1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:02,000 Speaker 1: I am six forty. 2 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:04,240 Speaker 2: You're listening to the John and Ken Show on demand 3 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:11,879 Speaker 2: on the iHeartRadio app. Chris Adler in the KFI Newsroom, Chris, 4 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:14,840 Speaker 2: COVID numbers are they were rising again? 5 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:16,920 Speaker 1: Right, are we moving well? 6 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 3: The Department of Public Health says COVID cases are on 7 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:22,480 Speaker 3: the rise, but they're not yet seeing numbers that are 8 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:26,440 Speaker 3: concerning cases have doubled over the past month, but they 9 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 3: say many of the cases are also not being reported 10 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 3: because a lot of people are testing at home. So 11 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:37,319 Speaker 3: this new vaccine is targeting a new omicron variant, and 12 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:43,479 Speaker 3: this omicron variant is very easily transmittable, and so Director 13 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:45,880 Speaker 3: of the La County Department of Public Health, Barbara Farar 14 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:49,879 Speaker 3: says they're seeing mainly those older than fifty who are 15 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 3: actually being hospitalized, and the department is recommending everyone over 16 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 3: six months and older receive the vaccine. 17 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 4: That is designed to target omicron XBB dot one, dot 18 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 4: five and omicron XPB derivatives. More than ninety five percent 19 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 4: of COVID nineteen strains that are currently circulating in La 20 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:16,280 Speaker 4: County are descendants of omicron XBB. 21 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:19,720 Speaker 3: And Chris Ferrera says that the vaccine should be seasonal 22 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 3: and annual, but says the higher risk time for people 23 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:27,039 Speaker 3: to get these respiratory diseases like COVID or the flu 24 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 3: is the fall in the winter, So she says, basically 25 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:33,240 Speaker 3: people what people should be planning to do is double up, 26 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 3: get a COVID vaccine and a flu vaccine. She says 27 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 3: it's okay to do it at the same time, just 28 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:41,680 Speaker 3: don't do it while you're sick if you've also had 29 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 3: COVID previously recently. If you've been infected with COVID, you 30 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 3: can still get the vaccine, although she says that you 31 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 3: should have antibodies good for about two to three months, 32 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 3: but there's nothing that says that you can't go out 33 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 3: and get it earlier. 34 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:55,360 Speaker 5: But just don't get it while you're sick. 35 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 1: Chris, all right, and don't get it while you're sick. 36 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 2: And I'm assuming that's because we don't want your body 37 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 2: to overreact in trying to create the antibodies. 38 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 3: That's right, overreact and then also not and if you're sick, 39 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 3: you're not able to really tell if you're having an 40 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:14,520 Speaker 3: allergic reaction per se, So you don't want to do 41 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 3: it while you're sick to see if there's any adverse 42 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 3: effects during any of the vaccines. And that's a great 43 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:22,919 Speaker 3: point because she says, Farrera says that the CDC is 44 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:26,080 Speaker 3: recommending that anybody who has had an allergic reaction to 45 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 3: a prior dose, a prior COVID vaccination should not get this. 46 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 5: Get this dose. 47 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:35,359 Speaker 3: She says, if you've had an allergic reaction before, steer clear. 48 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:37,120 Speaker 5: Of the dose. You don't want to get it. 49 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 3: But you know, she's just recommending safety measures, putting back 50 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 3: safety measures. 51 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:44,360 Speaker 5: But again, doesn't want the public to panic. 52 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:46,800 Speaker 3: They are the cases are on the rise, but it's nothing, 53 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 3: she says, nothing to panic about right now. And they 54 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:55,799 Speaker 3: are seeing some hospitalizations, but it's primarily people over fifty. 55 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 1: Chris, okay, high risk categories. 56 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,959 Speaker 3: I suppose high risk, yes, yeah. 57 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 2: All right, yeah, I'm kind of thinking about those adverse 58 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:07,920 Speaker 2: reactions and how do we know if it's an allergic 59 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 2: reaction or adverse I've had the I've had four shots 60 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 2: thus far, and the first couple I got sick for 61 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 2: a day or two right after I got the shot. 62 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:17,640 Speaker 1: Many of us experienced that. 63 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 2: The last couple, I didn't have much in the way 64 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:23,360 Speaker 2: of adverse reactions whatsoever. So I suppose it's based on 65 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:25,919 Speaker 2: the individual to determine whether or not it was allergic 66 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:29,559 Speaker 2: or just basically your body getting ready with that vaccine. 67 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:33,639 Speaker 5: Right, And she says that normal symptoms. 68 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 3: Of you know, the the activation of the vaccine and 69 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 3: that it's working will be like headache, fatigue, soreness at 70 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 3: the injection site. She says, with those, you can treat 71 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 3: those at home with motrin other pain medications. But if 72 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 3: you're having you know, trouble breathing and your throat is 73 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 3: swallowing up or you're breaking out in hives, those are 74 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:54,840 Speaker 3: symptoms that are that should not. 75 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 5: Be associated with it. 76 00:03:56,760 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 3: And if you do get symptoms like that, then you're 77 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 3: probably having an alert reaction and need to get to 78 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 3: an emergency room immediately. 79 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 1: All right, Yeah, good plan. 80 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 2: Chris Adlers in the KFI news room, Chris, before I 81 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 2: let you. 82 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 1: Go, uh, I saw you got to. I love these 83 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 1: things too. 84 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 2: You got to uh you got to do the story 85 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 2: on the on the Super Scoopers. 86 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:17,360 Speaker 1: Is that right? You were on that one? 87 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 5: I love you, Chris. 88 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 3: Steve Gregory has done this, I think, he said, for 89 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 3: eighteen years. And he passed his baby on to me 90 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:26,599 Speaker 3: because he's got some other stories that. 91 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:29,440 Speaker 5: He's working on right now. And and so it was 92 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:30,720 Speaker 5: a lot of pressure. 93 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:32,720 Speaker 3: You know, you know, stepping into some big shoes there 94 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:34,919 Speaker 3: to fill. And I said, okay, I'll go handle it. 95 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 3: But you know what, Chief Maroni says, he likes me 96 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:38,720 Speaker 3: better than Steve Gregory and he wants me on the 97 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 3: story from now on. 98 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 5: Anyway, I get. 99 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:42,839 Speaker 1: That a lot. Yeah, hear that all the time. 100 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 2: Oh, the Super Scoopers real quick, here those are those 101 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:51,840 Speaker 2: are the firefighting planes right that just the right word place. 102 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:54,800 Speaker 3: They were actually flown in from Canada from Quebec, and 103 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 3: this team from Quebec came in last month. There are 104 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 3: two Super Scoopers that they use. They can pick up 105 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:05,000 Speaker 3: fifteen thousand gallons of water within twelve seconds, Chris, and. 106 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:05,719 Speaker 5: So they're used. 107 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:08,920 Speaker 3: They're going to be used during our wildfire season. They 108 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 3: fly them out every year. This year was the thirtiest. 109 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:14,840 Speaker 3: Is the thirtieth anniversary that they've been that the La 110 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 3: County Fire Department has been using these planes. They said 111 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 3: they're instrumental in battling these fires and they really can't 112 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:26,840 Speaker 3: battle some of these rampant fires without them. Again, they 113 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:30,559 Speaker 3: can pick up fifteen thousand gallons of retardant or water 114 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 3: within twelve seconds, they can fill up and get back 115 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:36,600 Speaker 3: to you. And what they do is they fill up 116 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:40,479 Speaker 3: in lakes or even in the ocean, which I was 117 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 3: told that they initially couldn't fill up in the ocean, 118 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 3: but Chief Maroni confirmed that they can fly into the Pacific, 119 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 3: pick up water, and then get back to the site 120 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 3: wherever that fire is. And so this team from Quebec 121 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:54,839 Speaker 3: is going to be manning these planes and then they 122 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 3: will be assisting the La County Fire Department for the 123 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 3: next three three months. And Chief Maronis that fire season 124 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:05,159 Speaker 3: is likely to be between November and December, if it 125 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 3: does happen, that's where it will peak. 126 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, of course, when we've got the Santa Anas and 127 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:10,920 Speaker 2: we got the dry conditions and things like that. How 128 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:13,440 Speaker 2: do these these planes, They just they come in and 129 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 2: they scrape the surface of the lake or the ocean 130 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:17,680 Speaker 2: and then they just sort of fill up their bellies 131 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 2: and take off again. 132 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 3: That's that's that's basically it, Chris, And it happens very 133 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:26,240 Speaker 3: very quickly. It fills up, then they they're back up 134 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 3: in the air, and then they're dropping and they're going 135 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 3: back for more and I talked to the Quebec team today. 136 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:35,320 Speaker 3: They said they're so excited to be They're so excited 137 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:37,480 Speaker 3: to be here and to help out, and that they 138 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 3: live they live for this and they're happy to be 139 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 3: in California coming from Canada. 140 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:44,520 Speaker 2: That would scare the hell out of me, whenn't you 141 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:46,800 Speaker 2: that You're oh, we're just going to do a hard 142 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 2: quick stop in the water, but then we'll take off again. 143 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 6: So it's great, I know, I know. 144 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:53,719 Speaker 3: And honestly I went up in one of the Cessnas 145 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:55,800 Speaker 3: today in Van Ny is the first time I've been 146 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 3: in Assessina. Now this is a Cessna, this is not 147 00:06:57,839 --> 00:07:01,279 Speaker 3: a super Scooper. But I gotta tell you, uh, first 148 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:01,960 Speaker 3: take aviation. 149 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:04,159 Speaker 5: Let me go up. Since I was already at the airport, 150 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 5: they were like, you know, you want to go and 151 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:06,039 Speaker 5: see what it's like. 152 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:07,799 Speaker 3: And I got to tell you, I have a newfound 153 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 3: respect for pilots, especially pilots. 154 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:10,560 Speaker 5: That are fighting fires. 155 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 3: Fighting fires is so dangerous, but then being in an 156 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 3: airplane and a small plane like that, it's scary. 157 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 5: It's really scary. 158 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:20,200 Speaker 3: And so I got to give them credit and really 159 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 3: really happy to see that they're here. Gives us some comfort. 160 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 3: To know, because we know how damaging these fires can 161 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 3: be here in California. 162 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:31,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I'm just I just appreciate that they have 163 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 2: people go nads big enough to do that. 164 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 1: Because yeah, both. 165 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:37,680 Speaker 5: No, I'm good. 166 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 3: I'll be on the ground, I'll be watching, I'll be reporting, 167 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 3: We'll be reporting. 168 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 1: Chris. 169 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, all right, Chris Adler can't FI newsroom and Chris 170 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 2: always Chris talking. 171 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 5: Thank you so much, you too, Chris, have a good day. 172 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:47,400 Speaker 4: Banks. 173 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 2: Uh listen, there is uh, there is a money suck 174 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 2: that goes on and happens in almost every city in America, 175 00:07:56,720 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 2: and it drives me nuts. But leave it to Los 176 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 2: Angeles County to figure out a way to make that 177 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 2: money suck even worse. 178 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:05,120 Speaker 1: It's next. 179 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:07,480 Speaker 2: I'll tell you what it is, Chris Merrill, I AM 180 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 2: six forty, were live everywhere and your iHeartRadio app. 181 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:13,840 Speaker 7: You're listening to John and Ken on demand from KFI 182 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:15,720 Speaker 7: AM six forty. 183 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 2: Public transit is a money suck right now. It does 184 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:24,160 Speaker 2: work better in large metros, and I understand the reason 185 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:25,960 Speaker 2: that people want it, but I gotta tell you, it 186 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:29,239 Speaker 2: always drives me nuts, and especially when I see small 187 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:33,440 Speaker 2: towns try to do public transit They all think that they, oh, 188 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:36,840 Speaker 2: we can spend millions of dollars on public transit. They 189 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:38,800 Speaker 2: don't have enough people that need public transit, but they 190 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 2: just want to have public transit. Now, when you're talking 191 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:45,320 Speaker 2: about a large metro like ours, it makes perfect sense 192 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:48,080 Speaker 2: to have some public transit. And we do have to 193 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:51,600 Speaker 2: go into the public transit discussion knowing that public transit 194 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 2: is a service that costs the county money. It's not 195 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:58,200 Speaker 2: something that's ever going to generator or be able to 196 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 2: self sustain. That will not happen. So we have to 197 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:05,760 Speaker 2: go into the conversation knowing that and then decide do 198 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 2: we want public transit for people? How much do we 199 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:11,079 Speaker 2: want to subsetize that, how much do we want to 200 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 2: charge for fares, how self sustaining do we want it 201 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:16,240 Speaker 2: to be, knowing that it will never be self sustained. 202 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:19,199 Speaker 2: Those are all reasonable questions to have, right But if 203 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:25,240 Speaker 2: I told you that we're putting together a system that 204 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:31,680 Speaker 2: is so inefficient, so crazy expensive that for every one 205 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 2: dollar in the farebox it costs you the taxpayer not 206 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:38,680 Speaker 2: riding that public transit forty three bucks, would you be 207 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:41,199 Speaker 2: in on it? And I got to believe the answer 208 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:45,520 Speaker 2: is mil Ellie Times had the article today talking about 209 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:51,840 Speaker 2: the the Metro micro vans. The Metro Micro you see 210 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:56,920 Speaker 2: these cruising around. The Metro Micro is a clean, air 211 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 2: conditioned new van cruise is the streets of Los Angeles 212 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:11,560 Speaker 2: County and it's basically like an airport shuttle. Make your 213 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 2: reservation on an app and the bus comes in fifteen 214 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:18,320 Speaker 2: minutes or less. Basically, you jump on. You might be 215 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:21,120 Speaker 2: the only person on there. It runs you to your destination. 216 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:23,360 Speaker 2: Now it may have to pick some other people up 217 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 2: on the way if somebody else dings it on the app. 218 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,679 Speaker 2: But because there are only a couple thousand people a 219 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:32,400 Speaker 2: day that use it, and because there are multiple buses 220 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:40,040 Speaker 2: fourteen they say, fourteen fully or partially excuse me, there 221 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 2: were fourteen fullier partially eliminated bus routes and that's where 222 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:46,400 Speaker 2: they put the Metro minibusses in here. But because you 223 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:48,760 Speaker 2: only have two thousand riders total a day, which makes 224 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:50,440 Speaker 2: sense now, why they cancel the full buses? 225 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 1: Right? 226 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:52,560 Speaker 2: They go, Okay, well, there's just not enough people using it. 227 00:10:52,840 --> 00:11:00,880 Speaker 2: You've got two thousand people a day, and we're paying 228 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:03,560 Speaker 2: for this at a rate it's just a dollar to 229 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:06,240 Speaker 2: ride this they're often empty. 230 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:06,960 Speaker 1: Cost you a dollar. 231 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:13,720 Speaker 2: But the cost of operating this fuel, insurance, the capital 232 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:15,719 Speaker 2: investment of the vehicle itself, the price you have to 233 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 2: the wages you have to pay for the bus driver, 234 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:20,960 Speaker 2: all of these different things. It ends up costing the 235 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 2: people of Los Angeles County about forty three dollars per 236 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:30,800 Speaker 2: one dollar ride. Now does this make any sense in 237 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:35,120 Speaker 2: the world to you? Only about two thousand riders board 238 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:39,520 Speaker 2: Metro microvans on an average weekday compared to eight hundred 239 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:44,440 Speaker 2: and seventy seven thousand bus in rail passengers. Right, So, 240 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 2: just to put this in perspective, if the cost that 241 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:53,520 Speaker 2: we subsidize is forty three dollars for every one dollar 242 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:55,760 Speaker 2: that somebody pays in the fair to ride this thing, 243 00:11:56,679 --> 00:11:59,920 Speaker 2: that means that on an average day, two thousand people 244 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 2: rides on the. 245 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:04,920 Speaker 1: Metro microvans. 246 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:10,080 Speaker 2: And we pay eighty six thousand dollars a day to 247 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:15,840 Speaker 2: give rides to two thousand people. Does that, in any way, 248 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 2: shape or form sound like a sustainable model? 249 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:21,200 Speaker 1: How does it make any sense? 250 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:25,600 Speaker 2: Even if LA County wants to subsidize all transit, which 251 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 2: they shouldn't. 252 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:29,079 Speaker 1: But even if they did, shouldn't they just be smart 253 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:29,680 Speaker 1: with their money. 254 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:33,319 Speaker 2: Wouldn't it be more beneficial to contract with Uber or 255 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:34,680 Speaker 2: lift for these things and then. 256 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 1: Cut your costs. Basically, it's the same thing you're using 257 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:38,439 Speaker 1: an app. 258 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:40,160 Speaker 2: You're getting a ride. The ride comes and picks you up, 259 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 2: and it drops you off at your location. It's near 260 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:46,560 Speaker 2: door to door. And if we're paying forty three dollars 261 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:49,920 Speaker 2: per ride anyway, wouldn't it be a lot cheaper to 262 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:53,280 Speaker 2: run it in a system that allows us to, I 263 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 2: don't know, pay a local individual on their ride share. 264 00:12:58,160 --> 00:12:59,400 Speaker 1: What do you call that? Gig? 265 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:00,400 Speaker 2: Uh? 266 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:02,760 Speaker 1: Far less than forty three. 267 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 2: Dollars per ride. But that's not what we're doing. Instead, 268 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:09,280 Speaker 2: we're just saying, let's just keep throwing good money after 269 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:11,480 Speaker 2: bad and the only way we can get people to 270 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:13,000 Speaker 2: use it is if we keep that price down. So 271 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 2: we'll say it's only a dollar a dollar. This is 272 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:21,079 Speaker 2: like nineteen eighties pricing today. We're afraid to charge people 273 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:23,240 Speaker 2: more money because somebody's going to say, well, that's not 274 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:26,839 Speaker 2: fair to the people that need the ride the most. Well, 275 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:28,920 Speaker 2: evidently there aren't very many people that need the ride 276 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 2: the most, because there's only two thousand rides a day. 277 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 1: In the whole County, So why are we wasting time 278 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:34,719 Speaker 1: on it? 279 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:34,959 Speaker 2: Oh? 280 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:40,520 Speaker 1: Here it is. This is why. According to Susan Shaheen. 281 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:43,600 Speaker 2: The co director of the Transportation Sustainability Research Center who 282 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:48,560 Speaker 2: studied the issue, experiences matter and should be factored in 283 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:52,720 Speaker 2: when evaluating transit. The quality of the trip is something 284 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:55,719 Speaker 2: that doesn't get captured in fairbox revenues or in the 285 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:58,959 Speaker 2: number of passengers per hour or the average cost per 286 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:02,760 Speaker 2: ride the rise. In other words, it's super nice, man, 287 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:06,560 Speaker 2: it's super nice trip, and we should keep funding this 288 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:08,720 Speaker 2: because they're nice van. Of course, they're nice fans. Nobody's 289 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 2: using them. Oh, the seats look like they're brand new 290 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:16,600 Speaker 2: because nobody's put their dirty butts on them. Nobody's using them. Really, 291 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:20,080 Speaker 2: the quality of the trip doesn't get captured in the 292 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:24,000 Speaker 2: fairbox revenues, so we should be subsidizing it, you see, 293 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:24,880 Speaker 2: And I'm. 294 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:25,320 Speaker 1: Cool with that. 295 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 2: My ride quality would be much better if my nine 296 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:31,480 Speaker 2: year old Ford Fusion were updated to a new Tesla. 297 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:34,520 Speaker 2: Maybe La County can give me the forty three thousand 298 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 2: dollars for every grand I put in and help me 299 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:39,640 Speaker 2: subsidize a really quality trip. 300 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:41,480 Speaker 1: Wuldn't that be wonderful? 301 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:43,960 Speaker 2: If you could buy a car that retails for one 302 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 2: hundred and seventy thousand dollars and you just pay four 303 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:48,560 Speaker 2: grand for it. We'd all be lined up with the 304 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:53,280 Speaker 2: dealership and the kindy says, well, that's but the quality 305 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:59,520 Speaker 2: of the ride is so good. No, it's a terrible idea. 306 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:02,680 Speaker 2: You can't really capture the quality of my life in 307 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:06,160 Speaker 2: a simple math question. All right, right, so you should 308 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 2: be subsidizing my tesla because transportation is important. 309 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 1: For all citizens. 310 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:14,800 Speaker 2: And also I'm gonna need you to go ahead and 311 00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:18,560 Speaker 2: pay for the charger to be installed at my house 312 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 2: for the quality of the ride and the accessibility it brings. 313 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:26,440 Speaker 1: Come on, man, these are tax dollars. Quit screwing people. 314 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:27,840 Speaker 1: Quit doing that. 315 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 2: All right, it's Hunter, Hunter Hunter Hunter madness continues in 316 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:34,640 Speaker 2: a minute. I'm Chris Merrill in for John of Kent today. 317 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:37,440 Speaker 2: I am six forty. We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 318 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 7: You're listening to John and Ken on demand from KFI 319 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:42,920 Speaker 7: AM six forty. 320 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:47,760 Speaker 2: President Joe Biden sent Hunter indicted by Special Consul David 321 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:51,960 Speaker 2: Weiss on felony gun charges. So now there's more pressure 322 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 2: on Biden the younger After that plea agreement that he 323 00:15:57,120 --> 00:16:00,680 Speaker 2: had set up where he would plead guilty to misdemeanor 324 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:05,640 Speaker 2: tax evasion charges and this the gun charges would be dropped. 325 00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:10,120 Speaker 2: That all fell apart. And when it did, this seems 326 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 2: to be the first domino to fall after that plea 327 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:17,320 Speaker 2: agreement falls apart, and that is that there are now 328 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:20,840 Speaker 2: gun charges that are being brought, the gun charges that 329 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:22,480 Speaker 2: had previously been dropped. Joining me right now as a 330 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:25,680 Speaker 2: certified criminal law specialist, Lou Shapiro, you find out Lou 331 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:28,040 Speaker 2: Atlushapiro dot com, Lou Good, have you on the show? 332 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:30,920 Speaker 2: What does this mean to Let's start with the Hunter 333 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 2: Biden and then we'll expand our circle of influence from there. 334 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 2: What does this mean to Hunter Biden as he's facing 335 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:38,200 Speaker 2: these these felony gun charges. 336 00:16:39,520 --> 00:16:41,640 Speaker 8: Well, it certainly means that this is not going to 337 00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:44,840 Speaker 8: go away, that the federal government is, on its face, 338 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:48,200 Speaker 8: taking this very seriously, and that it's not just going 339 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 8: to be something that's just lingering and causing the public 340 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:54,000 Speaker 8: to scratch their head. Why isn't anything being done to 341 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:57,680 Speaker 8: Hunter Biden. He's been indicted, there are charges on the table, 342 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 8: a trial that's going to be set, Negotiations will take place. 343 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:02,800 Speaker 8: But this is serious business now. 344 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:06,359 Speaker 2: So one of the one of the aspects of this 345 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:09,960 Speaker 2: that to my understanding, is that these charges are pretty rare. 346 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:12,760 Speaker 2: They're not usually brought about unless they're in conjunction with 347 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:17,320 Speaker 2: another crime that's being charged, and oftentimes they're brought as 348 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:20,960 Speaker 2: additional charges in order to enhance a sentence. So why 349 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:24,200 Speaker 2: charge these alone this time? Is that political pressure that's 350 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:25,760 Speaker 2: been put on the special investigator? 351 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:31,000 Speaker 8: It's definitely political pressure. Yeah, we never see a charge 352 00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:33,720 Speaker 8: like this even being taken up by the federal government 353 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:35,560 Speaker 8: to begin with, because think about it, when the federal 354 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:39,880 Speaker 8: government takes up a case, it's usually something major. We're 355 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:45,320 Speaker 8: talking drug trafficking, narcotics, money laundering. This is a one 356 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:49,600 Speaker 8: individual who whired on an application to buy guns. You 357 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:51,800 Speaker 8: never see the Feds take off such a case. It's 358 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:54,720 Speaker 8: not worth their resources. The only reason they did pick 359 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 8: up this case and it's been indicted is because the 360 00:17:56,880 --> 00:17:58,960 Speaker 8: last name of this person is Biden and the public 361 00:17:58,960 --> 00:17:59,760 Speaker 8: pressure around it. 362 00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:04,000 Speaker 2: So what happens on lu Shapiro, our certified criminal laws specialist, 363 00:18:04,080 --> 00:18:07,440 Speaker 2: What happens now in the court as Hunter Biden heads 364 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:09,280 Speaker 2: to court and we don't know exactly what the timeline 365 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:11,919 Speaker 2: is going to be on this. We don't know if 366 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 2: he's going to see the inside of a court room 367 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:15,199 Speaker 2: before the end of the year, or maybe he's going 368 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:16,560 Speaker 2: to speedy trial right through this thing. 369 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:20,320 Speaker 1: We don't know. But what is the defense likely to be. 370 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:23,679 Speaker 2: I'm already reading that there may be a constitutional challenge 371 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:23,919 Speaker 2: to this. 372 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:28,520 Speaker 8: Well, the defense if there is going to be a defense, 373 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:31,920 Speaker 8: meaning first there's going to be all types of pola 374 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:34,879 Speaker 8: negotiations taking place, like what was supposed to happen to 375 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:37,159 Speaker 8: begin with, and the reason why it broke down was 376 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:39,720 Speaker 8: because there was an issue of our other charges lingering 377 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:42,760 Speaker 8: in the future. So there's going to be that back 378 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:47,280 Speaker 8: and forth. If it goes to trial. The uphill battle 379 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:49,400 Speaker 8: for a prosecutor will have to be to prove beyond 380 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:51,560 Speaker 8: a reasonable doubt that at the time that Hunter Biden 381 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:55,280 Speaker 8: built up that application that he was lying, that he 382 00:18:55,359 --> 00:18:58,080 Speaker 8: in fact was an attic that he was using, and 383 00:18:58,119 --> 00:19:00,680 Speaker 8: he could maybe try to say, well, during that time 384 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:03,320 Speaker 8: I sobered up, maybe you know, or there's no evidence 385 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:05,399 Speaker 8: of that day or that week that I was using. 386 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:08,560 Speaker 8: So there, you know, that's where you can see the 387 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:12,960 Speaker 8: case sort of getting to a crossroad, And is that 388 00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:13,399 Speaker 8: likely that. 389 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:16,800 Speaker 2: I mean, that's very difficult to prove as far as 390 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:19,000 Speaker 2: prosecution goes, is it not. I mean, if you're a 391 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:22,440 Speaker 2: defense guy, I mean certainly you're going to say, all right, well, 392 00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:25,679 Speaker 2: prove that my guy was under the influence at the 393 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:27,120 Speaker 2: moment he signed that. 394 00:19:27,119 --> 00:19:28,800 Speaker 1: That's going to be really tough for prosecution. 395 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:32,080 Speaker 8: Yeah, so they're going to have to have like text 396 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:35,280 Speaker 8: messages between him and maybe someone that he was buying from, 397 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:38,040 Speaker 8: or pictures of him showing that he was using during 398 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:41,080 Speaker 8: that time, where testimony from witnesses that they're willing to 399 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:43,000 Speaker 8: come forward and say, oh, yeah, I remember four years 400 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:46,000 Speaker 8: ago he was a you know, he was using every day. 401 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:49,120 Speaker 8: But that's easier said than done. So I don't think 402 00:19:49,119 --> 00:19:51,400 Speaker 8: it's a slam dunk for either side in a case 403 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:51,679 Speaker 8: like this. 404 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:53,760 Speaker 2: There is one thing that does make it tough, and 405 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:57,399 Speaker 2: that Hunter Biden wrote a memoir saying that he was 406 00:19:57,400 --> 00:19:59,600 Speaker 2: addicted to drugs and that he was using crack out 407 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:03,960 Speaker 2: a pretty regular basis that I suppose would be entered 408 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:06,600 Speaker 2: into evidence, would it not. But just because somebody wrote 409 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:11,640 Speaker 2: something in a book is not on the record testimony either, right. 410 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:15,159 Speaker 8: And again addicts anyone that has interaction with people that 411 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:18,600 Speaker 8: have subs into these issues, it's a rollercoaster ride. They'll 412 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:23,280 Speaker 8: have days or months sometimes of hitting you know what 413 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:25,679 Speaker 8: they're using, and then there'll be a time period of 414 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:28,680 Speaker 8: sobriety and it's up and down, up and down, and 415 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:31,440 Speaker 8: the prosecution has to prove beyond reasonable dot that when 416 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:34,520 Speaker 8: he filled up that application at that time, he was 417 00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:37,280 Speaker 8: in the downward spiral, and good luck to them proving that. 418 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:38,640 Speaker 1: Yeah. 419 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:42,399 Speaker 2: Lu Shapiro is a certified criminal law specialist at lushapiro 420 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:46,960 Speaker 2: dot com. Lou, the what goes out in the back 421 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:50,200 Speaker 2: of my mind always is what is the prosecution looking 422 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:51,240 Speaker 2: forward to? 423 00:20:51,359 --> 00:20:51,520 Speaker 1: Now? 424 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:53,480 Speaker 2: I understand they had to bring these charges by the 425 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:56,160 Speaker 2: end of the month or the charges would have gone away, 426 00:20:56,880 --> 00:21:01,679 Speaker 2: is my understanding of how it works. So these were 427 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:04,560 Speaker 2: charges that the prosecution was ready to drop in the past. 428 00:21:05,359 --> 00:21:07,359 Speaker 2: Is it likely that the prosecution may be willing to 429 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:11,760 Speaker 2: drop these charges again based on a different plea negotiation, 430 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 2: perhaps involving some of those those other crimes that were 431 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:16,760 Speaker 2: not laid out in that first plea agreement. 432 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:20,840 Speaker 8: Yeah, Look, this is one of those situations where there's 433 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:23,920 Speaker 8: so many moving pieces. Right. If you're asking just about 434 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:26,840 Speaker 8: your run of the mill criminal defendants in case. I 435 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:29,119 Speaker 8: could give you so much of a more specific answer, 436 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:32,840 Speaker 8: but with all the politics going on here, it's really 437 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 8: hard for me to tell you the answers that you 438 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:38,000 Speaker 8: want to hear. I can tell you this much. Not 439 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:40,080 Speaker 8: a lot of people are talking about this. It kind 440 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:44,360 Speaker 8: of touches on this question. If you're Hunter Biden, right, 441 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:46,520 Speaker 8: what your goal is this point is to drag us 442 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:49,280 Speaker 8: out as long as possible. You know why, because his 443 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:54,960 Speaker 8: dad's the president. His dad can pardon him, So his goal, right, 444 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:57,440 Speaker 8: you know, So think about that, whether Biden he does 445 00:21:57,480 --> 00:21:59,399 Speaker 8: it during this term or if he gets elected in 446 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:01,439 Speaker 8: the next election that he's got a few more years, 447 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:04,119 Speaker 8: he can always pardon the son. And you know what, 448 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:06,639 Speaker 8: he's going to do it no matter what the public says, 449 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:09,320 Speaker 8: because what father is not going to help out their son. 450 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:11,960 Speaker 8: And I'm sure Biden, at his age and what he's 451 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:14,159 Speaker 8: gone through in his life, he's gonna have no problem 452 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:16,560 Speaker 8: pardning his son and dealing with the whatever you want 453 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:19,000 Speaker 8: to call them, the political consequences at that time. So 454 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:21,040 Speaker 8: let's always get out on the table while we're talking. 455 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:23,560 Speaker 2: That's a great point, Lou. I know the White House 456 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:25,600 Speaker 2: has been asked about this, and they've demurred. They don't 457 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:26,800 Speaker 2: want to have anything to do with it right now. 458 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:28,880 Speaker 2: They don't want to get dragged into it. But suppose 459 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:32,159 Speaker 2: Biden doesn't win reelection, to be real easy during that 460 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:35,720 Speaker 2: lane duck period after the election, before the inauguration, to 461 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:37,640 Speaker 2: just start pardon poll loser, right, I mean, we've seen 462 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:40,040 Speaker 2: other presidents do that, where they just start partning everybody 463 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:40,800 Speaker 2: on their way out the door. 464 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:43,840 Speaker 8: That's right. And that's why the last person I would 465 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:46,280 Speaker 8: want to be in this case is a special prosecutor 466 00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:48,520 Speaker 8: or a prosecution team working on this case, because I 467 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:50,600 Speaker 8: know in the back of my mind all this work 468 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:52,399 Speaker 8: I'm doing on this is really going to go for 469 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:55,200 Speaker 8: not because at the end of the day, either even 470 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:57,760 Speaker 8: if we win, we're going to lose because this guy's 471 00:22:57,760 --> 00:22:58,840 Speaker 8: got a pardon coming up. 472 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:03,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, oh wow, what a mess. What a mess. And 473 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:06,080 Speaker 2: I'm here for the drama. I'm just grabbing popcorn, Lou. 474 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:08,280 Speaker 2: I love the drama behind all of it. 475 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:10,000 Speaker 1: I love that, oh for sure. 476 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:12,280 Speaker 8: And this is just what we know. Imagine what we 477 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:12,800 Speaker 8: don't know. 478 00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:14,080 Speaker 1: That's what I'm saying. 479 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:16,359 Speaker 2: I think we're only seeing the iceberg above the water 480 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:18,919 Speaker 2: right now. I think there's so much below us that 481 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:20,520 Speaker 2: we have no ideas even there. 482 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:21,000 Speaker 1: I love it. 483 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:24,760 Speaker 2: Lu Shapiro uh Lushapiro dot com find out more. Louke, 484 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:26,800 Speaker 2: great talking to you, really well said. Thank thanks for 485 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:29,760 Speaker 2: you bet you bet all right. We'll talk to the 486 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:34,160 Speaker 2: rest of the stories and we'll see what the stars 487 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:37,639 Speaker 2: hold for us next. Chris merrill in for John and 488 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 2: Ken k if I AM six forty. We're live everywhere 489 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:40,879 Speaker 2: on the iHeartRadio app. 490 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:45,040 Speaker 7: You're listening to John and Ken on demand from KFI 491 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:45,800 Speaker 7: AM six. 492 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:53,560 Speaker 2: This is I love space stories, love to look at 493 00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:57,359 Speaker 2: the sky, dream I do, and I get excited whenever 494 00:23:57,359 --> 00:23:59,960 Speaker 2: we get new pictures or something from the James Webbs 495 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:03,680 Speaker 2: based Telescope. And now the latest is that they've found 496 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:11,119 Speaker 2: possible signs of life coming from a massive Earth like exoplanet. 497 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:14,360 Speaker 1: The planet is one of those cool space. 498 00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:19,880 Speaker 2: Names K two eighteen B. Yeah, K two eighteen B. 499 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:24,080 Speaker 2: It's massive, eight and a half times bigger than Earth. 500 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:28,800 Speaker 2: They say that it's got carbon bearing molecules. According to 501 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:33,400 Speaker 2: the James Webb Space Telescope geeks. They say it's got 502 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:39,919 Speaker 2: the dimemethyl sulfide or DMS, and on Earth, DMS is 503 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:45,359 Speaker 2: only produced by life forms. Most of the DMS on 504 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:50,000 Speaker 2: Earth's atmosphere is emitted from phytoplankton in marine environments. They 505 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:53,280 Speaker 2: claim that there's an abundance of methane and carbon dioxide 506 00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:56,879 Speaker 2: and a shortage of ammonia support. So you've got methane 507 00:24:57,480 --> 00:25:04,159 Speaker 2: sulfide produced by life, primarily by photo plankton, which means 508 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:07,479 Speaker 2: we believe there's life on another planet because we found 509 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:08,720 Speaker 2: plant farts. 510 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:14,240 Speaker 1: And I love it. I just dig it. Neil Sevedra 511 00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:14,720 Speaker 1: is with me. 512 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:18,760 Speaker 2: Neil the same conclusion, right, I mean, methane sulfide. It's 513 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:22,720 Speaker 2: got plant farts that we're finding, Yeah, exactly, and that's 514 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:26,399 Speaker 2: going to cause global warming and everything is gonna spin 515 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:29,960 Speaker 2: out of control. I thought about that, actually, that it's 516 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:34,040 Speaker 2: got hydrogen, methane and this sulfide in the air. I thought, well, 517 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:36,720 Speaker 2: they're already they must already be warming right now. 518 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:38,560 Speaker 6: Then, darn toot. 519 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:39,640 Speaker 1: That's not a good planet. 520 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:45,680 Speaker 6: Did you you see the alien the mummified aliens in Mexico? 521 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:49,040 Speaker 1: You know, I'm glad you brought that because I did. 522 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:54,520 Speaker 2: And it is one of these self described ufologists, right, 523 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:56,639 Speaker 2: this is the kind of person that George Nor talks to, 524 00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:59,640 Speaker 2: and it's like, very credible. You were in Peru, and 525 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:02,000 Speaker 2: you know where Peru is on the map, So I 526 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:03,119 Speaker 2: believe everything you're saying. 527 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:08,840 Speaker 6: Right, this is George Nori saying someone is full of crap. 528 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:12,960 Speaker 6: This is him doing this. This is what it sounds like. 529 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:20,480 Speaker 6: Hmm interesting. 530 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:22,399 Speaker 1: That's what my wife does when I start talking to 531 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:23,560 Speaker 1: she'll go, hmmm. 532 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:26,760 Speaker 6: Mine too. Okay, yeah, but you remember you go back 533 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:29,800 Speaker 6: to the alien optopsy on Fox on the Fox Network 534 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:35,000 Speaker 6: back in nineteen ninety five, and those aliens looked a 535 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:38,920 Speaker 6: thousand times better in ninety five than those paper mache 536 00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:45,320 Speaker 6: pieces of garbage that they trotted out in Mexico. And 537 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:48,720 Speaker 6: I don't know how anybody did that. They're actually the 538 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:52,000 Speaker 6: exact They looked like the exact same thing. So maybe 539 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:57,800 Speaker 6: they're twins with super clavicles from what I remember, like 540 00:26:57,920 --> 00:27:02,080 Speaker 6: super duper clavicles. They call them show clavicles for your 541 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:07,840 Speaker 6: bric a brac and then all of your bricker bract needs. Yeah, exactly, 542 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:11,359 Speaker 6: that's your It's a Tim Allen joke. He said that 543 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,440 Speaker 6: when he would dust, his wife would always say, move 544 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:16,639 Speaker 6: the brick of bract and he's like, that's where no 545 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:20,600 Speaker 6: dust is under the bric a brac. Yeah, so they 546 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:25,119 Speaker 6: have those shelves for brick and brac. So I I 547 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:28,639 Speaker 6: love space like you talking about loving space. I love space. 548 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:31,359 Speaker 6: My name is Neil Edwin Savedra. I was born in 549 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:35,080 Speaker 6: July sixty nine. I am named after Neil Armstrong and 550 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:39,240 Speaker 6: buzz Edwin Aldron. I have a massive love for the 551 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:42,320 Speaker 6: Space program and all things that. 552 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:43,639 Speaker 1: I think find Neildra. 553 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:44,359 Speaker 6: Fact, isn't that fun? 554 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:45,800 Speaker 1: It is? 555 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:48,280 Speaker 6: Well, yeah, if you get the home game, the full 556 00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:51,600 Speaker 6: with the board and everything, it's a little it's a 557 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:54,399 Speaker 6: nice little tri what thirteen when they recorded a punk 558 00:27:54,480 --> 00:28:01,520 Speaker 6: rock Oh gouldn't yeahs martial arts. That's Tim's interesting Now 559 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:02,520 Speaker 6: he's just a fat guy. 560 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:05,800 Speaker 1: Hm, I free parking. He's got a big green egg grill. 561 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:10,280 Speaker 6: Yeah, we got he got it all done early, didn't he? Waddy? 562 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:12,160 Speaker 1: You can do? All right? So Neil, you're in. You're 563 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:13,679 Speaker 1: in for Tim today. What do you have coming up? 564 00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:18,679 Speaker 6: Well, we're going to talk with Blake Trolly coming up. 565 00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:20,280 Speaker 6: I know you spoke with him a little bit about 566 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:24,920 Speaker 6: the top gascon aid and the ten thousand dollars sentiments. 567 00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:27,040 Speaker 6: I have a couple of tweaks on that I'd like 568 00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:31,000 Speaker 6: to run past him as well. California legislators and the 569 00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:35,040 Speaker 6: non functional grass and how I think that is that 570 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:37,760 Speaker 6: that's a bigger deal than people think it is when 571 00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:40,520 Speaker 6: they start taking away grass. And I'm not being dramatic, 572 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:45,760 Speaker 6: but I think that there's a lot of mistakes or 573 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:49,160 Speaker 6: you know, as our fearless leader Robin says, death by 574 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:52,880 Speaker 6: a thousand paper cuts, I think we are destroying things 575 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:56,680 Speaker 6: paper cut by paper cut, and then wondering why you know, 576 00:28:57,480 --> 00:29:01,960 Speaker 6: China's hanging out with Russia? Okay, how that happened. So 577 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:06,000 Speaker 6: there's a lot of those stories. The Landcaster creating its 578 00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:10,880 Speaker 6: own police department, another we're bareling towards another strike. And 579 00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:12,840 Speaker 6: there's a lot of these things that I think point 580 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:17,120 Speaker 6: to two bigger issues in the hole that I think 581 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:19,840 Speaker 6: we don't see them happen until we're sitting in the 582 00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:20,440 Speaker 6: middle of them. 583 00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:22,640 Speaker 1: Well, that sounds like an uplifting program. 584 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:24,960 Speaker 6: No, it's gonna be crap. I would tune out now, 585 00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:28,520 Speaker 6: find something happy in the meanwhile. I'll make stupid jokes 586 00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:31,120 Speaker 6: and we'll be good. But otherwise probably best ask you about. 587 00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:33,120 Speaker 1: That's what I hang out for. I love the subtle team. 588 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:36,680 Speaker 1: I love it. Neil savedra in for Tim Conway Jr. 589 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:36,960 Speaker 2: Today. 590 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:40,080 Speaker 1: Neil, have a great show, my friend. Well appreciate you. 591 00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:42,760 Speaker 1: Good deal. In the meantime, I'm back again for Johnay can. 592 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:45,560 Speaker 2: Tomorrow take care. It's Chris Merril kay if. I am 593 00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:48,000 Speaker 2: six forty. We're live everywhere in your iHeartRadio app.