1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:04,240 Speaker 1: Well. The fifty six annual NAACP Image Awards were live 2 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 1: Saturday night from Pasadena. Dion Cole was the host in 3 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:13,120 Speaker 1: MC light narrator, Yeah, very great job for the night. 4 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:16,560 Speaker 1: As usual, Morris Chestnut let a tribute for the residents 5 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:19,960 Speaker 1: of Los Angeles that lost their homes in the recent fires, 6 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 1: and Vice President Kamala Harris was given the Chairman's Award, 7 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:29,320 Speaker 1: and her acceptance speech credited the NAACP for the groundbreaking 8 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:32,519 Speaker 1: work the organization has done for years, and then she 9 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 1: spoke to the current state of unrest in the United States. 10 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 2: Take a listen, because you see, our power has never 11 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:47,880 Speaker 2: come from having an easy path. Our strength flows from 12 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:54,160 Speaker 2: our faith, faith in God, faith in each other, and 13 00:00:54,360 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 2: our refusal to surrender to cynicism and destruction because it 14 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:10,480 Speaker 2: is easy, but because it is necessary, because victory is guaranteed, 15 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 2: but because the fight is worth it. 16 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:17,120 Speaker 3: And while we have no illusions. 17 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 2: About what we are up against in this chapter in 18 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 2: our American story. This chapter will be written not simply 19 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 2: by whoever occupies the Oval office, nor. 20 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 3: By the wealthiest among us. 21 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 2: The American story will be written by you, written by us, 22 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 2: by we the people. I thank you God, bless you, 23 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:55,280 Speaker 2: and God bless the United. 24 00:01:55,040 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 3: States of America. Drop the mic. Yes, empowering power pretty much. 25 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 4: Miss anybody right now? I missed right now. 26 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 3: You mentioned George yet. 27 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 4: He man. 28 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:16,800 Speaker 3: Yeah this is crazy. 29 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, you said, exhausting, Divide the hatred all right for 30 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 1: the next four years. 31 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 3: Okay. 32 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:29,639 Speaker 1: Tyler Perry six, Triple eight one Movie of the Year, 33 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 1: and key Key Palmer, Ky Key Palmer won Entertainer of 34 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:36,079 Speaker 1: the Year awards. 35 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 3: She won that and she was so thrilled. 36 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, it was a surprise, I think, I thought, what 37 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 1: did you think, Cynthia Rivo? Yeah, well yeah, yeah, yeah, 38 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:49,959 Speaker 1: but Kicky Palmer well deserving, So congratulations to her and 39 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 1: Dave Chappelle and the Wayne's family, all of them. It 40 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:58,520 Speaker 1: was a great night, great night. Moving on. Thousands of 41 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:02,800 Speaker 1: federal employees were threat by DOGE this weekend. That is 42 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:06,079 Speaker 1: the course of the Department of Government Efficiency run by 43 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:10,240 Speaker 1: Elon Musk. Saturday evening, Elon Musk, the head of DOGE, tweeted, 44 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 1: all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to 45 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 1: understand what they got done last week. Failure to respond 46 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 1: will be taken as a resignation. 47 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:28,240 Speaker 3: What thanks to me? Yeah, yeah. 48 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 1: Then the emails were sent to employees across federal agencies 49 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:35,000 Speaker 1: with the subject lined what did you do last week? 50 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 1: The email asked that employees replied with five bullet points 51 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 1: summarizing what they accomplished at work last week and to 52 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:47,360 Speaker 1: copy their managers. The email also gave employees until midnight 53 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 1: tonight Monday to respond. According to Yahoo, it's unclear if 54 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 1: DOGE can legally terminate the workers. 55 00:03:56,240 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 4: What Why do we keep talking about what's legal? 56 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:02,480 Speaker 3: Yeah? 57 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 4: When this administration does what they want to do, that's true. Yeah, 58 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 4: a fact, there's a lot of legal stuff. Yeah, he 59 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 4: did a lot of stuff for he got in office. 60 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 4: Now that's what you got. Yeah, listen to me. Rich 61 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:21,840 Speaker 4: people don't care what the law is and the rule is. 62 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 4: They try to find ways around that to accomplish what 63 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 4: they want to accomplish. If the rule of the law 64 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 4: is prohibiting or getting in the way of what they 65 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 4: want to do or accomplish, then they find a way 66 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 4: to get around it, go through it. They look for 67 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:39,159 Speaker 4: a loophole, They hire really expensive lawyers, and they find 68 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:42,920 Speaker 4: a way, and they go about their business. That's how 69 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:43,839 Speaker 4: they do business. 70 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 3: And that's the world in which we live right now. 71 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:48,600 Speaker 3: That's it. 72 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, finally, the Delta Airlines flight that slipped over and 73 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 1: caught fire upon landing in Toronto. Remember it happened about 74 00:04:57,120 --> 00:04:59,240 Speaker 1: a week ago, we talked about it. Well, there were 75 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 1: eighty p people on board, okay, counting crew members. There 76 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 1: were no fatalities, miraculously, praise the Lord. Delta Airlines has 77 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 1: since offered to pay the passengers thirty thousand dollars for 78 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:17,599 Speaker 1: an approximate payout of two point three million in total. 79 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:23,200 Speaker 1: The compensation amount sparked controversy. Three million, Yeah, totally in 80 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 1: total total. Yeah, each, each passenger will get thirty thirty 81 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:31,599 Speaker 1: thousand dollars. People saying thirty thousand dollars is not enough 82 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:33,600 Speaker 1: money for what the passengers went through. I mean they 83 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:38,360 Speaker 1: were flipped over, hanging like bats. So what do you 84 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:41,040 Speaker 1: guys think? Thirty thousand? Would you take it? Would you 85 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:41,720 Speaker 1: not take it? 86 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:48,160 Speaker 3: I'm not taking that a court with my case. I 87 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:52,599 Speaker 3: ain't taking that and I'm injured. Yeah, yeah, because yes, 88 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:53,280 Speaker 3: there is. 89 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 4: No way you flipping this plane over and I'm not injured. 90 00:05:57,040 --> 00:06:00,880 Speaker 1: No, Well, here's thirty thousand dollars. Okay, here's thirty thousand dollars. 91 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 3: Look at that fick. Let's start at two point five 92 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:07,719 Speaker 3: three minutes. Let's start the total of what they wanted. 93 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:10,479 Speaker 4: Well, listen to me. If you're in a car accident, 94 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 4: somebody's gonna get a check out of a car accident. 95 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:17,160 Speaker 4: That's the country we live in. How can you possibly 96 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:20,479 Speaker 4: think an airplane can flip over? Because whatever it was, 97 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:23,039 Speaker 4: it was none of the passenger's faults. 98 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 3: Right, Okay, thirty thousand, Okay, that's what you get. 99 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 4: I thought I had Jeff Fude on me, but it 100 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 4: was just it was my feud. 101 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:36,480 Speaker 1: Anyway, coming up in twenty minutes after the hour, listener 102 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 1: need some help on how to talk to a woman, 103 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 1: and we'll get into it. 104 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 3: Right after this. 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