1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,360 Speaker 1: For a moment. Honestly, this hurt the El Segundo Times 2 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:06,880 Speaker 1: so much that they're two writers, Michael Finnegan and David Zanheiser, 3 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:11,280 Speaker 1: described Jose wes Are this way in their story. Wees 4 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 1: ares unexpected capitulation caps a brutal downfall for a man 5 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:19,480 Speaker 1: who was born into poverty in a Mexican ranch, grew 6 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 1: up in Boil Heights and went on to earn a 7 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 1: master's at Princeton and a law degree at UCLA before 8 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:29,680 Speaker 1: serving fifteen years on the La City Council. It was 9 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 1: like a salute within the fact that he's a crook. 10 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 1: He was a racketeering and tax evasion and Bezelman. I'm 11 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 1: not in besman corruption. He took a million and a 12 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:41,640 Speaker 1: half dollars in bribes. He was such an immigrant success story, 13 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:46,160 Speaker 1: the American dreams and look at the education he had. 14 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 1: This man was someone we should have looked up to 15 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 1: an unexpected We've been following this story for some time 16 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 1: with all of the cards falling around him. Maybe his 17 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 1: own family members were testifying about the corruption. They had 18 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:00,640 Speaker 1: to make a deal. He was just acting like he 19 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 1: was gonna fight, doesn't win. Yeah, Well that's what the 20 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 1: Elsa Gunda times is about roots for the criminals. In fact, 21 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:09,840 Speaker 1: they were set to have his wife, his brother, and 22 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 1: his mother testified the upcoming trial. We have Steve Gregory 23 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:19,760 Speaker 1: here and he's gonna give us a rundown underlay. Isn't 24 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:22,800 Speaker 1: corruption part of the American dream? Yeah? I guess it 25 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 1: is if you get into the political class. Yes, if 26 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:27,679 Speaker 1: you get away with it. It's really part of the dream. 27 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 1: It's about bribery, hookers, gambling. Well, yeah, and since we 28 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 1: talked about that, I did get the official statement now 29 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 1: from the Feds. Just got it a few moments ago. 30 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 1: And the Feds took about ninety minutes to lay out 31 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 1: their case against Weezar this morning. So typically on these 32 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 1: plea agreements, because they found the paperwork yesterday afternoon in 33 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 1: which he agreed to this the terms which are is 34 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 1: no less than nine years, no more than thirteen years 35 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 1: in prison and in exchange. Obviously he admitted to all 36 00:01:56,480 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 1: his crimes. But when you listen or you see the 37 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 1: list now, the fits put out and it could have 38 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 1: been a simple thing as show up and say, mister Weasar, 39 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:10,679 Speaker 1: do you accept the agreements? Blah blah blah, yester, your honor. 40 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 1: I do, okay, great, next case. No, the prosecutors took 41 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 1: ninety minutes to lay this whole thing out. They wanted 42 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:22,399 Speaker 1: everyone in the public space to hear what had happened, 43 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 1: and they took their sweet time ninety minutes. They didn't 44 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: talk about his poverty childhood. No, they didn't do any 45 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:32,240 Speaker 1: of that. The Times was not called in to do 46 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: the background in bio. But I will tell you here 47 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:39,520 Speaker 1: this is a specifically Wesar and other city officials demanded 48 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 1: and accepted cash bribes, casino gambling chips, prostitution and escort services. 49 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 1: Don't know the difference. I'm not really sure what the 50 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 1: difference is between the two escorts dress better. Oh really, John, 51 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 1: you should know all of a sudden, now I should know. 52 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 1: First thing, I thought I was someone escort you into 53 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 1: the prostitute room. Political contributions, flights on private jets and 54 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 1: commercial airlines, stays at luxury hotels and casinos, expensive meals, 55 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:12,920 Speaker 1: tickets to concerts and sporting events, and other benefits. What 56 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 1: else is left? He really went for it well, and 57 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:18,079 Speaker 1: then he got what the six hundred thousand dollars from 58 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 1: that one developer to help get him, help pay off that. Oh, 59 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:25,799 Speaker 1: he got it from the real estate developer to confidentially 60 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:29,079 Speaker 1: settle a sexual HARASSMA lawsuit. Remember that, Yeah, got the 61 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:31,600 Speaker 1: six hundred thousand that was part of this scheme. But 62 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 1: he was an all around bad guy. Yeah, so they said. Specifically, 63 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 1: the FED said that Weezer used his position to present 64 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 1: specific motions and resolutions in various city committees to benefit 65 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 1: projects he had a deal with already. He would vote 66 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 1: on projects, specific projects in various city committees to benefit 67 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 1: those people he was getting the kickbacks from, including his 68 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 1: role in the Public Land Use Committee. There was one 69 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 1: skyscrape that was going to be built seventy seven stories tall. 70 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 1: I mean this, these were these were this was a 71 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 1: huge developer, this David Lee. These were gigantic projects, most 72 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 1: of them not going to be built now. Yeah, but 73 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,679 Speaker 1: I had read that they probably would have gotten approved anyway. 74 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 1: He didn't, you know, well, yeah, but here's people. He 75 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:23,919 Speaker 1: exerted pressure on city officials to influence the approval and 76 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: or permitting process of projects, using their office to negotiate 77 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 1: with and exert pressure on labor unions to resolve issues 78 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:36,000 Speaker 1: and hurdles on projects, so it may have been eventually 79 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:38,920 Speaker 1: approved down the line. But according to this year that 80 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 1: Wesar was using his position to speed the things up, 81 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:45,360 Speaker 1: or to grease the skids or grease the wheels whatever. 82 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 1: And I guess he you know, on that seventy seven 83 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 1: story skyscraper, I think Weisar was going to have the 84 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:55,120 Speaker 1: top ten floors. So what did he get what to 85 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:59,120 Speaker 1: look for the escorts? And is that what that says? 86 00:04:59,880 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 1: How much was he able to shave off his possible 87 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:05,800 Speaker 1: time in prison twenty five years is what he was 88 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 1: looking at if he was convicted on everything next month. 89 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 1: So see he was getting down to the eleventh hour. 90 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:12,800 Speaker 1: Um his trial was in the he was going to 91 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:18,119 Speaker 1: do the combined trial with Chan the deputy mayor who's 92 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 1: kind of the last remaining member of this. This was 93 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:24,560 Speaker 1: a Garcetti deputy, Yes, deputy mayor, and who was part 94 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:27,600 Speaker 1: of the scheme. So I'm sure you'll see a plea 95 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:30,240 Speaker 1: deal from him as well. There also was a constellation 96 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:35,080 Speaker 1: of lobbyists and consultants. Nine others have already been convicted 97 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 1: in this task force. Right, that is a lot of corruption. 98 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:40,600 Speaker 1: I mean, if you just on any given day walk 99 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:42,760 Speaker 1: down the hall to city Hall, you would have run 100 00:05:42,839 --> 00:05:46,440 Speaker 1: into one of these ten eleven people. The running The 101 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:48,719 Speaker 1: running joke was, you know, if if you go to 102 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:50,600 Speaker 1: city all say hi, you've never been to city Hall before? 103 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 1: Can you tell me where the FBI office is? You know, 104 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 1: that was the running joke around there. None of these 105 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:00,800 Speaker 1: guys are afraid of getting caught when they do this. 106 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:03,560 Speaker 1: Considering there's been a number of people put away, the 107 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:07,400 Speaker 1: FBI is all over the place, and there's always wire 108 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 1: taps and there's always sting operations, I'm surprised these guys 109 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 1: aren't nervous, especially are not. Well, you're right, but I 110 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:19,719 Speaker 1: mean nervous to the point of, let's not do this. 111 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,200 Speaker 1: I don't want to end up in jail for ten years. Well, 112 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:24,840 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, I can't presume to get into 113 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:26,680 Speaker 1: the psyche of someone who does this, but I can 114 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 1: tell you, based on as many years as I've covered this, 115 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 1: what happens is, once they get into this sort of 116 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:35,920 Speaker 1: fantasy world of theirs, they start believing they're untouchable. I mean, 117 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 1: think about it, Mitch Englander. Yeah, I mean he did this, 118 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 1: He did the exact same thing. Yeah, he got into 119 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 1: it so deep that he just thought he was untouchable 120 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 1: because no one was saying anything about it. No one 121 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:48,720 Speaker 1: was doing anything about it. No one was questioning him. 122 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 1: And if they were, I mean, these people surround themselves 123 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:54,480 Speaker 1: with yes people think about that world they live in. 124 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:58,039 Speaker 1: Especially I've never had that, yes you have. I've always 125 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 1: been surrounded by no people. So we are was wandering 126 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:04,600 Speaker 1: this money through his own family members. Yeah, I guess 127 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:06,840 Speaker 1: his brother got in troubled. Yeah, and you remember do 128 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:08,919 Speaker 1: you remember that statement? What was in one of the 129 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:12,800 Speaker 1: federal warrants where investigators get into his closet and they're 130 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 1: looking at the closet and the bundles of cash or 131 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:17,360 Speaker 1: falling from the closet and he says, oh, no, I 132 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 1: don't trust banks. And of course he's on video at 133 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 1: the casino with the chips and they drive them with 134 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 1: cashing them in being escorted. Yeah. Yes, So no shots 135 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 1: of him with any of the hookers in Vegas though, right, 136 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 1: video recordings, We're going to see that on an only 137 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 1: fans page. But the uh, you know the thing is 138 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 1: now is I'm telling you the Coody Gras is going 139 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:46,640 Speaker 1: to be Mark Ridley Thomas. Oh that that's the USC Yeah, 140 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:49,640 Speaker 1: that's it. Yeah, because social but remember you know his 141 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 1: time is. You don't think he's going to settle because 142 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 1: she pled guilty and she can testify against him. I'm 143 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:56,880 Speaker 1: talking about the former head of it. Every one of 144 00:07:56,920 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 1: these so far has gone the same way I did 145 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 1: such thing. I will be exonerated of all charges. I'm 146 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:05,400 Speaker 1: raising money from my legal defense because I don't know 147 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 1: how to save money. All that money I make, I 148 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 1: can't afford an attorney, So please help me. Yeah, he 149 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:14,320 Speaker 1: was a line for four years about being innocent, right, 150 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 1: That's what I'm saying, yea, and then look what happened. 151 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 1: Then when it finally came crashing down, he's like, yeah, 152 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:23,040 Speaker 1: I guess I'd better do something. Are they that much denial? Yeah? 153 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:26,280 Speaker 1: I mean his relatives lined up to testify against him, 154 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 1: But all the other people involved in the scam we're 155 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 1: testifying against. I'm telling you watching and I've watched these 156 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:34,360 Speaker 1: guys at court. I remember watching England during court, watching 157 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 1: these guys, and they've got this stern fish like yeah, 158 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 1: because they're still in that denial that I'm ontouchable. And Thomas, Yeah, 159 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:47,080 Speaker 1: he's a confident guy. No, I'm gonna I'm gonna have 160 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:48,880 Speaker 1: a that's a bottle of shampagne. Well, you know what 161 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:51,440 Speaker 1: we should should another bottle. We should do the show 162 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 1: live from inside the court road, you know we could. 163 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 1: I want to be there on front, right seat. I 164 00:08:56,760 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 1: want to see the look on his face. That one's 165 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:02,320 Speaker 1: gonna be interesting one, because that's gonna be it's gonna 166 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:04,120 Speaker 1: pay I bet you it plays out the same way 167 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:08,079 Speaker 1: eleventh hour. Yeah, another plea, right because he I mean, 168 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:12,040 Speaker 1: we's all got a fifty to sixty percent discount the sentence. Sure, yeah, 169 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 1: I mean that's he's gonna get somewhere between nine and 170 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:17,319 Speaker 1: thirteen years, he says, right, and then his sentencing is 171 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 1: in April. He also has to pay back I think 172 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:21,400 Speaker 1: one point eight million, I think is what the deal 173 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:23,120 Speaker 1: was there too. He's got some of the money left. 174 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:25,960 Speaker 1: I don't know, it doesn't matter. It's just he's got 175 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 1: a came in islands. Yeah, it came in yeah, exactly. 176 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:30,840 Speaker 1: Or he'll be um, oh, he'll be working for one 177 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:35,080 Speaker 1: of the homeless outreach groups and I don't know. All right, 178 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:38,439 Speaker 1: Steve by, guys, have a great weekend. Steve Gregory CAFI 179 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:41,520 Speaker 1: News on the Plea deal, which came out late yesterday. 180 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:44,880 Speaker 1: The former La City Council I'm sorry, disgraced former Great 181 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:48,840 Speaker 1: City council that's the title we give finally gave it 182 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:51,680 Speaker 1: up and made a plea deal in this bribery story, 183 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:54,280 Speaker 1: I come it up next. Well, we got buddy for you. 184 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:56,719 Speaker 1: That's right. We're sort of legally bribing the listeners to 185 00:09:56,880 --> 00:09:59,240 Speaker 1: listen more to us, and we have to the caf 186 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 1: I Cash re Phil A keyword is coming John and 187 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 1: Ken Cafe. I Am six forty live everywhere the iHeartRadio 188 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:07,440 Speaker 1: app full show today. We will have the moist line 189 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 1: in two hours. The first chapter is at three twenty. 190 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:12,960 Speaker 1: We've got to hack for the dumpster. A lot to 191 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:16,320 Speaker 1: come and a lot of this half hours about karma. 192 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:19,560 Speaker 1: We just talked about the former disgraced La City councilman 193 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:23,079 Speaker 1: Jose Weezar pleading guilty to take a million and a 194 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 1: half dollars worth the bribes a development scandal, and he 195 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 1: faces at least nine years in prison. The second story 196 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,440 Speaker 1: is a little closer to home because we did talk 197 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 1: to this woman on the air. This happened in twenty 198 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:41,640 Speaker 1: twenty one in a Venice neighborhood when a woman who 199 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:44,480 Speaker 1: only goes by the name Rachel, was out walking her 200 00:10:44,559 --> 00:10:46,320 Speaker 1: kid in a stroller and there was sort of in 201 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:51,680 Speaker 1: an alleyway and a young driver drove up and sideswipe them, 202 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:55,720 Speaker 1: could have seriously killed them, and drove off. He was 203 00:10:55,840 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 1: eventually apprehended, but because George guest Gone is the DA, 204 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:04,959 Speaker 1: he got a really really light sentence. And what I 205 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:08,920 Speaker 1: had forgotten in this story is that this teen he 206 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:12,199 Speaker 1: was fifteen at the time he hit Rachel and her child. 207 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 1: They were not seriously hurt, but this was a close 208 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:16,200 Speaker 1: call and she kind of went up on a hood 209 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:18,319 Speaker 1: in the car and rolled over. If you've ever seen 210 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:22,880 Speaker 1: the video, it is horrific. Anyway, he ended up with 211 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 1: a five to seven month sentence in juvenile probation camp, 212 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 1: a punishment for young offenders, and he was already on 213 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:34,800 Speaker 1: felony probation for poisoning a high school girl's drink at 214 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:39,200 Speaker 1: the time of the hit and run. So this was 215 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:42,680 Speaker 1: an evil, bad person. Guess Gone gave him a few 216 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:46,680 Speaker 1: months in a diversion camp. Yes, after he tried to 217 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:51,200 Speaker 1: poison a girl. He slammed his card to this woman 218 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:55,280 Speaker 1: and the baby. Here is Rachel on the show with 219 00:11:55,520 --> 00:12:00,200 Speaker 1: me last June talking about the horrific situation because was 220 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:03,000 Speaker 1: really frustrated over gaess going and then we'll give you 221 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:05,840 Speaker 1: a big update. So I was just out for a 222 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:09,560 Speaker 1: morning walk like I usually did with my son, and um, 223 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:11,520 Speaker 1: you know a car. We were walking down a street 224 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:14,319 Speaker 1: called Speedway, which runs pretty close to the beach. You 225 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 1: get a lot of um just you know, people from 226 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:18,960 Speaker 1: out of town that don't really know where they're going. 227 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:20,880 Speaker 1: It's a one way street. And I saw a car 228 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:24,120 Speaker 1: approaching us, coming the wrong direction down the one way street, 229 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:27,280 Speaker 1: and so I stepped over to the side of the 230 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 1: road against the wall to make room for the driver. 231 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:35,640 Speaker 1: And as he approached us, he accelerated and just turned 232 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:38,720 Speaker 1: the wheels right into us, and I was forced to 233 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 1: I stepped out in front of the car to try 234 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:43,840 Speaker 1: to get my son up above the height of the 235 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 1: nose of the car. Thankfully I was able to do that, 236 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:49,760 Speaker 1: which I think saved his life. Otherwise he would have 237 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 1: been been struck right in the face by the nose 238 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:54,200 Speaker 1: of the car. And you both you both toppled, or 239 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 1: you did you toppled to the ground. So I I 240 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:01,320 Speaker 1: was um. I jumped as I lifted the stroller, and 241 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 1: the car hit just below my left knee. I went 242 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:07,880 Speaker 1: up onto the windshield. I broke the the windshield with 243 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 1: my head and then I rolled off the side of 244 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 1: the car. So what were your injuries? Um? Mostly mental 245 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:20,120 Speaker 1: at this point. I've got three discs that are out 246 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:22,439 Speaker 1: of place in my lower back, so I've got constant 247 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 1: lower back and hit pain and you know, just you know, 248 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:28,880 Speaker 1: on the surface, lots of cuts and bruises. I had 249 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 1: some glass and my elbows that worked their way out 250 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:35,840 Speaker 1: for weeks after the accident. Um, you know, we're both 251 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:39,959 Speaker 1: very lucky. My son is is totally okay at the momentum. 252 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:43,920 Speaker 1: He had some day and night terrors right after the incident. 253 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,960 Speaker 1: For about two months he would just you know, freak 254 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 1: out over seemingly nothing and become inconsolable. But that's passed 255 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:55,880 Speaker 1: and he seems totally fine, and I've just I'll just 256 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:57,920 Speaker 1: have this back pain for the rest of my life. 257 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:01,520 Speaker 1: That is Rache. It was on our show last June 258 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:05,200 Speaker 1: describing and she said, this was on purpose. This driver 259 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:07,600 Speaker 1: fifteen by the way behind the wheel. I don't get it, 260 00:14:07,679 --> 00:14:09,520 Speaker 1: but he came down that alleyway like he was going 261 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:13,160 Speaker 1: to kill He stole the car. Yeah, he stole the 262 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 1: car and he was driving the wrong way on a 263 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:19,880 Speaker 1: one way street, and after hitting her and the baby, 264 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 1: he hit the gas and accelerated away from the scene. 265 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:25,320 Speaker 1: They only caught him because somebody else on a pickup 266 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 1: truck rammed him head on and stopped him. So Gasconne 267 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 1: gave this fifteen year old just a five to seven 268 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:36,440 Speaker 1: month sentence in juvenile probation camp. Just a little bit 269 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:39,560 Speaker 1: of fun, it says here, a little harsher than a 270 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:43,080 Speaker 1: summer camp. Here is the update. We now know this 271 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:46,840 Speaker 1: person's name that almost killed Rachel. It is Christopher Baca. 272 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 1: He is seventeen and he is dead. How's that for 273 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:54,640 Speaker 1: dropping the He is dead. He was fatally shot on 274 00:14:54,720 --> 00:15:00,400 Speaker 1: Wednesday in a driveway in up in the Palmdale, according 275 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:02,960 Speaker 1: to the Fox eleven story, and one of the sources 276 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:06,760 Speaker 1: is Bill Malusion, who's pretty solid. He was apparently at 277 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:09,600 Speaker 1: a fast food restaurant earlier, trying to quote get with 278 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:12,320 Speaker 1: a girl. As he walked home, a car pulled up 279 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 1: next to him, an argument broke out. Someone in the 280 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:17,520 Speaker 1: car opened fire, then sped off. All right, Well, that 281 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:24,000 Speaker 1: murderer did a better job than gascon in eliminating this menace. 282 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:26,880 Speaker 1: I mean, is there anything worse than trying to run 283 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:29,160 Speaker 1: over a young mother and a little baby and a stroller. 284 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:31,760 Speaker 1: The point is, you know, if you're gonna have a 285 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:36,800 Speaker 1: rock solid mandate that anybody under the age of eighteen 286 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:39,640 Speaker 1: doesn't get punished, this is what can happen. You're gonna 287 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:41,560 Speaker 1: put dangerous people like this on the street. Now, in 288 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 1: this case, he got killed rather than killing somebody. But 289 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:46,080 Speaker 1: you can see. Yeah, and as you like to say, 290 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:49,520 Speaker 1: people don't change. Yeah, gascon actually caused his death. He 291 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:52,040 Speaker 1: took the poison a girl and then he did this 292 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:55,480 Speaker 1: to this woman and her young child. Yeah, they only 293 00:15:55,520 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 1: get worse. They're psychopaths, and you can't fix that psychopath 294 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:03,560 Speaker 1: Is that way for life they have? Obviously, I was 295 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:05,800 Speaker 1: just by the way they found drugs in his system 296 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:08,000 Speaker 1: and marijuana in the car. Or he responded to this, 297 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:10,400 Speaker 1: He's jacked up all day and night. That's how they 298 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:14,400 Speaker 1: spend their days, That's how they make their money. This 299 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:16,520 Speaker 1: is I mean, we we've got we've got thousands of 300 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:19,880 Speaker 1: these guys on the streets and their work is selling 301 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:26,120 Speaker 1: drugs and their playtime is stealing cars, assaulting people and 302 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:30,280 Speaker 1: creating whatever mayhem. Any what's typical about this story? Rachel 303 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:34,400 Speaker 1: Left la, she's gone. She moved away because this was it. 304 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 1: Remember she told me in that interview that, yeah, they 305 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:40,240 Speaker 1: were seriously thinking about it because it wasn't just this incident. 306 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 1: Things that are going I mean she was in the vest. 307 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:46,160 Speaker 1: Neighbors think, yeah, Mike bonding created an atmosphere where anything goes. 308 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:50,720 Speaker 1: So you have you have teenagers running over mothers and 309 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:55,640 Speaker 1: children now, and you have prosecutors who do not do 310 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:58,520 Speaker 1: enough to punish people anymore, so they're right out there 311 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:00,960 Speaker 1: on the street to do more harm. And now this 312 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:05,480 Speaker 1: one got harmed, well good murdered good. Whether it was 313 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:07,080 Speaker 1: a gang thing or it's because he hit on the 314 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:09,399 Speaker 1: girl who was somebody's girl and got angry over that, 315 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:13,240 Speaker 1: we don't know. But it's pretty certain that he met 316 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:15,640 Speaker 1: his fate and he didn't straighten out because he didn't 317 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:17,280 Speaker 1: get the right punishment to all the right parent thing 318 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:20,040 Speaker 1: or both. All Right, we got more coming up, John 319 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:22,639 Speaker 1: and Ken kf I am six forty live everywhere the 320 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:25,400 Speaker 1: iHeart Radio app. We're on from one to four every day, 321 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 1: one till four and another. 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There's a lot of 332 00:17:56,920 --> 00:18:00,440 Speaker 1: hidden coded messages. Yeah, a lot of good stuff. I've 333 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:02,680 Speaker 1: all to be covered. The first half hour corrupt Jose 334 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 1: We's are and then a creepy teenager who almost killed 335 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:09,880 Speaker 1: a woman and her son meeting his fate up in Palmdale. 336 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:12,119 Speaker 1: He got to murder. This is another part of the 337 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 1: legacy of George Gascone, his DA, because you go light 338 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:17,480 Speaker 1: on this kid, he doesn't realize that he's on the 339 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:19,760 Speaker 1: wrong road and he's not going to change. It looks 340 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:22,280 Speaker 1: like he didn't and he picked on the wrong people. 341 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:23,800 Speaker 1: It looks like he got shot dead. We don't know 342 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:26,200 Speaker 1: all the details, but that's all I have to destroy this. 343 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:28,960 Speaker 1: I just have to know that he his friends took 344 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:33,480 Speaker 1: care of him friends an his friends. We're gonna be 345 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:36,119 Speaker 1: checking in on Venice after two o'clock. And now I 346 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:42,320 Speaker 1: heard the news this morning. Uh, Mayor best Eddie that 347 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:45,479 Speaker 1: came from the moistline last night. I got to remember 348 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:48,000 Speaker 1: that one. We got a mast that's gonna be the 349 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:51,840 Speaker 1: official nickname Mayor best Eddie. Yeah, because I don't think 350 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:56,280 Speaker 1: Bear Gars works as well. No, she's in Washington, DC, 351 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 1: and she's making speeches about homelessness. Almost all right, she's 352 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:02,760 Speaker 1: explaining the but you could misinterpret it into Oh, I'm 353 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:05,199 Speaker 1: the wizard, I solve the problem and here are my 354 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:08,159 Speaker 1: wise thoughts. So I've bothered me a little bit. So 355 00:19:08,359 --> 00:19:10,399 Speaker 1: we're checking in with Venish residents and we'll talk to 356 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:13,600 Speaker 1: one another after two o'clock about, you know, the effort 357 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:15,880 Speaker 1: that was made recently to remove people from a big 358 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:19,840 Speaker 1: encampment there. Yes, I was listening to Fox News today, 359 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:24,000 Speaker 1: the audio feet of Fox News, and I'm always amused 360 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:27,720 Speaker 1: on how the networks try to explain Los Angeles and 361 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:30,119 Speaker 1: California to the rest of the country, because you know, 362 00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:31,800 Speaker 1: a lot of it is stuff that you and I 363 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:33,920 Speaker 1: and most of our listeners would know already. Right, there's 364 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 1: nothing new in this story. But you know, I can imagine, 365 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:38,040 Speaker 1: you know, people and I were going, what the hell? 366 00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:42,000 Speaker 1: And that's the idea. And sometimes it's cherry picking, but 367 00:19:42,119 --> 00:19:45,720 Speaker 1: sometimes yes, there showing that the ugliness the correct way, 368 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:48,800 Speaker 1: right right, Well, the cherries are real whatever they're picking. Anyway, 369 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:53,000 Speaker 1: The reporter mentioned about the state of emergency. Do you 370 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 1: know there was no homeless state of emergency ever called 371 00:19:57,760 --> 00:20:01,880 Speaker 1: since nineteen eighty seven. Nineteen eighty seven was the last 372 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:05,720 Speaker 1: time Mayor I guess Tom Bradley instituted a state of 373 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:08,720 Speaker 1: emergency over homelessness. I'm thinking, wow, is that right? So 374 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:12,080 Speaker 1: Garcetti was here nine and a half years. No state 375 00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:14,879 Speaker 1: of emergency. Uh, not that it matters, but you figure 376 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:18,600 Speaker 1: they do it just for effect, all right. So we'll 377 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 1: see from his perspective, our guest after two o'clock, Nick, 378 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:24,560 Speaker 1: what is looking like there and whether or not you 379 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:27,040 Speaker 1: know this is for real or this is just for 380 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:31,600 Speaker 1: a media show. Another troublesome story along the same lines 381 00:20:32,240 --> 00:20:34,680 Speaker 1: is coming from both The Daily Mail and as John 382 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:37,480 Speaker 1: just mentioned, Fox News. Fox News. We mentioned a few 383 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:40,919 Speaker 1: weeks ago that Philadelphia has some neighborhoods that are getting 384 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:46,760 Speaker 1: really hard hit. Heroine in Philadelphia a lot of it 385 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:51,400 Speaker 1: being sold on the streets contains xylazine or trenk, which 386 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:54,960 Speaker 1: was developed in nineteen sixty two as an anesthetic for 387 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:58,640 Speaker 1: veterinary procedures, and its use has soured. It can cause 388 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:03,600 Speaker 1: defestering wound that can lead to amputations, and typical treatments 389 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:07,000 Speaker 1: for overdoses are not effective. The FDA usue to learn 390 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,639 Speaker 1: about the drug in November, and these stories The Daily 391 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:12,000 Speaker 1: Mail of course leads away because they got the photos. 392 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 1: In the video, it's headlined inside America's zombie Land. Philadelphia's 393 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:19,640 Speaker 1: Kensington neighborhood looks like a scene from The Walking Dead 394 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:23,400 Speaker 1: as grim photos show trank addicts shooting up in broad 395 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:25,760 Speaker 1: daylight on sideway. And if you look at the video, 396 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:29,920 Speaker 1: you have all these zombies and they can't stand up. 397 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:32,280 Speaker 1: They can't. There's a picture of a guy that's like 398 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:35,640 Speaker 1: bent over and keeps almost falling to the ground. Two 399 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:38,800 Speaker 1: of the guys neither one can stand up straight, and 400 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:41,879 Speaker 1: they're both trying to hold onto each other, and one 401 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:45,640 Speaker 1: let's go and the other starts to wobble, and then 402 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:48,280 Speaker 1: the other one starts to wobble, and they keep like 403 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:51,920 Speaker 1: bumping into each other or trying to hold onto each other. Now, 404 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:54,800 Speaker 1: the other problem with this xylazine is that it can 405 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:57,480 Speaker 1: put you in some sort of a blackout stupor. So 406 00:21:57,520 --> 00:21:59,600 Speaker 1: they think that a lot of these people are easily 407 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:03,000 Speaker 1: act either sexually or robbed. On the other side of this, 408 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:05,480 Speaker 1: I heard this is maybe its way to San Diego. Now, 409 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:09,879 Speaker 1: this this trank drug, it's probably gonna get everywhere. Well, 410 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:12,800 Speaker 1: I mean, this is really going to make the homeless 411 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:15,520 Speaker 1: problem with a million times work. Well, they get these 412 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:19,879 Speaker 1: they get these festering wounds that lead to amputations, some 413 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:24,920 Speaker 1: like disgusting infection. I don't know how that works. But 414 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:28,840 Speaker 1: they found that zila zine is now in ninety percent 415 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:32,320 Speaker 1: nine percent of all the heroine and right, yeah, but 416 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:35,120 Speaker 1: I thought, remember our guest if you, Sam Canona says 417 00:22:35,119 --> 00:22:38,960 Speaker 1: that heroine seems to be disappearing, that everybody's got fentanyl. Now, well, 418 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:42,120 Speaker 1: I guess the heroine that's left. Oh. It does say 419 00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:44,240 Speaker 1: they're mixing it with fentanyl too. It says, here's some 420 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:46,800 Speaker 1: drug users, either in jac xylazine or smoke it, mix 421 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:51,320 Speaker 1: it with fentanyl and other drugs. There is no direct 422 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:58,919 Speaker 1: way to to treat xylazine addiction. You have to do 423 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:05,040 Speaker 1: it in stages. It's a nasty one. Yeah, And it 424 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:08,560 Speaker 1: says here, if we don't recognize zylazine withdrawal, patients are 425 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:11,320 Speaker 1: really uncomfortable and they'll leave treatment because they don't feel 426 00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:14,440 Speaker 1: like they're getting better. You're right, because it's tough to treat. Yeah, 427 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:16,879 Speaker 1: because a a lot of doctors like there are no 428 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:22,520 Speaker 1: FDA approved treatments specifically for zilazine. So god. Philip Moore, 429 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:28,800 Speaker 1: is chief medical officer for a nonprofit, said that getting 430 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:32,440 Speaker 1: people off zylazine is complicated. We'll start treating for opioid 431 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:35,080 Speaker 1: withdrawal and they should be getting better, but we're still 432 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:38,000 Speaker 1: seeing the chills, the sweats, the restlessness, the anxiety, and 433 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:42,200 Speaker 1: the agitation. They're very, very unpleasant symptoms. That's what triggers 434 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:44,880 Speaker 1: us that we're dealing with something more complicated. That there's 435 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:48,000 Speaker 1: more zylazine in the mix. Man. Let's not leave out 436 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:51,399 Speaker 1: the open border and Sarah Carter's report for Fox News. 437 00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:54,400 Speaker 1: She said a lot of this stuff is coming from 438 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:58,600 Speaker 1: Mexico into the US, these tranked up drugs as they 439 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:02,840 Speaker 1: call them. It's it's ingredients from China and the productions 440 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:06,399 Speaker 1: and method in Mexico, and then the cartels have a 441 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:09,439 Speaker 1: distribution system that gets it to all the big cities fast, 442 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:12,920 Speaker 1: and it's just there's a chart in one of these 443 00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:16,360 Speaker 1: stories that shows the number of people dying of opioids 444 00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:20,480 Speaker 1: has skyrocketed. Last year was one hundred and seven thousand, 445 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:24,359 Speaker 1: and most of it is illegal opioids, the majority of 446 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:31,240 Speaker 1: it fentonone. Yeah, it's just unbelievable what our own government 447 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:35,360 Speaker 1: is allowing to happen on all levels. Nobody is really 448 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:39,639 Speaker 1: doing anything meaningful to stop it. And the idiots on 449 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:41,960 Speaker 1: the other side of this are thinking, well, we'll just 450 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:46,280 Speaker 1: stand by with a way to revive them, right, that's 451 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:49,119 Speaker 1: all we can do. You can't bring people out of this, 452 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:51,200 Speaker 1: so you just have to try to manage it. That's 453 00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:53,200 Speaker 1: what they use. The term they use is let's manage it. 454 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:58,200 Speaker 1: So they bring that drug what's it called it, naxalone 455 00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:02,080 Speaker 1: or whatever, narcam or not. Yeah, but yeah, the that's 456 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:07,160 Speaker 1: the product name, but the scientific name is NOx alone. Yeah. 457 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:09,120 Speaker 1: NOx alone is supposed to bring them back. I mean, 458 00:25:09,119 --> 00:25:11,639 Speaker 1: that's their answer here. Let's just try to manage us 459 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:14,399 Speaker 1: and make sure they don't die. But instead, as these 460 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:17,239 Speaker 1: drugs get more powerful, that ain't the way to go. 461 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:19,760 Speaker 1: You know what, you have to snap these people out 462 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:22,800 Speaker 1: of it. Those people who recommend that the solution is 463 00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:26,439 Speaker 1: we all carry narcan are nuttier than the people taking 464 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:29,919 Speaker 1: the fen as we all out of how we all 465 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:32,720 Speaker 1: should have it with us. No, you people are insane 466 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:35,520 Speaker 1: and I don't want to hear from them. I have 467 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:39,240 Speaker 1: no interest in any of their arguments, any of their Please, 468 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:43,400 Speaker 1: you have to stop the flow of the drugs at 469 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:47,439 Speaker 1: the border. Otherwise we're just gonna kill hundreds of thousands 470 00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:50,600 Speaker 1: of people's hundred thousands of people. And I guess this, 471 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:54,160 Speaker 1: this this pro drug, pro homeless crowd is okay with that. 472 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:57,000 Speaker 1: I mean, I mean they run around saying, oh, you're 473 00:25:57,040 --> 00:26:00,280 Speaker 1: so cruel, you have no compassion. It's like they're hyeing 474 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:06,120 Speaker 1: you moron. Are you insane? I don't understand it either. 475 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:09,959 Speaker 1: It's you seal off the border. You literally save hundreds 476 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,679 Speaker 1: of thousands of lives just from the drug overdoses in 477 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:15,080 Speaker 1: the street. Yeah, you think that argument would work even 478 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:17,400 Speaker 1: if people feel like, well, the migrants, you know, they're 479 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:18,879 Speaker 1: poorer and they need to play. But you think the 480 00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:20,840 Speaker 1: drug argument would get people more worked up off of 481 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:23,360 Speaker 1: the open border, because look what it's doing. Its big 482 00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:25,320 Speaker 1: cities I know, and now they got These cities are 483 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:29,159 Speaker 1: run by people who like open borders. I don't know. 484 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:33,200 Speaker 1: It's the complete destruction of civilization in some neighborhoods. Will 485 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:35,480 Speaker 1: you see the go to Daily Mail, look at the 486 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:39,280 Speaker 1: video and look at look at Kensington in Philadelphia. It 487 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:44,000 Speaker 1: is It is mind boggling. It's astonishing. Parts of San 488 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:47,640 Speaker 1: Francisco are like this too. This is stuff that never existed. 489 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:51,600 Speaker 1: All right, we'll check in Venice after the news at 490 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:55,280 Speaker 1: two o'clock and see one another resident thinks of what's 491 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:58,880 Speaker 1: going on. By efforts from Tracy Park, the new city councilwoman, 492 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:01,600 Speaker 1: this is cd level and this is John's council district 493 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:05,600 Speaker 1: and Mayor bass I'm sorry Bassetti, to clean up the 494 00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:09,440 Speaker 1: big encampment there. Johnny ken KF, I am six forty 495 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:12,040 Speaker 1: live everywhere the iHeartRadio appe stay with us. We got 496 00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:14,520 Speaker 1: keywords for a chance at a thousand dollars in each 497 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:17,080 Speaker 1: the two o'clock and the three o'clock hour. We're gonna 498 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:18,879 Speaker 1: bring the boy Slide people back because that's what we 499 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:21,399 Speaker 1: do on Friday, the last hour of the show, and 500 00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:24,040 Speaker 1: I hope they can get here in time. We are 501 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:26,600 Speaker 1: bringing the mob members here to throw somebody into the 502 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:28,800 Speaker 1: dumpster after the news at three thirty. This is a 503 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:30,359 Speaker 1: little earlier than we usually do it. I don't know 504 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:32,679 Speaker 1: how much they've had to drink. We have a special 505 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:36,440 Speaker 1: airlift from Ukraine. They and then we'll bring them right 506 00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:38,400 Speaker 1: back to the war. Well, remember we have mob members 507 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:40,560 Speaker 1: from all over the world, so Ukrainians can't make it. 508 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:42,480 Speaker 1: They fill in, that's true, it's true. We got the 509 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:45,720 Speaker 1: Turkish bodyguards, right, we got the Serbs, the French, the 510 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:49,959 Speaker 1: Yellow Vesters and that's the French hillow vests. All right, 511 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:53,600 Speaker 1: Deborah Mark is back with us. I'm back. Is your 512 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:57,120 Speaker 1: dog okay? Yeah, she's okay, she's she's on medications. Let 513 00:27:57,119 --> 00:27:58,760 Speaker 1: me tell you this is this has been a kind 514 00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:00,439 Speaker 1: of a sucky year or so far are for me? 515 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:03,840 Speaker 1: You got COVID, got COVID? Well I did get COVID 516 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:07,359 Speaker 1: in December, but it lasted through January. And then I 517 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:10,640 Speaker 1: have a dog who she did something to her shoulders. 518 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:12,879 Speaker 1: She also has arthritis, so she wasn't able to walk. 519 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:15,880 Speaker 1: She was hopping and I don't think of dogs with shoulders, 520 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:18,000 Speaker 1: just because I know that's what I just said. It 521 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:21,120 Speaker 1: was weird looking at the X ray? Where's the dog's shoulders? 522 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:23,080 Speaker 1: Don't think of where your arm is, John, I guess 523 00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:24,720 Speaker 1: if you stay it would yeah, if you were to 524 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:26,440 Speaker 1: go on to all fours, it would be right up. Yeah, 525 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:28,880 Speaker 1: that's the same place on the dog. I do that sometimes. 526 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:32,679 Speaker 1: So with with my new schedule, I wasn't able to 527 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:34,480 Speaker 1: be able to take her to the vet in the 528 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:37,440 Speaker 1: morning and then be able to get here in time. 529 00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:39,240 Speaker 1: So that's why I was here. How is the dog? 530 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:43,120 Speaker 1: She's okay, she's on she's still hopping around holding her 531 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:46,160 Speaker 1: paw up, but she's better because she's on pain meds 532 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:50,440 Speaker 1: and an anti inflammatory medication. So the shoulder pain is 533 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:53,200 Speaker 1: so much she can't put her paw down. Yeah, and pressure. 534 00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:56,120 Speaker 1: This happened actually six weeks ago, and my husband took 535 00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:58,800 Speaker 1: her for the initial appointment in X ray and so 536 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:00,640 Speaker 1: she was on medication. So it was really scary that 537 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:03,960 Speaker 1: it happened again. So now we're sort of monitoring it 538 00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:07,200 Speaker 1: to see, well, did she reinjure herself or could it 539 00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:11,120 Speaker 1: be something worse, which I'm hoping it's it's not. So, yeah, 540 00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:14,600 Speaker 1: she's throwing footballs some sort of Oh she's shoulder you're 541 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:17,200 Speaker 1: not throwing her around the room or no, I'm not 542 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:19,760 Speaker 1: not at all. I'm not an old dog, is it? 543 00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:22,560 Speaker 1: She's going to be eight in March? It's that well 544 00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:24,480 Speaker 1: for a small dog. It's a smallish dog. It's a 545 00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:28,400 Speaker 1: smallish dog. I just don't have a middle age dogs. 546 00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:32,840 Speaker 1: It's just all the dogs I've had have died of cancer. No, 547 00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:36,360 Speaker 1: it's it's it's beyond my control. They're eating gummies, they're 548 00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:39,320 Speaker 1: eating well, but she survived that ingesting. Right, why do 549 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:42,200 Speaker 1: they run out screaming? Well that they do on a 550 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:48,080 Speaker 1: daily basis from all your drama exactly four dogs? All right, Well, anyway, 551 00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:49,680 Speaker 1: you're back in place. We just want to confirm if 552 00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:51,600 Speaker 1: she didn't get COVID again. She was out yesterday to 553 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:53,600 Speaker 1: take care of her doll. No, it's if it's not 554 00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:56,880 Speaker 1: one thing, it's it's another. All right, then make yourself 555 00:29:57,200 --> 00:30:01,280 Speaker 1: feel better. Buy another fluorescent colored pant suit to go 556 00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:03,680 Speaker 1: with your green one. Right, you know, I'm actually I've 557 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:06,560 Speaker 1: been online shopping looking for a bright pink I do 558 00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:09,280 Speaker 1: have a great Actually, Ken, you just gave me an idea. 559 00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:11,800 Speaker 1: I do have a bright pink blazer that I have 560 00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:13,840 Speaker 1: worn before, and I got these. I told you last 561 00:30:14,120 --> 00:30:17,920 Speaker 1: earlier this week that I got these vegan pink pleather pants. 562 00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:20,320 Speaker 1: You know what, You're gonna wear them together next week, 563 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:25,520 Speaker 1: Vegan pink pleather All right, I'm gonna dazzle you next week. 564 00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:29,400 Speaker 1: I'm gonna make sure that I fledge your your text. 565 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:32,720 Speaker 1: That's right, Send me all the pictures and they'll just 566 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:37,720 Speaker 1: be hit and delete. No what, that's not kind. I 567 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:39,360 Speaker 1: do have a story for you, and we're on your 568 00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:42,320 Speaker 1: side this time with the animals. And I hate these stories. 569 00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:45,160 Speaker 1: I would say this could rank among one of the 570 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:48,280 Speaker 1: worst things I ever see. And actually I saw two 571 00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:50,680 Speaker 1: this week, but the one we're going to talk about 572 00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:55,320 Speaker 1: mostly comes from a couple in Ohio. The guys like 573 00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:58,640 Speaker 1: some sort of weightlifter. But anyway, they went to a 574 00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:02,360 Speaker 1: to Nebraska and to a place called Broken Arrow in 575 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:07,360 Speaker 1: Nebraska Hidden Hills Outfitters. For a couple of years they 576 00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:12,080 Speaker 1: were leading people on the bow hunting tours where they 577 00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:14,960 Speaker 1: would yeah bow and arrow they would shoot to a 578 00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:19,480 Speaker 1: wild turkeys and deer. And they did this apparently without 579 00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:24,200 Speaker 1: a valid license. And also they used bait, which you're 580 00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:26,480 Speaker 1: not supposed to do. Even if you're allowed to do 581 00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:30,360 Speaker 1: this kind of thing. It's supposedly the largest poaching case 582 00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:35,480 Speaker 1: in the history of Nebraska. Dozens of these trips led 583 00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:40,240 Speaker 1: by this couple, Josh Beaumar thirty two and Sarah Beaumar 584 00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:43,960 Speaker 1: thirty three. They're from Ohio, but they came to Nebraska 585 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,000 Speaker 1: because I guess they felt like, this is where the 586 00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:49,160 Speaker 1: animals are and we can get away with this. And 587 00:31:49,280 --> 00:31:52,320 Speaker 1: of course they would post footage. Of course, Well, they 588 00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:56,000 Speaker 1: have over three hundred thousand subscribers and followers on all 589 00:31:56,000 --> 00:32:00,080 Speaker 1: their social media channels. Who wants to watch that? One 590 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:03,360 Speaker 1: hundred thousand people? Those are crazy people, aren't you? All 591 00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:05,960 Speaker 1: about the likes though, Debrah, No, I wouldn't post stuff 592 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:09,320 Speaker 1: like that for any likes. Absolutely not. I have my 593 00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:12,120 Speaker 1: principle they had more likes than you do. Everybody has 594 00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:15,520 Speaker 1: more likes than I do. There was a clip posted 595 00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:17,680 Speaker 1: back in twenty seventeen and a guy, like I said, 596 00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:20,280 Speaker 1: is a weightlifter. This is like a bone headed looking couple, 597 00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:23,960 Speaker 1: but clearly they're in shape. Yeah, and there's a picture 598 00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:27,960 Speaker 1: of them standing in the water holding their beloved boats. 599 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:30,480 Speaker 1: Do you know how many animals they've killed? How many? 600 00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:36,240 Speaker 1: Ninety seven? Oh? God, they've killed pronghorn? What is that. 601 00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:38,440 Speaker 1: I don't know what is that? I have to look 602 00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:42,800 Speaker 1: it up. Pronghorn, Yeah, look up pronghorn. There was a 603 00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:46,000 Speaker 1: video of them dispatching a white tailed deer with an arrow. 604 00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:50,080 Speaker 1: It looks like a deer and the husband said, oh, look, 605 00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:52,640 Speaker 1: the freaking antlers fell off after I shot it. Just 606 00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:56,120 Speaker 1: thought that was cool, you know what. Another another video 607 00:32:56,240 --> 00:33:00,520 Speaker 1: he posted of spearing a bear and killing it. Oh God, 608 00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:04,840 Speaker 1: are you serious? Did that in Canada? Yeah, but at 609 00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:09,000 Speaker 1: the time, spear hunting was legal in Alberta, Canada. So 610 00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:12,120 Speaker 1: they pled guilty. They were each sentenced to three years 611 00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:15,960 Speaker 1: of probation in forty hours of community service, no prison, 612 00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:18,840 Speaker 1: jail time. They have to pay as seventy five thousand 613 00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:22,320 Speaker 1: dollars fine, and they have to forfeit some of the 614 00:33:22,320 --> 00:33:26,880 Speaker 1: property of their company for restitution to the Nebraska Game 615 00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:30,040 Speaker 1: and Parks Commission. You don't want to see the picture 616 00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:34,080 Speaker 1: of the poor deer that No, I don't. No, it 617 00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:37,560 Speaker 1: was big too. No, a lot of turkeys, But people 618 00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:41,960 Speaker 1: are so cruel. Turkeys are No, they're not. They have feelings. 619 00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:45,760 Speaker 1: It's just a plus. Bow and arrow hunting is particularly savage. 620 00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:49,600 Speaker 1: Really is they're primitives? I just I really don't understand. 621 00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:52,080 Speaker 1: I know you said three hundred and thirty thousand or 622 00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:55,400 Speaker 1: whatever people are are viewing this, But who are those people? 623 00:33:55,800 --> 00:34:00,560 Speaker 1: They not, I mean, just nasty. Some of them are 624 00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:02,440 Speaker 1: in our audience, I know, and I'm sure I'll be 625 00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:07,040 Speaker 1: getting emails. I know they always do, they do. I 626 00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:10,200 Speaker 1: don't care. Haven't you heard about diversity and inclusion? Yeah, no, 627 00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:15,400 Speaker 1: not when it comes to this. Let's poach those people. 628 00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:20,640 Speaker 1: See how they like it. I like that a beat. 629 00:34:20,680 --> 00:34:24,520 Speaker 1: We can start a people punching business. Yes, yeah, there's 630 00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:27,720 Speaker 1: another nasty picture of but he's defending himself. A former 631 00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:30,120 Speaker 1: NFL player by the name of Derek Wolf apparently killed 632 00:34:30,160 --> 00:34:32,560 Speaker 1: a huge mountain lion in Colorado with a bow. Did 633 00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:36,239 Speaker 1: you see him holding the mountain lions? He's mousing with 634 00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:38,399 Speaker 1: it and he's like lifting it up as best as 635 00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:42,400 Speaker 1: he could. Wolf is six foot five and he's holding 636 00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:44,799 Speaker 1: up the mountain lion, which seems as tall as he is. Yeah, 637 00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:46,759 Speaker 1: they're about the same size, the two of them. He 638 00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:49,200 Speaker 1: said it was really causing trouble in the community. To 639 00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:52,120 Speaker 1: defend himself, he said it was attacking family dogs and 640 00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:56,000 Speaker 1: hiding under people's homes. So he said that he decided 641 00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:58,320 Speaker 1: that he was going to try to rid the community 642 00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:02,680 Speaker 1: of this mountain lion. But what a hero. He's a stud, 643 00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:06,759 Speaker 1: all right. When we return and he's been on our 644 00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:09,239 Speaker 1: show before, we're going to talk to Nick. Nick is 645 00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:12,000 Speaker 1: another resident of Venice who will give us his perspective 646 00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:15,640 Speaker 1: as to whether or not John's council district, the old 647 00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:18,239 Speaker 1: Mike Bonden district in particularly Venice, has been troubled with 648 00:35:18,239 --> 00:35:22,160 Speaker 1: the homeless problem, is getting any better with the new 649 00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:26,320 Speaker 1: pairing of Councilwoman Tracy Park and the new mayor Karen 650 00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:29,080 Speaker 1: Bass with the homeless problem, Johnny ken Cafe I Am 651 00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:31,200 Speaker 1: six forty Live Everywhere, the iHeartRadio app