:08:39.679 --> 0:08:43.520 by the state to give out diapers to new parents 0:08:44.200 --> 0:08:47.960 won't let you return or exchange the diapers that you 0:08:48.040 --> 0:08:51.520 do not need because the kid already outgrew them, I'm guessing. 0:08:51.600 --> 0:08:53.640 So they can go back and say, well, now, Gavin, 0:08:53.679 --> 0:08:56.080 we need another forty million dollars for size two. 0:08:56.840 --> 0:08:59.959 All sales are final forty million. 0:09:00.679 --> 0:09:00.839 Now. 0:09:00.880 --> 0:09:04.160 The contract also specifies that the program's oversight committee is 0:09:04.200 --> 0:09:07.839 exempt from California public meetings law, and any talking points 0:09:07.920 --> 0:09:10.839 must be mutually approved by Baby to Baby and the state. 0:09:10.960 --> 0:09:13.640 Now, this is all attention that Gavin did not need. 0:09:13.920 --> 0:09:16.640 Who put him up to this? Because you don't get 0:09:16.679 --> 0:09:19.319 any There's no good press that actually came out of this. 0:09:19.640 --> 0:09:22.280 Nobody paid attention to that press conference outside of the 0:09:22.320 --> 0:09:25.800 bizarre framing of why we need this in the first place. 0:09:26.040 --> 0:09:27.880 What is Gavin getting out of this? 0:09:28.120 --> 0:09:31.480 Well, and the wife in particular, is attracting all kinds 0:09:31.520 --> 0:09:35.680 of negative attention. I'm sure when he picked her he thought, Okay, 0:09:36.120 --> 0:09:39.920 she's an actress, she's from a wealthy family. She'll produce 0:09:39.960 --> 0:09:42.960 good look in kids, she'll be nice arm candy, and 0:09:43.000 --> 0:09:46.200 she's not gonna bring me any negative headlines. And now 0:09:46.280 --> 0:09:46.920 look at it. 0:09:47.640 --> 0:09:50.959 There is no profit included in this deal, but it 0:09:51.000 --> 0:09:54.559 does include funding for twelve taxpayer funded Baby to Baby 0:09:54.559 --> 0:09:55.479 staff positions. 0:09:55.800 --> 0:09:58.080 Yeah, so that is Yeah, of course there's no profit. 0:09:58.120 --> 0:10:02.240 It's a nonprofit. But now the state is subsidizing twelve 0:10:02.360 --> 0:10:06.199 jobs at this nonprofit to fulfill a service that nobody 0:10:06.280 --> 0:10:09.760 was asking for. This is as California as it gets. 0:10:10.040 --> 0:10:12.800 I'm surprised it's only twelve but not more. 0:10:13.880 --> 0:10:18.720 Warehousing, shipping, and eight to nine cents per diaper, though 0:10:18.840 --> 0:10:21.000 we don't know how much Baby to Baby is actually 0:10:21.080 --> 0:10:24.400 paying for each of those diapers manufactured in Mexico. 0:10:24.640 --> 0:10:33.280 Oh boy, they're not even California manufactured diapers. A wait 0:10:33.320 --> 0:10:37.120 a second, what if it's the diapers in Mexico, not 0:10:37.280 --> 0:10:40.720 the lettuce in Mexico that contains cyclosporiasis. 0:10:44.600 --> 0:10:47.480 And the record showed that Baby to Baby declined to 0:10:47.800 --> 0:10:51.680 name its manufacturer during the RFI process. Now we ask 0:10:51.760 --> 0:10:55.080 the state if they do now know who is manufacturing 0:10:55.120 --> 0:10:58.000 Baby to Babies diapers. We have not heard back that say. 0:10:57.960 --> 0:11:01.079 This sounds as crooked as Gavin News some weird deal 0:11:01.240 --> 0:11:06.079 to supply masks from China from electric car manufacturer byd 0:11:07.320 --> 0:11:07.640 ED This. 0:11:07.800 --> 0:11:10.560 Is the one we know about. How many deals like 0:11:10.640 --> 0:11:13.320 this are going on that we haven't heard about yet. 0:11:13.559 --> 0:11:17.000 Well, that's what Diipergate is truly about. What she found 0:11:17.040 --> 0:11:21.000 out was so many different of these massive contracts. We're 0:11:21.040 --> 0:11:24.160 not through a competitive bidding process, which makes you wonder 0:11:24.280 --> 0:11:27.200 why and who exactly is getting the deal and who 0:11:27.200 --> 0:11:28.160 are they connected to. 0:11:28.679 --> 0:11:30.719 One of many questions that we've asked the state that 0:11:30.720 --> 0:11:33.040 we're waiting for answers on, and we'll keep you updated 0:11:33.160 --> 0:11:38.040 when or if we get answers for CBS California Investigates, 0:11:38.120 --> 0:11:39.160 I'm Julie Watts. 0:11:40.600 --> 0:11:43.520 And like I said, we're going to be replaying John's 0:11:43.559 --> 0:11:47.040 interview with Julie Watts from last week tomorrow at two 0:11:47.120 --> 0:11:50.840 thirty because the stuff that she has uncovered. She is 0:11:50.880 --> 0:11:53.880 one of the best reporters in the state of California, 0:11:54.280 --> 0:11:55.920 and if you didn't get a chance to hear it, 0:11:55.960 --> 0:11:58.320 you need to hear all the things that she has 0:11:58.400 --> 0:12:03.400 uncovered in this weird diaper deal from Gavin Newsom. 0:12:04.120 --> 0:12:08.000 Dirty dealings going on in Sacramento. Now that isn't the 0:12:08.040 --> 0:12:12.440 only thing going on in Sacramento right now, Randy. There's 0:12:12.520 --> 0:12:17.920 also a fight over AI campaign ads that's also heating 0:12:18.040 --> 0:12:19.360 up in the state capitol. 0:12:19.679 --> 0:12:21.240 Just give me a second here, because now I have 0:12:21.320 --> 0:12:24.280 to switch to today's stuff, and then I have to 0:12:24.520 --> 0:12:29.120 add this, and then I have to go over here. Yes, 0:12:30.080 --> 0:12:34.840 Adam Schiff, the Senator from California, thinks that AI ads 0:12:34.840 --> 0:12:38.320 are bads from mar Here's ABC ten. 0:12:38.600 --> 0:12:41.480 We have election season heating up. Campaign ads are, of 0:12:41.520 --> 0:12:43.839 course everywhere. Good evening, Thank you so much for joining 0:12:43.880 --> 0:12:46.200 us on to the point. I'm Alex bell. As AI 0:12:46.320 --> 0:12:51.040 becomes more sophisticated, one California lawmaker wants to limit how 0:12:51.080 --> 0:12:53.160 it can be used to influence voters. 0:12:53.200 --> 0:12:54.959 ABC do know what this is about. 0:12:55.520 --> 0:12:59.880 This is about Spencer Pratt generating a ton of interest 0:13:00.400 --> 0:13:05.040 and shaming Karen Bass and shaming the California Democratic Party 0:13:05.080 --> 0:13:07.959 for how they've run Los Angeles and how they've run 0:13:08.000 --> 0:13:12.479 the state of California and becoming an even bigger celebrity 0:13:12.480 --> 0:13:15.960 than he already was because of it. They don't want 0:13:16.000 --> 0:13:18.560 future candidates to be able to do the same thing. 0:13:19.000 --> 0:13:21.680 Well, especially when that guy that was doing those videos 0:13:21.720 --> 0:13:24.679 for free, Spencer Pratt, just got hired by Steve Hilton. 0:13:25.200 --> 0:13:28.960 What's interesting, though, is when we originally started talking about 0:13:29.080 --> 0:13:32.680 AI and campaign ads, everyone's big fear was deep figs. 0:13:32.760 --> 0:13:35.600 Like everyone's seen that video that was from like four 0:13:35.679 --> 0:13:38.240 or five years ago where it had Barack Obama saying 0:13:38.280 --> 0:13:40.559 things that he would not say, and it was really 0:13:40.559 --> 0:13:43.800 hard to tell that it wasn't him. The AI campaign 0:13:43.840 --> 0:13:47.440 ads that we're talking about now, it's very obvious that 0:13:47.480 --> 0:13:53.280 they're not real. No, it's cartoons. Mostly nobody thinks Steve 0:13:53.360 --> 0:13:58.240 Hilton is really fighting a robot, nobody thinks that Spencer 0:13:58.280 --> 0:14:02.040 Pratt is really Batman. And while some people might think 0:14:02.040 --> 0:14:04.640 that Karen Bass is the joker, but that's on you. 0:14:05.080 --> 0:14:07.240 And is here to break it down for us tonight. 0:14:07.480 --> 0:14:09.959 Well, Alex Democratic US Senator Adam Shiff is the main 0:14:10.000 --> 0:14:12.320 author behind the AI ads act. 0:14:12.800 --> 0:14:16.800 By the way, we're not going to feature it, but 0:14:16.880 --> 0:14:19.360 if you go on Twitter, the guy who created all 0:14:19.400 --> 0:14:23.520 these things, Charles Kerrn, in response to Adam Schiff writing 0:14:23.560 --> 0:14:26.680 this bill. He made a video of Shifty Shift and 0:14:26.840 --> 0:14:32.680 Rokanna in bed together. We might have to play that. 0:14:33.160 --> 0:14:37.400 I don't know if we can. Okay, I've already getten 0:14:37.440 --> 0:14:42.680 some notes from management that I can't put politicians inside 0:14:42.720 --> 0:14:45.280 the images that I create for the show. So I 0:14:45.320 --> 0:14:47.800 don't know if we can or we should. You get 0:14:47.880 --> 0:14:50.600 to remember, this show has the staffing level of a 0:14:50.680 --> 0:14:54.640 startup with the bureaucracy of a big conglomeration, So we're 0:14:54.720 --> 0:14:56.080 just going to have to deal with it. 0:14:57.920 --> 0:15:01.040 This comes after Republican candidate for governor's Steve Hilton released 0:15:01.040 --> 0:15:03.320 an AI generated ad that ship ark. 0:15:03.360 --> 0:15:05.320 Now, I think we can play the clip that's featured 0:15:05.360 --> 0:15:08.280 in the newscast, but I can't wait to get a 0:15:08.320 --> 0:15:09.000 note after this. 0:15:09.040 --> 0:15:13.160 Show is problematic and fraudulent. He hopes his bill can 0:15:13.280 --> 0:15:15.560 put a stop to this, but experts say changing the 0:15:15.640 --> 0:15:19.520 rules around political ads will be an uphill battle. In 0:15:19.560 --> 0:15:21.320 a recent ad from Republican, no. 0:15:21.360 --> 0:15:25.200 I think that's really Steve Hilton, Oh yeah, Hilton fighting 0:15:25.200 --> 0:15:26.920 the robot that happened. 0:15:27.080 --> 0:15:30.320 Editorial candidate Steve Hilton. It shows him as a fighter 0:15:30.400 --> 0:15:33.200 against what he calls the machine featured in the AI 0:15:33.280 --> 0:15:36.760 generated ad our images of Governor Gavin Newsom, former VP 0:15:37.000 --> 0:15:40.320 Kamala Harris, and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Javier Basera. 0:15:40.800 --> 0:15:43.480 It's already a violation of the law to defraud people. 0:15:43.520 --> 0:15:45.800 That is not AI. That is actually what Adam Schiff 0:15:45.840 --> 0:15:49.440 looks like with a little too much cheek makeup. 0:15:52.960 --> 0:15:56.080 Well after he got called pencilneck. I think that really 0:15:56.080 --> 0:15:56.840 got in his head. 0:15:57.680 --> 0:16:03.680 Pull and political advertisements. I've reintroduced legislation, the AI Ads Act. 0:16:04.040 --> 0:16:04.840 This bill, if. 0:16:04.760 --> 0:16:07.360 Passed, AAA, you're going to get sued. 0:16:10.600 --> 0:16:13.800 Us, would expand the existing federal election law and prohibit 0:16:13.840 --> 0:16:17.640 the use of AI to falsely impersonate candidates, campaigns, or 0:16:17.680 --> 0:16:18.960 political organizations. 0:16:19.080 --> 0:16:21.720 And by the way, you want to talk about where 0:16:21.760 --> 0:16:25.040 you have free reign to say all kinds of misleading information. 0:16:25.520 --> 0:16:27.720 That's what political ads are all about. 0:16:28.680 --> 0:16:32.160 And by the way, while he's out saving democracy, this 0:16:32.360 --> 0:16:34.240 is the same sun of a bitch that tried to 0:16:34.280 --> 0:16:35.560 get me kicked off Twitter. 0:16:36.480 --> 0:16:38.800 Oh yeah, I forgot about that one. 0:16:39.120 --> 0:16:43.040 Wash your hands often and always before eating and after toileting. 0:16:45.280 --> 0:16:48.320 The bill would apply to anyone or group who produces 0:16:48.360 --> 0:16:51.040 these ads. To be clear, this would not ban the 0:16:51.120 --> 0:16:53.240 usage of AI in campaign ads. 0:16:53.440 --> 0:16:56.560 All of these ads total fakes meant to misrepresent to 0:16:56.680 --> 0:17:01.120 voters the positions of real people, real candidate incumbents. 0:17:01.280 --> 0:17:03.960 But author and journalist Al Tompkins says it'll be difficult 0:17:04.000 --> 0:17:06.320 to pass this bill as the rules and regulations around 0:17:06.400 --> 0:17:08.200 campaign ads are heavily protected. 0:17:08.359 --> 0:17:12.439 The courts have always given the widest possible birth to 0:17:12.520 --> 0:17:16.040 free speech when it comes to politics, So the courts 0:17:17.040 --> 0:17:22.359 federally have been very reluctant to restrain speech political speech. 0:17:23.200 --> 0:17:28.000 But in the age of artificial intelligence, states have stepped 0:17:28.040 --> 0:17:30.320 in to do the work that generally would have been 0:17:30.400 --> 0:17:31.200 left to Congress. 0:17:31.240 --> 0:17:33.720 In twenty nineteen, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill that 0:17:33.720 --> 0:17:36.280 would crack down on deep fakes and elections. And in 0:17:36.320 --> 0:17:37.119 twenty twenty. 0:17:36.840 --> 0:17:39.040 Five, and that's not what this is. This is in 0:17:39.080 --> 0:17:42.120 making it look like you might actually get fooled by something. 0:17:42.640 --> 0:17:46.480 The videos that are going viral are very obviously not real. 0:17:46.680 --> 0:17:49.320 No, what they're trying to do is man parody. They 0:17:49.359 --> 0:17:51.240 don't want to be made fun of, they do not 0:17:51.480 --> 0:17:53.720 like it, they can't handle it, so they want to 0:17:53.720 --> 0:17:54.639 make it illegal. 0:17:55.080 --> 0:17:58.159 There's a lot of thin skins, and Sacramento or. 0:17:58.240 --> 0:18:03.360 Signed three additional bills seeing deceptive AI generated election related content. 0:18:03.520 --> 0:18:06.320 But even with these new laws, Tompkins says, it's still 0:18:06.400 --> 0:18:09.639 up to the voter to be educated when consuming political ads. 0:18:09.760 --> 0:18:12.359 So we've been able to alter the way that people 0:18:12.520 --> 0:18:17.600 sound in recordings on video and film for decades. So 0:18:17.640 --> 0:18:21.680 there's nothing new about that. What's new is it's easier 0:18:21.720 --> 0:18:25.760 and even more convincing now. But it's not new that 0:18:25.840 --> 0:18:29.920 politicians lie about each other. That's not new. 0:18:30.440 --> 0:18:33.040 In a statement, Steve Hilton says in part, Adam Schiff 0:18:33.119 --> 0:18:35.720 is another creature of the same corrupt machine and wants 0:18:35.760 --> 0:18:39.760 to silence criticism. He adds, that's not democracy. Abs Ten 0:18:39.800 --> 0:18:43.320 did request an interview with Senator Schiff, but Alex he declined. 0:18:43.160 --> 0:18:44.159 All right, Jenny, thank you. 0:18:44.560 --> 0:18:48.800 There you go. Adam Schiff wants to go after AI 0:18:49.080 --> 0:18:50.160 campaign ads. 0:18:52.600 --> 0:18:54.919 Maybe he had to sharpen his neck and get a 0:18:54.960 --> 0:19:00.399 new eraser. If you'd like to email the show, you 0:19:00.400 --> 0:19:02.880 can do so at Johnny don't like show at gmail 0:19:02.960 --> 0:19:07.080 dot com. 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It could be getting 0:20:17.400 --> 0:20:19.359 more expensive very soon. 0:20:19.920 --> 0:20:23.200 And this is about as PG and E as it gets. 0:20:23.600 --> 0:20:27.400 PG and E that got six approved rate hikes last year. 0:20:27.840 --> 0:20:32.440 Wants to hike their rates again, and not for wildfire prevention, 0:20:33.240 --> 0:20:38.480 not for upgrading their infrastructure, simply to give more money 0:20:38.480 --> 0:20:40.919 to their shareholders. 0:20:42.640 --> 0:20:44.879 I'm sure the rate payers will be very happy to 0:20:44.880 --> 0:20:45.640 hear about that. 0:20:46.320 --> 0:20:49.960 For more, here's a report from NBC in the Bay. 0:20:50.720 --> 0:20:53.960 PG and E is raising eyebrows tonight asking for a 0:20:54.040 --> 0:20:56.960 rate increase on natural gas to fund a twenty six 0:20:57.080 --> 0:20:59.800 million dollar shareholder reward. 0:21:00.280 --> 0:21:02.080 You know, at this point, it's probably a good idea 0:21:02.119 --> 0:21:05.040 to invest in PG and E because California wants to 0:21:05.040 --> 0:21:06.840 make sure this company will never lose. 0:21:07.800 --> 0:21:10.520 I did that once before, when they were on the 0:21:10.640 --> 0:21:13.080 ropes and Gavin had to step in and help them. 0:21:13.640 --> 0:21:16.160 I said, there's no way Gavin's not going to step 0:21:16.200 --> 0:21:17.720 in and help them. So I bought a bunch of 0:21:17.760 --> 0:21:18.720 stock and it went up. 0:21:19.920 --> 0:21:20.800 PG claims it. 0:21:21.000 --> 0:21:23.000 I mean, hell, when they burned down a whole town, 0:21:23.040 --> 0:21:25.719 what do they give the victims? PG and E stock 0:21:25.840 --> 0:21:27.919 instead of cash? 0:21:28.400 --> 0:21:31.520 Great payers money by keeping costs down, and shareholders should 0:21:31.600 --> 0:21:34.360 be rewarded for that. As NBC beayer is Trudy Hernandez 0:21:34.359 --> 0:21:37.600 tells us that's not sitting well with customers. 0:21:38.119 --> 0:21:42.159 The PG and E rates keep going up, and social 0:21:42.200 --> 0:21:43.040 security does in. 0:21:43.240 --> 0:21:46.119 Sixty seven year old Janis Mercado and her friend, and 0:21:46.160 --> 0:21:50.600 it does go up every year, but by like five bucks. Yeah, 0:21:50.960 --> 0:21:54.200