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We'll be 16 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:53,480 Speaker 1: hearing from old Joe Biden, who was in the news 17 00:00:53,479 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 1: this weekend because he tested positive again for COVID nineteen, 18 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 1: what they call a rebound case, as the medication that 19 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 1: he used to combat the symptoms and the COVID wears 20 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:07,680 Speaker 1: off after you stop taking it. Some people do continue 21 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:10,400 Speaker 1: to test positive for a period of time. So he's 22 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 1: back in isolation, but he's going to make a statement 23 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:16,760 Speaker 1: to the country. Coming up at four thirty, a CIA 24 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 1: drone strike has killed the leader of al Qaeda. His 25 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 1: name is Iman Zawahiri in Afghanistan. That seems to be 26 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:27,520 Speaker 1: the news that we're going to get from Biden. Coming 27 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 1: up at a round for thirty here on the John 28 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 1: and Ken Show. We're also keeping an eye on California's 29 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 1: own Nancy Pelosi, who kicked off her Asia tour in Singapore. 30 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 1: She's supposed to stop in Taiwan. The Chinese don't want 31 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 1: that to happen. In fact, they were posting missile videos 32 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: today to try to make the point that they do 33 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:54,640 Speaker 1: not want Pelosi, or for that matter, any American political 34 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 1: leader visiting Taiwan to show any sort of support for 35 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 1: that nation. Let's go to Alex Stone ABCS for KFI. 36 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:08,079 Speaker 1: Another big story is this fire that really really blew 37 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:11,080 Speaker 1: up over the weekend in the California Oregon border. If 38 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 1: you've not been following it, because it's it's been warm here, 39 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 1: but it's been unbelievably hot in places that it normally isn't, 40 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 1: although I think this happened last summer as well. Places 41 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 1: in the state of Washington, in the state of Oregon. Alex, 42 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:27,960 Speaker 1: welcome back to the show. A their ken. Yeah, Seattle 43 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 1: Portland areas where they don't have a lot of air conditioning, 44 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 1: and they've had a rough few days. But on the fire, 45 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:37,120 Speaker 1: conditions have been explosive on the fire line. The McKinney fire, 46 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 1: as it's called, fifty four thousand, a little over that 47 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 1: thousand acres. The last mapping that they've done that'll probably 48 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 1: go up tonight. It's been running quickly, moving very quickly, 49 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 1: the fires that we now see annually in California, where 50 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:57,920 Speaker 1: people are running unfortunately sometimes quicker than they can get out. 51 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 1: Katherine was hiking in the area. She had to be 52 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: rescued and so she barely made it. All of a sudden, 53 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 1: we started smelling smoke and we looked over and there 54 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:10,079 Speaker 1: is a huge plus so good news bad news, good 55 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:13,359 Speaker 1: news being monsoon storms moved through the area last night, 56 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 1: helping out a bit with a little more rh relative 57 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 1: humidity in the air, a little bit of rain here 58 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:21,840 Speaker 1: and there, but not a lot. The bad news is 59 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 1: a broad lightning as well, so they've been dealing with 60 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: that today and the sheriff in Ciscue County saying that 61 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 1: they have found two people dead in a burned out 62 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:34,239 Speaker 1: car in their driveway. They believed they were trying to escape, 63 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 1: but they didn't make it. We just a few minutes 64 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 1: ago got an update. Did they believe that because there 65 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 1: are skid marks that show they were trying to ram 66 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 1: a locked gate to exit their driveway and they didn't 67 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 1: make it, and they were packed up and trying to 68 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 1: get out of there. They have not identified them yet, 69 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 1: but it is two adults who they believe lived in 70 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 1: the home and they could not get through that gate. 71 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 1: But the sheriff telling us my understanding, it's still zero 72 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 1: percent containment. Last night, primarily we spent trying to develop 73 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 1: plans for today, which includes going out and trying to 74 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 1: do an assessment of the damage the best we can, 75 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 1: and we're also trying to look for any obvious deceased 76 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 1: persons in the burn area. And that's what they've been 77 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:19,480 Speaker 1: doing today. And we may get an update on anybody 78 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:21,800 Speaker 1: else who they found dead here in the next little while. 79 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:24,599 Speaker 1: But Kenny, it's been moving so quickly there are fears 80 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 1: that more dead. It's kind of what we saw in 81 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:32,119 Speaker 1: twenty seventeen in Santa Rosa, than the car fire crr 82 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 1: in Reading, than in Paradise, where this is less populated, 83 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:39,719 Speaker 1: but it runs so quickly. Tour Mason lost his home, 84 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:42,159 Speaker 1: barely got out. The fire was in your face. I 85 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 1: actually got burned, you know, a little bit in my face, 86 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 1: and it was so intense I was scared. Yeah, his 87 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 1: home is gone. Remote area about two thousand homes are evacuated. 88 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 1: About a hundred of them have burned very close to 89 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:59,280 Speaker 1: the Oregon border. Firefighters do now believe though that they 90 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:02,240 Speaker 1: will be able saved the town of Waireka, not Eureka, 91 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:05,560 Speaker 1: but Waireka, homed about seven thousand people up near the 92 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:08,279 Speaker 1: Oregon border. That was a question over the weekend. They 93 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 1: thought they were going to lose it. One more for you. 94 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:13,039 Speaker 1: This woman in her eighties, she's at a shelter with 95 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 1: so many others. My house has gone, all my furniture, 96 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:21,599 Speaker 1: all my clothes, shoes, coats, boots, everything's gone. But my 97 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 1: daughter in law told me that she grabbed my trunk 98 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:28,359 Speaker 1: full of jewelry before I left. And I found that 99 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 1: out this morning and I I was very happy. So 100 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:34,040 Speaker 1: at least she has that the trunk full of jewelry. 101 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:36,040 Speaker 1: But weather is helping out a bit. It is not 102 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 1: running today like it did over the weekend, but still 103 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 1: zero percent contained fifty five thousand acres. It is a 104 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:46,600 Speaker 1: monster of a wildfire. A lot of work left to do. Yeah, 105 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:49,360 Speaker 1: So I guess what really amped us up with these winds, 106 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 1: huh is that it's yeah, been so hot in that area, 107 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:57,160 Speaker 1: so that brings down the humidity typically, but but it 108 00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 1: was really windy and that was the the aspect of 109 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 1: it running like it did, Just like what we've seen 110 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 1: during Santa Ana winds in southern California that it can 111 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 1: be hot and dry and have low humidity and you'll 112 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:13,719 Speaker 1: have an active fire. But you add in that wind 113 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:16,840 Speaker 1: and that's when it's gonna make the runs quicker than 114 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 1: than people can get out. And again Santa Rosa, Redding Paradise, 115 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:23,720 Speaker 1: it was the wind, and we've seen it time and 116 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 1: again in southern California. You get that aspect in there, 117 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 1: and all bets are off of evacuation routes people getting 118 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 1: out this area, Mountainous homes very far apart, one road in, 119 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 1: one road out in the case of those trying to 120 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:43,719 Speaker 1: evacuate who got stuck, they had a gait that they 121 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 1: couldn't get open, So a lot of obstacles as people 122 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:50,239 Speaker 1: are getting out. He went, as it burned there before, 123 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:52,320 Speaker 1: do we have a situation like we have where this 124 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 1: brush is really there for the recently I don't. Maybe 125 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:59,240 Speaker 1: at some point, but there's no burn scar there right now. 126 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 1: I'm sure did many many years ago, but nothing that 127 00:07:03,839 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 1: that's stopping it right now that it's running into and 128 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:12,440 Speaker 1: not big populations up there right. Yeah, had this been uh, 129 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:16,240 Speaker 1: somewhere more populated, it would have been a paradise or 130 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 1: a Santa Rosa again running through populated areas. It is 131 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 1: about sixty five I believe based on the math. Sixty 132 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 1: five square miles burning right now and two thousand homes 133 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 1: that have been evacuated. They're very far apart. It is 134 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 1: very mountainous. Yeah, you think far northern California, southern Oregon. 135 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:38,680 Speaker 1: Not a ton of people live in the area, but 136 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 1: enough who are being impacted right now that they're having 137 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:43,920 Speaker 1: to get out. And by the way, they did say 138 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 1: today the sheriff and some of the firefighters out there, 139 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 1: they know it did not begin from lightning. Most fires 140 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:54,400 Speaker 1: in California are man made, not necessarily arson, but camp 141 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 1: fires that get away, power lines would go down, catalytic 142 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 1: converters that spark in the brush. They don't know what 143 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 1: started this. There is a road that they've got where 144 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:05,320 Speaker 1: they know the point of origin is. They've got it 145 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 1: sealed off right now. But what caused did They don't know. 146 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:12,400 Speaker 1: But it was not mother nature, not pginny yet there. 147 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 1: It could have been we don't know about that yet. 148 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:16,760 Speaker 1: In the winds. It could have been power lines down, 149 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:18,640 Speaker 1: but it was not lightning that did it. It's a 150 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 1: McKinney fire because what what is it near a place 151 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 1: called McKinney or I would assume. So whatever the first 152 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:26,280 Speaker 1: arriving unit is on scene on a wildfire, they name 153 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:29,000 Speaker 1: it so you can make it the Ken fire if 154 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:32,400 Speaker 1: you wanted to, YEA, it could be. It's usually a landmark, 155 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 1: a street, a valley, a known building around there. I'm 156 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 1: guessing it's the area or the street where it began. 157 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 1: But first in they give it the name, and this 158 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:47,200 Speaker 1: heat dome is finally moving on. I think from that 159 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 1: regionning too. Yeah, Seattle hit ninety degrees, Portland forty year 160 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 1: record that they broke yesterday, ninety five degrees for a 161 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:58,560 Speaker 1: week straight. Ten people known to be dead from the 162 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 1: heat wave, now, mainly the elder they found in their 163 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:06,040 Speaker 1: homes without air conditioning. This is an area where Seattle, Portland, 164 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:09,120 Speaker 1: other areas more along the water that they haven't had 165 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:11,240 Speaker 1: a need until last couple of years for a lot 166 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:13,720 Speaker 1: of AC so they haven't had it, and it's for 167 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:16,440 Speaker 1: the homeless as well. This woman Chris Branson out helping 168 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 1: the homeless, giving them popsicles and gatorade and everything else. 169 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 1: There's no escape from the heat. Right even in the 170 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:27,600 Speaker 1: shade when it's ninety degrees, it's still sweltering. There's no 171 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:33,000 Speaker 1: cold water readily available, no running water, and there's no showers. 172 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:35,840 Speaker 1: In the Portland area. Over the weekend they had cooling 173 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:37,960 Speaker 1: centers set up. There was some anger that they were 174 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 1: shutting them down last night. But it has cooled down 175 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:44,240 Speaker 1: today mid eighties and in Seattle upper seventies, so they've 176 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 1: gotten a little bit of relief. But Seattle hit two 177 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:48,600 Speaker 1: records over the weekend. They hit ninety five. That's a 178 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 1: big deal for Seattle, and successive heat warnings now expiring. 179 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:54,559 Speaker 1: But it's been a rough few days. Yeah, that's like 180 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:56,199 Speaker 1: when London hit one hundred and four a couple of 181 00:09:56,240 --> 00:09:58,840 Speaker 1: years ago. That. Yeah, there's stores on the buildings to 182 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:01,319 Speaker 1: deal with it, right, all right, thank you very much, Alex, 183 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:03,720 Speaker 1: appreciate it. You got it. Next guy, Claren Alex Stone, 184 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:06,880 Speaker 1: ABC News for KFI, reporting on what has been called 185 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:12,560 Speaker 1: the McKinney Fire northern California southern Oregon. Taken out fifty 186 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:16,360 Speaker 1: five thousand acres. It is the biggest wildfire of the 187 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:20,440 Speaker 1: year so far in California. This is not good news, 188 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:22,679 Speaker 1: but clearly we're not where we were a couple of 189 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 1: years ago with all those wildfires that were burning. Remember 190 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:27,120 Speaker 1: they called him a series of complex fires, all the 191 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:29,800 Speaker 1: lightning and stuff like that. So, I mean, we're still 192 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:32,800 Speaker 1: in early August, but so far probably not as bad 193 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 1: as a couple of years ago. But this fire has 194 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:36,760 Speaker 1: it taken the lives of at least two people who 195 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 1: were found in their burned out car. More coming up 196 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 1: on the John and Ken Show, including this news conference 197 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:45,640 Speaker 1: from Joe Biden, who's supposed to announce that a CIA 198 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:48,880 Speaker 1: drone strike has killed the leader of al Qaeda, a 199 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:53,199 Speaker 1: man that well we thought was killed before, but apparently resurfaced, 200 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:54,920 Speaker 1: and this time they think they got him in a 201 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:58,320 Speaker 1: CIA drone strike. John and Ken show on KFI AM 202 00:10:58,360 --> 00:11:01,280 Speaker 1: six forty and well they're saying a CIA drone strike 203 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:05,480 Speaker 1: killed the leader of al Qaida al Qaida. There you go, 204 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 1: we're going back. It was the year twenty eleven when 205 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:12,000 Speaker 1: Osama bin Laden was taken out by an operation of 206 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:17,880 Speaker 1: military operation in Afghanistan. This is al Zaurheri is his name. 207 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:22,160 Speaker 1: He took over about a month after bin Laden was 208 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 1: killed in that raid, and they thought they killed him 209 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:27,520 Speaker 1: at least one time before. Now they killed the leader 210 00:11:27,559 --> 00:11:29,560 Speaker 1: of Isis they think a couple of years back. But 211 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:32,480 Speaker 1: now they say, and we'll find out more from Joe 212 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:35,719 Speaker 1: Biden at a round four thirty art time, that this 213 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:39,320 Speaker 1: operation has killed the al Qaida leader for certain. I 214 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:41,679 Speaker 1: don't know it's in Afghanistan. How do you really know 215 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:45,160 Speaker 1: Taliban runs that place, and kind of surprised that we 216 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:46,760 Speaker 1: just sent a little drone in there and turned him 217 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 1: into a smudge. So Joe will talk about this from 218 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:54,439 Speaker 1: the White House, he addresses the country at around four thirty, 219 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:57,880 Speaker 1: will carry it on KAFI. Well, you know, what are 220 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:00,960 Speaker 1: the fun things to do in the world of celebrities 221 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:04,840 Speaker 1: and their dopey carping about climate change is to take 222 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 1: a look at their private jet flights. Of course, most 223 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:13,160 Speaker 1: people know by now that celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio actually 224 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:16,720 Speaker 1: took his private jet to pick up climate awards around 225 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:20,160 Speaker 1: the planet, which is pretty outrageous. They often take their 226 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:22,880 Speaker 1: private jets to these sort of get together as on 227 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:27,280 Speaker 1: private islands and other fancy resorts where they hang out 228 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:32,640 Speaker 1: on yachts. But now the marketing and analytics agency Yard 229 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:38,720 Speaker 1: has published a list of the top celebrity co two 230 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:43,720 Speaker 1: polluters in the world dealing with their private jet travels. 231 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:48,480 Speaker 1: And no, it is not a Kardashian that is number 232 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 1: one on the list. It is somebody who, of course 233 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 1: is quite famous but not really heard of much in 234 00:12:55,920 --> 00:13:00,160 Speaker 1: these stories about climate change, although I was reading she 235 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 1: does make a big deal about it, I think saying 236 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:05,200 Speaker 1: in one story I read that it's a disaster, that 237 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 1: it has to be dealt with. It's Taylor Swift, the singer. 238 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 1: According to this list from Yard, and they get it 239 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:21,400 Speaker 1: from some transportation analytics outfit, that her private plane took 240 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:26,080 Speaker 1: a hundred and seventy trips since January, that admitted approximately 241 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:30,840 Speaker 1: eight hundred tons of carbon. That's about one thousand, one 242 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:34,720 Speaker 1: hundred and eighty four times more than the average person's 243 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:40,160 Speaker 1: total emissions in an entire year. The outfit learned that 244 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:45,319 Speaker 1: Swift has amassed twenty two thousand, nine hundred and twenty 245 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:49,199 Speaker 1: three minutes of airtime. The average flight is just eighty minutes. 246 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:52,480 Speaker 1: She actually had one flight that was only recorded at 247 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:58,480 Speaker 1: thirty six minutes, bouncing from Missouri to Nashville, Tennessee. However, 248 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 1: the update in the story is, well, there's some things 249 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:05,680 Speaker 1: you ought to know about that. Taylor does lend out 250 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:10,120 Speaker 1: her jet to other individuals, so she's not always the 251 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:13,360 Speaker 1: one on the private jets. Viewing the COO two, it's 252 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:17,040 Speaker 1: not just for her needs and wants to attribute most 253 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:19,680 Speaker 1: of all of these trips to her is blatantly incorrect. 254 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:23,720 Speaker 1: But it's her jet, Isn't that really matters how many 255 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 1: flights the jet is taking and how much carbon pollution 256 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:30,720 Speaker 1: is coming from that. They're also making the case which 257 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:33,080 Speaker 1: we saw with the card dash. You know, I think 258 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 1: it was Kylie Jenner, same thing, same basic family a 259 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago, that sometimes nobody's on the jet, 260 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:44,440 Speaker 1: they just move it from one location to another to 261 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 1: position it for the next trip. Does that matter either? Apparently. 262 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:55,000 Speaker 1: The other celebrity that received some backlash was Drake the singer. 263 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:58,520 Speaker 1: He took three flights in June that were under twenty 264 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:02,440 Speaker 1: minutes each on his eighty five million dollar private jet, 265 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:07,040 Speaker 1: named Air Drake. You know, if I had won that 266 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 1: billion dollar lottery, I probably would have gotten a private jet. 267 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:11,520 Speaker 1: I don't fly a hell of a lot, but I 268 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:15,160 Speaker 1: hate the airports. Oh god, do I hate security. I 269 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:18,120 Speaker 1: hate being corralled onto the plane. Wouldn't we all want 270 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:20,840 Speaker 1: to do this? Oh god, nobody kicking the back of 271 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 1: your seats just to be able to go anywhere you 272 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:27,080 Speaker 1: want anytime. You just get to a nice small airport, 273 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:29,720 Speaker 1: you drive over there, get out of your car, hop 274 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 1: in the plane, You're gone in a matter of minutes, 275 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:34,400 Speaker 1: and you're on your way. Of course, if we all 276 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:37,080 Speaker 1: did this, for those who believe in climate change in 277 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:41,800 Speaker 1: carbon pollution, it would be a pretty ugly place. The 278 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:45,640 Speaker 1: private jet of Drake's is actually named Air Drake. They 279 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:50,800 Speaker 1: reportedly resulted in around fifteen tons of carbon dioxide emissions, 280 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:56,440 Speaker 1: according to celeb Jets, but after multiple outlets reported on 281 00:15:56,520 --> 00:16:01,720 Speaker 1: Drake's high price jaunts between Hamilton and Toto. He commented 282 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:05,000 Speaker 1: on an Instagram post, explaining, this is this is what 283 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 1: I said. This is just they're moving planes to whatever 284 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:12,080 Speaker 1: airport they're being stored at. For anyone who's interested in logistics. 285 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:16,080 Speaker 1: Nobody takes that flight. But does that matter. The plane's 286 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:18,560 Speaker 1: still in the air, it's still s viewing the carbon. 287 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:20,640 Speaker 1: They just want to make it look like, well, I 288 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:22,720 Speaker 1: don't take that many flights, and I don't take it 289 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:26,560 Speaker 1: for like all those really short trips that you're upset about. 290 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:32,160 Speaker 1: They talked to a climate campaign coordinator, Well, we need 291 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:35,120 Speaker 1: as a society to have a conversation about whether we 292 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:37,520 Speaker 1: should be allowing these private flights to be happening in 293 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 1: the first place. It's really frustrating for some folks. You know, 294 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:43,520 Speaker 1: they're thinking to themselves, Okay, well, I'm doing everything I 295 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 1: can in my daily routine to cut down on greenhouse 296 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:49,200 Speaker 1: gas emissions, like taking public transit, oh dear lord, and 297 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 1: buying local products and things like that, And then the 298 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:56,800 Speaker 1: celebrities do this. Apparently the rest of the list behind 299 00:16:56,880 --> 00:17:02,640 Speaker 1: Taylor Swift was Floyd Mayweather was the second worst defender, 300 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 1: then Jay Z the retired baseball player Alex Rodriguez has 301 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:11,960 Speaker 1: taken more than one hundred flights so far this year. 302 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:17,160 Speaker 1: Blake Shelton, the country music superstar and voice judge, who 303 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:20,639 Speaker 1: also made the list, but it says he's only spent 304 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:22,280 Speaker 1: his jet has spent more than eight days in the 305 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:25,520 Speaker 1: year since January. A couple of short flights between Oklahoma 306 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:29,000 Speaker 1: and Texas. Then Steven Spielberg. Finally you get down to 307 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 1: number seven. There's a Kardashian Kim Kardashian fifty seven flights 308 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 1: this year. And on these celebrities will say, well, time 309 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:41,359 Speaker 1: is money and I'm important. The politicians say the same thing. 310 00:17:41,359 --> 00:17:43,240 Speaker 1: On John Kerry says that I need to take a 311 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:45,359 Speaker 1: private jay because I got to get there quicker. I 312 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:48,520 Speaker 1: can't deal with commercial flights and schedules because I'm important 313 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:50,639 Speaker 1: and I gotta be there. But you can't tell the 314 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:54,520 Speaker 1: rest of the world to abide by what you're lecturing 315 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:58,160 Speaker 1: us about and not do anything close to the same thing. 316 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:04,160 Speaker 1: Then Mark Wahlberg Oprah is still flying around apparently all 317 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:08,359 Speaker 1: over the country. And then the rapper Travis Scott is 318 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:12,080 Speaker 1: number ten on the list. All right, shortly we're expecting 319 00:18:12,119 --> 00:18:15,520 Speaker 1: to hear from old Joe Biden. A CIA drone strike 320 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:19,239 Speaker 1: they say has taken out the current leader of al 321 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:21,120 Speaker 1: Qaida actually has been in that position for a number 322 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:23,320 Speaker 1: of years. Will so will you hear from the White 323 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:26,760 Speaker 1: House pretty soon in my direction, here's president of my state. 324 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:31,719 Speaker 1: Success in Kabul, Afghanistan that killed the Emir of El 325 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:39,160 Speaker 1: KaiA Amon El Zoirie. You know, Zouarie was Bin Laudon's leader. 326 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:42,399 Speaker 1: He was with him all the whole time. He was 327 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:44,440 Speaker 1: his number two man, who deputy at the time of 328 00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:47,520 Speaker 1: the terrorist attack in nine to eleven. He was deeply 329 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:51,159 Speaker 1: involved in a planning of nine to eleven. One of 330 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:55,080 Speaker 1: the most responsible for the attacks that murdered two thousand, 331 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:59,240 Speaker 1: nine hundred and seventy seven people on American soil. For decades, 332 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 1: he was a master mind behind attacks against Americans, including 333 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:05,880 Speaker 1: the bombing of the USS coal in two thousand, which 334 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:10,560 Speaker 1: killed seventeen American sailors and wounded dozens more. He played 335 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:12,879 Speaker 1: a key role a key role in the bombing the 336 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:16,679 Speaker 1: US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, killing two hundred and 337 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:20,399 Speaker 1: twenty four and wounding over four thousand, five hundred others. 338 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:24,879 Speaker 1: He carved a trail of murder and violence against American citizens, 339 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:31,639 Speaker 1: American service members, and American diplomats an American interest and 340 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:34,560 Speaker 1: since the United States delivered justice in min Laden eleven 341 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:39,040 Speaker 1: years ago, Sawahiri has been a leader of Alkaida, the 342 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:45,200 Speaker 1: Leader from hiding. He coordinated Alkaieda's branches and all around 343 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:49,399 Speaker 1: the world, including setting priorities for providing operational guidance that 344 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:54,120 Speaker 1: called for an inspired attacks against US targets. He made videos, 345 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:56,879 Speaker 1: including the recent weeks, calling for his followers to attack 346 00:19:57,160 --> 00:20:02,400 Speaker 1: the United States and our allies. Justice has been delivered 347 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 1: and this terrorist leader is no more. People around the 348 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:09,800 Speaker 1: world no longer need to fear the vicious and determined killer. 349 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:13,880 Speaker 1: The United States continues to demonstrate our resolve and our 350 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:17,680 Speaker 1: capacity to defend the American people against those who seek 351 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:22,600 Speaker 1: to do us harm. You know, we make it clear 352 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:26,800 Speaker 1: again tonight that no matter how long it takes, no 353 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:30,080 Speaker 1: matter where you hide, if you are a threat to 354 00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:33,480 Speaker 1: our people, the United States will find you and take 355 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:39,639 Speaker 1: you out. After relentleency seeking Zawahiri for years under president's Bush, 356 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:44,520 Speaker 1: Obama and Trump, our Intel's community located Zawahiri earlier this year. 357 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:48,320 Speaker 1: He had moved to downtown couple to reunite with members 358 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:53,480 Speaker 1: of his immediate family. After carefully considering a clear and 359 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:57,760 Speaker 1: convincing evidence of his location, I authorized the precision strike 360 00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:01,040 Speaker 1: that would remove him from the battlefield once and for all. 361 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:06,760 Speaker 1: This mission was carefully planned, rigorously minimized the risk of 362 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:11,720 Speaker 1: harmed other civilians, and one week ago, after being advised 363 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:14,960 Speaker 1: that the conditions were optimal, I gave the final approval 364 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:17,720 Speaker 1: to go get him, and the mission was a success. 365 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:21,160 Speaker 1: None of his family members were hurt, and there were 366 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:25,440 Speaker 1: no civilian casualties. I'm sharing this news of the American 367 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 1: people now after confirming the mission's total success. Through the 368 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:33,480 Speaker 1: painstaking work of our counter terrors and community and key 369 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:38,400 Speaker 1: allies and partners, my administration has kept Congressional leaders informed 370 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:42,560 Speaker 1: as well. When I ended our military mission Afghanistan almost 371 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:45,560 Speaker 1: a year ago, I made the decision that after twenty 372 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:48,359 Speaker 1: years of war, the United States no longer needed thousands 373 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:51,960 Speaker 1: of boots on the ground in Afghanistan to protect America 374 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:55,080 Speaker 1: from terrorists who seek to do us harm. And I 375 00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:58,600 Speaker 1: made a promise to the American people that we continue 376 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:02,560 Speaker 1: to conduct effective counter terrors and operations in Afghanistan and beyond. 377 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:07,720 Speaker 1: We've done just that. In February, our forces conducted a 378 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:11,280 Speaker 1: daring mission in Syria that eliminated the a mirror of ISIS. 379 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:16,160 Speaker 1: Last month, we took out another key ISIS leader. Now 380 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:19,680 Speaker 1: we have eliminated the amerror of El Qaeda. He will 381 00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 1: never again, never again allow Afghanistan to become a terrorist 382 00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 1: safe haven because he is gone, and we're going to 383 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:32,880 Speaker 1: make sure that nothing else happens. You know, it can't 384 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:34,879 Speaker 1: be a launching pad against the United States. We're going 385 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:37,840 Speaker 1: to see to it that won't happen. This operation is 386 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:42,440 Speaker 1: a clear demonstration that we will, we can, and we'll 387 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:47,080 Speaker 1: always make good on the solemn pledge. My administration will 388 00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:51,080 Speaker 1: continue to vigionally monitor and dress threats from Elkaida, no 389 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 1: matter where they emanate from. As commander in chief is 390 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 1: my solemn responsibility to make America safe in a dangerous world. 391 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:03,520 Speaker 1: The United States did not seek this war against terror. 392 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:06,840 Speaker 1: It came to us, and we answered with the same 393 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:10,240 Speaker 1: principles of resolve that have shaped us for a generation 394 00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:16,199 Speaker 1: upon generation, to protect the innocent, defend liberty, and we 395 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:19,080 Speaker 1: keep the light of freedom burning a beacon for the 396 00:23:19,119 --> 00:23:22,159 Speaker 1: rest of the entire world. Because this is a great 397 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:25,240 Speaker 1: and defining truth. About our nation and our people. We 398 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:30,160 Speaker 1: do not break, we never give in, we never back down. 399 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:34,760 Speaker 1: Last year, in September eleventh, I once more paid my 400 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:38,240 Speaker 1: respect to Ground Zero, New York City, at that quiet 401 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:40,760 Speaker 1: field in Shanksville, at the Pentagon, and at the Pentagon. 402 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:45,480 Speaker 1: Standing in the memorial at Ground Zero, seeing the names 403 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 1: of those who died forever edgeton bronze is a powerful 404 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:52,919 Speaker 1: reminder of the sacred promise we made as a nation. 405 00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:58,600 Speaker 1: We will never forget. Moil also bears the quotation from Virgil, 406 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:02,919 Speaker 1: no day shall erase you from the memory of time. 407 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:06,199 Speaker 1: No day shall erase you from the memory of time. 408 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:09,560 Speaker 1: So we continue to mourn every innocent life that was 409 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:13,720 Speaker 1: stolen the nine to eleven and honor their memories. To 410 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:17,439 Speaker 1: the families who lost fathers and mothers, husbands, wives, sons 411 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 1: and daughters, brothers and sisters, friends and co workers on 412 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:25,400 Speaker 1: that serious September day. Is my hope that this decisive 413 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:29,800 Speaker 1: action will bring one more measure of closure. No day 414 00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:34,199 Speaker 1: shall erase them from the memory of time. Today and 415 00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:38,240 Speaker 1: every day, I'm so grateful for the superb patriots to 416 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:42,399 Speaker 1: serve the United States intelligence community and counter terrorism communities. 417 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:48,400 Speaker 1: They never forget those dedicated women and men who tireless 418 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:51,359 Speaker 1: work every single day to keep our country safe to 419 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:57,040 Speaker 1: prevent future tragedies. It is thanks to their extraordinary persistence 420 00:24:57,080 --> 00:25:01,440 Speaker 1: of skill that this operational success they've made us all 421 00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:04,720 Speaker 1: safer and to those around the world will continue to 422 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:09,159 Speaker 1: seek to harm the United States, hear me now. We 423 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:12,679 Speaker 1: will always remain visilist, and we will act, and we 424 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:15,560 Speaker 1: will always do what is necessary to ensure the safety 425 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:18,320 Speaker 1: and security of Americas at home and around the globe. 426 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:23,320 Speaker 1: Today we remember the loss, we commit ourselves to the 427 00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:26,600 Speaker 1: safety of living, and we've pledged that we shall never 428 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:31,360 Speaker 1: waver from defending our nation as people. Thank you all, 429 00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:34,640 Speaker 1: and may God protect our troops and all those who 430 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:39,400 Speaker 1: serving harm's way. We will never we will never give up. 431 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:44,760 Speaker 1: There with Joe Biden. Is he gonna get a question? Here? 432 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:48,679 Speaker 1: Is he? Leaving Joe Biden from the balcony of the 433 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:53,480 Speaker 1: Blue Room of the White House. You probably noticed he 434 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:56,800 Speaker 1: sounds a little weak. It's already past seven thirty Eastern time. 435 00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:00,000 Speaker 1: After it was announced last week that he had tested 436 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:04,040 Speaker 1: positive for COVID nineteen, he went into isolation for a 437 00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:07,320 Speaker 1: number of days. He came out, and then the announcement 438 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:11,520 Speaker 1: was made. Just on Saturday, he tested positive again, and 439 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:15,080 Speaker 1: now today Monday, they tested him again. He's still positive 440 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:19,600 Speaker 1: for COVID nineteen. They call it the rebound case of COVID. 441 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:24,639 Speaker 1: He took that medication packs lovid, but apparently at a 442 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:29,159 Speaker 1: number of patients, when you stop taking the medication, you 443 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:33,280 Speaker 1: can go back and test positive for COVID nineteen. So 444 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:35,720 Speaker 1: he's going to continue to be in isolation till he 445 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 1: tests negative. But that's apparently the reason. Then you heard 446 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:41,040 Speaker 1: him there. He to sound a little weak, but they 447 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:42,920 Speaker 1: decided this is important enough you had to get out 448 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:46,600 Speaker 1: there and tell the country about it. So the breaking 449 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:50,119 Speaker 1: news this afternoon is at the US reports that a 450 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:55,200 Speaker 1: CIA drone strike has killed the al Qaeda leader Iman 451 00:26:55,400 --> 00:27:00,119 Speaker 1: al Zawahiri. It happened over the weekend in Afghanistan, and 452 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:02,800 Speaker 1: there was some uncertainty as to who they killed, and 453 00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:05,800 Speaker 1: then a couple of hours ago it was confirmed that's 454 00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:08,320 Speaker 1: who Biden's going to tell us was killed, the leader 455 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:10,920 Speaker 1: of al Qaeda. And a lot of people may be 456 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:13,200 Speaker 1: hearing this story this afternoon and must be thinking we're 457 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:16,760 Speaker 1: in a time warp because al Qaeda, what are they 458 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:21,120 Speaker 1: doing anymore? Ever since Osama bin Laden was killed more 459 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:24,920 Speaker 1: than ten years ago. That happened in twenty eleven. This 460 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,440 Speaker 1: was the man that actually took over for him. Over 461 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:30,480 Speaker 1: the years, there's tons of pictures of these two together. 462 00:27:31,119 --> 00:27:35,240 Speaker 1: Zawahiri just turned seventy one years old and was a doctor. 463 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:39,120 Speaker 1: He was born in Egypt, and apparently he came from 464 00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:43,680 Speaker 1: a distinguished Egyptian family. His grandfather was an e mom 465 00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:47,919 Speaker 1: at a university in Cairo, and his great uncle was 466 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:52,000 Speaker 1: the first secretary of the Arab League. But of course, 467 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,720 Speaker 1: as you heard Biden says, Zahiri and joining up with 468 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:57,879 Speaker 1: al Qaeda and bin Laden was one of the masterminds 469 00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:01,480 Speaker 1: of the nine to eleven attack. What I didn't know though. 470 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:06,800 Speaker 1: He was also involved in the assassination of the Egyptian president. 471 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:11,199 Speaker 1: It says he was involved in trying to overthrow the 472 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:14,800 Speaker 1: Egyptian government for years. He wanted to replace it with 473 00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:21,520 Speaker 1: fundamentalist Islamic rule, and he proudly endorsed the assassination of 474 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:25,480 Speaker 1: Anwar Sadat, the Egyptian president in nineteen eighty one. He 475 00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:29,560 Speaker 1: spent three years in prison after the assassination. He was 476 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:33,840 Speaker 1: claiming he was tortured. After he was released, he found 477 00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:38,280 Speaker 1: his way to Pakistan, where he treated wounded Mushahadeen fighters 478 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:42,680 Speaker 1: who fought against the Soviet occupation by Afghanistan, and that's 479 00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:46,800 Speaker 1: where he met bin Laden and they found a common cause. 480 00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:51,400 Speaker 1: He actually said, we're working with brother bin Laden. He 481 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:56,160 Speaker 1: said this in nineteen ninety eight, and they signed a 482 00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:59,560 Speaker 1: fatwa or a declaration that the judgment to kill and 483 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:03,400 Speaker 1: fight him Americans and their allies, whether civilians or military, 484 00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:08,120 Speaker 1: is an obligation for every Muslim. And as you heard 485 00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:11,160 Speaker 1: Biden say, he was involved in an attack on the 486 00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:14,160 Speaker 1: USS coal or at least the planning in Yemen October 487 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:17,800 Speaker 1: of the year two thousand, had killed seventeen American sailors 488 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:21,920 Speaker 1: and wounded thirty nine others. And he was also involved 489 00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:26,840 Speaker 1: in attacks in Kenya and Tanzania on US embassies that 490 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:29,800 Speaker 1: killed more than two hundred people wounded more than five 491 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:33,760 Speaker 1: thousand others. He was often seen at bin Laden's side 492 00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:38,120 Speaker 1: in pictures. After bin Laden was eliminated Zara here he 493 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:41,479 Speaker 1: went into hiding. There actually was a report not too 494 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:44,560 Speaker 1: long ago that he was killed, but then he popped 495 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:46,520 Speaker 1: up at a video not too long ago, which I 496 00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:48,960 Speaker 1: guess they took to be authentic because they put together 497 00:29:49,040 --> 00:29:53,640 Speaker 1: another strike mission. The drone strike was conducted at about 498 00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:58,560 Speaker 1: nine forty eight pm Eastern time on Saturday, authorized by 499 00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:02,840 Speaker 1: Biden apparently had meetings with his cabinet and key advisors. 500 00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:07,280 Speaker 1: There were no American personnel on the ground in Couple, 501 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:11,520 Speaker 1: Afghanistan at the time of the strike. This was all 502 00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:17,160 Speaker 1: done remotely in and out clean a smudge, So if 503 00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:20,120 Speaker 1: it can be believed, that's the breaking news this afternoon 504 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:23,720 Speaker 1: that we have taken out the current leader of al Qaida, 505 00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:28,240 Speaker 1: which the thinking is that now that Afghanistan has ruled 506 00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:31,040 Speaker 1: by the Taliban, al Qaida might be able to grow again. 507 00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:34,640 Speaker 1: Maybe we ought to just send it back a few 508 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:37,760 Speaker 1: steps by taking out its current leader. And that's what 509 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:39,840 Speaker 1: we said. We did more coming up on the John 510 00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:42,600 Speaker 1: and Ken Show here on KFI AM six forty. We 511 00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:46,880 Speaker 1: just carried to Joe Biden's five six minute statement concerning 512 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:50,280 Speaker 1: the CIA drone strike in Afghanistan that has killed the 513 00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:53,200 Speaker 1: current leader of al Qaida, who's been in that post 514 00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:56,160 Speaker 1: for about eleven years, since Osama bin Laden was taken 515 00:30:56,160 --> 00:31:00,360 Speaker 1: out back in twenty eleven. His name is our here. 516 00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:03,640 Speaker 1: He is a doctor by training, but of course a 517 00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:08,360 Speaker 1: terrorist and we believe that we have smudged him somewhere 518 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:12,920 Speaker 1: in Cobble, Afghanistan with a drone strike. So coming up 519 00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:17,600 Speaker 1: after five o'clock, the Elle County Deputy District Attorney John 520 00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:20,280 Speaker 1: Lewin is coming back on the John and Kent Show 521 00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:25,280 Speaker 1: to talk about this story that there are families of 522 00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:30,040 Speaker 1: murder victims who are feeling tricked by Elle County DA. 523 00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:35,200 Speaker 1: George gasconne over resentencing of the death row inmates starts 524 00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:37,600 Speaker 1: with the story of the daughter of a construction manager 525 00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:40,720 Speaker 1: who was brutally murdered three decades ago. Herk using the 526 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:45,479 Speaker 1: word tricked because what the DA's office is trying to 527 00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:47,719 Speaker 1: do with one of his operatives is nothing. But these 528 00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:51,360 Speaker 1: public defenders is pushing to commute the killer's death sentence 529 00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:55,480 Speaker 1: to life without the possibility of parole. But you know 530 00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:57,160 Speaker 1: when I hear that, and I'll talk about it with 531 00:31:57,240 --> 00:32:01,200 Speaker 1: John Lewin after five o'clock, there's the possibility of parole. 532 00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:05,320 Speaker 1: That's the whole idea. Right Again, it starts with, well, 533 00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:08,400 Speaker 1: we don't want anybody executed, all right, So Newsom did that. 534 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:11,160 Speaker 1: He put a moratory amount of executions. But we'll tell 535 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:14,120 Speaker 1: you what we'll give you LWOP life without parole. But 536 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:16,040 Speaker 1: then the next thing isn't that we don't like people 537 00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:19,000 Speaker 1: in prisoner jail for too long. And you know I've 538 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:22,640 Speaker 1: heard this from Gasconne. He thinks fifteen years is enough 539 00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:26,560 Speaker 1: to serve for any crime, even murder. Fifteen years that's 540 00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:30,720 Speaker 1: it for taking somebody else's life. So we'll find out 541 00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:33,640 Speaker 1: what's behind this move when we talk to John Lewin 542 00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:36,640 Speaker 1: coming up after the news at five o'clock, and just 543 00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:39,880 Speaker 1: a heads up on that there is a possibility and 544 00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:42,760 Speaker 1: of course I'll be covering it fully that the La 545 00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:45,760 Speaker 1: County Registrar is going to tell the La County Board 546 00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:48,800 Speaker 1: of Supervisors the results of the signature verification. There's a 547 00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:53,360 Speaker 1: possibility that it comes tomorrow. We only know that because 548 00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:56,720 Speaker 1: the Registrar's name is Dean Logan sent a letter to 549 00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:59,200 Speaker 1: the Board of Supervisors just giving them a heads up 550 00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:03,600 Speaker 1: about what's next in the recall process, which included the possibility. 551 00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:07,160 Speaker 1: He didn't say how likely, just the possibility that their 552 00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:10,880 Speaker 1: signature verification work will be done and a report will 553 00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:15,080 Speaker 1: be sent to the board tomorrow their next meeting. And 554 00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:18,400 Speaker 1: he only did that because they have to then set 555 00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:20,280 Speaker 1: an election date if there's going to be a recall 556 00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:23,840 Speaker 1: within thirty days. They have to set election date. Obviously, 557 00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:28,120 Speaker 1: if this fails the signature verification process, there won't be 558 00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:30,440 Speaker 1: a recall, but he was telling them to just be 559 00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:33,280 Speaker 1: on guard for that possibility, so we will also be 560 00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:36,320 Speaker 1: looking for that tomorrow you're on the John and Ken Show. 561 00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:40,840 Speaker 1: The other big international story is whether or not Nancy 562 00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:44,440 Speaker 1: Pelosi is going to go to Taiwan. As you know, 563 00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:48,320 Speaker 1: she did leave over the weekend for a trip. She 564 00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:53,880 Speaker 1: went to Singapore, but according to reports, Taiwan is expecting 565 00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:58,040 Speaker 1: her to show up sometime either late Tomorrow or early Wednesday. 566 00:33:58,080 --> 00:34:02,160 Speaker 1: Of course, there other side of the world, so they're 567 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:05,280 Speaker 1: hours ahead of us. So this story will be full 568 00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:09,719 Speaker 1: blown tomorrow. And the reason this has become such kind 569 00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:13,839 Speaker 1: of a fascinating thing is that China has threatened some 570 00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:17,960 Speaker 1: sort of retaliation or some sort of action if the 571 00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:22,960 Speaker 1: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi actually ends up in Taiwan. Sign 572 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:27,000 Speaker 1: of course, considers Taiwan to be part of the country 573 00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:32,279 Speaker 1: of China and has for a long time. China now 574 00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:36,560 Speaker 1: according to most reports, and we actually have the statement 575 00:34:37,120 --> 00:34:41,640 Speaker 1: from a Chinese official. His name is Zolejon. He's a 576 00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:47,120 Speaker 1: Foreign Ministry spokesman, and he told reporters, we would like 577 00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:50,040 Speaker 1: to tell the United States once again that China is 578 00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:53,799 Speaker 1: standing by the Chinese People's liberation. Army will never sit 579 00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:59,840 Speaker 1: idly by, and China will take resolute responses and strong 580 00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:05,239 Speaker 1: countermeasures to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity. As for 581 00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:08,680 Speaker 1: what measures, if she dares to go, then let's wait 582 00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:13,200 Speaker 1: and see. Now it's probably just a lot of bluff talk. 583 00:35:14,239 --> 00:35:16,960 Speaker 1: Nancy Pelosi would be the highest ranking member of Congress 584 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:19,120 Speaker 1: to go to Taiwan in quite a few years, but 585 00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:24,080 Speaker 1: other Congress members apparently have made the trip there. This 586 00:35:24,239 --> 00:35:27,440 Speaker 1: just got escalated to another level just because of the 587 00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:31,320 Speaker 1: way the whole international scene is these days, which includes 588 00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:36,680 Speaker 1: of course Russia's invasion of Ukraine. So some of this 589 00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:39,440 Speaker 1: may just be the Chinese way of telling the United States, 590 00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:41,560 Speaker 1: don't think you're going to stand by Taiwan if we 591 00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:44,280 Speaker 1: ever decide we want to take it back by force. 592 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:48,440 Speaker 1: And it's probably just a bluff. Although I thought Pelosi 593 00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:51,239 Speaker 1: would check it out. I did thinking, oh, I was 594 00:35:51,239 --> 00:35:52,799 Speaker 1: going to make a trip to Asia anyway. I just 595 00:35:52,840 --> 00:35:57,040 Speaker 1: put Taiwan on the list. Maybe I'll go there to 596 00:35:57,080 --> 00:36:03,400 Speaker 1: show I support them being independent of China, but apparently 597 00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:09,080 Speaker 1: that wasn't the case. It says here. Before she left 598 00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:12,600 Speaker 1: for Asia, there was caution that a stop in Taiwan 599 00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:16,520 Speaker 1: might instigate a response I could escalate out of control, Biden. 600 00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:19,919 Speaker 1: Those stopped short of urging her not to go, out 601 00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:22,440 Speaker 1: of deference to her status as a head of a separate, 602 00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:25,280 Speaker 1: equal branch of government. And I think behind the scenes 603 00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:27,200 Speaker 1: they were trying to tell her it don't do this, 604 00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:30,520 Speaker 1: probably not a good idea. And then, of course Biden 605 00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:33,520 Speaker 1: had that telephone call with the President of China last week, 606 00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:38,120 Speaker 1: President g He explained that I don't control Pelosi. Sounds 607 00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:43,279 Speaker 1: like somebody. I can't control her actions. And because I 608 00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:45,400 Speaker 1: was in the Senate for so many years, I respect 609 00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:49,520 Speaker 1: her right to make her own decisions. But the thinking 610 00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:53,240 Speaker 1: is China does not accept the fact that Biden doesn't 611 00:36:53,239 --> 00:36:55,320 Speaker 1: have the power to stop her, because in their country, 612 00:36:55,760 --> 00:37:00,120 Speaker 1: the President of China has a lot of power, and 613 00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:03,000 Speaker 1: our statements or things along the line of the speaker 614 00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:05,839 Speaker 1: has to make her own decisions about visiting Taiwan. It's 615 00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:11,320 Speaker 1: up to her. Now. What happened today, China's military posted 616 00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:16,120 Speaker 1: a video of a bunch of missile strikes. 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