1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:02,000 Speaker 1: Caf I Am six forty. 2 00:00:02,120 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 2: You're listening to the John Cobelt podcast on the iHeartRadio apps. 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 3: Lou Penrose I for John Cobelt. Good to be with 4 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:13,880 Speaker 3: you on a very busy Wednesday, as everybody is out 5 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 3: on the freeway and everybody is on their way to 6 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:21,040 Speaker 3: LAX or in the sky or landing after departing from Lax. 7 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 1: But for a short period. 8 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:26,600 Speaker 3: Of time, LAX was blocked last night, on the busiest 9 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 3: travel day of this entire holiday season. 10 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:32,240 Speaker 1: Kfi's Michael Monks will fill us in on the details. 11 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 1: It was a protest or a strike or a threat 12 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:36,959 Speaker 1: of a strike. What was going on? 13 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:39,559 Speaker 4: It was a protest by a union that is pretty 14 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:42,400 Speaker 4: well known here in the city of Los Angeles. They 15 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 4: are people who have rallied behind some of the most 16 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:48,879 Speaker 4: controversial worker oriented policies that have been adopted at LA 17 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:51,560 Speaker 4: City Hall in recent years. They're known as Unite Here 18 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 4: Local eleven. They tend to represent folks who are in 19 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 4: the hospitality industry restaurants, hotels, and those who work at 20 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 4: the airport. What happened last night was traffic was already 21 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 4: a mass traffic and Los Angeles is a mess anyway. 22 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 4: It's particularly heavy during this busy travel season as people 23 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 4: get out of town or into town for Thanksgiving. And 24 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:16,480 Speaker 4: yesterday evening, Unite here Local eleven members who work in 25 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:21,760 Speaker 4: catering for airlines took to the streets, not the sidewalks, 26 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:26,960 Speaker 4: the streets and blocked a busy intersection, keeping cars from 27 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 4: moving to where they needed to go as folks were 28 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:32,479 Speaker 4: trying to get to their flight. Some people abandon their 29 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 4: cars and walked the rest of the way. These union 30 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:38,920 Speaker 4: members were physically blocking some cars from moving forward and 31 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 4: arguing with folks who who said, look, we're gonna miss 32 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 4: our flight if you don't get out of our way. 33 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:45,399 Speaker 4: But the union says the issues they were raising were 34 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:46,040 Speaker 4: too important. 35 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:49,559 Speaker 1: So we're talking about pay. 36 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 3: I mean, the busiest travel day at during a record 37 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 3: travel weekend in the most travel in seventeen years, and 38 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 3: they're bitching about pay. 39 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:02,200 Speaker 1: And this is the level. I mean, this is kind 40 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:02,880 Speaker 1: of an extreme. 41 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 4: This is a group that is protesting against a business 42 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:11,080 Speaker 4: called Flying Food Group, and they provide some of the 43 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 4: catering for the airlines there in the airport, and this 44 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 4: union has members who work for them. The union says 45 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:20,640 Speaker 4: they have been complaining for a long time to this 46 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:26,079 Speaker 4: business about fire hazards, about locked doors that create these 47 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 4: fire hazards. They say some some equipment is broken, they 48 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 4: say some of their working conditions are unsafe, but they 49 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:36,800 Speaker 4: also say they want a new contract. LAX is governed 50 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:40,360 Speaker 4: by Los Angeles World Airports, and that is a body 51 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 4: that the City of Los Angeles oversees. So the union 52 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 4: was trying to get the attention of city officials, but 53 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:49,520 Speaker 4: they certainly got the attention of folks who were trying 54 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 4: to get into or out of town. 55 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 3: Look, I get collective bargaining. I understand why that's important. 56 00:02:55,760 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 3: I get grievances, and there is proportionality to all this 57 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 3: blocking people for making their flights. What is reported to 58 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 3: be the most traveled day in the next seven days 59 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:14,720 Speaker 3: is I think disproportionate to concerns about wage violations or 60 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 3: you know, their allegations of unsay working conditions. How long 61 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:19,640 Speaker 3: until the police. 62 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 1: Broke it up. 63 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 4: It took a couple of hours. I mean this was 64 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 4: a serious disruption. I mean two hours in airport travel 65 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:29,079 Speaker 4: time is extraordinary. If you're trying to get there just 66 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 4: a couple of hours in advance of your flight, knowing 67 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 4: that you've got to go through a long line of security, 68 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 4: but that's all the time you had. By the time 69 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 4: you get in, you've missed the flights. And this is 70 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 4: not the time of year you want to be missing flights, 71 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 4: considering how booked everything is. And you're right, because if 72 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 4: you read some of the reaction online, it's highly unfavorable. 73 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 4: I mean, this is a union that is trying to 74 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 4: raise awareness of these issues and these allegations that they 75 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 4: have raised. 76 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 1: Had they stayed on the sidewalk, they. 77 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 4: Probably would have gotten some attention from writers, even some 78 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 4: sympathetic honks. But once you step into the street and 79 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 4: you cause this type of stress, then you are affecting 80 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 4: people in a way where they're not likely to be 81 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 4: as sympathetic to whatever cause you're pushing. To the contrary, 82 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 4: they could be in favor of this business one way 83 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 4: or the other. It's just so disruptive, you know. Look, 84 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:18,599 Speaker 4: we're hold on, say. 85 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 3: Let's talk about that for a second, because you said 86 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 3: that United here Local eleven kind of well known. They 87 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 3: have pulled stunts like this before. Los Anges Lapd said 88 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:30,599 Speaker 3: that no arrests were made. How can you be in 89 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 3: the street and not be arrested for being in. 90 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:36,360 Speaker 4: The street, we might need a few hours loo for 91 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 4: me to explain the city of Los Angeles. 92 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, but you know, cops travel too, you know, cops 93 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 3: take time. There are families of law enforcement waiting in 94 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 3: that line on Century Boulevard two. 95 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:52,359 Speaker 1: Look, you're right, the sidewalk is where they belong as 96 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 1: soon as they're not. 97 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 3: Like, that's fire in a crowded theater when you block traffic, like, 98 00:04:57,760 --> 00:04:59,160 Speaker 3: that's the line that you're not allowed. 99 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 1: To cross, especially on that day. 100 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:02,800 Speaker 4: You know, if this would have been a group of 101 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 4: union workers who were blocking the bosses the executives from 102 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 4: going in, and that's a direct action that people who 103 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,359 Speaker 4: are sympathetic to workers might nod their heads in. 104 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:14,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, why not surround the parking lot of flying food groups? Right, 105 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 3: go find where their offices are and do a human 106 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 3: chain around that. 107 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 1: Get out of our way. 108 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:21,160 Speaker 4: But lou, to bring up just the theme of Los 109 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:23,719 Speaker 4: Angeles and protests. When you think back to June and 110 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 4: we had the anti immigration enforcement protests that were taking 111 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:29,040 Speaker 4: place here, you might have a lot of folks in 112 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 4: this community who are sympathetic to the people protesting federal 113 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 4: agents being here. But then when they go down to 114 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:38,240 Speaker 4: the one oh one and shut down the freeway. That 115 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 4: changes because if I'm driving to work with no plans 116 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:46,960 Speaker 4: or orders to arrest any suspected illegal immigrants, why are 117 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:50,479 Speaker 4: you stopping me from traveling? And so now I'm less 118 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:53,640 Speaker 4: likely to be sympathetic to you. This is a group, though, 119 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 4: that is behind a lot of policies here in Los Angeles, 120 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:00,920 Speaker 4: whether it be rent control or the thirty dollar minimum 121 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:04,839 Speaker 4: wage that is on its way to Los Angeles airport workers, 122 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:09,039 Speaker 4: hotel workers before the Olympics arrive in twenty twenty eight. 123 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:12,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, I remember seeing a woman back in June selling 124 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:15,600 Speaker 3: literally selling hot dogs on the four or five to 125 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:17,360 Speaker 3: people who are on the four five. 126 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 4: If anything, were entrepreneurial and disruptive in Los Angeles. 127 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 3: Well, they accomplished the awareness raising, there's no question about that. 128 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 1: We all know now what their beef is. 129 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:32,799 Speaker 3: But I think you're right, the blowback from this could 130 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:36,640 Speaker 3: be bigger than any effort, any sympathy that they get. 131 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 4: Yeah, there's some reports that they're supposed to be back 132 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:41,360 Speaker 4: there again today. We just heard from Angie Armon that 133 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 4: that there is traffic already starting to build up, not 134 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:46,240 Speaker 4: because of the protesters, but on the upper level of 135 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:48,919 Speaker 4: lax a suppulvit of Boulevard is starting to look a 136 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:51,960 Speaker 4: little hairy out there, so it's already backing up. But 137 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 4: if this protest goes awry again today, people will be 138 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:58,839 Speaker 4: a little more aware of what's going on and maybe 139 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 4: a little angrier about it. 140 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:02,200 Speaker 1: Okay, if i's Michael Monks, thanks so much. 141 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:05,520 Speaker 3: We'll keep an eye on this and check in with 142 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:07,640 Speaker 3: you again if this starts all over again. 143 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 1: Look, I have no problem with collective bargaining. 144 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 3: I have and I'm a Republican, and I think there's 145 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:17,320 Speaker 3: a place for unions because that's where the strength is 146 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 3: of labor. So I have no problem with that. There 147 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:21,160 Speaker 3: is a right way and a wrong way to do 148 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 3: all of this, and this is the wrong way for 149 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 3: the exact reasons that Monks just said. You're gonna get 150 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 3: people mad or at you. I don't know if you're 151 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:30,920 Speaker 3: being paid enough. I don't know if you're being paid 152 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 3: fairly or not. I don't know if you're working in 153 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:36,000 Speaker 3: unsafe conditions. I do know that there are opportunities all 154 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,680 Speaker 3: over Los Angeles. So if you really feel like you're 155 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 3: gonna be fry cooked inside the room there, then quit 156 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:45,640 Speaker 3: and get another job, all right, But if you want 157 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 3: to stay with the job and fight with management to 158 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:50,080 Speaker 3: get your stupid two dollars an hour rais increase over 159 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 3: the next five years, then get out of our way. 160 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 1: Don't make your problems my problems. 161 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 3: And that's something that a lot of these service worker 162 00:07:58,600 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 3: unions do not understand. 163 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 1: So we'll break this down when we come back. 164 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:06,560 Speaker 3: Lou Penrose in for John Cobelt on KFI AM six 165 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 3: forty Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 166 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 5: You're listening to John Cobelt on demand from KFI AM 167 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 5: six forty. 168 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 3: Lou Penrose in for John Cobelt on The John Cobelt Show, 169 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:23,640 Speaker 3: talking about this demonstration last night in front of Lax, 170 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 3: right before you get into Lax. I know exactly where 171 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:32,080 Speaker 3: this is because I used to use when I traveled 172 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 3: out of Lax, like almost every week, I use the 173 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:40,800 Speaker 3: Proud Bird Secret Way, and this was just at that intersect. 174 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:42,680 Speaker 3: You know what The Proud Bird restaurant is along that 175 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:45,600 Speaker 3: road and then you go in and take a left 176 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:49,440 Speaker 3: and avoid Century. But they they found out the best 177 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 3: corner and the United Here Local eleven. These are service 178 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:56,240 Speaker 3: workers unions. 179 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 1: They're mad. 180 00:08:57,040 --> 00:09:00,800 Speaker 3: They provide the in flight food or they work for 181 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:04,680 Speaker 3: the company that provides the flight food, and workers said 182 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 3: that they were concerned they were receiving chemical burns on 183 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 3: the job. The workspaces were flooded, there's unsafe working conditions 184 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:18,160 Speaker 3: and their wages violations. All right, whatever, but don't stop 185 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:22,679 Speaker 3: people from traveling. On the Tuesday before Thanksgiving week at 186 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:25,320 Speaker 3: one of the most major airports in the United States. 187 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 1: Here is Matthew Seedorf of Fox eleven. 188 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 3: But outside Lax, one of the busiest travel days of 189 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:36,600 Speaker 3: the year, protesters have taken over this intersection right now. 190 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:41,119 Speaker 6: The good boy here century all of Arto Lax. 191 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, they're all out there with the bongo drums. There's 192 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:48,160 Speaker 3: always bongo drums with these people, and they are in 193 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 3: the street. You can demonstrate on the sidewalk. You cannot 194 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:59,959 Speaker 3: demonstrate in the street, so you're ruined. Everybody else's demonstrating. 195 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 3: Let let me let's just go through this real slowly, 196 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:07,320 Speaker 3: real quickly. I mean let's get let's go through this 197 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:09,320 Speaker 3: real quickly, but very clearly. 198 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 2: Uh. 199 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:15,719 Speaker 3: The purpose of a demonstration is to raise awareness. 200 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:19,359 Speaker 1: It is not to stop commerce. 201 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 3: It is not it's not a boycott, it's not a 202 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:24,560 Speaker 3: sit in it's not a lockout. 203 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:27,119 Speaker 1: The demonstration wait raises awareness. 204 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 3: You are driving to the airport, you've got things to do, 205 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:32,559 Speaker 3: You're sitting in traffic. You see a group of people 206 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 3: with a megaphone and a bunch of signs, just say, oh, 207 00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:36,839 Speaker 3: what's what's going on with them? And then the signs 208 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 3: should be clever enough to communicate your beef. 209 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:44,000 Speaker 1: And then you say, if you care at all to. 210 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:47,280 Speaker 3: Be involved, you say, okay, uh, you know what, I 211 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 3: think that's right. I think I'm owning pistachios because I 212 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:53,600 Speaker 3: think the pistachio farmers are not paying the pistachio workers 213 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:56,719 Speaker 3: enough money. Or I'm not gonna go to the Starbucks 214 00:10:56,760 --> 00:10:59,720 Speaker 3: because the Starbucks people are right, or I am gonna 215 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:02,920 Speaker 3: go to this sar Bucks because these stupid employees don't 216 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:04,360 Speaker 3: have a leg to stand on. What do they mean 217 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:06,640 Speaker 3: they want twenty six dollars now? Like whatever it is, 218 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 3: make the case on the sidewalk. That's the purpose of 219 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 3: a demonstration, and the larger demonstration, the bigger the impact 220 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:17,679 Speaker 3: is going to be on raising awareness. That's where it stops. 221 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:22,480 Speaker 3: And this is the problem with particularly this union. Do 222 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:28,280 Speaker 3: unite here crowd the service workers' unions are the most obnoxious. 223 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:29,640 Speaker 1: Unions in the union business. 224 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:34,240 Speaker 3: They are the most immature. They are often ridiculous in 225 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:40,160 Speaker 3: their demands, and frankly, I would argue eighty percent of 226 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:44,440 Speaker 3: them should not be unionized because their labor is just 227 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:49,679 Speaker 3: not that valuable. There are certain realities in the world, right. 228 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:54,880 Speaker 3: The person that hands you a cup of Starbucks coffee 229 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:55,920 Speaker 3: is in a union. 230 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:56,240 Speaker 5: Now. 231 00:11:57,679 --> 00:12:03,200 Speaker 3: The person that manufactured the cappuccino machine, the espresso machine 232 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:07,559 Speaker 3: in the factory also in your union. Right that guy 233 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:12,640 Speaker 3: is an engineer, uh, The barista not so much. The 234 00:12:12,679 --> 00:12:16,040 Speaker 3: guy that manufactures the equipment in the Starbucks he should 235 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:18,840 Speaker 3: be in a union because his labor is valuable. The 236 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 3: person that hands you the cup of coffee after it 237 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 3: comes out of the machine not really that valuable, almost 238 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:30,600 Speaker 3: completely replaceable. So you got to know your value and 239 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:32,920 Speaker 3: the service industry just not that valuable. 240 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:38,960 Speaker 4: The sign says City of La why is flying roof 241 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:40,120 Speaker 4: above the law? 242 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 5: Right? 243 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:42,760 Speaker 3: So they're mad at the Flying Food Group and they're 244 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:44,880 Speaker 3: asking the City of La since the City of La 245 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 3: oversees Los Angeles World Airport. 246 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:49,720 Speaker 1: Well, by the way, La Los Angeles. 247 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:53,160 Speaker 3: World Airport over also oversees Ontario Go out to Ontario. 248 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:58,400 Speaker 7: Understand they can be in this strike or whatever you 249 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 7: know that we want to pull. 250 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:05,720 Speaker 1: That's right. Good for you, sir, scream at these people. 251 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:11,360 Speaker 3: It is I mean, there is such a diminishing level 252 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:15,199 Speaker 3: of marginal return in support of these efforts. 253 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:17,360 Speaker 1: You heard Michael Monks in the first segment. 254 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:20,480 Speaker 3: Everybody's now going one step further, taking to the street 255 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:23,959 Speaker 3: to stop traffic when they're upset with ice, to stop 256 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:28,240 Speaker 3: traffic when they're upset with their job. You can't do that. 257 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:33,079 Speaker 3: That crosses the line. There is a concept of free speech. 258 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:37,640 Speaker 3: And then of course the conditioning. The conditioner is fire 259 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:40,600 Speaker 3: in a crowded theater. This qualifies for fire in a 260 00:13:40,640 --> 00:13:43,560 Speaker 3: crowded theater. You're putting yourself at risk. You're putting others 261 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:46,439 Speaker 3: at risk. Somebody is gonna get hurt out there. You're 262 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:48,400 Speaker 3: putting comps at risk because they got to go now 263 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:52,040 Speaker 3: into traffic at a time when people are trying to 264 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:56,880 Speaker 3: make a flight, so they have urgency, they are flustered, 265 00:13:56,960 --> 00:14:00,200 Speaker 3: they are upset. They're gonna try and go around the 266 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:02,360 Speaker 3: car in front of them to get into a lane. 267 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:03,320 Speaker 1: It's just a disaster. 268 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:06,720 Speaker 3: So I put one hundred percent of the blame on 269 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:09,200 Speaker 3: United Here Local eleven and I don't even want to 270 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:11,160 Speaker 3: know what your grievance is. Now you know what you 271 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:16,040 Speaker 3: lost me. You could have had me, but now go 272 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:17,040 Speaker 3: get your shinebox. 273 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:23,720 Speaker 6: Right. 274 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:25,320 Speaker 3: So the protesters said they're going to be back, and 275 00:14:25,360 --> 00:14:27,760 Speaker 3: we're keeping an eye on it. I'm not sure what's 276 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:31,880 Speaker 3: happening at the upper level there at LAX, but you 277 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:33,160 Speaker 3: know what, let them come back, and I want to 278 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 3: see arrest and if our arrests are not made, then 279 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:37,760 Speaker 3: we need to hold the chief of police accountable. 280 00:14:41,160 --> 00:14:43,160 Speaker 1: It's just happening on one of the busiest travel days 281 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:44,240 Speaker 1: of the year. Exactly. 282 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:47,440 Speaker 6: You know, it's really important that people take notice about 283 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:49,960 Speaker 6: the people who are invisible behind the scenes. 284 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:53,280 Speaker 1: I hate these people. That's a spokesperson for Unite here. 285 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 3: She said, that's right, we're doing it on purpose on 286 00:14:56,280 --> 00:14:58,400 Speaker 3: the busiest travel day of the year. This is happening 287 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:00,880 Speaker 3: on one of the busiest travel days of the you exactly, 288 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:04,080 Speaker 3: you know, it's really important that people take notice about 289 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 3: the people who are invisible behind the scenes. 290 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:08,000 Speaker 1: Lady, you are so stupid. 291 00:15:08,160 --> 00:15:10,720 Speaker 3: First off, we could have taken notice with you on 292 00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:15,680 Speaker 3: the sidewalk, like we're still in traffic you're not blocking traffic. 293 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:19,400 Speaker 1: And what is with this invisible thing? This is the 294 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:20,040 Speaker 1: new word. 295 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:24,040 Speaker 3: Everybody feels like they're invisible and insists on being seen. 296 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:30,320 Speaker 3: That was the big thing in Congress when the trans 297 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:34,640 Speaker 3: woman wanted to use the bathroom and the Congress said, no, 298 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:37,320 Speaker 3: you need to use the bathroom that you were born with, 299 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:41,480 Speaker 3: or you can't use the girl's bathroom, fella, And that 300 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:47,200 Speaker 3: was her big position, congress Woman McBride or Congress Trans McBride. 301 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:49,880 Speaker 3: She said that they want to keep me invisible. What 302 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:53,240 Speaker 3: is this invisibility thing? What are you talking about? You're 303 00:15:53,240 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 3: not invisible. You're quite visible. That we don't respect your 304 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 3: point of view doesn't make you invisible. The same goes 305 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:07,840 Speaker 3: for these workers. They're not invisible. What does that even mean? Invisible? 306 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:12,520 Speaker 3: Who in the workforce is visible? The receptionist is visible, 307 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 3: like everybody that works behind the counter in the kitchen. 308 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 1: We're all invisible. Every one of us are invisible. 309 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:28,440 Speaker 3: It's it's like such an emotional statement, We're not going 310 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:29,440 Speaker 3: to be invisible. 311 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:30,800 Speaker 1: Grow up. 312 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:31,200 Speaker 3: Man. 313 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:34,720 Speaker 1: Here's a woman that couldn't. 314 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:37,280 Speaker 3: She was literally people standing in front of her car 315 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 3: on Century Boulevard and she missed her flight. 316 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:47,480 Speaker 1: To Europe. Stop you hear the Unite Here guy. 317 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:50,240 Speaker 3: He's like, these are people's lives, right, because there are 318 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:54,240 Speaker 3: people standing in the middle of the street risking losing 319 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 3: their lives. 320 00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 6: Stop. 321 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:03,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, she drops. 322 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:05,720 Speaker 3: The F bomb, but she's TikTok. She's like, I'm gonna 323 00:17:05,840 --> 00:17:12,879 Speaker 3: miss my ride and they could care less and on 324 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:14,320 Speaker 3: go the bombo drums. 325 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:16,679 Speaker 1: Unbelievable. 326 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:18,760 Speaker 3: We'll keep an eye on this, and I hope you're 327 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:22,000 Speaker 3: not experiencing any of this if you're on the roadways. 328 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:25,399 Speaker 3: Lou Penrose Info John Coblt on kf I Am six 329 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:27,760 Speaker 3: forty Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 330 00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:34,159 Speaker 5: You're listening to John Cobelt on demand from KFI AM sixty. 331 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:37,800 Speaker 3: Lou Penrose Info John Coblt on The John Cobalt Show 332 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:42,679 Speaker 3: talking about this disruption at LAX last night and a 333 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:47,600 Speaker 3: potential continuation of a disruption as LAPD took control of 334 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:50,560 Speaker 3: the situation last night reopened the intersection right in front 335 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:56,359 Speaker 3: of LAX. No arrests were reported, but the group organizing 336 00:17:56,400 --> 00:18:00,639 Speaker 3: the demonstration, Unite Here Local eleven there were service Workers. 337 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:02,240 Speaker 1: Union said they will be back. 338 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:07,600 Speaker 3: They're demonstrating unsafe working editions and wages. They provide the 339 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:12,200 Speaker 3: in flight food for the company, Flying Food Group, and 340 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:16,439 Speaker 3: they decided to, you know, put on a dog and 341 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:19,000 Speaker 3: pony show in the middle of traffic as people are 342 00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:22,800 Speaker 3: trying to go away for Thanksgiving on the busiest travel 343 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:23,360 Speaker 3: day of the year. 344 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:26,200 Speaker 1: Happening on one of the busiest travel days of the year, exactly. 345 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:29,400 Speaker 6: You know, it's really important that people take notice about 346 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:31,920 Speaker 6: the people who are invisible behind the scenes. 347 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:37,359 Speaker 7: Lew and Michael, these morons that demonstrated and protested in 348 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:40,520 Speaker 7: the street at LAX I can understand if they're on 349 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:43,920 Speaker 7: the sidewalk, but like I believe it was, Michael said, 350 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:47,560 Speaker 7: go to where the headquarters are protest with those people. 351 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:49,639 Speaker 7: Don't get in the way of people that are trying 352 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:52,119 Speaker 7: to get to their families, because if you get in 353 00:18:52,119 --> 00:18:53,399 Speaker 7: front of me, you're going to end up on the 354 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:56,240 Speaker 7: roof of my car or under my wheels, and any 355 00:18:56,359 --> 00:19:00,399 Speaker 7: damage done, I'll sue you. Happy Thanksgiving everybody. 356 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:03,240 Speaker 3: Hey, happy Thanksgiving to you. Just a little caution though, 357 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:07,399 Speaker 3: they'll sue you. So that's the problem. Trust me what 358 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:10,399 Speaker 3: I tell you. I would like to bump them with 359 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:14,360 Speaker 3: the bumper, but then they'll fall down and claim disability 360 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 3: and you'll have to pay for it for the rest 361 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:17,919 Speaker 3: of your life. So you can't even touch them like 362 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:21,920 Speaker 3: you can even read the engine. Don't play games with them. No, 363 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:24,880 Speaker 3: this is what I pay police for. The police need 364 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:27,159 Speaker 3: to break out the billy clubs. I have been waiting 365 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:30,439 Speaker 3: for the billy clubs since June. Why do we issue 366 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:33,520 Speaker 3: billy clubs if we don't ever use them? This is 367 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:38,959 Speaker 3: a perfect reason for the billy clubs. You can be sympathetic. 368 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:39,160 Speaker 1: To this union. 369 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:43,400 Speaker 3: You could be a member of this union. And I'm 370 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:46,119 Speaker 3: not up to speed on their beef. What I do 371 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:50,400 Speaker 3: know is that these unions tend to exaggerate because they 372 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:56,639 Speaker 3: have an exaggerated sense of their own worth. But as 373 00:19:56,640 --> 00:19:59,240 Speaker 3: soon as they get into traffic, that's when the comps 374 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:03,480 Speaker 3: need to break out billy clubs and then they'll learn. 375 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:05,719 Speaker 1: And by the way, I agree with you. 376 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:09,280 Speaker 3: The beef isn't with the people of Los Angeles or 377 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:13,399 Speaker 3: the passenger community. The beef is with their own boss. 378 00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:21,560 Speaker 3: So control yourself and right embrace proportionality. Go find where 379 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:25,439 Speaker 3: the office is for Flying Food Group and go be 380 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:26,360 Speaker 3: disruptive there. 381 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:28,800 Speaker 1: But don't even get into traffic there. 382 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,560 Speaker 3: Just be outside the front and bang bongo drums there, 383 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:34,160 Speaker 3: that's what you ought to. 384 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:37,080 Speaker 1: Be doing, and then I would have some respect for you. 385 00:20:37,119 --> 00:20:39,320 Speaker 1: Then i'd want to know. Now I have no interest 386 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:40,040 Speaker 1: in helping you out. 387 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:43,880 Speaker 3: So like if you made me late to make a effort, 388 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:47,359 Speaker 3: right like, now you've lost me. You lost everybody that 389 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:49,720 Speaker 3: was flying out of Los Angeles last night. If they 390 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:53,760 Speaker 3: hear that any effort is associated with the group that 391 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:56,399 Speaker 3: maybe missed my flight on thanksgiving them, the answers no. 392 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:59,480 Speaker 1: Whatever the question is whether it's reasonable or not, the 393 00:20:59,480 --> 00:20:59,919 Speaker 1: answers no. 394 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:03,720 Speaker 3: And like that's how we have to treat these unions 395 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:07,400 Speaker 3: because they're way out of proportion. They think they own 396 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:13,480 Speaker 3: the city and it's obnoxious and it needs to be 397 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:17,480 Speaker 3: called out. And really the members should be ashamed of 398 00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:18,280 Speaker 3: the leadership. 399 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:23,399 Speaker 1: So we've got to like force shame. 400 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:27,400 Speaker 3: So when they all get back in a room and say, hey, 401 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:29,320 Speaker 3: that backfired on us. 402 00:21:29,359 --> 00:21:32,360 Speaker 1: Who thought of that idea? All right, you're fired. You're 403 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:33,760 Speaker 1: no longer in charge. 404 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:38,639 Speaker 3: Of public awareness because you take it too far. But 405 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:43,880 Speaker 3: there is a real immaturity that run like that runs 406 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:48,560 Speaker 3: through the actions of this particular union, this local and 407 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:50,720 Speaker 3: just a lot of the activists out there, just a 408 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:57,119 Speaker 3: real immaturity, like it's not anchored in any strategy. You 409 00:21:57,359 --> 00:22:02,480 Speaker 3: actually didn't stop air Track, you didn't bring down Los Angeles. 410 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:06,440 Speaker 3: Nobody cares now about your stupid beef with the Flying Food. 411 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:15,000 Speaker 1: Group, and you annoyed a lot of people. So congratulations, 412 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:15,760 Speaker 1: well done. 413 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:19,360 Speaker 3: Happy Thanksgiving to the idiots at Unite here Local eleven 414 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:23,800 Speaker 3: as we move on all right onward. Eric Swalwell is 415 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:27,480 Speaker 3: holding town hall meetings all across California as he is 416 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:30,879 Speaker 3: the latest to throw his hat in the ring to 417 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:35,680 Speaker 3: be the Democrat candidate for governor. I am underwhelmed by 418 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:39,399 Speaker 3: the Democrat base. I am a Republican, so I'm not 419 00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:40,640 Speaker 3: voting for Eric Swalwell. 420 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:42,920 Speaker 1: But I am a political scientist. 421 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:45,800 Speaker 3: I'm a Polysci major, so I study these things and 422 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:48,119 Speaker 3: I have to tell you from an objective point of 423 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:52,920 Speaker 3: view as a POLYPCI guy, the Democrats bench is underwhelming 424 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:57,919 Speaker 3: for candidate for governor. Now the Republican bench is underwhelming 425 00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:02,280 Speaker 3: as well. But the Republican bench for governor, lieutenant governor. 426 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:04,400 Speaker 1: Treasurer, secretary of state, senator. 427 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:07,800 Speaker 3: They're always underwhelming, which is part of our problem. So 428 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:13,160 Speaker 3: I accept our problem. We have lifeless, flashlest candidates for governor. 429 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:18,119 Speaker 3: But you guys have the letter D, which should guarantee you, 430 00:23:18,119 --> 00:23:21,600 Speaker 3: you know, an overwhelming majority of the registered voters in 431 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:23,280 Speaker 3: the state, So how can you lose? 432 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:27,560 Speaker 1: And none of these people have any flash at all. 433 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:29,840 Speaker 1: It's quite striking. 434 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:32,240 Speaker 3: You have the largest blue state in the nation, the 435 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:36,679 Speaker 3: bluest blue state in the nation, the largest state like 436 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:41,240 Speaker 3: the governor's seat brings you the highest profile in national 437 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:46,000 Speaker 3: Democrat politics, which Newsom is using quite well. And there's 438 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:49,200 Speaker 3: no air apparent at all, and nobody's got any steam 439 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 3: at all. 440 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:51,160 Speaker 1: And now there are more. 441 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,520 Speaker 3: People in the race, more Democrats in the race, which 442 00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:57,280 Speaker 3: is dividing up the votes for each Democrat. Get Tom 443 00:23:57,320 --> 00:23:59,960 Speaker 3: Steyer and he'll get all the tree huggers you'll get. 444 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:03,480 Speaker 3: But Swawell he'll get, I don't know, the Trump haters 445 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:06,879 Speaker 3: because he was the impeachment manager. Actually, Swawell will come 446 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:10,359 Speaker 3: off looking like a moderate because Katie Porter is progressive, 447 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:14,080 Speaker 3: and she comes off looking like a b ch and uh, 448 00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:17,320 Speaker 3: Antonio Vierra goos to forget it, that's a retreaded tire. 449 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:22,400 Speaker 3: Uh and uh that's it. But each one of them 450 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:24,479 Speaker 3: gets like four percent or eight percent. 451 00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:25,920 Speaker 1: And now the. 452 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:29,440 Speaker 3: Republican candidate Chad Bianco of Riverside is actually leading the pack. 453 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:35,400 Speaker 3: So I'm not sure exactly what the Democrats are doing. 454 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:38,679 Speaker 3: But Swawell did hold the town hall meeting and it 455 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:43,680 Speaker 3: blew up in his face as the issue of trans 456 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:47,800 Speaker 3: women in the women's locker room came up and he 457 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:50,840 Speaker 3: was unable to answer and it was a bad look 458 00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:53,159 Speaker 3: for We'll share that with you. Coming up next to 459 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:56,720 Speaker 3: Lou Penrose on kf I Am six forty live on 460 00:24:56,760 --> 00:24:57,800 Speaker 3: the iHeartRadio app. 461 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:03,120 Speaker 5: You're listening to John Cobelts on demand from KFI six. 462 00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:06,080 Speaker 8: All right, we're going to break in. There is a 463 00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:09,280 Speaker 8: news conference now in Washington, d C. About the National 464 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:10,720 Speaker 8: Guard members who were shot. 465 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:15,000 Speaker 9: They were shot. They're in critical condition as you can 466 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,440 Speaker 9: see behind me. We have assembled the full force of 467 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:20,199 Speaker 9: both the federal and state and local law enforcement agencies 468 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:23,359 Speaker 9: to bring bear all of our resources to make sure 469 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:26,040 Speaker 9: we find the perpetrator is responsible for this heinous act 470 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:28,600 Speaker 9: and make no mistake, they will be brought to justice. 471 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 9: Since this is an assault on a federal law enforcement officer, 472 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:34,479 Speaker 9: this will be treated at the federal level as an 473 00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:38,439 Speaker 9: assault on a fed law enforcement officer. The FBI will 474 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:41,040 Speaker 9: lead out on that mission with our interagency partners, to 475 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:44,480 Speaker 9: include the Department of Homeland Security Secret Service atf DEA, 476 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:46,879 Speaker 9: and we're thankful for the Mayor's. 477 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:48,120 Speaker 10: Assistance in this matter. 478 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:52,040 Speaker 9: The Metropolitan Police Department and their skills in investigating homicides 479 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 9: and gun shootings in this city is exceptional. 480 00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:57,959 Speaker 10: We will work together collaboraily. 481 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:00,520 Speaker 9: Because this is a matter of national security, because it's 482 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:03,840 Speaker 9: a matter of pride. President Trump has been informed, We've 483 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:05,359 Speaker 9: been in contact with the White House. 484 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:08,120 Speaker 10: We will shortchange the American public with. 485 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:12,000 Speaker 9: No resources, to make sure we find and safeguard our 486 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:15,320 Speaker 9: nation's capital right here in Washington, DC and bring anyone 487 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:17,280 Speaker 9: responsible for this heinous. 488 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:19,480 Speaker 10: Act of violence to justice. 489 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:22,919 Speaker 9: I would lastly like to add to the American public 490 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:26,320 Speaker 9: in the world, please send your prayers to those brave 491 00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:29,119 Speaker 9: warriors who are in critical condition and their families. 492 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:30,960 Speaker 10: They are here serving our country. 493 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:34,399 Speaker 9: They are here protecting everyday Americans and citizens around the 494 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:37,119 Speaker 9: world in our nation's capital. They are the heroes of 495 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:39,560 Speaker 9: this day, and we must remember them on this day 496 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:41,840 Speaker 9: and every day, and their families and the sacrifice they 497 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:43,840 Speaker 9: have made. I will now turn it over to Chief 498 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:45,680 Speaker 9: Carol the Metropolitan Police Department. 499 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:46,120 Speaker 10: Thank you. 500 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:51,520 Speaker 11: Good after you in everyone. My name is Jeff Carroll On, 501 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:54,360 Speaker 11: the Executive Assistant Chief. You're at the Metropolitan Police Department. 502 00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:58,320 Speaker 11: At approximately two fifteen this afternoon, members of the DC 503 00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:01,480 Speaker 11: National Guard. We're on high disability patrols in the area 504 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:05,520 Speaker 11: of seventeenth and I Street Northwest when a suspect came 505 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:08,320 Speaker 11: around the corner, raised his arm with a firearm and 506 00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:12,600 Speaker 11: discharged at the National Guard members. The National Guard members, 507 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:14,679 Speaker 11: there were other members that were in the area. They 508 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:18,200 Speaker 11: were able to after some back and forth, able to 509 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:21,679 Speaker 11: subdue the individual and bring them in the custody within moments. 510 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:23,760 Speaker 11: Members of law enforcement in the area were also able 511 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:26,760 Speaker 11: to assist and bring that individual into the custody. At 512 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:29,840 Speaker 11: this time, as the director mentioned, the National Guard members 513 00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:32,439 Speaker 11: are being treated at a local hospital. DC Fire and 514 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:35,399 Speaker 11: Ems responded to the scene to provide first aid for 515 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:38,080 Speaker 11: those individuals and transport them to a local hospital. The 516 00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:40,960 Speaker 11: suspect in this case was also transported for treatment at 517 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:41,840 Speaker 11: a local hospital. 518 00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:43,960 Speaker 10: Mayor, thank you. 519 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:46,400 Speaker 12: I'm Muriel Bowser. 520 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:48,240 Speaker 10: I'm the mayor of Washington, d C. 521 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:52,800 Speaker 12: And I to want to send my thoughts and prayers 522 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:57,120 Speaker 12: to the families of the guardsmen and to the guardsmen 523 00:27:57,359 --> 00:28:02,280 Speaker 12: who are in critical condition in a local hospital. I 524 00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:07,440 Speaker 12: am joined by members in leadership from the DC National Guard, 525 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:11,600 Speaker 12: from the West Virginia National Guard, United States Secret Service, 526 00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:17,240 Speaker 12: Deputy may Apia Fire Chief Donnelley, and Metro's general manager 527 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:23,760 Speaker 12: Randy Clark, and we join with the FBI Director in 528 00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:29,919 Speaker 12: ensuring that MPD investigates the US Attorney prosecutes this case 529 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:32,720 Speaker 12: to the fullest extent of the law. I've had the 530 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:39,760 Speaker 12: opportunity to breathe US Attorney General Pambondi, who was speaking 531 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:42,640 Speaker 12: to the President when I called, as well as the 532 00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:47,400 Speaker 12: United States Attorney Pierrot, who assured me that this case 533 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:50,720 Speaker 12: will have her offices complete attention. 534 00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:53,800 Speaker 6: Is there any other suspect? 535 00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:54,600 Speaker 5: Chief? 536 00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:55,440 Speaker 1: Sure? 537 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:57,760 Speaker 11: So now at this time there was no indication there 538 00:28:57,760 --> 00:28:59,960 Speaker 11: was any other suspect. The one suspect that was involve 539 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:03,360 Speaker 11: this incident, they were shocked during the interaction and they 540 00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:06,200 Speaker 11: were transport to the hospital for treatment is validated. 541 00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:08,280 Speaker 10: Need keep the National Guard here in DC. 542 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:11,960 Speaker 12: What we know, Andrea, is that this is a target 543 00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:17,160 Speaker 12: at shooting. One individual who appear to target these guardsmen. 544 00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:19,680 Speaker 12: That individual has been taken into custody. 545 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:22,360 Speaker 13: Man, can you tell us any more details on the 546 00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:26,040 Speaker 13: condition of the two National Guards and whether or not 547 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:29,480 Speaker 13: anyone else was injured, And a quick question PROTU for 548 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:32,840 Speaker 13: the FBI director. You said that we'll make sure we 549 00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:35,520 Speaker 13: find the perpetrators for this act. So just to clarify, 550 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:38,840 Speaker 13: the person believed to be responsible is in custody and 551 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:41,080 Speaker 13: there are no other suspects. 552 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:42,960 Speaker 11: Sure, so I think I can start out again, Chief 553 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:46,040 Speaker 11: Carol from MPD. So both the individuals, the guard members, 554 00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:48,080 Speaker 11: they aren't critical, and the condition a local hospital at 555 00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:50,560 Speaker 11: this time being treated. At this point, we have no 556 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:53,840 Speaker 11: other suspects. We have reviewed video from the area. It appears, 557 00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:55,840 Speaker 11: like I said, to be alone gumman that raised the 558 00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:58,360 Speaker 11: firearm and ambushed these members of the National Guard, and 559 00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:00,960 Speaker 11: he was quickly taken into custody their National Guard members 560 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:04,560 Speaker 11: and law enforcement members any sense and voted. You know, 561 00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:07,280 Speaker 11: at this time, obviously we're very in the priminary stages 562 00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:08,880 Speaker 11: of investigations. You know, there's a lot of things, a 563 00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:11,000 Speaker 11: lot of agents that are here from various federal agencies, 564 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:13,400 Speaker 11: law enforcement agencies. We have the full power of the 565 00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:15,520 Speaker 11: FBI and or federal partners here in the task force. 566 00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:17,320 Speaker 11: So we're looking at all those different aspects. But we 567 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:22,200 Speaker 11: don't have any motors arms. The National guardsmen that were shot, 568 00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:23,440 Speaker 11: I'm told they were armed. 569 00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:25,320 Speaker 1: Did they get off at this time. 570 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:26,680 Speaker 11: That's part of the pulminary investigation. 571 00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:28,640 Speaker 10: And you don't wait how the suspect was. 572 00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:33,720 Speaker 11: Sure, so how this usk was apprehended. As I said, 573 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:36,040 Speaker 11: the individual, the suspect came around the corner. He immediately 574 00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:39,000 Speaker 11: started firing a firearm at the two National Guard members. 575 00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:41,320 Speaker 11: Uh So at that time, there were other National Guard 576 00:30:41,360 --> 00:30:44,320 Speaker 11: members that were in the area. Uh they heard the gunfire. 577 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:47,640 Speaker 11: They actually uh were able to intervene and to kind 578 00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:49,720 Speaker 11: of hold down the suspect after he had been shot 579 00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:51,920 Speaker 11: on the ground until law enforcement got there within moments. 580 00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:53,959 Speaker 10: The shots national lugement. 581 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:54,960 Speaker 1: At this point, we're. 582 00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:57,360 Speaker 11: Still investigating exactly who shot the individual. It's not clear 583 00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:01,160 Speaker 11: at this time kind of ana, we don't know what 584 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:03,719 Speaker 11: kind of weapon there was. DC Police. It happened right 585 00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:05,600 Speaker 11: in front of the Metro, although there is no indication 586 00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:07,640 Speaker 11: that the perpetrator was on the Metro. So there's Metro 587 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:10,360 Speaker 11: Transit police in the area and obviously being on Seventeenth 588 00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:13,040 Speaker 11: Street by the White House, Uniformed Division Secret Service for 589 00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:14,240 Speaker 11: in the immediate area as well. 590 00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:17,200 Speaker 1: And if weapon the alleged we do not know at 591 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:17,400 Speaker 1: this time. 592 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:20,960 Speaker 12: We're going to be able to type a couple of morning. 593 00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:24,080 Speaker 4: He's been able to question the suspectories to his conditions 594 00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:24,840 Speaker 4: so severely. 595 00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:26,320 Speaker 10: He's on the video of that conversation. 596 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:28,280 Speaker 11: Sure, and so as I said, we're very preliminary in 597 00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:30,479 Speaker 11: the investigation, so we're looking to all aspects of who 598 00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:33,440 Speaker 11: the individual is, his connections. At this time, he's still 599 00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:34,680 Speaker 11: in the hospital receiving treatment. 600 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:36,640 Speaker 9: And I would like to I would just like to 601 00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:39,840 Speaker 9: add the reason that this suspect is in the reason 602 00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:42,240 Speaker 9: that this suspect is in custody is because of the 603 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:44,160 Speaker 9: bravery of the men and women of the National Guard 604 00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:48,920 Speaker 9: who responded due to their extensive training to secure American lives. 605 00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:52,200 Speaker 9: Today there was not any further injury and any further shootings. 606 00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:54,680 Speaker 9: We should highlight the fact that the men and women 607 00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:57,880 Speaker 9: of law enforcement, the Inner Agency, the Department of War, 608 00:31:57,960 --> 00:32:01,920 Speaker 9: and the National Guard executed their train with great precision 609 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:05,160 Speaker 9: today and prevented an even greater tragedy from befalling us. 610 00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:08,400 Speaker 9: These National guardsmen are heroes and we must pray for 611 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:10,760 Speaker 9: their safety and their speedy recovery. And as a chief 612 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:13,760 Speaker 9: set we are in the preliminary stages of this investigation. 613 00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:18,000 Speaker 9: We will run down every single lead, every piece of evidence. 614 00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:20,200 Speaker 9: This is the power of the US government at its 615 00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:23,080 Speaker 9: best at the state, local, and federal level. That is 616 00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:25,720 Speaker 9: why this interagency group is standing behind us to assure 617 00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:28,520 Speaker 9: America in the world that we will continue to keep 618 00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:29,280 Speaker 9: DC safe. 619 00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:32,320 Speaker 10: And thankfully we have Metropolitan Police Department, the. 620 00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:35,520 Speaker 9: National guardsmen and federal agents, and the Department of Justice 621 00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:38,480 Speaker 9: and an Attorney General willing to prosecute the mission to 622 00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:42,120 Speaker 9: keep Americans safe. And President Trump has rightly stated that 623 00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:46,160 Speaker 9: this heinous act will be investigated, and he is thanked 624 00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:48,400 Speaker 9: the National guardsmen and women and the men and women 625 00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:49,120 Speaker 9: of law enforcement. 626 00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:55,440 Speaker 1: At the time, why did the West Virginia governor seated nation? 627 00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:01,520 Speaker 8: Okay, you have been listening to a live news conference 628 00:33:01,560 --> 00:33:04,640 Speaker 8: in Washington, d C. We have been telling you that 629 00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:08,120 Speaker 8: two National Guard troops who were shot died, but as 630 00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:10,920 Speaker 8: you heard FBI Director Cash Ptel just say, they are 631 00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:15,280 Speaker 8: in critical condition in a hospital. So again, two National 632 00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:18,280 Speaker 8: Guard troops have been shot near the White House. It 633 00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:21,880 Speaker 8: happened at a mass transit area. They are in critical 634 00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:24,960 Speaker 8: condition and we will have more coming up. 635 00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:27,960 Speaker 2: Hey, you've been listening to The John Cobalt Show podcast. 636 00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:30,480 Speaker 2: You can always hear the show live on KFI AM 637 00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:33,560 Speaker 2: six forty from one to four pm every Monday through Friday, 638 00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:36,840 Speaker 2: and of course, anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app.