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Speaker 1: no consequence. They do they do they do when their

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Speaker 1: buddies go through the system and don't get get light treatment,

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Speaker 1: they find out about that. It's it's definitely there's a pipeline,

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Speaker 1: and it's it's on the news all day and night.

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Speaker 1: I mean, they they have televisions, they have their their phones,

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Speaker 1: and they have word of mouths. They got their network.

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Speaker 1: I live, I work on one side of Whittier. My

432
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Speaker 1: business is completely on the other side of witter side.

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00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:58,440
Speaker 1: Draft the Whittier twice a day, once early in the morning,

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Speaker 1: once late at night. It's unbelievable what we see out there.

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Speaker 1: And this is Whittier, this is probably one of our

436
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Speaker 1: safer cities and it's gotten out of control. What are

437
00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:09,920
Speaker 1: you seeing in the evening. It's like the living did

438
00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:13,520
Speaker 1: come out. It's unreal. It's a completely different city. They're

439
00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:16,440
Speaker 1: looking into cars and I take different routes because I'm

440
00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:19,200
Speaker 1: just a curious guy. I go down alleys sometimes I

441
00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:22,560
Speaker 1: go by our parks are the worst. But now that

442
00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:25,560
Speaker 1: that's homeless on every corner. My wife gets harrass going

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Speaker 1: to the smart and final getting gas. I've seen an

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00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:31,600
Speaker 1: old lady getting harassed at a gas station. I intervene

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00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:34,040
Speaker 1: when I can. Sometimes I'm like, you know what, not

446
00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:37,480
Speaker 1: the smartest thing. I think I'll just call the police. Unfortunately,

447
00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:40,080
Speaker 1: and Whittier, we're a little bit understaffed on police and

448
00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:44,840
Speaker 1: I'm not being kind there. Yeah, well you probably know

449
00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:49,159
Speaker 1: Whittiers discussing handling their own misdemeter prosecutions and taking it

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Speaker 1: away from Gascon. That's what they want to do. I'm

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Speaker 1: just I'm hoping Gascon is gone and we don't have

452
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Speaker 1: to worry about that and spend extra money. Yeah, all right, Troy,

453
00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:02,920
Speaker 1: what we feel for you? Good luck. Really, it's it's

454
00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:06,040
Speaker 1: it's tough to be a business owner these days in California.

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Speaker 1: I hope you can hang in there, Thank you, sir,

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Speaker 1: Thank you, sir. I hope the Board of supervisors uh

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Speaker 1: did not get that powdery moving the elected official like

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00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:17,520
Speaker 1: Alex Felan Waver. They only gay out there fighting for you. Now,

459
00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:20,680
Speaker 1: that is that's the guy they want out all right,

460
00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:23,640
Speaker 1: good talking with you, Troy, Troy Silver and again go

461
00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:28,760
Speaker 1: to his restaurant, Orchard's Barbecue and Grill and Wittier. Okay,

462
00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:33,520
Speaker 1: he's been robbed three times within a year and you

463
00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:36,240
Speaker 1: can hear the frustration in his voice. But you know,

464
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Speaker 1: and what we like about him, he's not one of

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00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:41,400
Speaker 1: these guys that wants to stand by and accept this. Now.

466
00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:44,560
Speaker 1: Talking about this before, so many of us, like that

467
00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:47,159
Speaker 1: columnist said, like the Uvaldi police, we're just we're all

468
00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:50,080
Speaker 1: just standing in the hallway waiting. You know, we got

469
00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:52,479
Speaker 1: to stop standing in the hallway. Really we did an

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Speaker 1: overthrowing gascon would be yeah, a big way to make

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Speaker 1: a and I hope that recall makes the ballot. Anyway,

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Speaker 1: if you're in Wittier, go buy a meal at Orchard's

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Speaker 1: Barbecue and Grill because he has a big, big repair

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00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:10,760
Speaker 1: bill that he has to pay. All Right, we got

475
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Speaker 1: more coming up, John and Ken Cafi. As you probably know,

476
00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:18,760
Speaker 1: there's been a string of robberies, shootings, murders at seven

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Speaker 1: elevens in Orange Riverside in La Counties, and today comes

478
00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:28,600
Speaker 1: word of two suspects arrested in Orange County. We don't

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00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:32,200
Speaker 1: have hardly any details, really, but we do have Todd Spitzer,

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00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:35,240
Speaker 1: the Orange County DA who's doing a press conference at

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Speaker 1: five o'clock, but we're gonna have him on now. Maybe

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00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:40,480
Speaker 1: he'll give us a little preview. Toddy, there, I am

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00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:42,560
Speaker 1: here and I appreciate you having me on. I'm sorry,

484
00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:45,720
Speaker 1: I'm rushed, and thanks for being all over this story.

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00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:47,760
Speaker 1: I mean, look, at the end of the day, we

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00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:50,280
Speaker 1: have some people who are murdered, and we have a

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00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:53,760
Speaker 1: lot of victims out there robberies and murder and attempted murder,

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Speaker 1: and the devastation committed by these two individuals we believe

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Speaker 1: are responsible. You know, it's a stating. At the same time,

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Speaker 1: I'm just quite frankly relieved that we have two individuals

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Speaker 1: in custody who we believe are responsible. So we'll be

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Speaker 1: talking more about it at five. Not a lot of details,

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Speaker 1: quite frankly, I just think the big newsworthiness right now

494
00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:22,760
Speaker 1: is that this massive serial killer and a potential accomplice

495
00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:26,600
Speaker 1: or off the street, so they were working together. It appears.

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Speaker 1: We're still looking at the evidence. I've got a lot

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Speaker 1: of work to do I mean now, the police, LA sheriff,

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00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:37,840
Speaker 1: the local law enforcement here in Orange County LAPD, we

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Speaker 1: this could be much much bigger. There may be other

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00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:45,760
Speaker 1: crimes that have yet to be solved that maybe now

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00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:48,840
Speaker 1: connected to these individuals, now that we have a lot

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Speaker 1: more evidence and we've been on them for the last

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Speaker 1: you know, seventy two hours. But the fact of the

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00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:58,000
Speaker 1: matter is, I'm I'm ready and will be by Monday

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Speaker 1: to file the murder charges on the Santa Ana homicide,

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00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:06,800
Speaker 1: a robbery and also the Breyer and so at least

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00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:11,440
Speaker 1: with that those charges at a minimum by Monday, and

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00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:15,800
Speaker 1: as a special circumstances charge, I can keep him in

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00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:19,920
Speaker 1: without any bail as we continue to investigate all these

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Speaker 1: other potential crimes. Can you tell us anything about the

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Speaker 1: circumstances of the arrests. Well, I can tell you that

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Speaker 1: they were under surveillance for quite a period of time.

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Speaker 1: I can tell you that there was great concern throughout

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00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:39,480
Speaker 1: that surveillance about when to try to apprehend them. Look,

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Speaker 1: there's obviously been very very violent acts committed by at

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Speaker 1: least one, if not both, certainly one one may be accomplice.

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Speaker 1: We're still looking at the evidence But my point being

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Speaker 1: is that no police officer wanted to get injured, and

519
00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:56,480
Speaker 1: we wanted to know where they were and not commit

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00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:58,800
Speaker 1: any more crimes. So the fact of the matter is

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00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:04,640
Speaker 1: they were taken into custody. There was some car damage,

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00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:07,840
Speaker 1: there was some incidents. I don't I heard it, nothing

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Speaker 1: too serious. But you know, it could have been very

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00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:14,640
Speaker 1: very ugly taking somebody as violent or individuals as violent

525
00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:17,520
Speaker 1: as these two, or at least one into custody, it

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00:30:17,560 --> 00:30:19,960
Speaker 1: could have been very very dangerous for the community and

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00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:23,720
Speaker 1: for the police. So the police took an appropriate amount

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00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:27,080
Speaker 1: of time without losing their eyes on these individuals to

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Speaker 1: make sure they didn't commit any more crimes in the interim,

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Speaker 1: and I'm just extremely proud of the law enforcement community.

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Speaker 1: They were taken into custody in Los Angeles, not Orange County.

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Speaker 1: Can you tell us priors any convictions, prior convictions. I

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00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:44,640
Speaker 1: can't tell you that at this time, but I can

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00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:47,400
Speaker 1: just tell you there may be just a whole slew

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00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:51,320
Speaker 1: beyond the crimes that we know about. But we'll be

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00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:55,040
Speaker 1: connecting all of those dots up until you know, we

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00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:57,719
Speaker 1: file charges and then beyond because we're going to be

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Speaker 1: working on putting a lot of cases together that a

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00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:02,959
Speaker 1: lot of agencies had we know, I mean this involved

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00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:08,600
Speaker 1: Orange County, San Bernardino, Riverside, LAPD, LA Sheriff potentially. So

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Speaker 1: there's a lot of work to do to connect many

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00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:15,920
Speaker 1: additional crimes potentially. So you're going to go first with

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00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:20,560
Speaker 1: the Orange County charges so he can be locked up indefinitely. Well,

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00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:23,840
Speaker 1: under state law, I can file all the charges under

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Speaker 1: the serial serial criminal Statute. I have had very tentative

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00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:35,120
Speaker 1: conversations with my colleagues in San Bernardino, Jason Anderson and

547
00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:37,200
Speaker 1: Mike Kester and the DA. They're only through text to

548
00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:40,880
Speaker 1: let them know we had these individuals in custody. They

549
00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:44,320
Speaker 1: have cases there, and we have a very cooperative relationship.

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Speaker 1: The crimes that occur in La County. You know, I

551
00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:51,440
Speaker 1: can charge those cases under state law, but I would

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00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:54,400
Speaker 1: like to work in cooperation with mister gascon. Let me.

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Speaker 1: I can't really comment about where that might go at

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Speaker 1: this point. My point is I don't even know what

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00:31:59,840 --> 00:32:02,440
Speaker 1: I have in LA But I want to be very,

556
00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:05,240
Speaker 1: very careful and very methodical about this. But at least

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00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:08,280
Speaker 1: the public should know that these individuals are in custody,

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00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:12,120
Speaker 1: and at least by Monday or Tuesday, we will be

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00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:16,040
Speaker 1: filing special Circumstances murder on the Santa Anna murder and

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00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:19,960
Speaker 1: the Brea murder so that this individual will not get

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Speaker 1: out on bail. All right, Todd, thank you very much.

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00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:25,200
Speaker 1: An update, You're very welcome. Great works. At five o'clock,

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Speaker 1: Bye bye. All right, that's Orange County District Attorney Todd

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00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:31,560
Speaker 1: Spitzer giving us a brief update on the breaking news.

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00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:36,160
Speaker 1: This afternoon, two suspects arrested in the seven eleven robbery

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Speaker 1: and shooting spree that began early Monday morning. It looks

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Speaker 1: like midnight in Ontario, then just before two am and

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Speaker 1: upland three am in Riverside, three twenty am in Santa Anna,

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Speaker 1: Brea Lahabra. An hour or two after that, just some

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Speaker 1: of the robberies. But you heard Todd say that there

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Speaker 1: could be that these people were responsible for even more

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Speaker 1: crimes than just the Monday morning shooting spree that occurred.

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Speaker 1: And two people died, three wounded. Oh, it's going to

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Speaker 1: be rich to see how many times these guys were jailed,

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Speaker 1: how many times these guys went to prison, what their

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00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:12,120
Speaker 1: long rap sheet is, how did they get out? You know,

577
00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:16,560
Speaker 1: as gas going involved in this. You know, Jerry Brown's

578
00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:20,040
Speaker 1: prisoner dumping bill Prop. Forty seven, Prop fifty seven. Got

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Speaker 1: to connect all these dots every time we have a

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Speaker 1: bad criminal case, because you know, we found out from

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Speaker 1: the two cops getting killed in El Monte that was

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00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:31,400
Speaker 1: directly caused by Gascon's action, and we have to continue

583
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Speaker 1: with every case pointing out who the bad guys are here.

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Speaker 1: We'll bring in that news conference when it begins at

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Speaker 1: five o'clock for as long as that makes sense. Coming

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Speaker 1: quite the tongue bath for his big visit. Coming up next,

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