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There is a trial forming in downtown Los 10 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 1: Angeles that could have great implications because it is the 11 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:41,479 Speaker 1: first time the big social media companies are being sued 12 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 1: for allegedly making their products too addictive for children. What 13 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 1: does this mean, Let's find out. Here's a report from 14 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 1: NBCLA right. 15 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:58,040 Speaker 2: Now with three social media giants on trial accues of 16 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 2: addicting and harming children. Afternoon, everyone, thank you for joining us. 17 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 2: I'm Annabelle Sadano. It's a trial getting underway right now 18 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 2: in downtown LA. The biggest social media companies are accused 19 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 2: of fueling a youth mental health crisis. 20 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 3: TikTok reached a. 21 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 1: Settlement with I mean, it's not the only reason, but yes, 22 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:21,959 Speaker 1: you could definitely argue that the brain. Physiology of children 23 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 1: has changed since the advent of the smartphone, and even 24 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 1: from then, since the advent of social media, and now 25 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:33,039 Speaker 1: how important social media is to everybody's lives, you could 26 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:37,400 Speaker 1: definitely argue it has not been good for kids' mental health. 27 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 2: TikTok reach day settlement with a plaintiff this morning and NBC. 28 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 1: Fours how much money do they give them? 29 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 2: A NBC four is Camilla Rombaldi was in court today 30 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:48,560 Speaker 2: as jury selection began. She joins US Live from downtown 31 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 2: LA with the impact of this case. 32 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 4: Camilla, Yeah, Hi, I'mbaljuri's selection got underway this morning and 33 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 4: it's expected to continue this afternoon. 34 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 3: The question at hand right now in. 35 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 4: This case is if these social media companies are contributing 36 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:09,079 Speaker 4: to what a complaint alleges is an addictive crisis in kids, 37 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:11,919 Speaker 4: and the lead council for the plaintiff in this case 38 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 4: as they're asking for transparency and change. 39 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:18,239 Speaker 1: And money and a whole lot of money. 40 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:21,960 Speaker 4: Social media and its impact on kids. That is what 41 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 4: is at the center of a landmark trial in Los Angeles. 42 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:26,519 Speaker 3: A civil complaint claims. 43 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 4: Children are quote suffering an unprecedented mental health crisis. It's 44 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 4: accusing the company Meta TikTok, snap in YouTube. 45 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 1: That's wait wait wait wait wait, okay, already I have 46 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:40,960 Speaker 1: a problem with this lawsuit. Yes, you can definitely make 47 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 1: the argument that social media usage can be detrimental to kids' 48 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 1: mental health. But there's two things. One, where are the 49 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 1: parents involved? I guess it's impossible to take the phone 50 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 1: away from the kids. But more than that, and this 51 00:02:55,720 --> 00:03:01,720 Speaker 1: one's personal for me. YouTube isn't social media, stop it. 52 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 4: It's accusing the company Meta TikTok, snap in YouTube. 53 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:06,680 Speaker 1: I mean, those are some really big companies with some 54 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:09,359 Speaker 1: really deep pockets. And yeah, you can make an argument 55 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 1: that doom scrolling on Twitter and doom scrolling on Facebook 56 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 1: and Instagram and TikTok and snapchat is one thing, but 57 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 1: Facebook is a completely excuse me, YouTube is a completely 58 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 1: different platform. And by the way, YouTube has been around 59 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 1: since two thousand and five. YouTube. And yes, I am 60 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:35,000 Speaker 1: a YouTube premium subscriber and I love it, and I 61 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: do one hundred percent of my show prep on YouTube. 62 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 1: And when I'm trying to fall asleep at night, I 63 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 1: watch this guy named Jay Rose play old Pokemon games. 64 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 1: It is my sleepy time. Don't you take that away 65 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 1: from me. But YouTube is a very different thing. YouTube 66 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 1: is just TV catered to exactly what you want. Is 67 00:03:56,680 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 1: it addictive, sure, the same way that television is addictive. 68 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 1: But I think it's very different. Unless what they're saying 69 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 1: is it's being a creator is addictive. I'm let's try 70 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 1: to figure out what this is. 71 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:12,080 Speaker 4: It's accusing the company Meta TikTok, Snap in YouTube that 72 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:16,160 Speaker 4: their platforms are allegedly quote addictive and dangerous to young people. 73 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 1: Our hope is that. 74 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 5: This trial will produce transparency and accountability. 75 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 4: Mark Lanier is the lead trial lawyer for the plaintiff 76 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:29,240 Speaker 4: in this case, known as KGM, a now twenty year old. 77 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 1: Lanier says, so, this teenager at the time filed this lawsuit. 78 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:37,360 Speaker 1: It's finally getting a trial. But now that he's an adult, 79 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:39,160 Speaker 1: we don't get to know who the plaintiff is. They 80 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:43,839 Speaker 1: just have initials, okay, And what did these social media 81 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,040 Speaker 1: platforms do to it? I wonder? 82 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 3: Lanier says. 83 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 4: TikTok settled the lawsuit this morning, and that Snap settled 84 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:53,160 Speaker 4: last week. At details of those settlements have not been provided. 85 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:56,480 Speaker 1: That least, we're going to give you fifty thousand followers. 86 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 4: That leaves Meta and YouTube still going to trial. Jury 87 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:00,040 Speaker 4: selection for. 88 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 1: He's not so in Twitter. Guess he's not into that. 89 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:06,839 Speaker 4: Jury selection for kgm's case kicked off today. 90 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 5: The companies recognized that they were doing the same thing 91 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 5: that a slot machine does. 92 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 1: Well. Yes, only the returns are way worse you scroll 93 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 1: through social media, but I would argue most of the 94 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:28,279 Speaker 1: times you flick up, you're not getting that happy. 95 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:32,120 Speaker 5: The company recognized that, in a sense, they were cigarettes 96 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:32,839 Speaker 5: for the eyes. 97 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 4: The complaint goes on to state that kgm's use of 98 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:40,160 Speaker 4: the platforms allegedly led to severe dependency and depression. 99 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 5: They need to be responsible to age. They need to 100 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 5: be responsible to content. 101 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:47,720 Speaker 1: By the way, Uh, I got an email here. Maybe 102 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:50,840 Speaker 1: what they're talking about with YouTube is YouTube shorts. Those 103 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 1: can be just as addictive as TikTok and other ones 104 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:58,680 Speaker 1: according to Apple Intelligence. Yeah that's fair, and I should 105 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:00,839 Speaker 1: know that because I post YouTube shorts. 106 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 5: They need to be responsible to the addiction issue. 107 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:09,840 Speaker 4: Here's legal analyst Royal Oaks wing in on the potential 108 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:11,040 Speaker 4: impacts of this trial. 109 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 6: If the jury rule it's royal, the jury rules against 110 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:17,279 Speaker 6: social media, it could send a message. There are hundreds 111 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 6: of other cases all around the country. That could lead 112 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,920 Speaker 6: to many settlements. The dominoes could fall, and we could 113 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:26,559 Speaker 6: see restrictions on kids' ability to get access to social 114 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:27,840 Speaker 6: mediade So. 115 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:30,480 Speaker 1: What will be like what they're doing in Australia right 116 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:34,200 Speaker 1: now where you've banned social media use for anybody under sixteen, 117 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:37,039 Speaker 1: Maybe that's the way to go, But how do you 118 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 1: police that? I mean, how are you going to verify 119 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:44,160 Speaker 1: somebody's age when they're a teenager too, you know, and 120 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:46,480 Speaker 1: they don't have, you know, the same kinds of ideas 121 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 1: that adult have. How exactly do you verify these kind 122 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:52,719 Speaker 1: of things? I mean the implementation I don't know. And 123 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 1: is that going to work? 124 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:55,279 Speaker 3: Day one of jury selection. 125 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:58,159 Speaker 1: I mean, if you're singling out these apps, won't another 126 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:01,640 Speaker 1: app just immediately break out that the parents don't know about? 127 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 1: And then another one and another. 128 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 3: One day one of jury selection. 129 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:07,559 Speaker 1: These apps you think they're the biggest thing in the world, 130 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 1: but they go away pretty quickly. Remember when the big 131 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 1: thing was four Square? No, you don't, because it's not 132 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 1: a thing anymore. 133 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 3: Day one of jury selection kicked out Interest. 134 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 1: I don't think that's the thing anymore. 135 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 3: Day one of jury select Vine Vine was. 136 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 1: Like ten years before TikTok, and it was the same thing. 137 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 4: Day one of jury selection kicked off today and it's 138 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 4: a trial that's expected to last. 139 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 3: For weeks again. 140 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:42,760 Speaker 4: Jury selection continues this afternoon. In a statement to NBC News, 141 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:46,120 Speaker 4: a Meta spokesperson says, in part and I quote, we 142 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:49,840 Speaker 4: strongly disagree with these allegations and are confident the evidence 143 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 4: will show our long standing commitment to supporting young people unquote. 144 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 4: And a statement from Google, which owns YouTube, a spokesperson says, 145 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 4: in part, quote, Providing young people with a safer, healthier 146 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:04,440 Speaker 4: experience has always been core to our work, adding. 147 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:08,920 Speaker 1: Quote, yeah, YouTube for kids. They have that, you know, 148 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 1: like that program Hey Bear that my nieces get to 149 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 1: watch whenever their nails are getting clipped. Apparently it's like 150 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 1: specifically made for babies. 151 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:19,880 Speaker 3: Quote. 152 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:23,240 Speaker 4: The allegations in these complaints are simply not true and 153 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 4: quote and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is also expected to 154 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:29,480 Speaker 4: testify as part of this trial. 155 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 1: And that'll be a pretty significant moment in American history 156 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:38,680 Speaker 1: when an actual artificial intelligence robot testifies in a trial 157 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:45,720 Speaker 1: about what he's not a robot, that's a real guy. Huh. 158 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:48,200 Speaker 4: That's the very latest from downtown to La Camilla Rambaldi 159 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 4: NBC for News. 160 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, so many people calling this. 161 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 3: A test case. 162 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:55,960 Speaker 1: So this is what's going on in downtown La A. 163 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:59,960 Speaker 1: Then teenager is suing all of the big social media 164 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:06,600 Speaker 1: platforms because their product is addictive and detrimental to teens' 165 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:11,120 Speaker 1: mental health. I mean, look, I'm an adult. This stuff 166 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 1: started coming into fruition when I was an adult, and 167 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 1: I can tell you it's addictive. Obviously, it's addictive. We're 168 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:20,559 Speaker 1: all glued now, maybe not all of us, but I'm 169 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 1: definitely glued to my phone now. I like to say 170 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:28,160 Speaker 1: that I have an excuse because I need to see 171 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 1: what's going on in the world for a living, but 172 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:34,240 Speaker 1: oh my goodness, sometimes I just have to wake myself 173 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 1: up and be like, stub it, stop doom scrolling. Find 174 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:43,080 Speaker 1: something else that is productive, because there are plenty of 175 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:46,600 Speaker 1: productive things we can do with our time. Constantly scrolling 176 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 1: through what the breaking news is on Twitter is not productive. 177 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:54,720 Speaker 1: It's just not. But there's also the other side of this, 178 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:59,199 Speaker 1: and I know this as well. In the last couple 179 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:02,200 Speaker 1: of months, I I have tried to maintain a bigger 180 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 1: social media presence because, like you know, that's what you 181 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:06,120 Speaker 1: have to do in the world. Now, you know, you 182 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:08,839 Speaker 1: got to be active on all the platforms to keep 183 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 1: your name out there and build your brand. And when 184 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 1: I started getting into the habit of regularly posting videos again, 185 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:21,440 Speaker 1: I was so drilled into it, and I was getting 186 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:25,679 Speaker 1: so addicted to becoming a content creator that I was 187 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:29,720 Speaker 1: constantly zoning out and not paying attention to things that 188 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 1: my wife was saying, I was like staying up in 189 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:36,240 Speaker 1: the middle of the night. I was waking up at 190 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:38,480 Speaker 1: five am. It was. You know, I'm a little better 191 00:10:38,559 --> 00:10:41,800 Speaker 1: at it now now that I've discovered scheduled posts, so 192 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:44,360 Speaker 1: I only do that stuff when I have nothing to do, 193 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:47,880 Speaker 1: like sitting and waiting at an airport, Great time to 194 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:50,120 Speaker 1: post a bunch of stuff. Or you know, we're sitting 195 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:51,720 Speaker 1: at a bar and we've run out of things to 196 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 1: say to each other, Great time to start posting stuff. 197 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 1: I also, for my own mental health, I have stopped 198 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:02,960 Speaker 1: posting vacation photo in videos while the vacation is happening. 199 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:06,000 Speaker 1: I need to be in the moment at all times. 200 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 1: I will take pictures because it's so good to have 201 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 1: those memories, but I'm not posting those until a week later. 202 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:14,480 Speaker 1: Two weeks later. Everything on my social media is from 203 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:17,440 Speaker 1: like two weeks ago. Like, you don't need to know 204 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 1: what's live happening in my life, but here I will 205 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:22,080 Speaker 1: share it. Why do I do it? I don't know. 206 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:26,320 Speaker 1: Maybe I'm addicted to the likes and the comments and 207 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:29,360 Speaker 1: the follower gains. Look, they might have a point here, 208 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 1: but I don't know what exactly that point is going 209 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 1: to quantify. I don't know what the answer is here. 210 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 1: Do we have to ban social media from all kids? 211 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:46,240 Speaker 1: How do you police that? I mean, I guess you 212 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:48,400 Speaker 1: start by policing it is what age do you get 213 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:50,440 Speaker 1: your kid a smartphone? And what age do you give 214 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:54,080 Speaker 1: them a dumb phone? They can just call you. Those 215 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:57,800 Speaker 1: are complicated questions, and the more you restrict something, the 216 00:11:57,840 --> 00:11:59,720 Speaker 1: more you make them want to have it. And again, 217 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 1: we know about these apps, but the kids will be 218 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 1: onto something else that we don't know about and it 219 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:10,120 Speaker 1: won't be policed the same way, because I don't know 220 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:12,679 Speaker 1: how you can put all these things in the same category. 221 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:18,640 Speaker 1: But look, I can openly admit, yeah, this stuff is 222 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:24,720 Speaker 1: very very addictive. Is that by choice? Are the algorithms 223 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:29,000 Speaker 1: purposely doing that? I mean maybe in discovery in this trial, 224 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:31,600 Speaker 1: they have some evidence that they're going to show that 225 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:35,959 Speaker 1: they're purposely showing you things that it's going to piss 226 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:42,320 Speaker 1: you off, so that you can constantly keep scrolling and 227 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:44,760 Speaker 1: see more things that piss you off and more things 228 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:46,960 Speaker 1: that piss you off. It also works in other ways. 229 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:49,840 Speaker 1: You know, not every app is just out there to 230 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:54,160 Speaker 1: you know, get your outrage going, for instance, And this 231 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:58,920 Speaker 1: is just something that I find funny. You know, my 232 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:03,600 Speaker 1: Instagram feed is very different from my Twitter feed because 233 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:05,959 Speaker 1: I'm not subscribed to a lot of political things. I'm 234 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:08,679 Speaker 1: not described to a lot of news things. On my Instagram, 235 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:12,360 Speaker 1: it's mostly friends and family and things that interest me. 236 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:14,960 Speaker 1: So a lot of food accounts, a lot of cooking accounts, 237 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:20,000 Speaker 1: a lot of travel accounts, and you know, I like dogs. 238 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:22,240 Speaker 1: I have a dog. I post pictures and videos of 239 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 1: my dogs, and I follow a few dog accounts, and 240 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:27,880 Speaker 1: you know, I have a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, which 241 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:30,480 Speaker 1: is it's a weird thing to say, one of the 242 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:34,439 Speaker 1: more viral dog breeds because they're adorable and ridiculous and goofy. 243 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:38,240 Speaker 1: And I send my wife one video from a Cavalier 244 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:40,640 Speaker 1: account that I thought was funny and all of a sudden, 245 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:43,800 Speaker 1: what does the algorithm do? Every single video on her 246 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:49,280 Speaker 1: feet is nothing but cavies. Not necessarily a bad thing. 247 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 1: I mean, it's giving you more of what you want. 248 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:54,880 Speaker 1: But should it be our own I understand as an 249 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:58,840 Speaker 1: adult it should be our own responsibility that I should 250 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:00,920 Speaker 1: know that I'm using the phone too much. When you 251 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:04,600 Speaker 1: get that notification on Sunday morning that shows you how 252 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 1: much screen time you were doing and how much of 253 00:14:06,840 --> 00:14:10,439 Speaker 1: it was on social media. Again, I will justify being like, no, 254 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:14,600 Speaker 1: I'm doing that for work. I mean sure, some of 255 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:17,960 Speaker 1: it I am. Some of it is for vanity. Some 256 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:20,960 Speaker 1: of it is because I'm mindlessly just scrolling through and 257 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:27,120 Speaker 1: I don't even realize why. But should there be some 258 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:31,360 Speaker 1: kind of guardrails to make sure that a developing brain 259 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:34,480 Speaker 1: doesn't get hijacked by this stuff? Because if it is 260 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:37,880 Speaker 1: manipulating your brain the same way a slot machine does, 261 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 1: that's got to be a lot more detrimental to a 262 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:45,440 Speaker 1: developing brain than a developed or slightly stunted one as 263 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 1: in you know radio. But I'm curious, especially if you've 264 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:54,520 Speaker 1: got kids out there, what do you think about this lawsuit? 265 00:14:55,960 --> 00:15:02,080 Speaker 1: Because if this lawsuit prevails, it could have major implications 266 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:05,120 Speaker 1: as in to make sure that they're not liable. You 267 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:09,280 Speaker 1: might have social media companies banning access to anyone that's 268 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:11,440 Speaker 1: under eighteen. Again, I don't know how you police that, 269 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:17,479 Speaker 1: but probably find a way. It might completely change everything 270 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:20,080 Speaker 1: if they have to start paying out for the damage 271 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:23,440 Speaker 1: that has been done to this up and coming generation. 272 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:28,520 Speaker 1: Or is it not the platform's responsibility at all? They 273 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 1: have protections under federal law. They're a platform, They're not 274 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:35,880 Speaker 1: the ones posting the content, and it should ultimately be 275 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:40,520 Speaker 1: on the parents of how much time is being used 276 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:42,880 Speaker 1: on these apps, how much time is being used on 277 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:46,640 Speaker 1: the phone. It's the News Blitz with Randy Wang on 278 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 1: Talk Radio seven ninety KABC. It's the News Blitz with 279 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 1: Randy Wang on Talk Radio seven ninety KABC. If you're 280 00:15:57,320 --> 00:16:00,400 Speaker 1: not aware, I've been filling in for Johnny allways and 281 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:03,320 Speaker 1: doing double duty. So I always co host on the 282 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:06,960 Speaker 1: John Phillips Show, but this week, because Johnny is on 283 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:11,320 Speaker 1: vacation celebrating his birthday today his his actual birthday, I've 284 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:13,720 Speaker 1: been filling in and we have had a lot of 285 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:16,400 Speaker 1: fun doing the noon to three show. And if you've 286 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:18,760 Speaker 1: missed any of it, there have been some pretty great 287 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:21,920 Speaker 1: guests that you should listen to. In the two o'clock 288 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:25,680 Speaker 1: hour today we had a conversation with Daniel Guss from 289 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:28,240 Speaker 1: The Gus Report talking about some of the nonsense we 290 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:31,160 Speaker 1: talked about yesterday at La City Hall. In the one 291 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:34,280 Speaker 1: o'clock hour today we had Steve Hilton on who's running 292 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:38,680 Speaker 1: for governor, and we talked a lot about wildfare preparedness, 293 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:43,120 Speaker 1: the insurance crisis, the budget, homelessness, fraud. So there's a 294 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 1: lot of great stuff there. That's the one o'clock hour 295 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 1: from today. Yesterday we talked to Fox eleven's Marla TEUs, 296 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 1: who is one of the greatest people in the world 297 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 1: about state farms still playing games with fire victims. That 298 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:58,040 Speaker 1: was the one o'clock hour, so make sure you check 299 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:02,320 Speaker 1: that out. And on Monday we talked to Tom Wolf, 300 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:05,520 Speaker 1: who is the recovery advocate up in San Francisco, talking 301 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:09,200 Speaker 1: about all of the nonsense that San Francisco is saying 302 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:11,720 Speaker 1: that they're trying to stop doing, but they're still doing 303 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:14,479 Speaker 1: when it comes to harm reduction all of that. And 304 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:17,640 Speaker 1: last Friday we also talked to Susan Dya Reynolds, who's 305 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:20,240 Speaker 1: the voice of San Francisco. I feel like I'm assembling 306 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:22,040 Speaker 1: a little bit of a stable of some people that 307 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:25,320 Speaker 1: I really like to talk to that I follow speaking 308 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:28,480 Speaker 1: of social media on social media that keep me updated, 309 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:30,320 Speaker 1: and these are some of the people that I follow 310 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:33,440 Speaker 1: for the inside scoop on what's going on. So if 311 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:36,160 Speaker 1: you missed any of those podcasts, please check them out 312 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:38,480 Speaker 1: because I've had a lot of fun this week and 313 00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:41,199 Speaker 1: it's It's been a really good time. Of course, I 314 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:45,199 Speaker 1: love doing this show as well, especially our Friday shows 315 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:47,239 Speaker 1: where we always have a lot of fun. And if 316 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:50,360 Speaker 1: you've ever missed any episode of this show, you can 317 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:54,199 Speaker 1: go to the website KABC dot com and go to 318 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:57,080 Speaker 1: KBC dot com slash news Blitz if you're not super 319 00:17:57,160 --> 00:17:59,000 Speaker 1: up on how all the apps work, or you can 320 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:03,399 Speaker 1: search for the k ABC News Blitz wherever you get 321 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:06,120 Speaker 1: your podcasts. We've had a really great week so far, 322 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:10,600 Speaker 1: including Monday show talking about the graffiti resistant ivy that 323 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:13,159 Speaker 1: just happened to be tagged by graffiti, and then of 324 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:16,960 Speaker 1: course yesterday's masterclass from the La City Council. LA wants 325 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:20,440 Speaker 1: you to let them tax illegal pot shops. I'm still 326 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:22,640 Speaker 1: scratching my head on that one. We got a half 327 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:25,200 Speaker 1: hour to go. Here, it's Randy Wang on the News 328 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:28,760 Speaker 1: Blitz with Randy Wang on Talk Radio seven ninety KABC. 329 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:32,040 Speaker 1: It is the News Blitz with Randy Wang on Talk 330 00:18:32,119 --> 00:18:36,480 Speaker 1: Radio seven ninety KABC. We're here every single day from 331 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 1: five to six talking about the local issues that matter 332 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 1: to you most and taking your phone calls at eight 333 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:44,080 Speaker 1: hundred two to two two five two two two one, 334 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:46,600 Speaker 1: eight hundred two two two five two two two, your 335 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:50,199 Speaker 1: emails at Randy Wang Radio at gmail dot com, and 336 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:54,680 Speaker 1: search for the KABC News Blitz wherever you get your podcasts. 337 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:59,239 Speaker 1: I live in the San Fernando Valley, and the San 338 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:04,240 Speaker 1: Fernando va is known for being boring as hell. More 339 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:06,439 Speaker 1: on that later in the week. But one of the 340 00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:10,520 Speaker 1: few things that the valley has is we have access 341 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:16,600 Speaker 1: to a small little airport that it's a little more expensive, 342 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:19,800 Speaker 1: but a hell of a lot more convenient if it 343 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:24,600 Speaker 1: goes where you're going, and that's Burbank Airport. When I'm 344 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 1: lucky enough to fly out of Burbank Airport, it is 345 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:31,320 Speaker 1: a wonderful experience. I mean, I'm excited to see what 346 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:35,240 Speaker 1: that new terminal looks like. But check in is always quick. 347 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:38,359 Speaker 1: We've got global entries, so getting through the TSA line 348 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:40,960 Speaker 1: is easy. Not a lot to do in there. The 349 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:45,680 Speaker 1: guy Fieri bar is okay, get those cheese fries. Now. 350 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:49,840 Speaker 1: Coming home to Burbank has its ups and its downs. One, 351 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:52,320 Speaker 1: if you know what you're doing, you get off of 352 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:57,520 Speaker 1: the back of the plane and that's real nice. But sometimes, 353 00:19:57,640 --> 00:20:00,840 Speaker 1: especially if it's a weekend or it's busy, those two 354 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:05,080 Speaker 1: little baggage turnstiles is never enough. And sometimes getting your 355 00:20:05,119 --> 00:20:08,560 Speaker 1: bags at Burbank can take forever, which is why I 356 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:11,919 Speaker 1: don't call for the lift until already one of the 357 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:15,760 Speaker 1: bags has come down. But Bourbank Airport is in the news, 358 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:20,680 Speaker 1: and not for a good reason. The National Transportation Safety 359 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 1: Board is considering that Burbank might be a hotspot for 360 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:30,960 Speaker 1: a midair collision because of how close the airspace is 361 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:35,760 Speaker 1: to Vanay's Airport, where all the helicopters are. What is this? 362 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:38,440 Speaker 1: Should we be worried? Do we need to freak out? 363 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:41,639 Speaker 1: Don't worry. Fox eleven's Ed Lascos is here, a. 364 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:45,600 Speaker 7: Chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, raising the serious 365 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:49,440 Speaker 7: concerns tonight. Could the Hollywood Burbank Airport be at risk 366 00:20:49,560 --> 00:20:53,439 Speaker 7: for a mid air catastrophe. Good evening, everybody, you're watching 367 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:54,639 Speaker 7: LA Live news tonight. 368 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:57,840 Speaker 8: I'm mar La taeus I for joining us. I'm Christine Devine. 369 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:02,719 Speaker 8: The National Transportation Board is voicing concerns that the Hollywood 370 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:05,399 Speaker 8: Burbank Airport could be the site of the next mid 371 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:09,399 Speaker 8: air collision. What's behind the chair of the NTSB speaking out. 372 00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:11,480 Speaker 7: Let's go line to Fox loves at Lasko. SE's there 373 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:17,720 Speaker 7: in Burbank at the airport with more tonight and. 374 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:18,280 Speaker 9: And Marla, that dire warning coming from the very top 375 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:21,919 Speaker 9: of the NTSB. The National Transportation Safety Board urging the 376 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:24,800 Speaker 9: FAA to do more when it comes to safety involving 377 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:28,439 Speaker 9: airplane traffic, helicopter traffic, and they say that growing threat 378 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:31,920 Speaker 9: is why this is a hotspot the Hollywood Burbank Airport. 379 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:35,760 Speaker 1: And Burbank already is an interesting airport because it has 380 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:37,399 Speaker 1: I don't think it's I don't know if it's the 381 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:42,040 Speaker 1: shortest runway, but it is definitely a very short runway. 382 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:45,239 Speaker 1: So sometimes when you're landing on your Southwest or your 383 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:49,960 Speaker 1: American flight, hitting that runway can be a little rough. 384 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:52,480 Speaker 1: And then they got to really hit the brakes because 385 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:54,199 Speaker 1: there's not a whole lot of room, or they're going 386 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:55,840 Speaker 1: to start crashing into houses. 387 00:21:56,600 --> 00:22:00,960 Speaker 9: The Hollywood Burbank Airport for a possible mid air collision. Scary. Yeah, 388 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,240 Speaker 9: I know it is, Joe. Let's get right into the story, 389 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:05,360 Speaker 9: will you. There is the main entrance here to Hollywood 390 00:22:05,359 --> 00:22:08,000 Speaker 9: Burbank Airport busy the last couple of hours picking up 391 00:22:08,119 --> 00:22:10,919 Speaker 9: flights coming and going. And yeah, you bet. Passengers have 392 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,439 Speaker 9: been talking to us saying they heard about that dire warning. 393 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:15,479 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's the last thing you want to hear as 394 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:17,560 Speaker 1: you're going to the airport for a little trip. 395 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:17,840 Speaker 10: You know. 396 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:20,359 Speaker 1: Burbank Airport flights usually aren't that long. Yeah, I know. 397 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:22,320 Speaker 1: They can fly to New York, but you're probably flying 398 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:27,280 Speaker 1: to Texas, or you're flying to Arizona or Vegas or 399 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 1: New Mexico. 400 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:31,600 Speaker 9: They heard about that report, Yabe, Portland, they heard about 401 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:34,440 Speaker 9: that report. It certainly has their attention. To the video, 402 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:36,520 Speaker 9: we go check it. When you're talking about the Hollywood 403 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:39,240 Speaker 9: Burbank Airport, I can tell you that it has reported 404 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:42,040 Speaker 9: six near misses when it comes to mid air collisions, 405 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:44,679 Speaker 9: six of them reported in the past five years. 406 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:46,640 Speaker 1: All of this, that's quite a lot. 407 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:49,680 Speaker 9: All of this as the NTSB is holding some very 408 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:53,200 Speaker 9: important hearings in Washington looking into that deadly mid air 409 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 9: collision January of last year. Remember that one outside Ronald 410 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:59,959 Speaker 9: Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC, when an American Airline 411 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:04,439 Speaker 9: jetliner collided midair with an Army black Hawk helicopter. Sixty 412 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:07,639 Speaker 9: seven people died that night, and that is to growing concern. 413 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:10,600 Speaker 9: When you have that mix of airline airplane traffic is 414 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:11,800 Speaker 9: one of the big jets takes off. 415 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:14,560 Speaker 1: You're wondering if it was really at Burbank. He's at Burbank. 416 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:17,399 Speaker 9: Airline airplane traffic is one of the big jets takes 417 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:20,600 Speaker 9: off here now at helicopter traffic and the hot spot here. 418 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:23,679 Speaker 9: Let's break it down for you. You have Hollywood Burbank Airport 419 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:26,919 Speaker 9: sharing a relatively small airspace but yet a very busy 420 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:30,160 Speaker 9: airspace with nearby Van Eys Airport Luck. 421 00:23:30,119 --> 00:23:33,120 Speaker 1: And Van Ey's is obviously it's not a commercial airport. 422 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:37,040 Speaker 1: It's a private airport, but it is increasingly busier because 423 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:40,720 Speaker 1: there's a lot of people that have private jets. But 424 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 1: also it's the airport where a lot of the traffic 425 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:46,359 Speaker 1: helicopters take off from. It's the airport where some of 426 00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:50,600 Speaker 1: the LAPD helicopters take off from I should know the 427 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 1: circle around my neighborhood a lot. And nothing makes you 428 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:58,080 Speaker 1: feel comfortable going to sleep like hearing it go around 429 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:01,879 Speaker 1: and around and around, because they obviously haven't caught whatever 430 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:03,000 Speaker 1: guy they were chasing. 431 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:05,960 Speaker 9: Lots of planes flights coming through here at Burbank over 432 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:08,679 Speaker 9: in Van Eyes, you have a heavy helicopter volume of 433 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:11,880 Speaker 9: flights going and forth, and that tight airspace is why 434 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:14,280 Speaker 9: there's a concern for a mid air collision. Let's pick 435 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:16,280 Speaker 9: it up and listen to the top of the NTSB 436 00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:17,360 Speaker 9: and her warning here. 437 00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:20,960 Speaker 1: It is the last thing you want the NTSB discussing 438 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:22,400 Speaker 1: is your airport. 439 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:27,960 Speaker 11: Commercial Airlines have called me to say the next midair 440 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:31,920 Speaker 11: is going to be at Birdbank and nobody at FAA 441 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:35,920 Speaker 11: is paying attention to us. So whether it is involving 442 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:41,000 Speaker 11: helicopters or not, people are raising red flags and why 443 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:43,040 Speaker 11: aren't people listening and gush? 444 00:24:43,119 --> 00:24:46,920 Speaker 1: You remember when we were going through the shutdown and 445 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:49,480 Speaker 1: one of the things was the air traffic controllers weren't 446 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:53,600 Speaker 1: getting paid. At one point there was nobody manning Burbank Airport. 447 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:55,680 Speaker 1: They were doing it remotely from San Diego. 448 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:58,680 Speaker 11: The FAA has to ensure safety. 449 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:01,119 Speaker 10: It is concerned me because you know, you put your 450 00:25:01,119 --> 00:25:04,600 Speaker 10: trust in the FAA and that the airports are safe 451 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,399 Speaker 10: and for that to be such a major issue to 452 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:10,240 Speaker 10: be overlooked, is it really just concern especially you. 453 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:12,240 Speaker 9: I mean you fly Burbank Airport offen. 454 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:12,359 Speaker 4: Oh. 455 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:15,320 Speaker 10: Yeah. In fact, the flight here on Delta was delayed, 456 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:18,640 Speaker 10: so because of flight you know, airplane issue. But we've 457 00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:20,359 Speaker 10: gone on different one and it was fine. 458 00:25:20,359 --> 00:25:20,840 Speaker 2: But yeah, it is. 459 00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:21,520 Speaker 10: Always a concern. 460 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:25,159 Speaker 1: You always do get a little antsy, but you're like, thankful. 461 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:26,840 Speaker 1: I've had plenty of times where you had a deep 462 00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:29,280 Speaker 1: plane because oh there's a mechanical issue, and you're like, 463 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:32,080 Speaker 1: this is frustrating. But I'd rather be on a different 464 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:36,520 Speaker 1: plane than them chance it with that plane. I think said, 465 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:38,280 Speaker 1: did I tell you what happened when I flew back 466 00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:40,879 Speaker 1: from New Mexico in the middle of that big storm 467 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:43,720 Speaker 1: over the weekend. Now it didn't hit New Mexico particularly hard, 468 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:46,639 Speaker 1: but it's still it was snowing and I had never 469 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:50,520 Speaker 1: in my life taken off from an airport in the snow. 470 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:54,480 Speaker 1: And it takes a while, especially a small airport at 471 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:59,720 Speaker 1: high elevation, and first off, the flight was delayed, and 472 00:25:59,760 --> 00:26:04,600 Speaker 1: now because and we didn't know why, we thought, oh no, 473 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:07,040 Speaker 1: I mean the plane's there. We saw the plane, so 474 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:09,200 Speaker 1: it's not like the planes getting there late. But apparently 475 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:12,920 Speaker 1: because it's such a small airport at Santa Fe Airport, 476 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:15,680 Speaker 1: the pilots were asked if they could move these other 477 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:18,280 Speaker 1: two planes that were blocking the runway because they didn't 478 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:20,560 Speaker 1: have any pilots, so they did that. Then we all 479 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:22,200 Speaker 1: get on the plane and it's one of those little 480 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:27,840 Speaker 1: tiny American Eagle planes and we see them with like 481 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:31,880 Speaker 1: a broom trying to brush ice out of the engine. 482 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:34,639 Speaker 1: Then as we get on the plane, we're sitting on 483 00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:38,159 Speaker 1: the tarmac for quite some time. They're like, uh, probably 484 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:41,359 Speaker 1: pretty soon, we'll probably take off pretty soon. They're like, well, 485 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:43,280 Speaker 1: now we're gonna have to de ice the planes. They 486 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:46,040 Speaker 1: have this truck coming. It almost feels like you're at 487 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:48,520 Speaker 1: a car wash because you see all this liquid dripping 488 00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:51,680 Speaker 1: down the side of the windows. About an hour later, 489 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:54,080 Speaker 1: we finally got into the air but we landed safely, 490 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:57,240 Speaker 1: and uh, you know, I got to be in Santa 491 00:26:57,240 --> 00:26:59,080 Speaker 1: Fe for a week, so I'm not going to complain. 492 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:01,560 Speaker 10: Was fine, but yeah, it is always a concern. 493 00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:04,240 Speaker 1: Well, that flight was into Lax, but that's a whole 494 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:07,280 Speaker 1: other thing. Look, I have made the decision in my 495 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:10,639 Speaker 1: life that I'd rather fly if you do it on 496 00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:13,959 Speaker 1: a Saturday, it's not that painful, but Lax to Santa 497 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:18,200 Speaker 1: Fe when the weather's appropriate, then do Burbank to Albuquerque 498 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:21,520 Speaker 1: or Lax to Albuquerque. It was fine, but yeah it 499 00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:24,680 Speaker 1: is because the drive from Albuquerque is like an hour 500 00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:27,080 Speaker 1: and a half, and I know sometimes the drive from 501 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:28,600 Speaker 1: Lax is like an hour and a half. 502 00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:30,560 Speaker 10: It was fine, but yeah, it does always a concern 503 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:34,600 Speaker 10: everybody it flies, You always have that underlining concern. It's like, 504 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:35,880 Speaker 10: is this gonna be the one. 505 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:38,240 Speaker 1: I actually read the article on the plane coming in, 506 00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:41,800 Speaker 1: so that was a little bit un nerving. That's the 507 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:44,040 Speaker 1: last thing you want. That's the by the way, that 508 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:46,800 Speaker 1: is probably one of the downfalls of all the airlines 509 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:50,640 Speaker 1: adding free Wi Fi. If there's some horrific thing that's 510 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:53,159 Speaker 1: being discussed on the news, you probably don't want to 511 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:55,440 Speaker 1: know about it when you're on the plane and now 512 00:27:55,560 --> 00:27:57,600 Speaker 1: live on what happened to sky mall? Can we bring 513 00:27:57,640 --> 00:27:59,480 Speaker 1: that back and now live on nerving? 514 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:01,439 Speaker 9: You bet it. I can tell you the FAA now 515 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:04,480 Speaker 9: out insisting it has already taken steps to improve safety 516 00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:08,400 Speaker 9: by lowering quote the Van Ey's traffic pattern by two 517 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:11,480 Speaker 9: hundred feet during an evaluation in twenty twenty five to 518 00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:15,600 Speaker 9: see if that would reduce conflicts with aircraft landing at Burbank. 519 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:16,960 Speaker 9: So we come back out here a lot. 520 00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:20,040 Speaker 1: So, yeah, make sure that all the helicopters that are 521 00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:23,000 Speaker 1: circling are flying a lot lower at altitude than the 522 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:25,399 Speaker 1: planes that are taking off and departing from Burbank. That 523 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:26,359 Speaker 1: seems to make sense. 524 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:28,760 Speaker 9: So we come back out here live, the FAA saying 525 00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:31,239 Speaker 9: that that did work. It did reduce the number of 526 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:34,760 Speaker 9: safety alerts from some of the incoming flights here on 527 00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:37,439 Speaker 9: final approach to Burbank. So they made that lower traffic 528 00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:40,920 Speaker 9: pattern permanent now as of earlier this month and hoping 529 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:42,920 Speaker 9: that will work. So far it seems to be doing 530 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:45,440 Speaker 9: the job. But yes, ladies, there's lots of concern here 531 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:48,880 Speaker 9: because the travelers, especially those who are frequent flyers there. 532 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:51,959 Speaker 9: You realize how tight this airspace is. Lots of planes, 533 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:54,760 Speaker 9: lots of helicopters, And as that one fella said, Rick said, 534 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:57,200 Speaker 9: you know, and I've got to admit I'm the same 535 00:28:57,200 --> 00:28:58,840 Speaker 9: way when you get on that plane and they close 536 00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:00,880 Speaker 9: the doors. You always had that fleeting thought for a 537 00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:03,480 Speaker 9: second or two, and then you most likely say your prayer, 538 00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:04,240 Speaker 9: if you know what I mean. 539 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:07,760 Speaker 1: You know, I don't have that. I fly a lot. 540 00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:11,440 Speaker 1: I probably fly seven or eight times a year, but 541 00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:15,200 Speaker 1: I really, outside of you know, some excessive turbulence, I 542 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:18,000 Speaker 1: don't really ever think, oh, this is you know, this 543 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:21,160 Speaker 1: is it. I'm sure that happens to a lot of people. 544 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:23,680 Speaker 1: That's why some people I know have to take xanax 545 00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:27,000 Speaker 1: to get on a plane. Not naming any names, but 546 00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:30,520 Speaker 1: I don't have that feeling. Now that being said, and 547 00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:33,000 Speaker 1: maybe this is the way that my brain works. I 548 00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:36,840 Speaker 1: do have that feeling sometimes on the freeway because I 549 00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:41,000 Speaker 1: see so many horrific accidents, and statistically, you're way more 550 00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:44,800 Speaker 1: likely to get into a very awful accident on the 551 00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:47,800 Speaker 1: freeway than you are to get in a plane crash. 552 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:52,120 Speaker 1: That's just the real life numbers. And yeah, there have 553 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:54,000 Speaker 1: been some plane crashes in the news, but you think 554 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:56,920 Speaker 1: about how many planes take off every single day, Statistically, 555 00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:59,560 Speaker 1: you're probably going to be fine. When you either about 556 00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:02,960 Speaker 1: how many accidents happen in Los Angeles every single day, 557 00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:06,880 Speaker 1: and how awful the drivers are. I mean, gosh, pilots 558 00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:09,800 Speaker 1: have to go through so much training, and they've got 559 00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:13,360 Speaker 1: the backup system, they've got the the they've got the autopilot, 560 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:16,760 Speaker 1: they've got the co pilot drivers in LA. You know, 561 00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:19,400 Speaker 1: it's one of the benefits of how awful traffic is 562 00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:21,080 Speaker 1: on the four h five is they can't do much 563 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:23,480 Speaker 1: damage to you when you're going five miles an hour. 564 00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:26,560 Speaker 1: But yeah, that freaks me out, and it's one of 565 00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:28,640 Speaker 1: the reasons why one of my life goals is to 566 00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:32,480 Speaker 1: not have to do that commute anymore. It scares me. Well, 567 00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:33,680 Speaker 1: I booked a flight. 568 00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:35,760 Speaker 8: Today to go out of Burbank. So this is on 569 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:38,920 Speaker 8: my radar as well. And though this was not a 570 00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:42,480 Speaker 8: specific news conference on Burbank, it was part of this 571 00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:45,880 Speaker 8: greater information, this greater case they're looking at. 572 00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:49,760 Speaker 9: Yeah, very good point. Yeah, the greater case looking at 573 00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:52,320 Speaker 9: several airports across the country where they have these so 574 00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:55,520 Speaker 9: called hotspots where they have a tight airspace with the 575 00:30:55,560 --> 00:30:59,080 Speaker 9: lots of commercial airplanes and helicopters flying around, just very 576 00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:01,000 Speaker 9: much like Washington. Do you see if you're familiar with 577 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:01,880 Speaker 9: that area as well. 578 00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:04,280 Speaker 1: Now here's an idea, And I thought about this today 579 00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:09,960 Speaker 1: when I was listening to this story. Look, I don't 580 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:13,280 Speaker 1: know at this point how effective the LAPD helicopters are. 581 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:19,040 Speaker 1: I also don't know how necessary they are or how 582 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:25,080 Speaker 1: necessary the news helicopters are the ones that track traffic 583 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:28,320 Speaker 1: or the ones that follow high speed chases. And not 584 00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:32,160 Speaker 1: to knock what we're doing, but couldn't we be doing 585 00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:34,959 Speaker 1: all of that with drones now that fly at a 586 00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:40,040 Speaker 1: much lower altitude maybe. I mean they're doing that in 587 00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:42,880 Speaker 1: places like San Francisco where they're using the drones to 588 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:45,440 Speaker 1: chase after people. I mean, now all we need is 589 00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:48,040 Speaker 1: like a little pulse that can disable the vehicle. Nope, 590 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:50,600 Speaker 1: we don't want that because what if they start using 591 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:54,800 Speaker 1: that on us? But you know, and for traffic helicopters, 592 00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:57,360 Speaker 1: like all you need is a camera up there. Couldn't 593 00:31:57,360 --> 00:31:58,760 Speaker 1: you do most of that with a drone? 594 00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:00,520 Speaker 10: You know? 595 00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:03,040 Speaker 1: In radio, the whole thing was we used to pretend 596 00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:05,960 Speaker 1: that the helicopter was in the air. 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And this is a tough one, Roberto writes 621 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:20,440 Speaker 1: in Hey, Randy, when you get a chance, can I 622 00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:24,120 Speaker 1: get you to send me your top three Katie Porter soundbites. 623 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:28,560 Speaker 1: I have to narrow it down to three. All right, 624 00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:33,160 Speaker 1: let's see absolutely nah don't believe the bs. Nah, what 625 00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:36,080 Speaker 1: a bunch of boo. Nah. 626 00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:37,720 Speaker 5: Oh. 627 00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:41,560 Speaker 1: I do love that one. Wait, please, I love that one. 628 00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:43,240 Speaker 1: I love that one. 629 00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:43,840 Speaker 8: Little d. 630 00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:45,880 Speaker 4: Oh. 631 00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:48,800 Speaker 1: That's a classic. Look, this one's personal for me. That 632 00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:49,720 Speaker 1: one I never used. 633 00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:51,000 Speaker 6: I call it the shift gift. 634 00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:56,400 Speaker 1: Yeah dinner, Yeah, out. 635 00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:56,120 Speaker 4: Of my shot. 636 00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:57,600 Speaker 1: That was drop of the year. So we got to 637 00:33:57,680 --> 00:33:58,240 Speaker 1: use that one. 638 00:33:58,320 --> 00:33:59,920 Speaker 3: I'm running for governor because I'm a leader. 639 00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:02,880 Speaker 1: I'm me oh boy, I don't. 640 00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:04,400 Speaker 6: Care well to those voters. 641 00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:06,520 Speaker 1: Okay, so that's not really a drop, but we know 642 00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:07,080 Speaker 1: what that is. 643 00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:09,560 Speaker 5: I don't want to have an unhappy experience with you, 644 00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:11,480 Speaker 5: and I don't want this all on camera. 645 00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:15,239 Speaker 1: Okay, So I have to narrow those down to three, Roberto, 646 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:20,360 Speaker 1: this is tough, all right. Let's see number one. I 647 00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:25,960 Speaker 1: think we got to put in there. Katie Porter high pitch. 648 00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:30,560 Speaker 1: That is I think that's the first Katie Porter drop 649 00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:33,239 Speaker 1: that I ever grabbed. So Katie Porter high pitch is 650 00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:35,839 Speaker 1: going in there. I think we also got to throw 651 00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:40,000 Speaker 1: in Katie Porter Paul, and I would say, if I 652 00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:41,759 Speaker 1: got to add another one, we'll get add of the 653 00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:44,120 Speaker 1: f and shot. Okay, there's your three. If it was 654 00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:50,160 Speaker 1: gonna be four, i'd also add but yeah, Katie Porter 655 00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:57,840 Speaker 1: high pitch, Katie Porter bleeping shot out of my shot, 656 00:34:58,120 --> 00:35:02,680 Speaker 1: and of course Katie Porter screen at her child. Those 657 00:35:02,719 --> 00:35:05,480 Speaker 1: are my top three Katie Porter drops. So now I'm 658 00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:07,719 Speaker 1: going to send those in an email and he could 659 00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:10,279 Speaker 1: do whatever he wants with them. Look, any of the 660 00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:12,120 Speaker 1: drops that you hear on this show with the John 661 00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:14,640 Speaker 1: Phillips Show, they're just MP three's. I just play them 662 00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:17,480 Speaker 1: on this little program if you want them. They're not mine. 663 00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:20,279 Speaker 1: I didn't create them. I just took them off of 664 00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:23,960 Speaker 1: news stories and different little press conferences. So if you 665 00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:27,120 Speaker 1: want any of those, and I you know, I'm at 666 00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:29,439 Speaker 1: a point where I can see the email and I'm 667 00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:31,600 Speaker 1: not out of the country, I will do my best 668 00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:35,120 Speaker 1: to send you those drops. So there you go. That's 669 00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:37,520 Speaker 1: what we do here. It's called a little customer service. 670 00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:40,880 Speaker 1: Thank y'all for being a part of this show, whether 671 00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:44,400 Speaker 1: it's through calling the show, emailing us of course, just 672 00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:48,520 Speaker 1: listening is great. Telling your friends about it, downloading the podcast, 673 00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:51,280 Speaker 1: sharing it with your friends, telling people, hey, at five o'clock, 674 00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:54,200 Speaker 1: you got to check out this show. We really appreciate it. 675 00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:56,760 Speaker 1: It's The News Blitz with Randy Wang on Talk radio 676 00:35:56,880 --> 00:35:58,359 Speaker 1: seven ninety KABC