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Another word is coming down in 11 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 1: about fifteen minutes. That's the keyword that you enter at 12 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:39,960 Speaker 1: the website. K I am sixty dot com for a 13 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:42,159 Speaker 1: shot on a thousand dollars. We had it live on 14 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:45,159 Speaker 1: the air just about two hours ago, Barbiferair making the 15 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:48,839 Speaker 1: announcement there will not be a resumption of the La 16 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 1: County indoor masking mandate. But not happen for now. You 17 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 1: all were going to ignore it anyway, right right there 18 00:00:56,480 --> 00:01:00,960 Speaker 1: will be revisited in about a week. We'll talk about 19 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 1: that a bit more in the five o'clock How just 20 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:11,480 Speaker 1: like the stupidest time in life, isn't it. Hey, the 21 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:14,800 Speaker 1: last few years, the last few years, the last few years, 22 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 1: I've just been the stupidest era of my life. The 23 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 1: economic news that came out this morning, and people are 24 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:24,759 Speaker 1: paying more attention to this than they used to because 25 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 1: of the very horrible and strange economy that we have 26 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 1: going with the horrific inflation. That the US economy shrank 27 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:37,919 Speaker 1: at an annual point nine percent pace in the second quarter. 28 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 1: That is the second quarter in a row with a decline. 29 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:46,919 Speaker 1: It follows the first quarter number that had a also 30 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 1: some shrinkage that was one point six percent. So some 31 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 1: people say it's certainly. In one article I'm reading, it 32 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: invites talk of the word recession, invites talk, invites talk. 33 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:03,559 Speaker 1: Get Dave Packer on ABC News correspondent to talk about 34 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:09,000 Speaker 1: this matter. Dave, how are you. I'm doing well, thanks, guys, Well, yeah, 35 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 1: go ahead. No, it just seems like there's only two 36 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 1: choices here. Either an economy's expanding or shrinking. And if 37 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:21,960 Speaker 1: you got treading water maybe right now, yeah, yeah, I 38 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 1: mean a point nine percent, oh, not exactly, not a bit, 39 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:31,679 Speaker 1: but but it's it's not expanding. Although the yeah, yeah, 40 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: but this is interesting, uh slower what they call slower 41 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 1: inventory accumulation. Basically, um, you could say the store is 42 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 1: not getting more inventory in or some of the for instance, 43 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 1: general motors can't get parts, they can't get chipps, so 44 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 1: they're not selling as many cars. They're saying, So this 45 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 1: is slower inventory accumulation. Subtracted two percentage points from output 46 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 1: in the second quarter. So perhaps it wouldn't have been 47 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 1: as bad if we didn't have these supply chain issues. 48 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 1: That's one possibility. But people are definitely cutting their spending, 49 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:11,800 Speaker 1: especially on food and beverages, things like gasoline obviously because 50 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 1: it's so darn expensive, um and and other things. So 51 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 1: you know, all of these, all these things you're cutting, 52 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:22,240 Speaker 1: and you're dealing with this inflation where your money is 53 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 1: worth less every single day. So economists say, are we 54 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:27,960 Speaker 1: in a recession or not? If you're sitting at the 55 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 1: kitchen table and you're looking at your finances, a lot 56 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:32,959 Speaker 1: of folks are saying, well, I feel like I'm in 57 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 1: a recession right now. Yeah, I don't really understand all 58 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 1: these experts and politicians just arguing all day about nonsense. 59 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 1: If imagine, because the word is stigmatizing right well it 60 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 1: should be. You're biding the Democrats, they don't want to 61 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 1: hear that word. That's what it is. There's no doubt 62 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 1: there's wiggle room right now for both sides because you know, 63 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 1: the folks who are saying there's no recession, it's that, Yes, 64 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 1: we have had two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth, 65 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 1: But in a recession, you don't have three point two 66 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 1: percent unemployment at a fifty year or low, so that's 67 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 1: not that doesn't sound like a recession. Or you don't 68 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 1: have inflation so high, which usually indicates that people are 69 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:16,719 Speaker 1: spending more and that people are being paid more, so 70 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:19,040 Speaker 1: that doesn't seem like a recession. So I mean the 71 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:23,839 Speaker 1: people people aren't economists though. If they got nine percent 72 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:27,280 Speaker 1: inflation and their wages are not keeping up with inflation, 73 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:30,719 Speaker 1: they have less money. So yeah, and that's all that matters. 74 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 1: If you can't pay your bills, if you can't you know, 75 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:35,599 Speaker 1: buy what you need to buy at the end of 76 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:40,520 Speaker 1: the month, that's recession. But you know it's it put 77 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: it in perspective. I mean, we have this great um, 78 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:46,600 Speaker 1: you know, employment or could you imagine if jobs went downhill? 79 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 1: I mean, then the wheels would go off the bus. 80 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 1: Then you're talking about it would be really bad, a 81 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 1: real recession um. So I mean, you know, those other 82 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:57,239 Speaker 1: strong parts of the economy are kind of what's what's 83 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:00,479 Speaker 1: keeping things going. And the job for the fat right 84 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 1: now is yes, like we just did we raise those 85 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:05,920 Speaker 1: interest rates at three quarters of percent twice in a row, 86 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 1: but you know, not to do it too much to 87 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:10,360 Speaker 1: send us over the cliff. So that's the real balancing act, 88 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:13,280 Speaker 1: and that's where we do need the wonky economists to 89 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 1: come in and and figure that out. Could there be a 90 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:17,839 Speaker 1: lag period here with the employment numbers if we're seeing 91 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 1: like Walmart announcing that they did not reach the earnings 92 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:24,120 Speaker 1: that they wanted to reach. And we talked about Facebook 93 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 1: the other day, could there be a situation where now 94 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 1: the unemployment is coming, it just takes it just kind 95 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:32,920 Speaker 1: of lag period here. Yeah. I mean it's always a 96 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,080 Speaker 1: lag because you get the numbers from the month before, 97 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:39,600 Speaker 1: but usually there's some sort of a curve you don't 98 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 1: you don't all of a sudden see something drop off 99 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:45,479 Speaker 1: a cliff. And I don't think we've seen that, you know, 100 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 1: in terms of weekly unemployment, we haven't seen that that 101 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:52,920 Speaker 1: jump up. So I mean, I don't think we're going 102 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 1: to see that immediately. You know what's going to happen 103 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 1: long term when they raise interest rates and you know, 104 00:05:57,720 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 1: to kill this inflation dragon, they're gonna have to do that. 105 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 1: You know how that's going to affect people that that's 106 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:06,360 Speaker 1: a different story because or how it's going to affect 107 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 1: employers when all of a sudden they have to pay 108 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 1: more for money and they can't afford to pay people. Yeah, 109 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 1: I mean generally big interest rate hikes cause a recession. 110 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 1: It's almost bad design. Yeah, and it's almost like the 111 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 1: bad medicine to get rid of inflation. That you know, 112 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:24,559 Speaker 1: the part that they don't want to say out loud. 113 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 1: It's just a matter of how much do we hammer 114 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:29,599 Speaker 1: down this economy? Do we do we tap it or 115 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 1: do we hit it with a sledgehammer? Well, everybody, everybody 116 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:36,599 Speaker 1: has their own impression about the economy is doing. And 117 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 1: I think if you look at the polling or you 118 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: just talk to people, everybody thinks we're in a bad 119 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 1: state right now because things cost too much. Absolutely. Yeah, 120 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:47,920 Speaker 1: inflation is the most painful part of it, I mean, 121 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 1: of any economy, and that every part that everybody feels 122 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:55,200 Speaker 1: right away. Yeah, exactly, all right, Dave, Thank you very much. 123 00:06:55,240 --> 00:07:00,400 Speaker 1: We're appreciating gentlemen. Take care. It's Dave Packer, ab news 124 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:04,760 Speaker 1: correspondent for KFI about the economic news. And you're absolutely right. 125 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:07,039 Speaker 1: It doesn't matter. I don't care if you call a recession. 126 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 1: That's just what the pundits want to do, when what 127 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 1: all the inside politics people want to do. You're right, 128 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:14,200 Speaker 1: people are being affected by inflation, and then if this 129 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 1: does deepen, they could be affected by unemployment. If that's 130 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 1: where this leads. Because I'm looking at some other numbers 131 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:25,320 Speaker 1: here and it says that some businesses are actually they're 132 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:28,800 Speaker 1: cutting back on inventory. That's a sign that they are 133 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 1: getting ready for slower demand. Right, that means they're not 134 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 1: selling stuff. All right, you know what this is about. 135 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:36,280 Speaker 1: I could I could sum it up in one guy 136 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 1: every here ever hero Brian Diese's yes, that's some Biden guy. Right. 137 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:46,920 Speaker 1: He's director of the National Economic Council. So he stood 138 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 1: up in the White House briefing room and said, quote, 139 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:55,640 Speaker 1: two negative quarters of GDP growth is not the technical 140 00:07:55,720 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 1: definition of recession period. Okay, okay, rolled back to two 141 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:05,560 Speaker 1: thousand and eight. He was working for Hillary Clinton when 142 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 1: she was running for president George W. Bush was in 143 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:14,280 Speaker 1: the White House at the time, and he said, two reporters. 144 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:19,240 Speaker 1: Economists have a technical definition of recession two consecutive quarters 145 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 1: of negative growth. So in two thousand and eight, two 146 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:27,840 Speaker 1: quarters means recession. In two thousand and twenty two, two 147 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:33,320 Speaker 1: negative quarters is not recession. He said, exactly the opposite. Well, 148 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:37,000 Speaker 1: depending on who's in power. When he was working for 149 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:39,839 Speaker 1: Hillary Clinton, who wanted to replace George Bush, that it's 150 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:42,439 Speaker 1: a recession. When he's working for Joe Biden, Oh, it's 151 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:46,480 Speaker 1: not a recession. What's this group he's with. He's director 152 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 1: of the National Economic Council. Okay, because I'm now I'm 153 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:52,440 Speaker 1: looking at the National Bureau of Economic Research. I just 154 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:56,599 Speaker 1: hit a link and apparently they claim that it's possible 155 00:08:56,880 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 1: that that measure of two consecutive quarters of negative economic 156 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 1: colder recession might be outdated all of a sudden, just 157 00:09:04,679 --> 00:09:10,079 Speaker 1: this week this year. Wow, that maybe these people are liars. 158 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:13,760 Speaker 1: We're allowed to change as we analyze and research because 159 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 1: they're liars. They're goofs. Okay, because this guy Deese is 160 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:19,880 Speaker 1: going to need another job after a Biden passes out 161 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 1: one day for good, all right, He's gonna need another job. 162 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:25,040 Speaker 1: He's gonna need another job of the Democratic politician. So 163 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:27,880 Speaker 1: he's not going to say we're in recession rights. How 164 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:29,959 Speaker 1: is that okay? Because I'm not familiar with that. That's 165 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 1: not a government agency, is it that? Well? No, I 166 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:38,240 Speaker 1: think it is UM Tank or some pow. He was 167 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 1: in the White House briefing room saying that. So I 168 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:46,000 Speaker 1: think it's part of the economic advisories advisory boards that 169 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:51,199 Speaker 1: any president has. They're just liars because he figures nobody's 170 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:53,160 Speaker 1: gonna remember what I said in two thousand and he 171 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:55,680 Speaker 1: probably doesn't even remember. All he knows is the guy 172 00:09:55,720 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 1: he's working for, Uh, doesn't want anyone in his employee 173 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:01,959 Speaker 1: to say there's a recession. That's all he knows. He 174 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:05,880 Speaker 1: needs the paycheck. All right. When we come back, we'll 175 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:08,400 Speaker 1: start with the word you need to possibly win a 176 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 1: thousand dollars. It's called the keyword our inflation vacation contest. 177 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:15,320 Speaker 1: And then we'll talk about a poll who is getting 178 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:19,199 Speaker 1: hit the worst here in California by these horrific gas prices. 179 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:22,720 Speaker 1: And this is important because this is a major constituency 180 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:25,360 Speaker 1: of Gavin Newsom's party. Coming up next, John and Ken 181 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:30,640 Speaker 1: Cafine this story I wanted to do because it really 182 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:35,040 Speaker 1: represents to me all that is insane and wrong when 183 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:37,680 Speaker 1: it comes to the way California is run and the 184 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 1: direction it's headed and the people, some of them who vote. 185 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 1: The recent spike in gasoline prices has taken the greatest 186 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 1: financial toll on black and Latino Californians, although at least 187 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:54,679 Speaker 1: half of the adults in the state reported suffering at 188 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:58,199 Speaker 1: least some moderate economic hardship. This is a new poll 189 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:01,960 Speaker 1: from the Public Policy Institute of Cana. You can imagine 190 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:05,320 Speaker 1: how people feel about gas prices, but it says that 191 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:07,400 Speaker 1: particularly people that live in the end of the Empire 192 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 1: in the Central Valley, they have long distances that they 193 00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:13,440 Speaker 1: have to drive for work and their daily chores, they 194 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:16,959 Speaker 1: are feeling a greater pitch at the pump due to 195 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:20,520 Speaker 1: the gas prices. You have to understand what's unique about California. 196 00:11:20,559 --> 00:11:23,440 Speaker 1: First of all, we have by far the highest gas 197 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:26,560 Speaker 1: prices in the country, not just because of what do 198 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:29,880 Speaker 1: they call us geographically isolated when it comes to the supply, 199 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:32,720 Speaker 1: but also because of the taxes and climate change policy. 200 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:35,120 Speaker 1: And in fact, it's somebody from the energy industry on 201 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:38,959 Speaker 1: this week who said our gas is a dollar sixty 202 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:42,640 Speaker 1: five more than anywhere else in the country, and a 203 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:47,800 Speaker 1: dollar thirty of that are taxes and fees. Now, how 204 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:52,120 Speaker 1: come people don't get that? According to this pole, they 205 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:55,760 Speaker 1: still give pretty good approval ratings to Newsom in the legislature. 206 00:11:56,440 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 1: Most of their anger over the high gas prices they're 207 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:04,680 Speaker 1: reserving for Biden in Congress. But as John just pointed out, 208 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:08,400 Speaker 1: California is unique and always it has been for years 209 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:11,160 Speaker 1: with the extra amount that we slobber on top of 210 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:13,199 Speaker 1: a gallon of gas. So this never gets through to 211 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:16,600 Speaker 1: pipon dollar thirty and a dollar thirty a gallon chest 212 00:12:16,679 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 1: in taxes and you're not getting anything back for it, 213 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:21,280 Speaker 1: and we're all paying for it, right because it's per gallon? 214 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 1: Did they know anybody in Arizona, Nevada? Did they ever 215 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:26,040 Speaker 1: drive there and see that it is a dollar something less? 216 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:29,440 Speaker 1: And that's because of California policy, nothing to do with 217 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:35,640 Speaker 1: Biden in Congress. To me, that's a stupid disconnect. Why 218 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:39,880 Speaker 1: don't they get that fifty five percent of adults approve 219 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:45,760 Speaker 1: of the legislature, sixty percent approve of the way Newsom 220 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 1: is handling the issues of jobs in the economy. Wow, 221 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:52,760 Speaker 1: and you're bitching about the price of gasoline. You don't 222 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 1: see the connection. It's because of Newsom in the legislature 223 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:58,640 Speaker 1: that you're paying a dollar or sixty more a gallon 224 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:02,160 Speaker 1: than they are in other states. Forget about the overall 225 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:04,840 Speaker 1: high prices that are associated with the war in Ukraine 226 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 1: and other policies. California is uniquely making you pain. And 227 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 1: why is that. Oh, we're the laboratory for climate change. 228 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:17,000 Speaker 1: You know, I'm just looking up on triple a gas 229 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:20,520 Speaker 1: prices in California, just for regular five sixty six a 230 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:26,720 Speaker 1: gallon in Alabama three eighty six. See, it's a dollar 231 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:30,480 Speaker 1: any more here one in four Latino adults. So the 232 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:36,240 Speaker 1: gas prices are causing severe financial hardship among black adults 233 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:40,040 Speaker 1: twenty three severe financial hardship. It's not only the gas prices, 234 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:43,760 Speaker 1: it's that you have a Newsom's administration has banned oil 235 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:48,280 Speaker 1: further oil drilling, won't give oil permits. Well, the says 236 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:51,559 Speaker 1: two thirds remain opposed to more offshore oil drilling. We 237 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:57,000 Speaker 1: can do onshore oil drilling. Yeah, current County they got lots. 238 00:13:57,080 --> 00:13:59,720 Speaker 1: We've got We've got plenty under under the ground. We 239 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:02,240 Speaker 1: don't that mayor on. Remember, he says, we're ready to 240 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 1: go here. We don't have to fight about the ocean here, 241 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:07,120 Speaker 1: all right, Let's just talk about Baker's Field, all right. 242 00:14:07,679 --> 00:14:10,280 Speaker 1: So let's open Baker's field up and it sucks. We 243 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 1: could suck billions of gallons of oil from underneath it. 244 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:15,880 Speaker 1: And when all of this is over and gas prices 245 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:18,040 Speaker 1: level off, I mean they've been dropping for a number 246 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:20,560 Speaker 1: of days now, but they're still very high. People will 247 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:24,200 Speaker 1: still not get this that we are unique and Sacramento 248 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:28,000 Speaker 1: and Newsom are responsible for that extra dollar sixty you pay. Well, 249 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:31,440 Speaker 1: don't you understand that? And they're responsible for us not 250 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 1: drilling and refining more of our own oil and gas. 251 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:41,240 Speaker 1: It's their policies. But people don't know this. They just 252 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:43,880 Speaker 1: don't know. It's what I said yesterday. It's apathy and 253 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:49,040 Speaker 1: ignorance that's the enemy. And we are the second state 254 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:52,360 Speaker 1: in the nation when it comes to gasoline consumption, only Texas, 255 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:56,160 Speaker 1: which doesn't have as many people, but they actually consume 256 00:14:56,600 --> 00:15:01,480 Speaker 1: more gasoline than California, probably because they have more people 257 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:04,800 Speaker 1: that drive. We have a lot of people in California. 258 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:08,480 Speaker 1: They're on the buses and stuff like that. But you 259 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:12,120 Speaker 1: can see that. I mean, and this is going to 260 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:16,440 Speaker 1: continue because California wants to continue to be a leader, okay, 261 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:18,960 Speaker 1: in climate change policy, and they want you to drive less. 262 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 1: They're happy that you're paying high prices at the pump. 263 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:24,720 Speaker 1: They're not going to tell you that publicly, but privately 264 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:27,400 Speaker 1: they're like, oh, this is good, this is good. We 265 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:29,600 Speaker 1: can force people out of their cars, or at least 266 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 1: they're gas powered cars. Here's why, here's why people know nothing. 267 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:38,120 Speaker 1: Just type this into Google. The average time that a 268 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 1: person in the US spends on social media? You know 269 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 1: what the answer is? Was this per day or per 270 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:46,440 Speaker 1: week or per day, per day? How many how much 271 00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:49,680 Speaker 1: time per day does the average person in the US 272 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:52,480 Speaker 1: spend on social media? I'll go with three hours. We're 273 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 1: pretty close. Actually for teenagers it's three hours, people in 274 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 1: their twenties, but overall it's two hours and twenties seven minutes. 275 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:03,000 Speaker 1: Deborah Mark is nine hour. Yeah, I spend way too 276 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:05,920 Speaker 1: much time. If you're spending two hours and twenty seven 277 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:11,080 Speaker 1: minutes scrolling through social media nonsense, Where is your time 278 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:13,800 Speaker 1: to learn why gas prices or six bucks a gallon? 279 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:18,960 Speaker 1: There is no time for that. Ukraine, it's No, they 280 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 1: don't know anything about Ukraine either. Well, there are news 281 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:25,280 Speaker 1: stories on Twitter. That's not why people get on Twitter, though, 282 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 1: I get most of my news, Okay, that's It's how 283 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:33,400 Speaker 1: young people get their news these days. I'm telling then, 284 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:37,200 Speaker 1: why don't people know this stuff? That's a great question. 285 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:41,920 Speaker 1: I think they scroll past the news. Then you work 286 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,360 Speaker 1: for a radio station, you have an above, you work 287 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 1: for us, of course you're going to know news. I 288 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:51,040 Speaker 1: also have an interest in aside from that, right, exactly so. 289 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:53,200 Speaker 1: But I bet you a lot of your buddies aren't 290 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 1: on top of the gas prices. Oh no, they're always 291 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:58,280 Speaker 1: asking me what's going on? Oh you're the source? Yes, 292 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:03,720 Speaker 1: all right, got more coming up? John and Ken Show 293 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:06,520 Speaker 1: it still to come. One more word, just one more 294 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:09,800 Speaker 1: word today? Will that word be? You won't find out 295 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:14,040 Speaker 1: till five twenty. It's the keyword. You can her own word. 296 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:16,919 Speaker 1: Did you buy your lottery ticket yet for tomorrow? No, 297 00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:21,960 Speaker 1: I'm trying to sell up to three trillion dollars, three trillion. 298 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:25,400 Speaker 1: It's as much as the federal debt to what I'm 299 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:28,240 Speaker 1: trying to prime myself to stop tonight. I want to 300 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:31,160 Speaker 1: stop tonight. On the way home, I can't believe you've 301 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:34,200 Speaker 1: been saying this because you have scopped at this for you, 302 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:36,919 Speaker 1: I have scoffed now Now I think I actually credit 303 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 1: Deborah Mark for softening you on a lot of things. 304 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:41,160 Speaker 1: I think you can't too spend a lot of time 305 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:44,000 Speaker 1: together now. And I think that she told you over 306 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:49,680 Speaker 1: to the next thing. You know, you'll be playing with crystals. 307 00:17:50,359 --> 00:17:53,479 Speaker 1: I'm smoking stage now. You can roll that stuff up 308 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:57,480 Speaker 1: and light it. It's not bad, all right. So I 309 00:17:57,560 --> 00:17:59,520 Speaker 1: put my tickets today already. Now I know what goes 310 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:02,199 Speaker 1: on with her, and I was told good luck by 311 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:05,439 Speaker 1: the store clerk. Thank you. It might be me. I 312 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:08,200 Speaker 1: could be the one in three hundred and three million 313 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 1: people or a person's with the lottery numbers to win 314 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:14,960 Speaker 1: the place. So what if I'm more likely to be 315 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:19,720 Speaker 1: struck by lightning? So what I can win a billion 316 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:22,560 Speaker 1: dollars Because you've got to be in it to win it, 317 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:27,119 Speaker 1: and you guys believe in miracles. Yeah. We will also 318 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:30,600 Speaker 1: talk about the breaking news this afternoon. The mask mandate 319 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:35,439 Speaker 1: will not return in La County. We're taking credit? Why not? 320 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 1: I think so. I think there's been a lot of pushback. 321 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:41,520 Speaker 1: I mean, Hill, the silesa switch sides. She was the 322 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:45,280 Speaker 1: hardest core outside of it. Wasn't that a real politician? Right, Yeah, 323 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:47,600 Speaker 1: to basically not state any public opinion and then with 324 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:49,919 Speaker 1: the decision that's made. Oh yeah, I agreed all along. 325 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:54,399 Speaker 1: Sheila Kills was the most publicly for it. But you know, 326 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:57,159 Speaker 1: she's completely batty and she's turned out at the end 327 00:18:57,160 --> 00:18:59,840 Speaker 1: of the year, she's got nothing to lose, exactly kill 328 00:18:59,880 --> 00:19:02,440 Speaker 1: the So at least I think is running, right, she's 329 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 1: up for election. Yes, oh, well, there you go, it's done. 330 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:09,119 Speaker 1: She won. Oh, she won outright, She won outright. She 331 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:12,760 Speaker 1: looked that up the other day. Yeah, she won out right. 332 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:19,560 Speaker 1: Oh jeezus, well that district yet yeah. Uh. The l 333 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:24,639 Speaker 1: Sagundo Times assigned three reporters to tell us what really 334 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:28,440 Speaker 1: happened with the deadly attack at Tech Park in San Pedro, 335 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:34,000 Speaker 1: which broke out gunfire Sunday afternoon by fifty gun shots 336 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:39,600 Speaker 1: in total. They really downplayed it, and in fact, there 337 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:42,400 Speaker 1: was none of the stories I saw on Sunday night 338 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:46,040 Speaker 1: gave any sense that there were fifty gun shots. Did 339 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:49,320 Speaker 1: they not know police covered it up? Or was this 340 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:52,920 Speaker 1: part of well, let's not stigmatize the gang members well, 341 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 1: what they're telling us, what this story today, is that 342 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:59,879 Speaker 1: it was exactly two people who were two of the 343 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:05,320 Speaker 1: They brought together different crip sets, they call them sets. Yeah, 344 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:07,880 Speaker 1: it was like a game of chess, and yeah, that's 345 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:09,679 Speaker 1: what I thought of two. It's like a game crips, 346 00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:12,520 Speaker 1: a board game crypt. You might be a good birthday gift. 347 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:17,000 Speaker 1: Get him a crip set. So apparently two of the 348 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 1: people that came for the game had decided that they 349 00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:23,320 Speaker 1: were going to take each other on. What they're trying 350 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:25,639 Speaker 1: to say in the article is everybody was there to 351 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:28,240 Speaker 1: have a nice time to enjoy a softball game on 352 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:32,080 Speaker 1: a Sunday afternoon, to put aside any differences. But these 353 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:36,800 Speaker 1: two came their hell bent on settling something, and the 354 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:40,639 Speaker 1: shooting spilled over into the parking lot above the softball field. 355 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:43,919 Speaker 1: Some people were shot while trying to run away. More 356 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:47,880 Speaker 1: than fifty shell casings were recovered from three scenes. They've 357 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:51,960 Speaker 1: ruled out rifles and automatic weapons as possible weapons used. 358 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:55,159 Speaker 1: They still haven't arrested anybody. Were these two shooting at 359 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:57,880 Speaker 1: each other or did they were just shooting wildly all 360 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:00,040 Speaker 1: over the place. I have a feeling they meant to 361 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:02,240 Speaker 1: shoot at each other, but in the chaos as one 362 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:06,560 Speaker 1: was running and probably hiding. And I I here's the 363 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:08,520 Speaker 1: part I have to get to. How many people were 364 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:10,880 Speaker 1: there versus how many people that were supposed to be there? 365 00:21:12,840 --> 00:21:14,959 Speaker 1: What was the number in the article here, I'm scrolling 366 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,640 Speaker 1: through it. I can't see it. Well, one guy get 367 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:20,240 Speaker 1: there was only one hundred people were permitted for the game. 368 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:22,560 Speaker 1: There was five hundred who tried to flee the shooting. 369 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:25,879 Speaker 1: Think about that. For an event that was permitted for 370 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:29,080 Speaker 1: one hundred people, five hundred apparently showed up right, But 371 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:33,560 Speaker 1: nobody enforces that sort of thing. No, I don't know why. 372 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:38,120 Speaker 1: If you're in Saint Pedro you're giving permits to Compton 373 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:45,960 Speaker 1: gang members. Listen to this quote. This guy's name is Lowdown, 374 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:52,040 Speaker 1: Andre Christian, but his nickname is Lowdown. So here's what 375 00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:56,120 Speaker 1: Lowe had to say. He was having a conversation with 376 00:21:56,359 --> 00:21:59,680 Speaker 1: two other people. After the conversation, you just heard gunfire, 377 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:03,119 Speaker 1: pop pop, and then when it got going on, you 378 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:10,200 Speaker 1: had thought we was in Vietnam, said Lowdown. He said 379 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:12,520 Speaker 1: he looked up to see a man shot while trying 380 00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:16,680 Speaker 1: to flee in a car and then crashed. That man died. 381 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:20,880 Speaker 1: They have identified the two men that died. Could they 382 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:24,720 Speaker 1: have been the only shooters? Possibly, or we don't know 383 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:30,080 Speaker 1: that yet. Well, the two of the dead was tash 384 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:34,639 Speaker 1: Man Williams and Carmpton and Carlisle Phillips. And the two 385 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:39,560 Speaker 1: of them were former gang members, yes, but they had 386 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:43,000 Speaker 1: They were involved in different activities which led to gang activities. 387 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:46,240 Speaker 1: It was the way it was described. Boy, everybody's talking 388 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:49,439 Speaker 1: in circles now right. They were involved in different activities 389 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:51,760 Speaker 1: which led to gang activities. You mean they were criminals 390 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:54,879 Speaker 1: and then they joined a criminal organization. Is that what 391 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:57,520 Speaker 1: you're telling me? What do you mean everything? It's like 392 00:22:57,600 --> 00:23:00,840 Speaker 1: groups of folks that knew some used to describe gangs. Well, 393 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:04,360 Speaker 1: they were involved in different activities. It's all this windy 394 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:10,120 Speaker 1: verbiage to avoid saying what they are. Oh. Look, they 395 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:11,919 Speaker 1: talked to the woman and we played the audio the 396 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:14,800 Speaker 1: other day from I think it was Channel five. Her 397 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:18,760 Speaker 1: name is Monichy Howard fifty seven. She said the men 398 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:20,320 Speaker 1: who were killed went to school with her son, and 399 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:22,520 Speaker 1: she thought of herself as their adopted mother. Remember she 400 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 1: was interviewed in That's what she was saying that one 401 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:27,040 Speaker 1: of the men that was killed was not her son. 402 00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:29,439 Speaker 1: But somebody that I considered my son. She's the one 403 00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:32,600 Speaker 1: that too. She said it was her adopted son, But 404 00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:35,600 Speaker 1: it wasn't her adopted son. She just considered him to 405 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:38,160 Speaker 1: be like, well, that's that's a lot of time. That's 406 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:42,000 Speaker 1: not legal. You know, some people have second moms that 407 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:44,960 Speaker 1: they maybe a neighborhood mom that they were close to. No, 408 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:50,720 Speaker 1: you didn't have that. Oh no, my neighborhood moms. You 409 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:53,639 Speaker 1: didn't want to get there. Yeah, like they had a 410 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 1: lot of my neighborhood the Yeah, that's the The two 411 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:04,919 Speaker 1: guys that says here were previously involved in different activities 412 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:08,560 Speaker 1: which led to gang activities. It right, How do you 413 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:11,399 Speaker 1: decode that? Huh? He claims that they had families of 414 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:15,760 Speaker 1: their own and had changed their life. It's the pressure 415 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:18,720 Speaker 1: of if you live in this neighborhood, then you're from 416 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 1: this neighborhood. You had to participate in some fashion in 417 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:24,480 Speaker 1: order to live pretty much. Both men had moved to 418 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:28,000 Speaker 1: Vegas several years ago. We're visiting California at the time 419 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:33,840 Speaker 1: of their debts, So it's not stated here were they 420 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:37,639 Speaker 1: shooters or were they just people trying to flee? Not 421 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:44,359 Speaker 1: getting that? Are you just yes? Although We had the 422 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:46,600 Speaker 1: one witness who said he saw one guy shot as 423 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:48,679 Speaker 1: he was trying to flee in his car and he 424 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:51,520 Speaker 1: crashed it. And that's obviously one of the two dead men, 425 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:53,159 Speaker 1: But we don't know if he was a shooter or 426 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:55,840 Speaker 1: just somebody that was there that no I caught in 427 00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:57,520 Speaker 1: the cross our. Plus there were three men and four 428 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:00,159 Speaker 1: A lot of gang killings are never solved because he 429 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:02,880 Speaker 1: wants to talk, because if you talk, you'll get killed. Yeah, 430 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:05,360 Speaker 1: they found the guns. The police can't protect you, so 431 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:10,639 Speaker 1: why why why are you gonna stitch? You're not And 432 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:13,959 Speaker 1: they don't tell us exactly how many guns they recovered 433 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:18,960 Speaker 1: from the scene. Um, some cases were recovered from three 434 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:22,320 Speaker 1: oh four hand guns believed to have been involved. Ah, 435 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:24,119 Speaker 1: all right, well there's more than two shooters than if 436 00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:26,040 Speaker 1: there's four. I listen, one guy was double barrel and 437 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:29,040 Speaker 1: then shooting with both. Yeah, I just don't I don't 438 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:32,359 Speaker 1: trust the coverage. It's taken a long time just to 439 00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:35,840 Speaker 1: squeeze out these little bits here, and clearly there's there's 440 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:40,320 Speaker 1: a lot more to learn. But I realize now we 441 00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:42,960 Speaker 1: are in the age of censorship. We are in the 442 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:46,920 Speaker 1: age of like just whitewashing stuff. Everything is going to 443 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:51,040 Speaker 1: be euphemisms. Everyone is. It's going to be just complicated, 444 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:56,200 Speaker 1: windy verbiage where you have to like look real hard 445 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:58,560 Speaker 1: you try to decode what they're telling you, because it's 446 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:03,360 Speaker 1: about equity and illusion. They had that little town hall 447 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:06,320 Speaker 1: meeting at the park the other night. People were complaining 448 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:10,280 Speaker 1: that there's that's just not a safe place, and they 449 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:14,040 Speaker 1: didn't have enough security for this event. The acting and 450 00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:17,840 Speaker 1: of course the acting Parks and Recreation departments superintended. A 451 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:21,879 Speaker 1: Dane Deadman said they had a permit and they had insurance, 452 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:23,600 Speaker 1: but they only they were only supposed to have a 453 00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:26,280 Speaker 1: hundred people there. As they mentioned, five hundred people were 454 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:30,800 Speaker 1: trying to flee. The cops said that they checked on 455 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:33,800 Speaker 1: at once found it to be peaceful, but officers were 456 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:37,040 Speaker 1: not assigned to actually monitor the game. Really, you got 457 00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:39,680 Speaker 1: five hundred people when you were expecting a hundred. It's 458 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:42,600 Speaker 1: it's gang members playing each other. You don't know who's 459 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:44,640 Speaker 1: in the audience, and you don't keep a few cops there. 460 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:48,720 Speaker 1: But what what what? And now that they canceled all 461 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:51,280 Speaker 1: permits for the rest of the summer, they punished everybody. 462 00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:56,560 Speaker 1: How about that, Well, what's going to stop anybody without 463 00:26:56,560 --> 00:27:01,280 Speaker 1: a permit. I don't know. I love theme to the 464 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:04,040 Speaker 1: parking check. The permit is just there for the city 465 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:08,359 Speaker 1: to make some money. That's the only purpose. That doesn't 466 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:11,879 Speaker 1: mean anything. All right, We got more coming up, Johnny 467 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:15,480 Speaker 1: ken Camfi. The Moist line returns tomorrow during the five 468 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:17,879 Speaker 1: o'clock hours, so you can still leave a message. It 469 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:21,560 Speaker 1: might make the cut. 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We're continuing to get numbers from 477 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:50,800 Speaker 1: companies and clearly, between inflation and continued supply chain problems, 478 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:53,159 Speaker 1: some of them are not good for some of the 479 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:58,680 Speaker 1: large companies in the country. We'll talk about the decision 480 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:03,359 Speaker 1: to not to reimpose the indoor mask mandate in La County. 481 00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:08,959 Speaker 1: Coming up after the news at five o'clock. This story. 482 00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:11,439 Speaker 1: You were just talking about two of The bigger stories 483 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:14,760 Speaker 1: this week locally have been the shooting at the park 484 00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:17,760 Speaker 1: in San Pedro, which we just talked about, and of 485 00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:22,320 Speaker 1: course the continuing drama that is the sixth Street Bridge 486 00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:27,560 Speaker 1: in downtown Los Angeles. Yesterday, a Los Angeles City Council 487 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:31,520 Speaker 1: committee you knew this was coming, recommended that they approve 488 00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:36,879 Speaker 1: seven hundred and six thousand dollars to remove graffiti. Can 489 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:40,120 Speaker 1: you believe this? Already after two weeks, three weeks it's 490 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:43,200 Speaker 1: been open. They opened until my tenth it's been two weeks. 491 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:47,960 Speaker 1: In a couple of days, it's been immediately extensively defaced, 492 00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:50,360 Speaker 1: and now we're gonna spend seven hundred grand in tax 493 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:54,520 Speaker 1: money to clean it up. This is the city council. 494 00:28:56,040 --> 00:29:00,960 Speaker 1: This is so crazy and disrespectful of our money. It's 495 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:04,400 Speaker 1: one hundred billion dollar bridge we poured in, Yeah, we 496 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:07,360 Speaker 1: poured in all that money for the bridge, and so 497 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:10,960 Speaker 1: it's this life. Are they going to keep spraying and 498 00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:13,280 Speaker 1: vandalizing the bridge and we're gonna keep paying to clean 499 00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:17,920 Speaker 1: it up? Ah? The one who voted no was Councilman 500 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:21,000 Speaker 1: John Lee from the Valley. This is a public works committee, 501 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:23,800 Speaker 1: three to one vote. They don't care and they've already 502 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:26,960 Speaker 1: spent too much money on this bridge. Other districts don't 503 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:29,640 Speaker 1: get this kind of funding. That was his objection. You know, 504 00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:31,560 Speaker 1: they got to clean up the graffiti, right, and that's 505 00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:34,800 Speaker 1: that's gonna cost money. But that's that's that's a real 506 00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:38,479 Speaker 1: sizeable kick in the gut for And so what are 507 00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:40,000 Speaker 1: they going to do to stop this? They've got a 508 00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:42,280 Speaker 1: police that bridge. They've got to arrest people and put 509 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:45,840 Speaker 1: them in jail. They got out thinking about closing the 510 00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:49,480 Speaker 1: bridge to cars on weekends, is what I'm reading. Well, 511 00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:55,960 Speaker 1: I think, why where the craziest things happened? But forced 512 00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:58,520 Speaker 1: the law? Well, they had stopped the little shows that 513 00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:00,840 Speaker 1: people perform with their cars, but people still walk up 514 00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:02,640 Speaker 1: there and paint spray paints. How the way they could 515 00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:08,080 Speaker 1: take their their shows anywhere in the city right now? 516 00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:10,920 Speaker 1: It is it is hot now. But I would say, 517 00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:13,479 Speaker 1: why why don't you put these guys in jail so 518 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:16,960 Speaker 1: they don't do this? Oh, street takeovers are happening all 519 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:19,880 Speaker 1: over right, that's why. Well that's my whole not in 520 00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:22,080 Speaker 1: some of the finer neighborhoods, but they're happening. If they 521 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:25,440 Speaker 1: kept getting thrown in jail, kept getting arrested. You know, 522 00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:28,560 Speaker 1: you you wear them out, you wear them down, so 523 00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:31,280 Speaker 1: it gets to be too much trouble. Yeah, we're in 524 00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:34,560 Speaker 1: an era of no consequences, so so that's not like 525 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:36,760 Speaker 1: we're just gonna build them much. You know. These offenses 526 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:42,160 Speaker 1: are low level, non violent, expensive though. Seven hundred thousand 527 00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:46,320 Speaker 1: just for spray paint. Wow, Oh they claim that's going 528 00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:49,960 Speaker 1: to be a year's worth. Oh no, it won't. The 529 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:52,560 Speaker 1: funds would last for about a year of service, according 530 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:55,520 Speaker 1: to a staff or if they if they don't get 531 00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:58,040 Speaker 1: the police arresting these guys, it's going to cost way 532 00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:00,360 Speaker 1: more than that. Oh yeah, because if you told for 533 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:02,200 Speaker 1: the graffiti, you'll just come back and do more. That'll 534 00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:04,920 Speaker 1: be funny. I wonder why they think it's a year. 535 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:07,840 Speaker 1: So how often do they think they have to They're 536 00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:10,400 Speaker 1: gonna have to what it costs each side of thing. 537 00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:12,000 Speaker 1: I don't know how else there is so far. That'd 538 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:14,560 Speaker 1: be an interesting formula is like, so why is it 539 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:20,480 Speaker 1: seven hundred thousand mysteriously thirty times or ten times or what? 540 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:23,080 Speaker 1: How bad is it going to be to provide other 541 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:25,800 Speaker 1: maintenance on the bridge. It says the money is for 542 00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:28,520 Speaker 1: not just the graffiti, but maintenance, other maintenance. They just 543 00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:34,360 Speaker 1: built it. Who's getting the contract too for this? Right? 544 00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:45,040 Speaker 1: I just badness. It's just so frustrating. It really is awful. Also, 545 00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:49,040 Speaker 1: the La County Board of Supervisors, which did nothing the 546 00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:52,560 Speaker 1: other day to stop Barbara Ferreire from perhaps reimposing the 547 00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:54,680 Speaker 1: indoor mask mandate, which now is not going to happen, 548 00:31:55,800 --> 00:32:00,000 Speaker 1: they did two other things. One of them was there 549 00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:02,920 Speaker 1: moving forward with their plan to have the power to 550 00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:06,160 Speaker 1: remove the sheriff. Remember we talked about that, they're gonna 551 00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:08,719 Speaker 1: put it on the ballot, that's right, So they went 552 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:10,760 Speaker 1: they went to the next step to put it on 553 00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:13,520 Speaker 1: the ballot for La County voters to give them the 554 00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:19,000 Speaker 1: power to remove an elected sheriff from office, which is absurd. 555 00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:21,760 Speaker 1: But I wouldn't be surprised if the lemmings in La 556 00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:26,560 Speaker 1: County given what they want, because I'm sure they'll nicely. 557 00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:30,520 Speaker 1: It's about removing vieta way of it. It is. There's 558 00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:33,320 Speaker 1: just one person they want out, but you know he's 559 00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:39,040 Speaker 1: up for reelection. So they also voted that you don't 560 00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:40,440 Speaker 1: have to be a citizen to get a job in 561 00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:45,120 Speaker 1: La County. They voted unanimously, didn't even talk about it 562 00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:49,120 Speaker 1: to allow La County to hire non citizens the county itself. 563 00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:55,840 Speaker 1: That's right, a county job, right, unless because of federal 564 00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:57,760 Speaker 1: or state law, you have to be a citizen for 565 00:32:57,840 --> 00:33:01,400 Speaker 1: the type of position. Another word, it's any applicant for 566 00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:04,120 Speaker 1: the La County Sheriff's department or peace officers hired by 567 00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:06,520 Speaker 1: the county does have to be a US citizen or 568 00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:09,840 Speaker 1: but but many other jobs that they have. Well, the 569 00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:13,400 Speaker 1: damn really broke though, didn't it. I mean, this is 570 00:33:13,520 --> 00:33:16,640 Speaker 1: the ultra anything goes. I was a bit surprised. I 571 00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:19,200 Speaker 1: thought they were already doing this. I probably they were, 572 00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:22,640 Speaker 1: but now it's they formalized it. Because I'm sure they 573 00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:26,720 Speaker 1: never checked anybody's citizenship. So anybody who showed up and 574 00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:30,320 Speaker 1: you know, could the could do the job, they would hire, right. 575 00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:33,280 Speaker 1: I mean, this crowd doesn't check. This crowd doesn't believe 576 00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:36,040 Speaker 1: there ought to be citizenship. They don't. They don't think 577 00:33:36,360 --> 00:33:40,040 Speaker 1: nations should exist. Yeah, apparently they asked for report on this, 578 00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:42,600 Speaker 1: and it came back that the board can waive citizenship 579 00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:45,320 Speaker 1: requirements for its workforce on a state or federal law 580 00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:49,560 Speaker 1: explicitly imposes a requirement. So apparently there's a number of 581 00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:54,520 Speaker 1: County jobs that don't conflict with any state or federal law. Actually, 582 00:33:54,520 --> 00:34:01,720 Speaker 1: that's probably what they're nothing matters about. As of twenty eighteen, 583 00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:07,080 Speaker 1: eight hundred and eighty thousand non citizens have made La 584 00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:10,240 Speaker 1: County their home. Not that I understand or believe that number, 585 00:34:10,239 --> 00:34:12,360 Speaker 1: but that's the last time they came out with a number. 586 00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:15,799 Speaker 1: It's nearly a million people in La County that are 587 00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:20,239 Speaker 1: illegal aliens. Yes, I guess so, because they don't have 588 00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:23,640 Speaker 1: any status as a visitor. God, I've read, I've read 589 00:34:23,680 --> 00:34:26,640 Speaker 1: like two million. But nobody, nobody really knows how to 590 00:34:26,680 --> 00:34:29,880 Speaker 1: count this stuff. And it's and if anything's undercount in 591 00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:33,399 Speaker 1: woke world, they intentionally under count it. Right. Oh, he'll 592 00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:36,960 Speaker 1: just at least led the charge citizenship presents barriers to 593 00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:41,280 Speaker 1: count the employees for qualified people. Barriers. Give you imagine 594 00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:45,040 Speaker 1: any other country, some some some two bit politician in 595 00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:52,480 Speaker 1: any other country saying that citizenship creates barriers. All right, 596 00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:55,759 Speaker 1: we got the five o'clock hour. Here will begin with 597 00:34:55,840 --> 00:34:58,759 Speaker 1: the big story of the day, which is there will 598 00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:01,920 Speaker 1: not be a return the indoor mask mandate in La County. 599 00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:05,000 Speaker 1: John and Kenshaw Debermark has the news CAF I am 600 00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:07,200 Speaker 1: six forty Hey, Ken, did you know that gold is 601 00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:10,160 Speaker 1: the only currency that's held its value since the dawn 602 00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:12,719 Speaker 1: of money? 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