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Speaker 1: to have Chris Dietrich on. Christopher Dietrich. He and his

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Speaker 1: partner Elissa Klug lost their Troy poodle Friday. They were

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Speaker 1: walking it near Maine and Strand Streets in Santa Monica

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Speaker 1: when it was attacked by a pit bull and the

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Speaker 1: pit bull owner ran off. There's a lot of photos.

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Speaker 1: but apparently he and Alison are just al Alisa rather

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Speaker 1: over the loss of their dog, and so they can't

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Speaker 1: be with us today. But I want to run this

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Speaker 1: story from ABC seven. Tim Pulliam, the couple.

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Speaker 3: Was just walking home when they say that their poodle

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Speaker 2: Attacked by a pit bull.

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Speaker 3: Now we want to warn you this video is not graphic,

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Speaker 3: but the sounds, the screams may be difficult for some

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Speaker 3: of frantic cries. The screams you hear behind this white

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Speaker 3: car is from Alyssa watching Dublin, her toy poodle, being

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Speaker 3: savagely attacked.

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Speaker 4: Pitbull lunged at our dog, picked him up off the ground,

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Speaker 4: The other dog owner was slow to act, was not

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Speaker 3: Alyssa says her boyfriend Christopher tried to rescue Dublin and

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Speaker 3: was also bit. The horrific scene playing out in Santa

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Speaker 3: Monica Friday evening your main and strand. After the attack,

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Speaker 2: It was pretty cowardly to runaway like that.

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Speaker 3: Meantime, a neighbor rushing the couple to a pet hospital

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Speaker 3: while the eleven year old pooch was bleeding. It's gonna

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Speaker 4: And I knew he was gone in my arms, just

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Speaker 3: Santa Monica police want you to take a good look

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Speaker 3: They say the public safety is at risk.

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Speaker 4: I think i'd really like him to just take some

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Speaker 2: We want to know.

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Speaker 1: We want somebody looking eyes and saying I'm messed up.

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Speaker 2: That's what we're looking for right now.

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Speaker 5: It's not going to bring our bubble back, but that's

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Speaker 3: Alyssa and Christopher are posting flyers like this one around

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Speaker 3: their Ocean Park neighborhood memories of taking Dublin on walks,

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Speaker 3: now scarred by tragedy, A precious member of their family

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Speaker 4: He loved to prance, and he loved to snuggle, and

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Speaker 3: This is so heartbreaking. Santa Monica Animal Control is also investigating.

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Speaker 3: People can share any tips or video with police.

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Speaker 2: Who's this guy who ran off?

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Speaker 5: I just want to cry. That was heartbreaking to listen to.

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Speaker 2: That that did screaming. I feel so bad for them.

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Speaker 1: And so there's a photo or video this guy running

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Speaker 2: And he's got a pit bull who out of the blue.

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Speaker 1: Tried to have the toy poodle for a meal. And

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Speaker 5: Which makes me wonder if this wasn't the first time.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I wonder when you have these killings, is that

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Speaker 5: Well, he knew that if animal control found him, or

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Speaker 1: Yeah, So he gets to keep his dog. Although it's

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Speaker 1: I would think he's easy to identify here.

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Speaker 5: I think he's going to be found.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and he ought to be jailed, jailed, I know.

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Speaker 2: It's it's just terrible.

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Speaker 6: It makes you not I mean, it makes me scared

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Speaker 1: The pit bull owners don't have a sense that their

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Speaker 1: I mean, i'd ban the stupid things entirely. Not that

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Speaker 1: you can force something like that, but I mean, what

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Speaker 5: And takes some responsibility.

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Speaker 2: Man, Yeah, nobody does anymore. Everybody just runs. Anyway.

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Speaker 1: If you know anything about this, this weasel or the pitbull,

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but a lot of news coverage about the mayor

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Speaker 1: of San Francisco because they finally got rid of they

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Speaker 1: His name is Daniel Lurie and Daniel Lurie is an

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Speaker 1: wants to clean up the city, dismantle the tent cities.

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Speaker 1: And there's a story that came out a few days ago,

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Speaker 1: That I spent the weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina, which

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Speaker 1: Be is living there for a time, and I'd never

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Speaker 1: fully explored it. It's like, Wow, it's the little things

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Speaker 1: Like you know, nobody I know wants to go to

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Speaker 1: Is the way you imagine cities ought to be. And

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Speaker 1: I'm thinking, oh my god, this place, like many other

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Speaker 2: Residents like Crazy.

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Speaker 1: Texas, Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee, Arizona. They're gaining residents. California

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Speaker 1: California has lost about two hundred thousand people to other states.

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Speaker 1: Two hundred thousand more they've lost than have moved in.

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Speaker 1: In the last year and a half, California's population grew

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Speaker 1: by forty eight thousand, but that was because of immigration

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Speaker 1: We lost to two hundred thousand people and in the

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Speaker 1: failed states, including California. So go back to Rod Lourie. Uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, I'll talk more about this when we come back.

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Speaker 1: But he's announced a new policy. Uh, they're gonna they're

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Speaker 1: gonna force. They're gonna force drug addicts like street addicts,

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Speaker 1: go for treatment and counseling. They're getting rid of that

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Speaker 1: San Francisco and here in La. We'll talk to me.

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Speaker 1: It just seems even San Francisco is getting it and

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Speaker 1: they're climbing out of the abyss. I just get feel

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Speaker 1: like the whole country is thriving. And here in LA

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Speaker 1: we've got Karen Bass hiding all her emails, hiding all

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Speaker 1: her text messages. You got these belligerent staff members refusing

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Speaker 1: or didn't do during the fire. I'm telling you, get

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Speaker 1: out of the bubble of LA for three days and

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Speaker 1: Coming up another controversial idea, and we've talked about this

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Speaker 1: Just hey, you know what, I'm not paying for your

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Speaker 1: Robert Kennedy said something that I remember talking about a

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Speaker 1: good way here, Yes, sir, yes, sir, nice to see it. Man.

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Speaker 8: I got a lot going on today. Tons going on.

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Speaker 9: George Nori is coming on with us. We're gonna check

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Speaker 9: a lot going on. And the Masters. Did you look

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Speaker 8: Yeah, that was a great It was a great tournament. Man,

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Speaker 9: With the and we we're going to cover the women

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Speaker 8: Please don't sing, Katie, please don't sing, because.

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Speaker 9: If Katie Perry singing in a small room, you have

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Speaker 8: You know, you can't look out the window.

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Speaker 9: You have twelve minutes of your life to look out

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Speaker 2: I did. Stare at her. What are you gonna do?

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Speaker 9: And by the way, they keep calling these women astronauts.

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Speaker 9: I don't know if that's fair to you know, to

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Speaker 9: guys who you know, were the first guys in space

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Speaker 9: or guys spent you know, a year in space.

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Speaker 2: Right, yeah, nobody knows the name of the real astronauts.

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Speaker 8: Right when I fly to Vague, I'm not a captain

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Speaker 8: of that plane. I'm a pack I sit on it.

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Speaker 2: You know.

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Speaker 8: All Right, lots going on today.

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