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The news this afternoon is being 11 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 1: overwhelmed by the big story, and that is this train 12 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:42,040 Speaker 1: derailment in Missouri in a place near Menden, Missouri. It 13 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:45,280 Speaker 1: is an Amtrak train that was on its way from 14 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:49,640 Speaker 1: Los Angeles to Chicago when apparently it hit a dump 15 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 1: truck at a crossing, a public crossing, and it derailed 16 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 1: with at least eight cars ending up on its side. 17 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:01,320 Speaker 1: Two hundred and forty three people listed on board the 18 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:06,080 Speaker 1: train and a number of crew members. This is Southwest 19 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 1: Chief Train four. That is the actual name of the 20 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:13,760 Speaker 1: Amtrak train, Southwest Chief Train four, and since his trip 21 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:17,559 Speaker 1: started in La that makes it pretty significant. We're supposed 22 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:22,520 Speaker 1: to have a news conference from the Missouri Highway Patrol 23 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 1: to update the story there, because all we're getting are 24 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 1: reports that there are multiple fatalities and that this is 25 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 1: a major incident, that they're responding to a large scale event. 26 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 1: There's another term being used. So when the press conference starts, 27 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:43,520 Speaker 1: if it starts this hour, it's supposed to start six 28 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 1: pm Eastern time, which is three PMR time. But as 29 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 1: you know, these things, particularly in breaking news emergencies, don't 30 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:52,559 Speaker 1: get started on time. We're going to be talking now 31 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 1: to somebody that was on the train, and his name 32 00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: is Rob Nightingale. Let's bring on the air Rob. Yes, Hi, 33 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 1: how are you? But how are you doing that? All right? Well, 34 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 1: what's your story? Tell us how where you got on 35 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 1: the train and what you saw happen and so forth. 36 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 1: Oh sure, let me just step outside here. I was 37 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:19,639 Speaker 1: in I got on the train in Lamy, New Mexico, 38 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:25,079 Speaker 1: and I'm heading Torres Chicago. All right, So just another 39 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:27,919 Speaker 1: train trip. You take the train often? Yeah, I take 40 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:31,800 Speaker 1: it twice a year round trip visit family in Chicago 41 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:36,920 Speaker 1: and Michigan. Okay, so just another trip for you and 42 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 1: just explain to us what happened. I guess it was 43 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:43,800 Speaker 1: a ways into the trip. Yeah, we've just left Kansas City. 44 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 1: They'd refield in Kansas City, and we're running a little 45 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 1: bit late. But anyway, my lunch, I had lunch reservation 46 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 1: at one thirty, and I decided to take a little 47 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 1: cat nap and I got a sleeper car and around 48 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:00,800 Speaker 1: one o'clock I was going in and out, knowing that 49 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 1: I was going to get up soon to go to 50 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:05,360 Speaker 1: the diner car and then all of a sudden heard 51 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 1: like a bang of jolt the train rock The light flickered, 52 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:15,960 Speaker 1: and I thought, well, sometimes it, you know, jumps around 53 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 1: the tracks a bit. But then all of a sudden, 54 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 1: I did it went off the tracks because you could 55 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:23,960 Speaker 1: just feel the train grinding against the ground and all 56 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 1: this dark ground dirt was coming up against my window, 57 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:29,799 Speaker 1: and it kept going. It was like in slow motion. 58 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 1: And then all of a sudden it kept going and 59 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 1: it filtered and fell on my side of the room. 60 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 1: And because it seemed like in slow motion, I just 61 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 1: shimming my body up against the side of the room 62 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 1: as it fell because I didn't want to. I was 63 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 1: afraid the glass is going to break. Through and all 64 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 1: the debris come in, but it didn't. And what did 65 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 1: you do next? Did you wait through? Did you to 66 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 1: meet and try to get out of there? And I 67 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 1: just sat there. It was silence, and it was silence, 68 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 1: and I collected my thoughts, and so then I thought, 69 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 1: I got my backpack, and I opened up the door 70 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:16,039 Speaker 1: and climbed into the hallway. And I saw some people 71 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 1: climbing into the hallway try and climb into the rooms 72 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:22,280 Speaker 1: across the hallway to get out on top of a 73 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:27,839 Speaker 1: side of the car, and I saw my room across 74 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 1: from me was closed. The gentleman must have already gone 75 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 1: out his window. So I went down. And we're going 76 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 1: to go to that news conference as oddisionally to obtain 77 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:41,839 Speaker 1: as much information as we can at this part in 78 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 1: the investigation. I want to stress that the information we 79 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:47,520 Speaker 1: have now available is preliminary. This is an active and 80 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:50,840 Speaker 1: ongoing investigation at the scene that's going to take us 81 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 1: a several hours to work through this today and late 82 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 1: into the evening intomorrow. Was all most likely with me 83 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 1: today is a Corporal Justin Dunne. He's the Truth Be 84 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:02,600 Speaker 1: Public Information Officer. I'll have a short statement for you 85 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 1: here in just a moment, and also with me today 86 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:07,800 Speaker 1: is the Sheriton County Sheriff Eric Billips. Thank you all. 87 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:13,120 Speaker 1: All right, this is from Missouri. Lieutenant Brown said, my 88 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 1: name is Justin Dunn. I am a corporate with the 89 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:17,560 Speaker 1: Missouri State Highway Patrol and I am the Troop B 90 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 1: public Information Education Officer. The statement that we're going to 91 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:23,920 Speaker 1: release this time reference the derailment of the train is 92 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:27,559 Speaker 1: at approximately twelve forty three pm today, the Sheerton County 93 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 1: nine one one Center received the nine one one call 94 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:34,719 Speaker 1: of a vehicle struck by a train on Porsche Prairie 95 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 1: Avenue in Sheerton County, southwest of Mendon, Missouri, at approximately 96 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:44,040 Speaker 1: thirteen oh two. First responders began to arrive on the scene. 97 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:49,599 Speaker 1: Preliminary investigation indicates an A track passenger train traveling from 98 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 1: Chicago traveling to Chicago, Illinois, struck a dump truck at 99 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:58,920 Speaker 1: the railroad crossing of Porsche Prairie Avenue. It's an uncontrolled crossing. 100 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 1: The train had approximate eight cars, including a baggage car. 101 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:08,120 Speaker 1: Seven cars have derailed. There are multiple injuries and we 102 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:11,719 Speaker 1: can confirm there are three fatalities, two on the train 103 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 1: and one in the dump truck. Personnel are currently working 104 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:19,480 Speaker 1: to secure the scene. The train had approximate two hundred 105 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 1: and seven passengers as well as crew members. All injured 106 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:27,680 Speaker 1: and uninjured occupants of the train have been transported from 107 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:33,400 Speaker 1: the scene. Multiple law enforcement agencies, ambulance districts, first responders, 108 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 1: fire departments, and medical hullpo helicopters responded to assist. Agencies involved, 109 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:44,720 Speaker 1: including are the Sheriton County, Lynn County, Making County, Randolph 110 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:49,680 Speaker 1: County Sheriff's offices, the Brookfield and Making police Departments, the 111 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 1: Missouri State Highway Patrol, the Missouri Department of Conservation, the 112 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 1: Missouri State Park Rangers, the Missouri State Fire Marshals, the 113 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 1: State Emergency Management Ambulance from the Sheerton County, Linn County, 114 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:07,599 Speaker 1: Randolph County, Livingston County, Macon County, Howard County, Carroll County, 115 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 1: and Caldwold County also transported with medical helicopters transported. Medical 116 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:19,520 Speaker 1: services provided responded responded to the scene. Each agency transported 117 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 1: multiple victims. Officials from Antrak are responding to the scene, 118 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 1: and the mt SB has been advised. The investigation is 119 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 1: in its preliminary stages and as more information becomes available, 120 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 1: we will be releasing it at that time. Thank you. 121 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 1: As the stressor. This is the beginning of a lengthen 122 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 1: of the investigation. We have a lot more information than 123 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:47,400 Speaker 1: we are seeking to need to obtain. Also with me 124 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 1: are members of the Sheerton County Commission. We will provide 125 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 1: updates as they are available. They can be found on 126 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 1: our Patrols Twitter page at MSHP Trooper B of The 127 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 1: information be there as quickly as we can, and we 128 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 1: will address more questions as we get more information. Thank 129 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,240 Speaker 1: you all for your time. I appreciate it us here. 130 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:11,320 Speaker 1: We'll take some afterwards. Right now we can trib it 131 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:12,920 Speaker 1: did Pine not very much? We can talk about this 132 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 1: point and forty three passengers he just said a total seven? 133 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 1: Can you confirm how many? All right? We're, like I said, 134 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:25,360 Speaker 1: preliminary where we're still working with officialist mamtrack and our 135 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 1: members at the scene. We know there's an excess of 136 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:30,920 Speaker 1: two hundred passengers on the train and approsse me fourteen crew, 137 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 1: but I cannot give you an exact number at this 138 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:35,080 Speaker 1: point in time because it's not something that that person 139 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 1: had been able to verify. You have a number of 140 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:39,440 Speaker 1: how many injury? No idea on number injured. At this point, 141 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:42,720 Speaker 1: good gravel we're crossing. Are there flashing lights for their arms? 142 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 1: It's an uncontrolled the crossbuck intersection on a gravel road, 143 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:48,680 Speaker 1: so no lights, no electronic control devices. Things such as that. 144 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:52,599 Speaker 1: This is way out there with country area. Then a 145 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:54,839 Speaker 1: lot of your real intersections are that way. Yes. Do 146 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:57,640 Speaker 1: you know what hospitals these these victims are transported to. 147 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 1: We we're gonna drop out anyway here. We just got 148 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:08,920 Speaker 1: an update that was from Missouri. That's the Highway Patrol 149 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 1: there holding a news conference about this Amtrak train derailment 150 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:17,960 Speaker 1: Southwest Chief train four. It actually began in Los Angeles, 151 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,080 Speaker 1: made its way to Chicago. I was just talking to 152 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:22,760 Speaker 1: a passenger who got on in New Mexico before we 153 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 1: started the news conference. We now at least have more 154 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 1: information than we had last hour. Seven train cars derailed. 155 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:34,559 Speaker 1: There are three people confirmed dead. Two people on the 156 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 1: train and then the person that was probably operating the 157 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:40,600 Speaker 1: dumb truck, which is what was hit by the train 158 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 1: and what they called an uncontrolled crossing. And you could 159 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 1: imagine that there's no gates, no lights, no nothing. I mean, 160 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:50,080 Speaker 1: this is a very rural part of Missouri. A place 161 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:55,840 Speaker 1: called Menden, Missouri, which is some miles outside of Kansas City, Missouri. 162 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 1: They didn't have any report, as you heard there, on 163 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:00,640 Speaker 1: the number of people injured, and there was a lot 164 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:03,199 Speaker 1: of questions about how many people actually on the train. 165 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:06,080 Speaker 1: First reports said two hundred and forty three, but at 166 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:08,320 Speaker 1: that news conference he said about two hundred and seven 167 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:12,520 Speaker 1: passengers fourteen crew members. So there's your update on the 168 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:16,960 Speaker 1: train derailment in Missouri this afternoon an Amtrak train, and 169 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 1: they're still collecting more information. They'll probably hold another news 170 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:23,199 Speaker 1: event later. All right, when I return. First things first, 171 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:25,319 Speaker 1: you have a chance at a thousand dollars. You'll be 172 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:28,800 Speaker 1: listening for a keyword that you can enter at our website. 173 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 1: Johnny Ken Show, kf I am six forty. We just 174 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:34,240 Speaker 1: picked up a news conference from Missouri from the Missouri 175 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:38,360 Speaker 1: State Highway Patrol. They are updating the world on this 176 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:42,240 Speaker 1: train derailment. The good news is the headlines you're seeing 177 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:47,520 Speaker 1: multiple fatalities right now, they're only confirming three, which is sad. 178 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:50,559 Speaker 1: Two people on the train and one person in the 179 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:54,800 Speaker 1: dump truck. The train hit the dump truck at what 180 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:58,520 Speaker 1: they call an uncontrolled crossing in this little town of Mendon, Missouri, 181 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:02,680 Speaker 1: outside out of Kansas City. This was a few hours 182 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:06,319 Speaker 1: ago and a bunch of cars train cars derailed ended 183 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:08,959 Speaker 1: up on their side. We did talk to a guy 184 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:10,559 Speaker 1: by the name of Rob, although we had to cut 185 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:12,839 Speaker 1: him off because the news conference began. We can't get 186 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 1: him back. But I just heard from my producer that 187 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:17,120 Speaker 1: he's looking for a place to stay because he was 188 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:19,960 Speaker 1: on his way from New Mexico to Chicago. This was 189 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:23,120 Speaker 1: a train from Los Angeles to Chicago, and so he's 190 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:24,360 Speaker 1: got to figure out what he's going to do and 191 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 1: figure out a way how to continue on his trip 192 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:28,600 Speaker 1: to Chicago. And that may not happen today, since you're 193 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:30,520 Speaker 1: not going to be using the train tracks. I don't 194 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:32,199 Speaker 1: know whether or not they'll fire up buses and try 195 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:35,520 Speaker 1: to take people to their destinations or some other Amtrak 196 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:39,800 Speaker 1: train sites. That's probably what they'll do. The Southwest Chief 197 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:42,360 Speaker 1: Train four is the name traveling forward in Los Angeles 198 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 1: to Chicago. No reports on injuries. Some reports were saying 199 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:49,320 Speaker 1: at least fifty people were hurt in some fashion, but 200 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:53,920 Speaker 1: the update we got from the Highway Patrol did not 201 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 1: have a number on people injured. There were more than 202 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:59,760 Speaker 1: two hundred passengers on this Amtrak train on its way 203 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:04,960 Speaker 1: Los Angeles to Chicago. Now oh and coming up after 204 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 1: three thirty the interview I was scheduled to have at 205 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 1: three oh five, I'll talk to the attorney for the 206 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:13,959 Speaker 1: mother of an LAPD officer who died during a training 207 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:18,679 Speaker 1: exercise at the academy, the LAPD Academy, something that says 208 00:12:18,559 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 1: that in the lawsuit that was supposed to simulate a 209 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:25,840 Speaker 1: mob or what a mob attack, he suffered severe spinal 210 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:30,040 Speaker 1: cord injuries and did not survive. Naves Houston. Tippett'll be 211 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 1: talking to the attorney for his mother, who's filed this 212 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:35,920 Speaker 1: wrongful death claim against the city, and trying to learn 213 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:39,040 Speaker 1: more about this very sad and bizarre story a training 214 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:43,360 Speaker 1: exercise that breaks somebody's spinal cord. I had really weird. 215 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:49,600 Speaker 1: When we've played the moist line on Friday, it hit 216 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 1: me one of the callers wanted to know what's going 217 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:57,920 Speaker 1: on with Mayor yoga Pants. Mayor Eric Garcetti's nomination to 218 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:02,080 Speaker 1: be ambassador to India has been on hold, and the 219 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:04,640 Speaker 1: last time we visited the story, there was a member 220 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:07,960 Speaker 1: of the US Senate that's on Garcetti side, saying the 221 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:10,800 Speaker 1: time is running out to try to pick up the 222 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:14,600 Speaker 1: votes necessary to confirm the nomination. It looked like a 223 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:19,520 Speaker 1: breeze for Garcetti. He actually was appearing before a committee 224 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:23,680 Speaker 1: under oath, and he denied any knowledge of a scandal 225 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:28,200 Speaker 1: that overwhelmed his department. After an LAPD officer sued the 226 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:31,360 Speaker 1: city over being sexually harassed by the top aide to 227 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:36,680 Speaker 1: Mayor Garcetti, Ric Jacobs is his name. Garcetti repeatedly told 228 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:40,640 Speaker 1: the press and under oath, never saw it happen, never 229 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:44,080 Speaker 1: heard about it happen, And that looked like that story 230 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:49,320 Speaker 1: was going to stand until until a whistleblower organization helped 231 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:52,640 Speaker 1: out a former communications director for Garcetti with her complaint, 232 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:56,040 Speaker 1: which they took directly to the Senate, saying, oh, there's 233 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:58,960 Speaker 1: plenty of people who can say that the mayor saw 234 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:02,559 Speaker 1: or as heard about what Rick Jacobs was doing to 235 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:07,439 Speaker 1: multiple employees in the mayor's office. So a couple of Republicans, 236 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:09,000 Speaker 1: you know, put up to stop side. Then a few 237 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:11,400 Speaker 1: Democrats kind of said, well, maybe we need to take 238 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 1: our closer look at this, and that's where the story stood. 239 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:16,560 Speaker 1: But time was supposed to be running out and that 240 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:18,720 Speaker 1: was weeks ago. I think that was still in May sometime. 241 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:23,760 Speaker 1: So the only update we have now and here's the headline. 242 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:27,800 Speaker 1: No US ambassador to India for eighteen months in counting 243 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 1: is the longest ever time that's happened before. Now. I 244 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 1: know most people hearing the story think, you know, how 245 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 1: important is it to have an ambassador to any country, 246 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:40,600 Speaker 1: let alone India, But it is the longest ever stretch 247 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:44,080 Speaker 1: where India has not had an ambassador from the US, 248 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 1: according to data compiled by a think tank. They believe 249 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:53,120 Speaker 1: it has gravely affected our diplomatic relations. And one of 250 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:55,400 Speaker 1: the things that was going on is that India kind 251 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:58,280 Speaker 1: of on the fence and this whole Ukraine thing because 252 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:02,880 Speaker 1: Russia is a major supplier. So I guess the idea 253 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:05,680 Speaker 1: was to send somebody over there and diplomatically work with 254 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 1: them to try to come more around. Plus the fact 255 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:11,720 Speaker 1: that this is the climate change mayor, this is the 256 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:13,960 Speaker 1: guy that helped it was like the head of this 257 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:16,720 Speaker 1: big mayor's conference on climate change. The mayors of cities 258 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:22,280 Speaker 1: from all over the country get together and they decided 259 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:24,080 Speaker 1: that we were going to figure out a way to 260 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:28,920 Speaker 1: deal with climate change. So India major contributor. India uses 261 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:32,840 Speaker 1: a lot of fossil fuel. China's the worst defender or 262 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:36,240 Speaker 1: will be very shortly, but India's right up there. So 263 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 1: now there's a gap. What they've been using is some 264 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:44,120 Speaker 1: interim envoys. There have been four of them to try 265 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:47,160 Speaker 1: to fill this gap since January of last year when 266 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:50,720 Speaker 1: Trump's appointee left the position. So now there have been 267 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:55,160 Speaker 1: There's a woman right now named Patricia Lacinda who's actually acting, 268 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:59,400 Speaker 1: I guess as ambassador. But they believe that it's important 269 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:06,240 Speaker 1: because the Indian government, it's described here, is hierarchal, meaning 270 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:08,840 Speaker 1: to get to certain levels and to get into meetings 271 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:14,000 Speaker 1: they like politically connected people. Yeah, and Garcetti's but I 272 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:16,520 Speaker 1: guess if you just have a hack that's like an 273 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:20,840 Speaker 1: interim appointment described as an envoy, that may not impress them. 274 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:24,520 Speaker 1: We have the former mayor of one of the largest 275 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:28,200 Speaker 1: cities in the United States, Eric Garcetti's the ambassador. Now 276 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 1: can we please get a meeting with so and so 277 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:36,040 Speaker 1: with the government, And it says here the diplomatic relations 278 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 1: between the countries were established back in nineteen forty six 279 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 1: when the US State Department raised they started an embassy 280 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:48,640 Speaker 1: in New Delhi. So there's your update on Mayor Garcetti. 281 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:50,640 Speaker 1: It says here it does not send a good message. 282 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:55,280 Speaker 1: We have not heard anything else. Of course, Washington's embroiled 283 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:57,360 Speaker 1: now in the Roe v. Wade thing, and they just 284 00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:00,360 Speaker 1: had the gun build pass, and it does it seemed 285 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:04,040 Speaker 1: like they're paying any attention to something that seems as 286 00:17:04,080 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 1: trivial as this, But it means everything to Garcetti. And 287 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:10,200 Speaker 1: the last time he did the story, he had actually 288 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:13,400 Speaker 1: got his parents to hire a lobbying firm to make 289 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:16,680 Speaker 1: his case in the halls of the Senate in Washington, 290 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:19,600 Speaker 1: d C. All right, when I come back, I'll be 291 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:22,399 Speaker 1: talking to an attorney for the mother of this thirty 292 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:26,360 Speaker 1: two year old Los Angeles police officer who died from 293 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:29,320 Speaker 1: a spinal corps in a spinal cord injury during a 294 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:33,560 Speaker 1: training session at the police Academy. He died three days after. 295 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:36,920 Speaker 1: This is a wrongful death suit alleging that they were 296 00:17:37,119 --> 00:17:41,719 Speaker 1: sort of simulating some sort of mob situation when Officer 297 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:45,600 Speaker 1: Houston Tipping suffered this injury. Coming up next his attorney, 298 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:48,600 Speaker 1: John and Ken show on KFI Am six forty. You 299 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:51,159 Speaker 1: would think that there'll be a few people who not 300 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:56,480 Speaker 1: wanting to deal with airline delays and cancelations and we're 301 00:17:56,520 --> 00:18:00,440 Speaker 1: thinking about a train instead. Might rethink that just because 302 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:03,160 Speaker 1: that's how human nature is. And there was this train derailment. 303 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:07,200 Speaker 1: It was about ten forty our time this morning in Missouri. 304 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:10,440 Speaker 1: An Amtrak train that was on its way from Los 305 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:14,680 Speaker 1: Angeles to Chicago derailed after hitting a dump truck at 306 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:17,680 Speaker 1: what they call an uncontrolled grade crossing and no light, 307 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:20,200 Speaker 1: snow gates, all of that, and the dump truck to 308 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:23,400 Speaker 1: the driver is dead and two people on the Amtrak 309 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:26,199 Speaker 1: train are dead. It did derail and a lot of 310 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:28,239 Speaker 1: cars fell on their sides. People had to make their 311 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:30,960 Speaker 1: way out. There are a number of injuries, but we 312 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:33,000 Speaker 1: don't have account on that. We'll be waiting for an 313 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:35,960 Speaker 1: update later. There were more than two hundred people aboard 314 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:40,840 Speaker 1: this Amtrak train that derailed today. Right now, I want 315 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 1: to talk about a story involving LAPD and its training methodology, 316 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:49,680 Speaker 1: at least as pertains to this case. There was a 317 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:55,800 Speaker 1: memorial service for Officer Houston Tipping. He apparently died on well. 318 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:58,080 Speaker 1: He suffered a spinal core injury on May twenty six, 319 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:01,160 Speaker 1: and he died three days after that while training at 320 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:06,440 Speaker 1: the police Academy in Legion Park. And I remember when 321 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:09,520 Speaker 1: I saw this story, I wondered how that could happen. 322 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:11,560 Speaker 1: I mean, I think there's a police officer that had 323 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:15,320 Speaker 1: fell some distance years ago and died. But a training 324 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:18,120 Speaker 1: session with a spinal cord injury. I mean, how rough 325 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 1: did they get? What were they doing? And we now 326 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:24,879 Speaker 1: have learned that the mother of the police officer, her 327 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:27,879 Speaker 1: name is Shirley Hoffman, has filed what they call a 328 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:32,320 Speaker 1: wrongful death claim, the precursor to a lawsuit against the 329 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:35,880 Speaker 1: city of la We're going to talk now to Bradley Gauge, 330 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:40,639 Speaker 1: an attorney for the mother of this LAPD officer. Welcome 331 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:44,720 Speaker 1: to the show, Thank you very much. What can you 332 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:48,960 Speaker 1: say about the circumstances behind Officer Tipping's death? What can 333 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:53,440 Speaker 1: you tell us? Well, first of all, the injuries were 334 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:56,960 Speaker 1: all over the place. He had two different injuries to 335 00:19:57,119 --> 00:20:00,399 Speaker 1: his head as I understand it, one severe enough that 336 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:04,040 Speaker 1: he needed staples, the others severe enough that it caused 337 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:09,119 Speaker 1: the need for swelling or created swelling in the brain. Additionally, 338 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 1: he had three broken vertebrate at least C two all 339 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:17,159 Speaker 1: the way to C five, possibly also C six. The 340 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:20,440 Speaker 1: injuries were so severe that they needed to do surgery 341 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:24,040 Speaker 1: to stabilize the spine, and they operated at C one 342 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 1: through C eight and they fused them. At the time, 343 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:33,199 Speaker 1: he already had become a quadriplegic because of his severe injuries. 344 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:36,240 Speaker 1: He was unable to breathe on his own. He required 345 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:39,760 Speaker 1: a ventilator, and his heart had stopped. He also had 346 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:42,840 Speaker 1: his liver damage so severely they did not know whether 347 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:47,280 Speaker 1: it would be successful for a liver transplant or as 348 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:50,959 Speaker 1: a donor. And also he had injuries to his ribs 349 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:53,879 Speaker 1: on the other side, as I understand it, of his body, 350 00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:56,920 Speaker 1: which may have been broken. So it was all over 351 00:20:57,040 --> 00:21:00,920 Speaker 1: his body that these injuries took place. And it was 352 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:06,199 Speaker 1: during apparently a training exercise. There were all kinds of 353 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:11,199 Speaker 1: problems with this training exercise as we understand it. They 354 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:14,080 Speaker 1: did not have proper mats on the floor to protect him, 355 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:18,320 Speaker 1: They did not have a trained instructor there to supervise him, 356 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:21,720 Speaker 1: They did not have a defibrillator that they knew even 357 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:24,159 Speaker 1: where it was to help to get his heart to 358 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:29,439 Speaker 1: go because his heart stopped from his injuries. So some 359 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:33,000 Speaker 1: of the details, well, there's so many questions here Bradley. 360 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:35,480 Speaker 1: First of all, it sounds like he was pummeled. When 361 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:38,080 Speaker 1: I first heard this story, they were describing it, and 362 00:21:38,119 --> 00:21:40,200 Speaker 1: I'll read the quote here. Lapd says he was injured 363 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:43,399 Speaker 1: while grappling with another officer, and I thought maybe he 364 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:46,000 Speaker 1: just got picked up and slammed to the ground and 365 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:48,440 Speaker 1: that's where he suffered spinal cor injuries. But everything you've 366 00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:52,800 Speaker 1: laid out sounds like it was an outright pummeling. Well, 367 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:55,720 Speaker 1: that's what I believe it is. When my brother wrestled 368 00:21:55,760 --> 00:22:00,680 Speaker 1: in college and there were stories of people aking the neck, 369 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:03,800 Speaker 1: but it would be one vertebra, not three, and then 370 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:06,960 Speaker 1: there would be no injuries to the head, to the 371 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:09,760 Speaker 1: liver or to the ribs. You can't get all those 372 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:13,679 Speaker 1: from one freak accident. And I'm alive. And what was 373 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:17,679 Speaker 1: Officer Tipping's duties. He was a patrol officer. He was 374 00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:21,240 Speaker 1: a bicycle patrol officer. He was in the Devonshire Division. 375 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:27,640 Speaker 1: He would help to protect the community and by being 376 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:30,119 Speaker 1: a bicycle officer, he was able to interact with the 377 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:33,239 Speaker 1: public a lot more than someone in a car. And 378 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:36,080 Speaker 1: he liked that because he wanted to help people. That's 379 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:39,600 Speaker 1: why he became a police officer to begin with. Now, 380 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:42,200 Speaker 1: it says, apparently in the claim that there was something 381 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:45,040 Speaker 1: about simulating a mob in this training exercise. What do 382 00:22:45,040 --> 00:22:50,920 Speaker 1: you know about that? We only have fragments of information 383 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 1: because the LAPD is not sharing information with us the 384 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:58,719 Speaker 1: way we think they should. But as we understand it, 385 00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:02,640 Speaker 1: this was a way to train bicycle officers what they're 386 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:06,600 Speaker 1: supposed to do if there is a protest. It's very 387 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:11,600 Speaker 1: timely with the unfortunate elimination of roe versus Wade and 388 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:16,119 Speaker 1: the nationwide protests. So it's terrific that they want to 389 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:19,720 Speaker 1: train officers in order to deal with a public. But 390 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:24,840 Speaker 1: how can they possibly hope to be training officers in 391 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:28,080 Speaker 1: a way that kills one of their own. What's that 392 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:31,760 Speaker 1: going to do to the rest of us? Was there 393 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:36,639 Speaker 1: any video made of this? Do you know or we 394 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:39,480 Speaker 1: do understand that there is a training video that was 395 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:42,560 Speaker 1: made and I have made a request for that video, 396 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:45,560 Speaker 1: but it has not been provided to us at this time. 397 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:49,480 Speaker 1: We also understand that they did an investigation and after 398 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:53,200 Speaker 1: a month they should have some good details, but that 399 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:57,120 Speaker 1: has not been provided to us either. See at the funeral. 400 00:23:57,240 --> 00:24:01,199 Speaker 1: I saw some of the funeral on television and at 401 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:06,080 Speaker 1: least on the news, and everybody just seemed so grief stricken, 402 00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:09,960 Speaker 1: including the police chief, Michael Moore, And they apparently gave 403 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:14,480 Speaker 1: the parents, including your client, the folded American flag. I mean, instead, 404 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:18,000 Speaker 1: it just sounds like, I don't know how else to 405 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:21,400 Speaker 1: describe this, but he was really pummeled in some way 406 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:24,400 Speaker 1: that god seems to go beyond any normal training exercise. 407 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:29,280 Speaker 1: All the injuries that you've described, I can't imagine why 408 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:33,240 Speaker 1: he didn't stop soon or something like that. Well, that's 409 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:37,439 Speaker 1: the whole point. These injuries do seem like a terrible beating, 410 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:41,639 Speaker 1: and the family deserves answers. They want answers, they're not 411 00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:46,080 Speaker 1: receiving answers, And I do want to express the family's 412 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:51,240 Speaker 1: gratitude for the funeral. The funeral was a wonderful affair 413 00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:54,680 Speaker 1: from everything I could see, and I'm sure that Chief 414 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:59,919 Speaker 1: Moore was upset to see the loss of Officer Chipping, 415 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:03,800 Speaker 1: and we appreciate the fact that he was there, and 416 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:07,480 Speaker 1: that the mayor was there and other dignitaries. That's all terrific. 417 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:11,439 Speaker 1: But the problem is they should not have had to 418 00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:14,280 Speaker 1: be there at all because Officer Tipping went to work 419 00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:17,720 Speaker 1: that day. He wasn't even out on the streets facing 420 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:22,080 Speaker 1: some unforeseen criminal. He was with what was supposed to 421 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:24,639 Speaker 1: be his friends and his coworkers, and all of a 422 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:28,600 Speaker 1: sudden he winds up a quadriplegic and three days later 423 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:33,600 Speaker 1: he dies. And that is so troubling, it's unfathomable to me. 424 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:37,800 Speaker 1: Was your clients, Shirley Huffman told anything about the circumstances 425 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:43,920 Speaker 1: of surrounding his injuries. She has received fragments of information 426 00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:49,480 Speaker 1: from different people. The information that we receive is inconsistent 427 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:54,400 Speaker 1: and incomplete. So I have tried to piece together the 428 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:59,000 Speaker 1: information from calling folks who basically say I can't talk, 429 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:01,879 Speaker 1: I want a lawyer. Sometimes they say I'm not going 430 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:05,360 Speaker 1: to tell you anything, but here's one sentence of information. 431 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:09,919 Speaker 1: And so as you talk to people and you gather information, 432 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:13,280 Speaker 1: you get a sense of what happened, and the injuries 433 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 1: really tell the story. In any event, here well, if 434 00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:19,560 Speaker 1: it does move on to an actual wrongful death lawsuit, 435 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:21,800 Speaker 1: which appears to be since you file the claim, I 436 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:26,480 Speaker 1: guess we'll get to depose people. I plan to depose them. 437 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:30,520 Speaker 1: I sent out a Public Records Act request today for information. 438 00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:34,720 Speaker 1: We'll be able to follow the lawsuit. After forty five days, 439 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:37,840 Speaker 1: you start with the governeal claim, then you follow the lawsuit. 440 00:26:38,359 --> 00:26:41,919 Speaker 1: Then after that you can take depositions and do written 441 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:47,159 Speaker 1: discovery to gather more information. Well, Bradley Gage, thanks for talking. 442 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:50,719 Speaker 1: To be my best towards the officer Tipping's mother, Shirley, 443 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:53,040 Speaker 1: and we'll keep track of the story. Thanks a lot 444 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:56,280 Speaker 1: for coming on. Thank you so much. It's a sad 445 00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:58,840 Speaker 1: story and I hope that we can find some justice 446 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:01,439 Speaker 1: and peace for the family. Have a good time, all right. 447 00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:04,679 Speaker 1: That's Bradley Gauge. He's an attorney for the mother of 448 00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:07,680 Speaker 1: an LAPD officer who died during a training exercise three 449 00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:10,879 Speaker 1: days after this happened on May twenty sixth, And the 450 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:13,560 Speaker 1: initial reports is that he suffered just spinal cord injuries, 451 00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:16,600 Speaker 1: but as you heard Bradley Gage talk about, he suffered 452 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:19,240 Speaker 1: injuries to two parts of his head for vertebrae. It 453 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:21,920 Speaker 1: was a serious situation. It was supposed to simulating some 454 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:25,199 Speaker 1: sort of mob or mob attack, but it looks like 455 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:27,639 Speaker 1: a horrible pummeling. All right. We got more coming up 456 00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:29,520 Speaker 1: with the John and Ken Show on K five. We'll 457 00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:31,600 Speaker 1: get more on the travel Nightmare as we move into 458 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:35,399 Speaker 1: what will become this weekend coming up, a super holiday 459 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:37,879 Speaker 1: getaway weekend with the fourth of July landing on a 460 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:40,480 Speaker 1: Monday this year, and apparently a lot of companies were 461 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:42,720 Speaker 1: given people Tuesday July fifth off too. I'm not sure 462 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:46,280 Speaker 1: what that is at the hangover effect anyway, of course, 463 00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:49,280 Speaker 1: the situation where air travel has been pathetic, and of 464 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:53,680 Speaker 1: course today's news that a train derailed in Missouri killing 465 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:57,399 Speaker 1: three people probably won't make people feel very comforted taking trains. 466 00:27:57,440 --> 00:28:00,200 Speaker 1: But anyway, we'll talk to Alex Stone, ABC News for 467 00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:03,280 Speaker 1: KFI coming up at two four or five, and Deborah Mark. 468 00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:05,240 Speaker 1: I have a story that I pulled just for you 469 00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:08,840 Speaker 1: about what you could possibly do to make yourself feel 470 00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:15,040 Speaker 1: a little more at ease on airplanes besides wearing a mask. Say, 471 00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:17,879 Speaker 1: I'm surprised you don't wear like the whole contained mask, 472 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,000 Speaker 1: the helmet thing that people have. No, I don't want 473 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:23,480 Speaker 1: to be ridiculous that reporter from Channel seven. I still 474 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:25,879 Speaker 1: remember that video. He got on a plane with this 475 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:29,520 Speaker 1: gigantic plastic seethrough thing over his head and like a 476 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:31,800 Speaker 1: tante put over his head because he wasn't going to 477 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:34,320 Speaker 1: take any chances. I'm okay, with a cane and ninety 478 00:28:34,359 --> 00:28:38,480 Speaker 1: five mask. Okay, we'll see. Well, we'll have to find 479 00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:41,240 Speaker 1: out that. I'll bet you some people get in COVID 480 00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:44,320 Speaker 1: now certainly are born masks. But you know, it's just 481 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:45,800 Speaker 1: one of those things where if you run into the 482 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:48,520 Speaker 1: right super spreader, I don't know if there's enough you 483 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:51,360 Speaker 1: can do, just the right circumstances with a super spreader 484 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:53,840 Speaker 1: and an event and being close. I mean, the mask 485 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:57,160 Speaker 1: may be helpful, but you don't necessarily think it's gonna 486 00:28:57,280 --> 00:29:00,560 Speaker 1: stop this. It's more fate. Just believe in fate, Deborah Mark, 487 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:03,840 Speaker 1: except your fate case you missed at Debra Mark's husband 488 00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:08,560 Speaker 1: apparently tested positive after sauntering off to Las Vegas and 489 00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:12,920 Speaker 1: not doing anything. She said, nothing, no, no casinos, no shows, 490 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:18,640 Speaker 1: nothing wild. That's what he tells you, wink. With all 491 00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:22,160 Speaker 1: of the ballot measures you'll see in November to vote 492 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:26,720 Speaker 1: on grown, we just got a new one and it 493 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:30,840 Speaker 1: really is a gimme. And it's just you know, after 494 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:34,520 Speaker 1: the mass shooting in Uvaldi, Texas, the California legislature and 495 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:38,400 Speaker 1: Newsom went crazy over the gun control stuff, and California 496 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:40,400 Speaker 1: some of the strictest gun control laws in the country. 497 00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:44,320 Speaker 1: California is also a state that has the most permissive 498 00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:47,440 Speaker 1: or one of the most permissive abortion laws in the state. 499 00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:50,720 Speaker 1: That's not going to change. The Supreme Court did not 500 00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:53,960 Speaker 1: outlaw abortion. It merely said that you don't have a 501 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:56,920 Speaker 1: constitutional right to an abortion, and it's up to the 502 00:29:57,000 --> 00:30:02,640 Speaker 1: states more or less to a regulate that. In California, 503 00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:06,400 Speaker 1: it's not too hard to get an abortion. It's pretty 504 00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:10,200 Speaker 1: much up to a physician to determine at what point 505 00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:13,280 Speaker 1: of fetus is viable. It's supposed to be around twenty 506 00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:16,520 Speaker 1: four weeks or so. So the ballot measure we got 507 00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:21,640 Speaker 1: today is from this state, Senate President pro Tem Tony Atkins, 508 00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:28,840 Speaker 1: another annoyance from San Diego. It's a Senate Constitutional Amendment ten, which, 509 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:30,800 Speaker 1: if approved by the voters it would take a simple 510 00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:35,440 Speaker 1: majority vote, will codify the state's reproductive rights, will grant 511 00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:38,400 Speaker 1: anyone of reproductive aids the fundamental right to choose to 512 00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:43,880 Speaker 1: bear a child or to choose and to obtain an abortion. Currently, 513 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:48,680 Speaker 1: these laws, it's case law, statutory law. What they wanted 514 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:52,000 Speaker 1: to do is embed it into the state constitution so 515 00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:55,240 Speaker 1: we can get a headline and we can look like 516 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:59,120 Speaker 1: we're at the forefront of this. Atkins, by the way, 517 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:03,959 Speaker 1: also wants to make California sanctuary state for abortion. That's 518 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:08,560 Speaker 1: so basically, you're going to invite people from all over 519 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:11,360 Speaker 1: the country to come here and have an abortion that 520 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:14,360 Speaker 1: will pay for it. Doesn't really say that in the story, 521 00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:19,000 Speaker 1: but she said that she grew up in a western 522 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:23,960 Speaker 1: Virginia home with no running water, and she's particularly concerned 523 00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:27,600 Speaker 1: what abortion access means for women with no resources, poor women, 524 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:32,760 Speaker 1: women of color. I mean, the rhetoric about this has 525 00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:36,800 Speaker 1: just been amped up so much since this decision came about. 526 00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:40,640 Speaker 1: But they're going to add this to the list of 527 00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:44,160 Speaker 1: things to vote on in November, and that's going to 528 00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:50,200 Speaker 1: be a constitutional amendment to allow abortion. The other thing 529 00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:54,320 Speaker 1: that happened today, California has become the first state to 530 00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:59,680 Speaker 1: offer healthcare to all undocumented residents. Oh isn't that nice? 531 00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:05,640 Speaker 1: Newsome signed the budget deal which includes this provision full 532 00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:10,280 Speaker 1: coverage for about seven hundred thousand undocumented residents ages twenty 533 00:32:10,360 --> 00:32:12,600 Speaker 1: six to forty nine. See, they'd already taken care of 534 00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:15,320 Speaker 1: the lower end of that, and they already taken care 535 00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:16,880 Speaker 1: of the older end of that. I think there was 536 00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:19,680 Speaker 1: fifty and older that they passed a couple of years ago, 537 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:22,160 Speaker 1: so they were looking to pick up the middle and 538 00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:26,160 Speaker 1: they did pass a bill that would provide health insurance 539 00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:30,480 Speaker 1: to those who are in the country without authorization and 540 00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:34,320 Speaker 1: our ages twenty six to forty nine. The state already 541 00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:39,520 Speaker 1: allows many undocumenteds to join medical and twenty fifteen, California 542 00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:42,640 Speaker 1: began allowing undocumented children to join medical. Four years later 543 00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:46,360 Speaker 1: eligibly broad into those over younger than twenty six, and 544 00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:49,200 Speaker 1: in May, the states started covering people aged fifty and over. 545 00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:52,480 Speaker 1: So this just covers a soft spot. This expansion is 546 00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:57,040 Speaker 1: expected to cost two point six billion dollars annually. There 547 00:32:57,080 --> 00:32:59,800 Speaker 1: goes that surplus looking for new ways to spend it. 548 00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:03,240 Speaker 1: So there you go. They're already given out money because 549 00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:05,600 Speaker 1: of the high cost of inflation, and now they're handing 550 00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:10,040 Speaker 1: a couple of billion over for healthcare for illegal aliens. 551 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:12,120 Speaker 1: All right, Coming up next, we'll take a look at 552 00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:15,040 Speaker 1: the travel nightmare that has become leading into the fourth 553 00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:17,400 Speaker 1: of July weekend. It's only going to get worse. We're 554 00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:21,120 Speaker 1: talking about airline travel. Alex Stone, ABC News for KFI 555 00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:24,000 Speaker 1: is coming on next. John and Ken's show on KFI 556 00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:26,640 Speaker 1: Am six forty Debra mark as the news now It's 557 00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:30,240 Speaker 1: never been more important to diversify your financial portfolio. 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