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The LAPD Interim Chief 20 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 2: Dominic Choi spoke before the LA Police Commission this week 21 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:13,760 Speaker 2: the Board of Police Commissioners and ran through some statistics 22 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 2: on what's going on in la in recent months, and 23 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 2: most of them weren't good stuff you care about. Not 24 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 2: good because how could it be good if you don't 25 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:27,119 Speaker 2: want to put bad guys in jail or in prison. 26 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:29,640 Speaker 2: So let's talk about to Michael Monks and see what 27 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 2: he learned. Michael, how are you. 28 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:33,640 Speaker 3: I'm well, Good afternoon, John, Thanks for having me back on. 29 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 3: This is a weekly meeting you know that the police 30 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 3: chief has with the Board of Police Commissioners and he 31 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 3: gives updates. But man, it's really been top of mind 32 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 3: for a lot of us with what's been going on 33 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 3: around town, particularly on Metro. And so some of these 34 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 3: statistics and some of the questions he faced from the 35 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 3: Board of Commissioners were directly related to the violent crimes 36 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:53,440 Speaker 3: that are going on, which he says, by the way, 37 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 3: violent crime overall in the city is only up zero 38 00:01:56,400 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 3: point four percent compared to this time last year, but. 39 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 2: There's a nine point three percent increase in homicides. 40 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:09,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, And so these statistics come in a way that. 41 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:12,679 Speaker 3: Can often be difficult to discern because they rapid fire them. 42 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 3: They're in these different charts that you know, they're comparing 43 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 3: one period to another period, right, and then be compared 44 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:19,640 Speaker 3: to a different period, So you can. 45 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 2: Cherry pick and try to make it look better than 46 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:23,799 Speaker 2: it is if you want, you can. 47 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 3: But I don't know if this is to the Department's 48 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:28,800 Speaker 3: credit or not, but they did provide a statistic that's 49 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 3: just in the past six weeks that robberies are up 50 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 3: twelve point six percent, and they're seeing a significant increase 51 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 3: in robberies, particularly at small businesses around the city. And 52 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:44,640 Speaker 3: he identified restaurants, mini marts, little clothing stores, liquor stores, 53 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 3: gas stations, small department stores. But those particular ones are 54 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 3: up thirty six point nine percent. 55 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:55,840 Speaker 2: Well, well thirty six point nine percent, which category the robberies, 56 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 2: robbery those types of locations. 57 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:01,799 Speaker 1: Really yes, just in what the first four months of 58 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 1: the year. 59 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:06,119 Speaker 3: Compared to compared to at this point last year. 60 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 1: Oh my god, that's huge. 61 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:11,360 Speaker 2: That's really important because you see some of the stories 62 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 2: on the news and then when people get angry at officials, 63 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 2: the officials go, wow, you know, just some high profile 64 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:23,800 Speaker 2: incidents exaggerated by the news media, and it's not there's 65 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 2: a much greater quantity thirty six percent over the first 66 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:32,360 Speaker 2: four months. That's a big hike in business robberies. 67 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 3: To add on to your sentiment, it's connected to a 68 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 3: lot of the feelings about what's happened on Metro right. 69 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 3: We certainly rush to the scene to report when someone 70 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:44,680 Speaker 3: is tragically killed or someone is stabbed, But all day 71 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 3: long on the system, you've got people who are complaining 72 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 3: about people having serious mental health episodes creating fear. You've 73 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 3: got people breaking all kinds of doing drugs on the system, 74 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 3: and those are the types of things that aren't necessarily 75 00:03:56,640 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 3: reflected in statistics because no action is taken. 76 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 1: Right, if you don't arrest them, then no crime existed. 77 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 1: That's exactly right. 78 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 3: And so what we've seen basically for these small business 79 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 3: robberies that are up compared to this time last year, 80 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 3: I want to be specific about that up thirty six 81 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:17,160 Speaker 3: point nine percent on May fifteenth compared to May fifteenth 82 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 3: of twenty twenty three, small businesses like restaurants and little 83 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 3: convenience stores. The chief also noted that the areas that 84 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 3: are hit hardest by this spike downtown the Central Division 85 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:32,599 Speaker 3: up twenty point seven percent, and South LA Is also 86 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 3: up about nineteen percent compared to last year. So that's 87 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:38,240 Speaker 3: where the bulk of these things appared to be. 88 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:43,480 Speaker 2: These are major double digit increases in a number of neighborhoods, 89 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 2: and it's specifically robbing small businesses exactly. 90 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 3: And so you've see numbers like that and you think, well, well, 91 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:53,320 Speaker 3: these are people who must see the city differently than 92 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:56,000 Speaker 3: other officials who are reporting different things, because, as the 93 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 3: chief even mentions, isn't his own report violent crime across 94 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:01,320 Speaker 3: the city up zero point four percent. Property crime is 95 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:04,359 Speaker 3: actually down across the city year over year three point 96 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 3: six percent. Overall crime down two point seven percent. But 97 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 3: when you're a downtown minimart owner and you and your 98 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:15,000 Speaker 3: fellow shop owners are seeing a twenty point seven percent 99 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:17,560 Speaker 3: increase year over year in properties, it's a different style. 100 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 2: It's terry picking. Also, these numbers, if they come down 101 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:22,799 Speaker 2: two percent, it's two percent from a very high number. 102 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:26,720 Speaker 2: So it doesn't mean we're living in a good period 103 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:30,039 Speaker 2: here in Los Angeles. So he presents these numbers, is 104 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:32,960 Speaker 2: there anything more than a discussion of numbers, or does 105 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,560 Speaker 2: he say I need help, I need more money, I 106 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:38,320 Speaker 2: need more officers, I need this law changed, I need 107 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:42,040 Speaker 2: gasco and to prosecute people. Does he offer anything beyond 108 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 2: the numbers. 109 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 3: What happens is the chief will present these statistics every 110 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 3: week at these meetings and also offer updates on any 111 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 3: what they call major incidents that might have happened. In 112 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:53,919 Speaker 3: this case, this week he gave an update on the 113 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:57,400 Speaker 3: obstruction at the Pomona College graduation that did take place 114 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:00,800 Speaker 3: within the city of la and LAPD's jurisdiction. So there 115 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:04,839 Speaker 3: was some, you know, some scuffles there involving some protesters 116 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 3: and police, but mostly it's just here are the statistics. 117 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 3: He did receive some questions from folks on the commission, 118 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:14,280 Speaker 3: particularly as it relates to Metro. And keep in mind 119 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 3: this was before that third incident that took place within 120 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:19,960 Speaker 3: the twenty four hour period, so it's already top of mind, and. 121 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 1: What are they asking him about these police commissioners? Well, 122 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:26,039 Speaker 1: what are the plans? You know? 123 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 3: And honestly, his quotes about it are reflective of similar 124 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:33,520 Speaker 3: quotes you see from officials, whether they be at city 125 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 3: Hall or the county building, even at the Metro Board 126 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:44,120 Speaker 3: of Directors, very vague expressing concern and notifying folks that 127 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 3: there are talks that are ongoing and so no specific 128 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 3: action has been detailed on what type of state of 129 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:53,279 Speaker 3: emergency is going to be declared about what's happening on 130 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 3: buses and trains and at the stations. 131 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:59,359 Speaker 2: Well, Metro has to request any type of action beyond 132 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:03,040 Speaker 2: what LAPD provides now, and they have to be willing 133 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 2: to pay for it. I mean, it's the Metro board, 134 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 2: it's their train line. So they've got to give LAPD 135 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:14,280 Speaker 2: the freedom to do their job, and they're not, and 136 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 2: they haven't for a very long time. 137 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 3: That was one of the concerns at a recent board 138 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:24,119 Speaker 3: Metro board meeting, County Supervisor Catherine Barge, who also serves 139 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 3: on the Metro Board of Directors and expressed that she's 140 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:29,720 Speaker 3: personally afraid to ride the system by herself. She made 141 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 3: that exact remark that you know, we've told police over 142 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:37,920 Speaker 3: a recent period of time to stand down, and now 143 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 3: we're not sure what to do about this increase in crime. 144 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:45,400 Speaker 1: So it's mixed signals. Well, yeah, because that's why you 145 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:47,320 Speaker 1: have the corn. Look, this is not complicated. 146 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:50,680 Speaker 2: You have a strong police presence, armed police, you're going 147 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:55,440 Speaker 2: to get less crime. If you have ambassadors wearing colorful jerseys, 148 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 2: you're going to get more crime. 149 00:07:57,880 --> 00:07:59,880 Speaker 1: If you don't have somebody policing the train car. 150 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:02,160 Speaker 2: Then you know, people are going to urinate and defecate 151 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 2: and inject drugs and carry on screaming and you know, 152 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 2: just behave in a dangerous manner. 153 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 1: Of course, that's going to go. 154 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 3: On its budget season. Across all governments, the fiscal year 155 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 3: is coming to an end. A new fiscal year is 156 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 3: set to begin on July one for most government agencies, 157 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:19,880 Speaker 3: including the City of the County and Metro. And today 158 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:23,800 Speaker 3: at three o'clock, Metro will host a public hearing on 159 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:26,960 Speaker 3: its proposed budget and john Within that budget as far 160 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 3: as security goes, one of the highlights that the CEO 161 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 3: flagged in her budget summary is that they plan to 162 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:39,120 Speaker 3: hire fifty three additional Metro security officers and they are 163 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 3: going to make the ambassador program an internal operation. Right now, 164 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:45,680 Speaker 3: they're hired by an outside entity, and I believe paid, 165 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:48,560 Speaker 3: you know, through that system being brought inside to be 166 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:50,119 Speaker 3: permanent Metro employees. 167 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 1: Fifty three Is that a significant number? I don't think so. 168 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:56,680 Speaker 1: It doesn't sound like it to me. 169 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:00,160 Speaker 2: Doesn't seem like fifty three people over the course of 170 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:02,480 Speaker 2: a seven day week, twenty four hours a day, and 171 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 2: this sprawling system, all right, very good. 172 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 1: Thank you, Michael. 173 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:10,680 Speaker 2: My pleasure, John thinks Michael Monks CAFI News on this 174 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 2: LA Police Commission meeting. My god, some of those neighborhoods. 175 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:21,440 Speaker 2: Thirty six percent increase in business robberies. Small business robberies 176 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:24,199 Speaker 2: thirty six percent increase in the first four months of 177 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:27,680 Speaker 2: the year. It's out of control, and it's happening because 178 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 2: gascon won't put people away. Why do they want this? Well, 179 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:35,840 Speaker 2: I gotta take a break, got more coming up. I 180 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 2: go off and we get behind time and debor doesn't 181 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 2: get to speak. 182 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:42,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, and what a travesty that is. I know, no 183 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:44,400 Speaker 1: Earth gets out of its orbit. 184 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:50,000 Speaker 4: You're listening to John Cobelt on demand from KFI AM 185 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:50,559 Speaker 4: six forty. 186 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:56,000 Speaker 2: We were just talking with Michael Monks from KFI News. 187 00:09:56,040 --> 00:10:01,080 Speaker 2: Because Dominic Choi, who is the UH, who's the interim 188 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:05,320 Speaker 2: chief of LAPD, he gives a weekly report to the 189 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:10,680 Speaker 2: Police Commission, and we've got not surprising, We've got some 190 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:13,880 Speaker 2: crimes that are skyrocketing in. 191 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:16,479 Speaker 1: Some neighborhoods. 192 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 2: Big double digits increase in business robberies thirty six percent. 193 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 2: In the City of Los Angeles. Business robberies are up 194 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:32,000 Speaker 2: first four months of this year, compared to last year. 195 00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 2: It's a huge increase. And homicides are up nine point 196 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:44,440 Speaker 2: three percent. Burglaries are up, some burglaries, robberies, homicides all 197 00:10:44,559 --> 00:10:49,400 Speaker 2: up and everybody standing around what should we do? And 198 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:53,280 Speaker 2: they also covered Metro. Metro is an absolute disaster. It's terrifying, 199 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 2: and Michael said that apparently Stephanie Wiggins, who's the CEO 200 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:02,800 Speaker 2: of Metro, all right, she should not have that job. 201 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:04,199 Speaker 1: She should be. 202 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:09,360 Speaker 2: Fired because people are getting seriously injured and they're dying 203 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:12,520 Speaker 2: because of her policies. I don't know why anybody doesn't 204 00:11:12,559 --> 00:11:15,360 Speaker 2: see the obvious here, but she's in over her head, 205 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:18,840 Speaker 2: she's incompetent. We read you her statement that she made 206 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:21,440 Speaker 2: when she was hired in twenty twenty one. She was 207 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:25,560 Speaker 2: babbling about bringing equity to the Metro system. There's no 208 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:29,640 Speaker 2: sane person who understands what that means or cares. Nobody 209 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:34,559 Speaker 2: cares about equity on a train. It's an absurd concept. 210 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:39,760 Speaker 2: You're selling seats so that you can move from one 211 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:43,000 Speaker 2: place to the other. There's no concept of equity at 212 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:45,959 Speaker 2: stake here. If you have the money, you get the seat, 213 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:48,640 Speaker 2: you get to your destination, and all they should be 214 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 2: doing is making sure that the train gets to the 215 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:55,240 Speaker 2: destination on time and without any casualties, without any deaths 216 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 2: or severe injuries. Is that too much to ask that 217 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 2: you get on a train, get off a train, and 218 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:04,800 Speaker 2: during that process you're not stabbed in the neck. Stephanie 219 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 2: Wiggins can't make Metro safe because she doesn't do the 220 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 2: one thing that makes it safe, and that hires a 221 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:15,640 Speaker 2: lot of armed police or armed security. Instead, she's in 222 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 2: love with stupid ambassadors. That concept is the most idiotic 223 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:21,559 Speaker 2: concept I have ever heard. 224 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:22,880 Speaker 1: I've never understood. 225 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:26,520 Speaker 2: It started becoming popularized a few years ago and it's like, Okay, 226 00:12:26,559 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 2: let's see how the ambassadors do. And it's a joke. Okay, 227 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:32,480 Speaker 2: the ambassadors can't do anything. They can give directions if 228 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:36,880 Speaker 2: they're in the mood. But Michael Munk said, she's got 229 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:40,439 Speaker 2: a security budget coming out and it's gonna hire fifty 230 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 2: three fifty three security personnel. You have a twenty four 231 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:49,520 Speaker 2: to seven metro line that covers I don't know how 232 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:53,520 Speaker 2: many hundreds and hundreds of square miles in all directions. 233 00:12:53,679 --> 00:12:57,559 Speaker 2: Fifty three is nothing. Hiring fifty three is like hiring zero. 234 00:12:57,760 --> 00:12:59,679 Speaker 2: It's gonna have no effect. And then they're going to 235 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:03,719 Speaker 2: take the ambassador program in house. Stephanie Wiggins is a disaster. 236 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 2: She's another one making hundreds of thousands of dollars. And 237 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 2: the least you can expect is you can get on 238 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:11,600 Speaker 2: and off the train without getting a knife in the 239 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:14,959 Speaker 2: neck from a crazy person, a mental patient, or a 240 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:18,880 Speaker 2: drug addict who the other branches of government should have 241 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:21,960 Speaker 2: put away in a prison or a mental health facility 242 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:26,720 Speaker 2: or a drug treatment facility. And we had another one 243 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:30,600 Speaker 2: happen yesterday, three assaults in twenty four hours on the 244 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:32,680 Speaker 2: metro train or bus. 245 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 1: Yesterday. 246 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:36,599 Speaker 2: It was a bus in Encino, and originally it was 247 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:39,280 Speaker 2: reported as a stabbing, which would have made three stabbings 248 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:42,680 Speaker 2: in twenty four hours, but later they corrected it and 249 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:45,080 Speaker 2: the guy robbed a man's cell phone and then hit 250 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:50,640 Speaker 2: him in the chest, but not an actual stabbing. Remember 251 00:13:50,679 --> 00:13:54,439 Speaker 2: there was one stabbing on a bus in Glendale, another 252 00:13:54,480 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 2: one on the Sea Line train in South LA And 253 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 2: everybody who gets on board these trains say they're terrified. Everybody, 254 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 2: And Reginald McKinney rides the system every day and is 255 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:18,880 Speaker 2: quoted by Channel seven oftentimes it doesn't feel very safe. 256 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 2: There's been a purse snatching. I've seen a lady get 257 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:23,080 Speaker 2: her phone out of her hand, get knocked out of 258 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:24,680 Speaker 2: her hand. Watched a kid run out of the train, 259 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:27,760 Speaker 2: nobody stopped him. I've seen some fights homeless people. By 260 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:29,960 Speaker 2: the way, most of this is not even reported, but 261 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 2: a normal person doesn't want to witness any of this 262 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:34,000 Speaker 2: even once, because it's too terrifying. 263 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 1: You have a bunch of a. 264 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:41,360 Speaker 2: Bunch of kids grabbing phones, beating each other up. You 265 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 2: got the homeless people defecating. I mean, somebody said yesterday 266 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 2: in one of the reports, they're sitting on a bus. 267 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:49,000 Speaker 2: Somebody pulls down their pants and fires went out right 268 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 2: in front of them, and then the dump sits there 269 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:52,560 Speaker 2: and starts. 270 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:56,440 Speaker 1: Just starts steaming in the hot bus, and the. 271 00:14:56,400 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 2: Bus driver doesn't do anything. Stephanie Wiggins ought to be fired. 272 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 2: I don't know what the mechanism is, but Karen Bass 273 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:11,000 Speaker 2: could probably do something. She's the chair of the board 274 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 2: for Metro. She's in charge of the Metro board. You 275 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:16,760 Speaker 2: have a CEO of Stephanie Wiggins who's an absolute failure, 276 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:20,760 Speaker 2: complete loser, incompetent. People are dying and she won't do 277 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:24,160 Speaker 2: anything about it. All She does is babble about equity. Well, 278 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:27,360 Speaker 2: we have equity because we have people from all races, 279 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:31,880 Speaker 2: all socioeconomic backgrounds getting beaten up, stabbed and robbed. Okay, 280 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 2: they're getting everybody, So you've achieved equity. You'll see. She 281 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 2: might hang around for years. We got to start running 282 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:44,640 Speaker 2: up maybe like a death toll count under Stephanie Wiggins, 283 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 2: a robbery count, a stabing count. Let's have all these categories. 284 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:51,800 Speaker 2: How many people have been and god knows what the 285 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:55,240 Speaker 2: unreported crimes would show, because most people, if something bad 286 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:57,120 Speaker 2: happens to them, they just scurry off the train. They 287 00:15:57,120 --> 00:15:59,360 Speaker 2: see something terrible, they just get home as quickly as 288 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:02,360 Speaker 2: they can. All right, we got Alex Stone coming up. 289 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 2: This is interesting more Boeing news. The Department of Justice 290 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:13,880 Speaker 2: wants to reopen possible federal charges for the twenty eighteen 291 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:18,520 Speaker 2: and twenty nineteen overseas crashes of those Max jets that 292 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:22,280 Speaker 2: Boeing made. There was a deferred prosecution deal, and they 293 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 2: say Boeing is not living up to their end. So 294 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:27,400 Speaker 2: the Department of Justice may want to prosecute for those 295 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:30,400 Speaker 2: old crashes, let alone the door plug business. 296 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:36,160 Speaker 4: You're listening to John Cobel's on Demand from KFI AM 297 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:37,000 Speaker 4: six forty. 298 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:42,520 Speaker 2: Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app and run from one 299 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:46,520 Speaker 2: until four and after four o'clock John Cobelt Show on 300 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:49,160 Speaker 2: demand the podcast and so you could listen to whatever 301 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:55,440 Speaker 2: you missed. Boeing having another bad day. They've had a 302 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:58,840 Speaker 2: bad day almost every day this year. You know what's 303 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:02,120 Speaker 2: happened in recent months. But remember back in twenty eighteen 304 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:05,200 Speaker 2: and twenty nineteen, two of their seven thirty seven Max 305 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:10,080 Speaker 2: aircraft they crashed overseas, killed hundreds of people, and now 306 00:17:10,119 --> 00:17:15,080 Speaker 2: the Justice Department might reopen a federal case, a criminal 307 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:18,399 Speaker 2: case against Boweing. Let's talk to Alex Stone from ABC 308 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:21,240 Speaker 2: News and see what this is about. Hey there, John, Yet, 309 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:23,840 Speaker 2: this is something that the families of the victims on 310 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:27,119 Speaker 2: board those two the Ethiopian Airlines and Lion Air, that 311 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:29,920 Speaker 2: they've been calling for for the last number of years, 312 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:33,320 Speaker 2: that they didn't like that the deal was made in secret, 313 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:36,439 Speaker 2: a deferred prosecution agreement. They had no saying it. All 314 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:38,760 Speaker 2: of a sudden it was announced that Boeing would not 315 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:42,680 Speaker 2: be prosecuted in twenty twenty twenty twenty one for those 316 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:45,800 Speaker 2: earlier crashes that the DOJ had come to an agreement. 317 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:48,880 Speaker 2: There was a monetary value on it, and Boeing agreed 318 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:53,160 Speaker 2: that it would clean things up internally and make sure 319 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:55,480 Speaker 2: that that in the development of aircraft and the production 320 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:57,960 Speaker 2: of aircraft that everything was good and then they would 321 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:02,520 Speaker 2: not be prosecuted and sent a Boeing executive to Corton, 322 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:05,919 Speaker 2: Texas to say they were sorry and that they were 323 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:09,399 Speaker 2: good from here on out. Well, the DJ saying, with 324 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:12,080 Speaker 2: everything that's gone on over the last couple of months, 325 00:18:12,119 --> 00:18:14,960 Speaker 2: the last Airlines door plug that flew off all the 326 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:17,720 Speaker 2: other the whistleblowers out of it, that they have now 327 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:21,879 Speaker 2: voided that deal and now Boeing can be prosecuted, something 328 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:24,359 Speaker 2: the families have been calling for. Nisha Ryan lost her 329 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:27,159 Speaker 2: husband on one of the maxes that went down. This 330 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:31,880 Speaker 2: deferred prosecution agreement was a miscarriage of justice right from 331 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:32,359 Speaker 2: the start. 332 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 1: It should never have come about. 333 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:37,960 Speaker 2: And the real heart of this being reopened, of the 334 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:41,000 Speaker 2: voiding out the settlement agreement to not be prosecuted, he 335 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:43,760 Speaker 2: is that last Airlines door plug of now that the 336 00:18:43,840 --> 00:18:46,800 Speaker 2: NTSB has found that it probably never had any bolts 337 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 2: on it when it left the factory, that they had 338 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:51,520 Speaker 2: taken them off to fix some rivets on the fuselage, 339 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 2: and likely they were never put back on. Number of 340 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:56,760 Speaker 2: other things that went into it. I just John got 341 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:58,840 Speaker 2: off of a zoom call with Mark Lindquist. He's an 342 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:02,080 Speaker 2: attorney represents fan families of the Max crash victims and 343 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:04,600 Speaker 2: those who were on board the last Caroline's flight, all 344 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:04,960 Speaker 2: of them. 345 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:05,800 Speaker 1: He told me this. 346 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:10,080 Speaker 5: Boeing has not yet been held fully accountable for the 347 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:13,560 Speaker 5: deaths of three hundred and forty six people. Boeing's not 348 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:17,919 Speaker 5: been held fully accountable for the continuing problematic issues in 349 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:18,560 Speaker 5: their company. 350 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:23,080 Speaker 2: So the DOJ has until July seventh to decide what 351 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:25,680 Speaker 2: it's going to do, if it's going to file charges, 352 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:28,720 Speaker 2: if it's going to do anything against Boeing, against anybody 353 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:32,040 Speaker 2: in the company specifically, or do nothing, which is an 354 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:34,920 Speaker 2: option there. But if they're bringing this back up again, 355 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:37,359 Speaker 2: likely it would seem that did they have plans to 356 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:39,320 Speaker 2: maybe do something here, But Linquist said I. 357 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:43,399 Speaker 5: Would expect to see a full blown prosecution, possibly another 358 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:47,720 Speaker 5: plea bargain, but a much more severe plea bargain. Boeing 359 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:51,840 Speaker 5: is facing penalties. It could be ten times as much 360 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:53,800 Speaker 5: as the billions they've already paid John. 361 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:56,480 Speaker 2: What do you do to a company the size of Boeing. 362 00:19:56,520 --> 00:20:01,320 Speaker 2: They've got space exploration, they've got military, they've got commercial aircraft. 363 00:20:01,359 --> 00:20:03,359 Speaker 2: I mean, they are so big that what do you 364 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:06,760 Speaker 2: do to prosecute them? And it's likely not going to 365 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:10,800 Speaker 2: be against specific people in the company, but families want that. 366 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:13,399 Speaker 2: I also today talked to Michael Stumo, his daughter was 367 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:16,360 Speaker 2: killed on the Ethiopian Airlines Max crash the wind down. 368 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:18,800 Speaker 2: He wants Boeing executives to go to prison. 369 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:21,800 Speaker 6: If they go to jail, they feel it and it 370 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:25,879 Speaker 6: sends a message elsewhere. Otherwise it's just a check comes 371 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:29,040 Speaker 6: from shareholders, comes from the company, doesn't touch them. 372 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:32,119 Speaker 2: But the families are calling this a big win for justice. 373 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:34,119 Speaker 2: They have been calling for this. They say it'll be 374 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:36,919 Speaker 2: about safety in the skies. They also want a corporate 375 00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:42,360 Speaker 2: monitored oversee Boeing and the factories and development of aircraft 376 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:45,159 Speaker 2: to make sure that they're safe. Boeing tells US in 377 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:47,840 Speaker 2: a statement that they believe they've adhered to the settlement agreement, 378 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:49,600 Speaker 2: that they have done everything the way they were supposed 379 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:51,760 Speaker 2: to do it, and they'll argue it in court. Well, 380 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:55,440 Speaker 2: the criminal charge was to be fraud that the company 381 00:20:55,560 --> 00:21:00,760 Speaker 2: misled a federal Yeah, lied to the FAA and developing 382 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:05,080 Speaker 2: the MAX. Do they have the names of the people 383 00:21:05,119 --> 00:21:08,479 Speaker 2: who lied, well, I mean the families believe that they do. 384 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:11,680 Speaker 2: They named, and then they believe it came from the top, 385 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:13,880 Speaker 2: that it was the CEO at the time and maybe 386 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:16,800 Speaker 2: the CEO now, and a number of other people said 387 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:19,840 Speaker 2: they have their views of who it would be. We 388 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:22,400 Speaker 2: know that the DJ has done a lot of investigating 389 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:26,120 Speaker 2: and interviewing into the MAX. And this all goes back 390 00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:27,600 Speaker 2: if you remember it. I mean these are terms of 391 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:29,720 Speaker 2: years ago. We were talking quite a bit about the 392 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:33,320 Speaker 2: MCAST system on board, which was that autopilot system that 393 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:36,800 Speaker 2: brings the nose of the MAX down because it had 394 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:39,199 Speaker 2: a propensity to bring the the nose would naturally go 395 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:41,359 Speaker 2: up because of where the larger engines were placed on 396 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:43,040 Speaker 2: the wing, so they had to put in a computer 397 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 2: system that would bring the nose down. Well, when things 398 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:48,960 Speaker 2: malfunctioned on board with what are called the pedo tubes 399 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,320 Speaker 2: with the speed and whatnot, that then it would that 400 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:53,520 Speaker 2: system wouldn't work and it would slam the nose of 401 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:56,320 Speaker 2: the aircraft down. But they never told pilots about it 402 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:59,159 Speaker 2: and never told regulators about it, just thinking it was 403 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:01,359 Speaker 2: just another thing. The aircrafts of the pilots didn't know 404 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:03,320 Speaker 2: how to react to it. Well, they paid up two 405 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:06,560 Speaker 2: and a half billion dollars with that plea bargain deal 406 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:08,879 Speaker 2: that they made a few years ago, two and a 407 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:12,359 Speaker 2: half billion dollars, and that didn't change their behavior, and 408 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:14,359 Speaker 2: they lost a lot of business, or a lot of 409 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 2: business ended up getting delayed because they have to dramatically 410 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:20,120 Speaker 2: slow down the production lines. So I'm thinking if all 411 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:24,560 Speaker 2: that financial turmoil didn't convince executives to change their ways, 412 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:27,920 Speaker 2: I'm with the with the families. You got to throw 413 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:31,399 Speaker 2: a couple of guys in jail because these executives have 414 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 2: to be terrified that they're going to be sitting in 415 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:36,800 Speaker 2: a federal prison. That would be unprecedented if the DJ 416 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:39,240 Speaker 2: went down that road, and if there were trials and 417 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:42,159 Speaker 2: everything that they would potentially send executives at a company 418 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:46,200 Speaker 2: like Boeing to prison. No indication that they would do that, 419 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:48,199 Speaker 2: that they would try for that, but that is what 420 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:51,600 Speaker 2: the families want. They're saying, hey make them personally pay that. 421 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:54,480 Speaker 2: If you just find the company, it doesn't really change 422 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:57,520 Speaker 2: anything because it's not their money and they don't really 423 00:22:57,600 --> 00:23:01,520 Speaker 2: feel it. Well did they Did they admit to fraud 424 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:03,800 Speaker 2: when they made the plea bargain? You know, that's a 425 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:06,480 Speaker 2: good question. I don't know if they if actually admitting 426 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:09,440 Speaker 2: to it was the it was part of the deal, but. 427 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:10,919 Speaker 1: They did not admit wrongdoing. 428 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:14,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, it's usually one of those where but 429 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:16,480 Speaker 2: they promised that, you know, from here on out, everything's 430 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:19,600 Speaker 2: going to be good. I mean, look for the federal government, 431 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:23,919 Speaker 2: they need Boeing healthy and operating between military production that 432 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:26,159 Speaker 2: they do and that we all rely on. I think 433 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:29,520 Speaker 2: can go overper Bank Airport. It's ninety Boing aircraft that 434 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:31,600 Speaker 2: they need them. They need them to work. That's that's 435 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:35,560 Speaker 2: why I think rather than cost them billions more because 436 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:39,639 Speaker 2: they need that money, is sacrifice a couple executives and 437 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:41,119 Speaker 2: have them end up in a federal prison. 438 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:42,560 Speaker 1: I mean, that's what the families want. 439 00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:44,760 Speaker 2: And we'll see in a couple of weeks a DJ 440 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:48,879 Speaker 2: now they come back after giving the families this. The 441 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:52,440 Speaker 2: families had met in Washington with prosecutors a couple of 442 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:54,639 Speaker 2: weeks ago and they did not feel like the DJ 443 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:57,240 Speaker 2: was going to move on this, and then poof yesterday, 444 00:23:57,240 --> 00:23:59,800 Speaker 2: it came out that they were avoiding the the AG 445 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:04,800 Speaker 2: and that Boeing could be prosecuted. So today the families 446 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:08,320 Speaker 2: have this victory feeling that they feel like finally Boeing 447 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:11,040 Speaker 2: is going to pay the price for their loved ones 448 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:14,040 Speaker 2: dying years ago, and that they feel like that this 449 00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:16,920 Speaker 2: is the beginning of some big movement that could make 450 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:19,560 Speaker 2: big change in the safety of aviation and the safety 451 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:21,960 Speaker 2: at Boeing. But the dj could decide, you know what, 452 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:24,040 Speaker 2: they don't see a case there and they're not going 453 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:26,080 Speaker 2: to go forward with it, or they could throw the 454 00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:28,280 Speaker 2: book at Boeing and we'll see in a couple of weeks. 455 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:31,600 Speaker 2: All right, Thank you very much, Alex Stone, ABC News. 456 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:32,680 Speaker 1: You got a thank John. 457 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:35,040 Speaker 2: We had the problem in California some years ago with 458 00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:37,679 Speaker 2: PG and E when PG and E was murdering people 459 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:40,520 Speaker 2: with the fires that started because PG and E didn't 460 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:44,440 Speaker 2: maintain its equipment and its electrical lines, and the board 461 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:46,960 Speaker 2: of directors should have gone to prison. Instead, there were 462 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:49,880 Speaker 2: big fines and eventually rate payers had to pay off 463 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:52,840 Speaker 2: the fines. It's always rate payers or taxpayers to get 464 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 2: hosed for all these these corporate criminals. And if you 465 00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:58,800 Speaker 2: just threw the whole pg ANDE board into prison. You 466 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:02,280 Speaker 2: wouldn't see any more any more electrical towers or electrical 467 00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:04,920 Speaker 2: lines falling down anymore. Remember they wouldn't even turn off 468 00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:07,360 Speaker 2: the electricity when they knew winds were gonna blow eighty 469 00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:11,240 Speaker 2: miles an hour. And then that town of Paradise burned 470 00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:14,840 Speaker 2: to the ground. Almost entirely same thing here. If everybody 471 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:16,840 Speaker 2: in the corporate chain knew they could end up in 472 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:21,040 Speaker 2: prison and have to deal with other violent felons, you 473 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:24,040 Speaker 2: put them in maximum security. Violent fell in prison, you'll 474 00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:28,120 Speaker 2: see things. See that production line will be spotless. Are 475 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:28,840 Speaker 2: more coming up? 476 00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:34,240 Speaker 4: You're listening to John Cobelt on demand from KFI AM 477 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:35,080 Speaker 4: six forty. 478 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:38,119 Speaker 1: And coming up after three o'clock. Oh, you are not 479 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:38,840 Speaker 1: going to believe this. 480 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:45,800 Speaker 2: The La County Board of Supervisors has voted and said 481 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:50,679 Speaker 2: that taxpayers in La County should pay for the legal 482 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:56,719 Speaker 2: assistance for the pro Hamas pro terrorist demonstrators at UCLA. 483 00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:01,320 Speaker 2: So the people who were shutting down UC chanting their 484 00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:05,960 Speaker 2: support of the murderous Hamas terrorists, we're supposed to pay 485 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:07,520 Speaker 2: their legal fees. 486 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:10,720 Speaker 1: This was from Lindsey Horvath. 487 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:17,280 Speaker 2: She's the supervisor who authored the motion and I guess 488 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:19,840 Speaker 2: it was four to one because it says only Catherine 489 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:22,840 Speaker 2: Barker voter know we are going to pay for pro 490 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:26,720 Speaker 2: terrorists demonstrators who shut down UCLA. Taxpayers are going to 491 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:32,919 Speaker 2: pay their legal fees. Seriously, I keep thinking of misreading this. 492 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:39,280 Speaker 2: We're going to talk with Laura Powell coming up. Laura's 493 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:44,760 Speaker 2: an attorney, and she says, this is completely outrageous. Oh 494 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:48,520 Speaker 2: my god, is this completely out of control? Why should 495 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:52,880 Speaker 2: we fund people who run around screaming hatred about Jews 496 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:58,879 Speaker 2: and supporting a terrorist organization that rapes women, burns babies, 497 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:02,240 Speaker 2: shoots parents in front of the kids, shoots kids in 498 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:04,960 Speaker 2: front of the parents, And our tax money's going to 499 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:08,800 Speaker 2: support this? Is Lindsay fo are of that completely out 500 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:09,359 Speaker 2: of her mind? 501 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:12,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, I really don't want to pay with my taxes 502 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:15,159 Speaker 3: the legal defense for people that want to kill me. 503 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:16,320 Speaker 1: I'm good on that. 504 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:24,640 Speaker 2: I can't believe anybody even thought of this. Well, we're 505 00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:28,920 Speaker 2: going to talk with attorney Laura Powell coming up. After 506 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:33,720 Speaker 2: three o'clock. When you're way behind in the polls, you 507 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:38,560 Speaker 2: have to just start lying. And it looks like again yesterday, 508 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:42,680 Speaker 2: Joe Biden claimed that when he took office, inflation was 509 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:48,360 Speaker 2: nine percent. He says, I think inflation has gone up slightly. 510 00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:50,320 Speaker 2: It was at nine percent when I came in, and 511 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:53,560 Speaker 2: now it's down around three percent. No, it was one 512 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:57,720 Speaker 2: point four percent when when Biden took over. He made that. 513 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:03,760 Speaker 2: He told that lie twice in five days. And why 514 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:06,000 Speaker 2: would this be? Jim Garretty wrote a piece for the 515 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:09,960 Speaker 2: National Review. Either Biden knows it's false and he's deliberately lying, 516 00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:15,359 Speaker 2: or he doesn't remember what the inflation rate was and 517 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:20,600 Speaker 2: he doesn't remember the correct numbers, and or or when 518 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:25,880 Speaker 2: he gets corrected, he forgets the correction, or nobody's correcting him. Yeah, 519 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:29,720 Speaker 2: I mean, you don't know. He's senile. His brain's jealom. 520 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:33,960 Speaker 2: But the inflation rate last month of Trump was one 521 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:37,359 Speaker 2: point four About a year and a half later it 522 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:41,600 Speaker 2: was nine. But listen to this. Here's another way to 523 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:44,120 Speaker 2: tell a little clay cut number four. This is the 524 00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:47,600 Speaker 2: White House Press spokes sole Karine Jean Pierre, with her 525 00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:52,720 Speaker 2: analysis of inflation. We're still seeing inflation above normal levels 526 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:55,480 Speaker 2: despite everything the administration and the fet is doing. 527 00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:56,960 Speaker 1: Do you have a sense. 528 00:28:56,720 --> 00:29:00,480 Speaker 2: Of when households can expect to see prices lunch? 529 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:02,520 Speaker 7: So Look, here's what I can tell you. What we're 530 00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:05,080 Speaker 7: going to continue to do is make sure that we 531 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:07,680 Speaker 7: are when it comes to our priority as it relates 532 00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:09,240 Speaker 7: to the economy, we want to make sure that we're 533 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:12,080 Speaker 7: fighting inflation and continue to do so. And so we 534 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:13,800 Speaker 7: understand we have a lot more work to do. 535 00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:14,760 Speaker 3: We get that. 536 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:17,480 Speaker 7: But will I would state that inflation is down more 537 00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:20,480 Speaker 7: than sixty percent, with the lowest core inflation in three years, 538 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:23,080 Speaker 7: and grocery prices fell over the last three months. Wages 539 00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:25,480 Speaker 7: are up more than the price is over the last year. 540 00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:31,800 Speaker 2: If the inflation rate is three and a half percent, 541 00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:35,800 Speaker 2: it means everything costs three and a half percent more. 542 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:44,080 Speaker 2: It's not down. The prices are up. They're not going 543 00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:48,240 Speaker 2: up as quickly as they were, but they're still going up. 544 00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:53,080 Speaker 2: And it's compounded. You know, if you're paying nine percent 545 00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:55,480 Speaker 2: inflation one year and the next year is three and 546 00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:57,680 Speaker 2: a half percent, well that three and a half percent 547 00:29:57,760 --> 00:30:00,400 Speaker 2: is on top of the nine percent. And if you 548 00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:02,120 Speaker 2: remember the Wall Street you did this story a few 549 00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:03,800 Speaker 2: weeks ago. I was thinking of doing it again. 550 00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:04,160 Speaker 1: Today. 551 00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:07,960 Speaker 2: Wall Street Journal had a story, if you add up 552 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:11,040 Speaker 2: all the inflation since twenty nineteen, grocery prices are up 553 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:14,600 Speaker 2: fifty percent. So if you paid one hundred dollars for 554 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:17,720 Speaker 2: groceries in twenty nineteen, you're paying one hundred and fifty now, 555 00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:24,520 Speaker 2: and you're paying that every week. So there's nothing going down. 556 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:28,560 Speaker 2: It goes up more quickly or less quickly, but nothing's 557 00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:33,160 Speaker 2: going down. Prices are not shrinking. And for God's sakes, 558 00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:37,200 Speaker 2: to have the president constantly insists that the inflation was 559 00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:40,400 Speaker 2: nine percent, that is easily provable as a lie. And 560 00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:42,440 Speaker 2: if he's not the biggest liar in the world, then 561 00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:46,400 Speaker 2: he's completely senile and ought to be removed from office 562 00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:49,800 Speaker 2: because that is total, absolute nonsense. But you know, I 563 00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:53,920 Speaker 2: guess you've seen the polls on Biden. You want Biden 564 00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:56,360 Speaker 2: to win. He is in trouble. 565 00:30:57,280 --> 00:30:57,840 Speaker 1: I looked up. 566 00:30:57,880 --> 00:31:00,880 Speaker 2: You saw Trump campaigning in New Jersey on that beach, 567 00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:05,520 Speaker 2: and New Jersey hasn't gone for a Republican president probably 568 00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:09,760 Speaker 2: since the nineteen eighties, either Reagan or Bush. It's five 569 00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:13,040 Speaker 2: point differential in New Jersey. Biden is ahead forty one 570 00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:16,760 Speaker 2: thirty six and Trump had eighty thousand people on the beach. 571 00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:19,480 Speaker 2: I don't think Biden's going to. 572 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:20,760 Speaker 1: Dry eight thousand people on the Beach. 573 00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:25,200 Speaker 2: So, just like twenty sixteen, something may be happening out 574 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:29,880 Speaker 2: there that people are either intentionally ignoring or are not 575 00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:34,200 Speaker 2: capable of understanding. When we come back, all right, we're 576 00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:37,000 Speaker 2: going to talk with attorney Laura Powell. 577 00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:38,640 Speaker 1: Unbelievable. 578 00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:42,120 Speaker 2: LA County Board of Supervisors want to pay the legal 579 00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:45,840 Speaker 2: fees for all those protesters at UCLA who want all 580 00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:49,320 Speaker 2: the Jews dead. That's coming up next, Debor Mark Live 581 00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:52,040 Speaker 2: in the CAFI twenty four hour Newsroom. Hey, you've been 582 00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:54,760 Speaker 2: listening to the John Cobalt Show podcast. You can always 583 00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:57,480 Speaker 2: hear the show live on KFI AM six forty from 584 00:31:57,480 --> 00:32:00,760 Speaker 2: one to four pm every Monday through Friday, worse anytime 585 00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:02,960 Speaker 2: on demand on the iHeartRadio app