1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:02,160 Speaker 1: Can't. I am six forty. 2 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:06,080 Speaker 2: You're listening to the John coblt Podcast on the iHeartRadio. 3 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:08,159 Speaker 1: App Lou Penrose in for John Covelt this week on 4 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:12,640 Speaker 1: The John Covelt Show. Dramatic video of this helicopter coming 5 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:14,800 Speaker 1: down in Huntington Beach. There's a lot of air shows 6 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:18,120 Speaker 1: in Huntington Beach and there's just a lot of planes 7 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:20,639 Speaker 1: and a lot of things in the sky to look at, 8 00:00:21,239 --> 00:00:24,599 Speaker 1: so people's eyes are on the sky a lot, especially 9 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 1: on the weekend. But this, this was something else, and 10 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:35,199 Speaker 1: that the pilot reportedly was trying to stay away from 11 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:39,839 Speaker 1: people and crashed in such a way that minimized the 12 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 1: impact to anybody on the ground is absolutely amazing. Alex Stone, 13 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:45,480 Speaker 1: ABC News cor respondent, Alex thanks so much for coming 14 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 1: on with us. What's the condition? What do we know 15 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:50,239 Speaker 1: about the condition of the people inside the alecant, Well, 16 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:52,880 Speaker 1: we don't know a lot. We know that they were hospitalized. 17 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 2: There were two on board and then three on the ground, 18 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 2: including a child, and we think it's a child who 19 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 2: kind of the most amazing thing out of this is 20 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 2: how the helicopter wedged in between the bridge that goes 21 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 2: over pch Over to the big Hyatt that's right there 22 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 2: and the palm trees that kind of put it in 23 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 2: between the bridge and the palm trees, and it just 24 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:18,640 Speaker 2: kind of went boom and sat there instead of breaking 25 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:21,480 Speaker 2: apart or catching fire or then hitting the ground, and 26 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:25,480 Speaker 2: because of the rotor blades and spinning around or doing 27 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 2: anything like that, it just kind of went into that 28 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:31,679 Speaker 2: spot and stopped right there. Well, there was a child 29 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:35,120 Speaker 2: who was under the chopper who and there's. 30 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:36,319 Speaker 1: Now video going around of it. 31 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 2: Where as the chopper came down, he was kind of 32 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 2: in a fetal position and any of has injuries as well. 33 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:44,480 Speaker 2: We believe that he was one of the injured, but 34 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 2: was in a fetal position underneath the chopper. But the chopper, 35 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:50,280 Speaker 2: because of how it got stuck, didn't come all the 36 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 2: way down onto the stairs coming off of the bridge, 37 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 2: and it was I don't know, maybe four feet from 38 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 2: hitting the stairs, and it stopped right there because of 39 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 2: how wedged in and that child was underneath it with 40 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:05,279 Speaker 2: the engine noise that sound like a jet engine going 41 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 2: and still the red navigational light blinking on the chopper, 42 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 2: I mean it was still minus having no rotor blades, 43 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:16,960 Speaker 2: it was very much still running and bystanders went in 44 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 2: there and got the kid and slid them out from 45 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 2: underneath the chopper and got him out of there. And 46 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:25,960 Speaker 2: I mean that boy was we believe a boy was 47 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:29,359 Speaker 2: so close to death in that moment of this thing 48 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:31,639 Speaker 2: coming down, And I mean just the noise must have 49 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:35,079 Speaker 2: been incredible for the child going on. I mean, I'm 50 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:36,800 Speaker 2: sure you've seen the video a little bit, but of 51 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 2: it coming down sound like this from all the bystanders 52 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:45,639 Speaker 2: who were right there. But a lot that we wait 53 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 2: to find out. 54 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:46,359 Speaker 1: Now. 55 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 2: The NTSB and the FAA, they are investigating, but they 56 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 2: have given zero information because of the government shutdown. All 57 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 2: we get is auto replies via email saying because of 58 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:57,919 Speaker 2: the shutdown that they're not going to be providing much 59 00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 2: info on anything. But we know the pilot who owns 60 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:04,919 Speaker 2: it I had been known in the area. Some have 61 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 2: complained that he had been a little bit of a 62 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:11,079 Speaker 2: hot dog in the area as well, flying by buildings 63 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 2: previously and was known. But in this case, seems like 64 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 2: he was just trying to land where they were parking 65 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:19,520 Speaker 2: all the helicopters. He getting ready for Sunday's event, and 66 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 2: something went wrong either It almost looks like he got 67 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:26,839 Speaker 2: some kind of an updraft or created the updraft from 68 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 2: the helicopter itself or with the rotor, because it did 69 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:33,080 Speaker 2: look like that rear tail rotor flew off. Whether that 70 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 2: was from the forces of when they began spinning, or 71 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:38,960 Speaker 2: if that's what created this situation, we don't yet know. 72 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 1: The part that struck me in watching the video, it's 73 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 1: just how quickly it came down, Like it didn't float down. 74 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 1: I mean, it just it spun down. It spiraled down, 75 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: and it just was I mean, it came down so fast. 76 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 1: And how I don't know how you could even see 77 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 1: it was spinning around. So how could he have known 78 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 1: to maneuver tore an area where maybe a couple of 79 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 1: palm trees can almost create a basket to be a 80 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 1: wedge and not hit the ground. They are crediting the 81 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 1: pilot with making that decision. 82 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, some of his friends and fellow pilots 83 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 2: are saying that, and maybe in the end we'll find 84 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:19,279 Speaker 2: out that he did. I'm no accident investigator and no pilot, 85 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 2: but it would seem to me, based on looking at it, 86 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 2: that that's just where the chopper went in that moment. 87 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:27,039 Speaker 2: It seems a little bit different than some of the 88 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:30,799 Speaker 2: other ones, Like think about in northern California last Monday, 89 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:34,920 Speaker 2: the Reach medical chopper that went down. That video clearly 90 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 2: showed that it looked like the pilot was struggling with it, 91 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 2: but was going to put it down on the freeway 92 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:42,159 Speaker 2: and not on top of homes on the other side 93 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:44,640 Speaker 2: of the freeway. Because that one did kind of float 94 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 2: down and then in the last moment it hit real 95 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 2: hard and toppled onto its side. But it seemed like 96 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 2: they had some control of the chopper leading up to 97 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:56,360 Speaker 2: the crash in Sacramento, this one in Huntington Beach. I mean, 98 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:58,599 Speaker 2: it didn't look like they had any control of that 99 00:04:58,720 --> 00:04:59,599 Speaker 2: chopper in that moment. 100 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:01,039 Speaker 1: I was spinning. 101 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 2: They were not auto rotating, you know, the way to 102 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:07,839 Speaker 2: rescue a chopper, at least in a way that it 103 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:10,039 Speaker 2: would have been effective and then be able to put 104 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 2: it down where they wanted to. When you see that 105 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:16,599 Speaker 2: thing spin around and then the pieces of it flying 106 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 2: off and everything. Maybe we'll find out he did have 107 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 2: some control over but it sure didn't look like it. 108 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 1: You mentioned that we're not getting a lot of information 109 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:26,560 Speaker 1: because of the government shutdown, but is that I mean, 110 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 1: the National Transportation Safety Administration is still that's essential. I mean, 111 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:35,200 Speaker 1: maybe the PIO is probably not working, but the investigators 112 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:36,080 Speaker 1: are still working. 113 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 2: I assume right, they are still working. You know, it's 114 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:42,480 Speaker 2: a little bit different. It's typically the lead investigator they're 115 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 2: not standing on this what they call a go team. 116 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:46,840 Speaker 2: A go team would typically be a huge team of people. 117 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:50,040 Speaker 2: They go to airline accidents and major incidents. This would 118 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 2: be where normally we as the media would get to 119 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 2: talk to the lead investigator, probably headquartered here out of 120 00:05:56,600 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 2: the lead investigator covers the southern California area and doesn't 121 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:02,599 Speaker 2: have to travel in. Normally they will come to the 122 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 2: microphones and say, all right, here's what we've got. You know, 123 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:07,919 Speaker 2: here's what we're investigating. All of that, and because of 124 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 2: the shutdown, none of that is being coordinated right now. 125 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 2: And there's the media office is not putting out here's 126 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:16,599 Speaker 2: what we know. Here here the basics. The FAA the 127 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 2: same thing. Typically they do put out basics on things. 128 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:22,360 Speaker 2: All of that is for the most part, there are 129 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 2: little things here and there coming out on some incidents, 130 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 2: but most of that is on hold during the shutdown. 131 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:30,400 Speaker 1: ABC News corresponding, Alex Stone, thanks so much, appreciate you 132 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:32,120 Speaker 1: coming on to talk with us about it and give 133 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 1: us what information we have. Loup Penrose Info John coblt 134 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 1: All this week. 135 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:41,800 Speaker 3: You're listening to John Cobelt on demand from KFI A 136 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:42,920 Speaker 3: six forty. 137 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 1: Loup Penrose Info. John Cobelt on the John Cobelt Show. 138 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 1: Just traumatic, dramatic, spit it out broadcaster traumatic footage of 139 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 1: this helicopter spinning down. It finally landed in the wedge 140 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:01,279 Speaker 1: between the bridge and the pod trees near the stairs 141 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 1: at the High Hotel in Huntington Beach. And if you're 142 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 1: familiar with the area, you know exactly that that bridge 143 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:11,400 Speaker 1: that's right there. The helicopter was there for a cars 144 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 1: and copter's event and it was attempting to land at 145 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:20,600 Speaker 1: the beach parking lot. It was doing some stunts and 146 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 1: some showy moves, but it was unclear what caused the 147 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:25,720 Speaker 1: chopper to go down. It appeared that a piece of 148 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:28,320 Speaker 1: the rotor flew off before it hit the ground and 149 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:31,280 Speaker 1: that might have caused the spin. A child on the ground, 150 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 1: as you heard Alex Stone, child was just hanging out 151 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:39,520 Speaker 1: on the sidewalk and wound up under the helicopter and 152 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:42,679 Speaker 1: the chopper fell and got wedged in between the bridge 153 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:48,240 Speaker 1: and the tree, like four feet away from the child. 154 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:54,120 Speaker 1: So that's one lucky duck. The NTSB and FAA are 155 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:56,480 Speaker 1: investigating to find out what's going on, but we don't 156 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:58,640 Speaker 1: have any information because of the government shut down. So 157 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:04,280 Speaker 1: that's some but misleading. The investigations continue. So little of 158 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 1: the government is non essential work. Most of the government 159 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:11,240 Speaker 1: is working. I work for the federal government for fifteen years. 160 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:14,280 Speaker 1: I was a deputy chief of staff for three members 161 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 1: of Congress here in California, and I've been through government 162 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:23,760 Speaker 1: shutdowns and for the most part, it's the Smithsonian and 163 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 1: the people that empty the trash at Yosemite National Park, 164 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:32,160 Speaker 1: and like that's it. I mean, essential operations go on. 165 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:37,280 Speaker 1: It's inconvenient if you have an upcoming federal trial, I'll 166 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 1: give you that. The President is maneuvering money to see 167 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:47,480 Speaker 1: if the troops can get paid. Largest active duty place 168 00:08:47,559 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 1: in America is San Diego, California, and those people need 169 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:53,960 Speaker 1: to get their pay. And there is some coordination going 170 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:58,559 Speaker 1: on with respect to maneuvering jobs and job descriptions and 171 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 1: federal workforce and seeing if some of that money can 172 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:04,480 Speaker 1: be freed up and the president's doing that. What makes 173 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 1: this shutdown interesting, at least for me, I've been through 174 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:11,760 Speaker 1: a lot of them. It's the first federal shutdown where 175 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:16,280 Speaker 1: Republicans are actually winning. Usually it's a Democrat president and 176 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 1: Republicans are in Congress and they're the ones trying to 177 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:25,520 Speaker 1: limit government or lower taxes or something like that, and 178 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:30,040 Speaker 1: Republicans want up losing and they just effectively give up. 179 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 1: This time, we're winning because a lot can happen at 180 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:39,079 Speaker 1: the executive branch. The president is the executive officer of 181 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:44,040 Speaker 1: the executive branch of government. All the agencies report to 182 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 1: the president, right, every cabinet post reports to the president, 183 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:50,920 Speaker 1: and all the cabinet members oversee agencies, and that is 184 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:55,320 Speaker 1: the federal workforce. Whether it's the Department of Defense, who 185 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 1: report to the Secretary of Defense who reports to the president, 186 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 1: or the Secretary Housing and Urban Development. Right, all the 187 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:06,080 Speaker 1: people that work there are arms of the executive branch 188 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:09,760 Speaker 1: of government, and the cabinet members primarily are there to 189 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 1: make sure that the president's vision is carried out through 190 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:19,200 Speaker 1: the agencies. So if part of the president's vision is 191 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:23,720 Speaker 1: a smaller, less intrusive federal government, then he has the 192 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:28,960 Speaker 1: authority to do that. And that is what Republicans were 193 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:31,599 Speaker 1: supposed to be about. We were supposed to be the 194 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:33,920 Speaker 1: party of limited government. All right, Well, here's a perfect 195 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:39,360 Speaker 1: opportunity to limit government permanently by reducing the size and 196 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:44,720 Speaker 1: scope of the agencies and the bureaucrats. So I think 197 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:47,560 Speaker 1: the advantage is in and I think every day that 198 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:52,200 Speaker 1: goes by strengthens Trump's position, and at some point Democrats 199 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:53,920 Speaker 1: are going to have to cave. Now it's going to 200 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:56,760 Speaker 1: be interesting, Well, they throw the illegal aliens under the bus? 201 00:10:56,880 --> 00:10:58,720 Speaker 1: Right now, the position is they want to give health 202 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 1: care to illegal aliens. Will they throw the illegal aliens 203 00:11:01,559 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 1: under the bus in exchange for not having any more 204 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:08,840 Speaker 1: federal workers get furloughed or fired. That's gonna be an 205 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:10,760 Speaker 1: interesting little fight. They're gonna have to make a decision. 206 00:11:12,559 --> 00:11:15,960 Speaker 1: It is true that Democrats love illegal aliens, but they 207 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:21,840 Speaker 1: also love federal workers. And by the authority of the 208 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:24,800 Speaker 1: Office of Management and Budget, according to the O and 209 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:28,439 Speaker 1: B director, the president can use this opportunity because the 210 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:32,440 Speaker 1: original like there's no pay. He can use this opportunity 211 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:35,600 Speaker 1: to limit the federal government. He did it on Friday, 212 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 1: like hundreds of federal workers were pink slipped. Reduction in 213 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 1: force is what it's called. And sure you can say, well, 214 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:47,760 Speaker 1: that's terrible. These are hardworking people their careers and you 215 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:51,200 Speaker 1: know they didn't do anything wrong. Yeah, but the United 216 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:54,560 Speaker 1: States government is not a jobs program, Like, don't feel 217 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:59,200 Speaker 1: bad if we don't need four hundred staffers at the 218 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 1: Department of Transferation, Like, it's okay, there are other jobs 219 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:07,240 Speaker 1: in America. Like, the federal government is not a jobs program. 220 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 1: It's a necessary evil and it's gotten way too big. 221 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 1: And you can tell because we're in government shutdown day 222 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:22,000 Speaker 1: thirteen and your life is fine. So every day that 223 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:24,559 Speaker 1: your life continues to be fine and the federal government 224 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:26,960 Speaker 1: is shut down, advantages Trump. 225 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:31,199 Speaker 4: I'm fifty nine years old, and before September eleven, two 226 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:33,679 Speaker 4: thousand and one, you would have a really, really hard 227 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 4: time telling the difference between a Democrat and a Republican. Now, 228 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:47,280 Speaker 4: the Democrat Party is unrecognizable from ten to fifteen years ago, 229 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 4: completely unrecognizable. 230 00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:52,400 Speaker 1: I agree with that. I think that's true. The first 231 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:56,439 Speaker 1: part of that is also true. Before September in the 232 00:12:56,520 --> 00:13:01,320 Speaker 1: late nineties, Republican Party and the Democrat Party were like 233 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:03,560 Speaker 1: two pieces in a pod. I mean they were so 234 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:08,360 Speaker 1: close there was no distinguishing difference, and it is better 235 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:12,960 Speaker 1: now that the Republican Party has distinguished itself. I don't 236 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:15,920 Speaker 1: know if it's good for the Democrat Party to be 237 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 1: where it's at, and it's probably not good for the 238 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:21,079 Speaker 1: Republican Party either, because you need some kind of pushback. 239 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:25,440 Speaker 1: There ought to be an opposite political force pushing back. 240 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:28,559 Speaker 1: I think that would be healthy. So it really would 241 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:31,000 Speaker 1: be good for the Republican Party right now if the 242 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:34,680 Speaker 1: Democrat Party stood for something other than illegal aliens and 243 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:40,319 Speaker 1: Palestinian terrorist sympathizers, which is pretty much all it stands for. 244 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:45,600 Speaker 1: That and progressive housing laws that force you out of 245 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:49,839 Speaker 1: your car and into some eight story apartment building next 246 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:55,920 Speaker 1: to the subway. But you're right, it's been a tremendous change, 247 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 1: and we will see. I'm really looking forward to the 248 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:03,120 Speaker 1: way this governor racing California shapes up. I like that 249 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:06,520 Speaker 1: new names of jumping in you heard one today. I 250 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:12,920 Speaker 1: still am with my prediction that Senator Alex Padia, who 251 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:17,600 Speaker 1: does not like Washington d C. He's upset that he 252 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:21,800 Speaker 1: got shoved when he attacked the Homeland Security Secretary of 253 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:25,400 Speaker 1: Christy Nome in Westwood at the Federal Building. That didn't 254 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 1: work out for him. He's always crying about it, and 255 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:31,760 Speaker 1: that's like the most distinguished thing he did was cry 256 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:34,320 Speaker 1: about getting shoved. And I don't think he likes being 257 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:37,080 Speaker 1: in the Senate. It's no fun being a Democrat and 258 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:40,280 Speaker 1: not having power. Democrats from California used to being in charge, 259 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:43,200 Speaker 1: so when you're in the minority, it's not any fun. 260 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 1: So my prediction is this Padilla will run for governor. 261 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:50,800 Speaker 4: He will. 262 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:57,520 Speaker 1: Win if he runs, and he will then vacate his 263 00:14:57,560 --> 00:15:01,560 Speaker 1: Senate seat. And in Californi two things can happen. You 264 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:06,080 Speaker 1: can either schedule a special election or the governor has 265 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:10,120 Speaker 1: the authority to appoint somebody to that seat. And my 266 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:16,200 Speaker 1: prediction is Padilla will appoint Gavin Newsom. It's the old 267 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:20,760 Speaker 1: switcher route. And then Newsom will because Padia just got reelected, 268 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:25,600 Speaker 1: so Newsom will pledge to only serve the remainder of 269 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:28,280 Speaker 1: padia seat, which is four years. It's a goodly amount 270 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:31,680 Speaker 1: of time. Like that's how he'll get away with not 271 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:36,480 Speaker 1: looking like he's politically ambitious. He will just fulfill Alex 272 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:39,120 Speaker 1: Padia's term the United States Senate and pledge not to 273 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:42,320 Speaker 1: run for reelection. That is the way he'll, you know, 274 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 1: get around the fact that he's the he's a white man, 275 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:50,680 Speaker 1: and Democrats hate white men in positions of authority in 276 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:53,480 Speaker 1: the Senate. So that's what he'll do, and that'll put 277 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:56,400 Speaker 1: give him four years away from California and in Washington. 278 00:15:56,840 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 1: And that's the way I see it. We'll see if 279 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:02,760 Speaker 1: I'm right. Louke Penrose Info John Cobelt on the John 280 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:03,480 Speaker 1: coblt Show. 281 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:09,240 Speaker 3: You're listening to John Cobelt on demand from KFI Am sixty. 282 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:12,240 Speaker 1: Lou Penrose Info John Cobelt this week. Good to have 283 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:15,040 Speaker 1: you along with us. I heard there at the bottom 284 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:17,240 Speaker 1: of the hour news this could be the longest government 285 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:22,120 Speaker 1: shut down ever. TikTok, TikTok. Today is a federal holiday, 286 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:26,560 Speaker 1: even though we are having a national argument over Columbus 287 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:30,560 Speaker 1: versus the Native Americans. But it's both. It's a it's 288 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 1: a the Columbus. They didn't go away. No one's allowed 289 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:37,640 Speaker 1: to talk about it anymore. But Washington is closed anyway, 290 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 1: So this really isn't a day of federal government shutdown. 291 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:47,600 Speaker 1: But I think this is working out well. I think 292 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:51,000 Speaker 1: it's demonstrating to the average American that we really don't 293 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 1: need a lot of what the federal government is doing, 294 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:55,560 Speaker 1: and we're paying taxes for a lot of things that 295 00:16:55,600 --> 00:17:03,320 Speaker 1: don't affect us. And if we continue to, for lack 296 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:06,240 Speaker 1: of a better word, fire a bunch of federal employees 297 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:10,800 Speaker 1: and things are still fine, it will be proof that 298 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:13,240 Speaker 1: a lot of what's going on back there has no 299 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:19,000 Speaker 1: effect on us. And that's why these shutdowns are kind 300 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:21,080 Speaker 1: of healthy. I'm not a big fan of the federal 301 00:17:21,119 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 1: government shutdown because in the past, Republicans always lose. So 302 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:29,119 Speaker 1: I don't like it because Republicans normally, historically do not 303 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:34,520 Speaker 1: have the political will to hold they lift, to use 304 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:39,200 Speaker 1: a Nascar term, and so it's always just bad press 305 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:43,000 Speaker 1: for Republicans. So you better off signing off on some 306 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:48,960 Speaker 1: Democrat cr and getting back to work, then shutting down 307 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:51,520 Speaker 1: the government and then having five days go by, and 308 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:56,359 Speaker 1: then eventually they'll find some federal worker in Baltimore with 309 00:17:56,480 --> 00:17:59,399 Speaker 1: four kids and she doesn't have a paycheck, and now 310 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:02,159 Speaker 1: she's got to go to the soup kitchen, and that 311 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:04,720 Speaker 1: goes on sixty minutes, and then everybody starts to cry 312 00:18:04,760 --> 00:18:07,760 Speaker 1: and feel bad, and you lose the public support of 313 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:11,800 Speaker 1: the people, and that's usually what happens to Republicans. Remember 314 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:14,479 Speaker 1: in the past, the federal government was shut down in 315 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:19,120 Speaker 1: the nineties between President Clinton, a Democrat, and House Speaker 316 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:24,840 Speaker 1: Knut Gingridge, a Republican, over welfare to work. That was 317 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:29,399 Speaker 1: the fight. Republicans wanted in the budget welfare to work 318 00:18:30,080 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 1: or you had to work if you were receiving welfare. 319 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:38,439 Speaker 1: President Clinton did not, and ultimately they shut down the 320 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:42,800 Speaker 1: government and Clinton got his way, and in the Obama administration, 321 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:46,960 Speaker 1: the shutdown then was about deficit spending. Back in the day, 322 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:49,920 Speaker 1: Republicans used to care about the national debt, talked about 323 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:52,399 Speaker 1: it all the time, used to care about a balanced budget, 324 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:56,600 Speaker 1: used to care about deficits. And that's where the whole 325 00:18:56,640 --> 00:18:59,560 Speaker 1: Tea Party movement came from. That's where the Freedom Caucus 326 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:03,320 Speaker 1: came from. These were deficit hawk Republicans who would shut 327 00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:05,199 Speaker 1: down the government for as long as it takes to 328 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:10,760 Speaker 1: not overspend. And then COVID came and I don't know 329 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 1: where those people went, but they're gone. I mean there's 330 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:15,159 Speaker 1: a few of them, but they're not They're not the 331 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:21,160 Speaker 1: big deal. So now President Trump, I mean, he's got 332 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:24,800 Speaker 1: Democrats right where he wants them. He said, Look, all 333 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:27,439 Speaker 1: I'm asking him to do is sign off on a 334 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:31,879 Speaker 1: continuing resolution. That's what the CR stands for. That basically 335 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:35,600 Speaker 1: funds the government at September thirtieth levels. So nothing changes. 336 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:38,480 Speaker 1: There was nothing wrong on September thirtieth. You were fine, 337 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:42,320 Speaker 1: you had health insurance, you were alive, everybody was working, 338 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:47,200 Speaker 1: everybody was fine. So there's nothing new in this proposal. 339 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:50,199 Speaker 1: It just continues the government at the level that was 340 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:53,720 Speaker 1: on September thirtieth, and then you can bring up all 341 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:58,639 Speaker 1: your concerns about illegal alien health care and Obamacare and 342 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:01,080 Speaker 1: we can talk about it, but the government has to 343 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:01,400 Speaker 1: be open. 344 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:03,800 Speaker 5: Hey, lou enjoy the show, despite the fact that some 345 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:07,200 Speaker 5: of the stuff you're spewing is pretty much nonsense. Yeah, 346 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:09,240 Speaker 5: so for the most part, Yeah, as far as the 347 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:12,159 Speaker 5: funding for illegals for healthcare, that is not one hundred 348 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:12,880 Speaker 5: percent correct. 349 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:15,560 Speaker 1: That money for the ACA goes into the state levels. 350 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:18,280 Speaker 5: At the state level, they can use those funds to 351 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:19,560 Speaker 5: do some of that stuff with it. 352 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:23,080 Speaker 1: That's right, than I am one hundred percent correct. I 353 00:20:23,119 --> 00:20:29,200 Speaker 1: appreciate the call. Nine billion dollars. Nine billion dollars, that's 354 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:32,040 Speaker 1: how much healthcare for illegals is costing you and me 355 00:20:32,119 --> 00:20:36,800 Speaker 1: in California nine billion dollars. Don't tell me that illegals 356 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:44,640 Speaker 1: are not getting healthcare. They're getting healthcare with zeros in California. 357 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:50,200 Speaker 1: So also, you want to talk about disingenuous, this idea 358 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:53,679 Speaker 1: that Democrats all of a sudden respect the rule of 359 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:57,320 Speaker 1: law and there's nothing at the federal level that allows 360 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:01,200 Speaker 1: a person in the country illegally to apply for federal benefits. 361 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:03,640 Speaker 1: You gotta be kidding me. You want me to believe 362 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:08,200 Speaker 1: Elizabeth Warren when she says that illegal shouldn't get health 363 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:11,159 Speaker 1: care and aren't able to get No kidding. I know 364 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:18,040 Speaker 1: it's illegal, but the money goes from the federal government 365 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:25,000 Speaker 1: to the state, and the state manages medical and sets 366 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:30,280 Speaker 1: criteria for eligibility and says, I don't care what your 367 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:36,520 Speaker 1: status is. Then illegals are getting healthcare. It's still my money. 368 00:21:36,560 --> 00:21:40,880 Speaker 1: It's still it's it's tax dollars. But nice try. 369 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:45,920 Speaker 5: The last government shutdown was under Trump, so he's got 370 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:46,600 Speaker 5: practice at it. 371 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:47,120 Speaker 4: Well. 372 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 1: I think he learned. Uh. I think that this is 373 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:51,639 Speaker 1: going to be a huge win. I think Democrats are 374 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:53,320 Speaker 1: going to have to cave. I think they're going to 375 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:55,240 Speaker 1: have to sign off on the CR. They can go 376 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:58,440 Speaker 1: on TV and say, look, we wanted to we want 377 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 1: to fight this a Miraitarian president, but we're not going 378 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:05,280 Speaker 1: to do so at the you know, at the detriment 379 00:22:05,359 --> 00:22:08,040 Speaker 1: of the hard working men and women who work at 380 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:11,880 Speaker 1: the Department of whatever. So we begrudgingly are signing off 381 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:14,280 Speaker 1: on the CR and right, I mean, they'll make some 382 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:18,800 Speaker 1: kind of a statement like that, but it will be 383 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:24,199 Speaker 1: a win. And Democrats hate handing Trump a win, but 384 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:27,919 Speaker 1: I think it's inevitable. Hey, uh, have you seen there 385 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,600 Speaker 1: is this viral video. I think this is so clever. 386 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:34,280 Speaker 1: I love when people come up with good ideas and 387 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:39,080 Speaker 1: they're just so genuine. There are a bunch of jokesters 388 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:41,879 Speaker 1: going around to all you can eat buffets like in 389 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:47,760 Speaker 1: Vegas and chain buffet restaurants and some of these Chinese 390 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:52,240 Speaker 1: lunchtime buffets that are all you can eat, and they 391 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:54,880 Speaker 1: they're all in on the joke. But what they do 392 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:59,639 Speaker 1: is stay for four hours, five hours and make the 393 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:02,679 Speaker 1: manager come to them and say, I'm sorry, sir, you 394 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:04,919 Speaker 1: have to leave, and you've been eating for five for 395 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:08,240 Speaker 1: four hours straight, and they they're filming it like the 396 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:11,520 Speaker 1: person eating knows that these the jokester, and the joke 397 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:14,199 Speaker 1: is on the manager. But they literally and then of 398 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:16,200 Speaker 1: course they feint outrage. What do you mean I paid 399 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:17,680 Speaker 1: for all you can eat? It says all you can eat? 400 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:21,960 Speaker 1: And these videos are absolutely hilarious and they're everywhere. Hey, 401 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:22,560 Speaker 1: I paid for. 402 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:23,160 Speaker 3: All you can eat. 403 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:26,720 Speaker 1: I'm still eating, sir, You've been here four hours in 404 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:30,679 Speaker 1: your service. It's ridiculous, but we appreciate your business, but 405 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:32,679 Speaker 1: we need the table. We need the table, right. The 406 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:36,240 Speaker 1: manager doesn't know that it's a joke, and they're just 407 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:38,159 Speaker 1: doing it everywhere. Man, the manager's asked you to leave. 408 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:39,840 Speaker 1: We're gonna need you to head out. What for eating 409 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:42,800 Speaker 1: what I paid for? We were warned about piling up plates. 410 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:44,879 Speaker 1: It's time to go take it to you like, but 411 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:48,240 Speaker 1: we can't stay inside right this way unbelievable, and they 412 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:51,440 Speaker 1: do it so well. They literally have lots and lots 413 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:56,000 Speaker 1: of plates and like there's half eaten food on every plate, 414 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:58,200 Speaker 1: and it's every genre. There's a great big bull of spaghetti, 415 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:01,280 Speaker 1: then there's some chicken, then there's a hamburger, then the 416 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:04,159 Speaker 1: three bowls of soup, and the spoons are in the 417 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:07,280 Speaker 1: balls and it's all over the table and it's just hilarious. 418 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:11,399 Speaker 1: So I like good comedy and I like when the 419 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:15,320 Speaker 1: Internet is used in a way that amuses me. Lou 420 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:16,920 Speaker 1: Penrose in for John Coblt. 421 00:24:17,119 --> 00:24:21,439 Speaker 3: You're listening to John Cobelt on demand from KFI AM 422 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:21,960 Speaker 3: six forty. 423 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:24,600 Speaker 1: I'm Lou Penrose in for John Coblt this week. Good 424 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:28,280 Speaker 1: to have you along with us. Yeah, these videos are 425 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:31,159 Speaker 1: just hilarious. They're more and more coming in each and 426 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:33,880 Speaker 1: every day. The all you can eat buffet is a thing, 427 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:37,000 Speaker 1: but the restaurants can put a time limit on it 428 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:43,879 Speaker 1: and people are just having a ball, like joking the manager. 429 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:45,760 Speaker 1: Here's another one, al right, sir, I'm with the city police. 430 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:47,640 Speaker 1: The owner asked that you'd be told to leave. You've 431 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:50,080 Speaker 1: been at this table for over four hours. Buffet man says, 432 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:51,920 Speaker 1: all you can eat. I understand, but he has the 433 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:53,760 Speaker 1: right to refuse service. He wants you to wrap it up. 434 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:58,720 Speaker 1: So funny, so funny. So if you've not seen it, 435 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:01,720 Speaker 1: just keeps rolling. It will show up on your feet eventually. 436 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:06,480 Speaker 6: Yeah, Lou, your idea of the old switcheroo is so 437 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:09,600 Speaker 6: frigging right on. It's like you're you were in the 438 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:13,840 Speaker 6: future and saw this happening. I totally believe that that 439 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:16,560 Speaker 6: could happen, and then gruesome would. 440 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:19,520 Speaker 1: Be in the Senate, like you say, out of. 441 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:22,880 Speaker 6: The limelight of California, but still getting this space around. 442 00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 6: Oh how disgusting. 443 00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:27,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, I see it. I mean I see it clearly. 444 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:34,439 Speaker 1: It's really his only lane. So what what you have 445 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:39,080 Speaker 1: to keep in mind about California? Most most Americans will 446 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:43,879 Speaker 1: never visit California. Most Americans only know the California they 447 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:48,320 Speaker 1: see on TV. And whether it's a TV show or 448 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:51,640 Speaker 1: a movie or even a live event like a Dodger game, 449 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:59,639 Speaker 1: the shot that you that America sees is gorgeous. So 450 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:05,639 Speaker 1: people think California is, you know, everything's going well, sunshine, 451 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:08,280 Speaker 1: sun kiss girls, clean streets, because that's what they see 452 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:10,960 Speaker 1: on TV. And that's good. Like I'm okay with that. 453 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:14,840 Speaker 1: I like that. We have a really great reputation. But 454 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:19,000 Speaker 1: if Newsom's running for office as an elected official in California, 455 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:23,119 Speaker 1: Somebody's gonna come out here from the National News Corps 456 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 1: and take footage of the streets of downtown LA and 457 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:33,320 Speaker 1: the streets of San Francisco where he was mayor, and 458 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:36,000 Speaker 1: that's not gonna be well. So if he is in 459 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:40,000 Speaker 1: the Senate. Again, this is my prediction, and it's just 460 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:43,720 Speaker 1: completely my prediction. It's not a I haven't heard anything, 461 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:46,879 Speaker 1: but it seems to me that Democrats do not have 462 00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:49,919 Speaker 1: a candidate for governor. Katie Porter fell apart. Tony Atkins 463 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,639 Speaker 1: I thought had the best shot. She's out. Kamala Harris 464 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:59,040 Speaker 1: doesn't want the job, and TikTok, TikTok. That election is 465 00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:01,119 Speaker 1: what three hundred eighty six days away. You need a 466 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:03,639 Speaker 1: lot of money. California very expensive state to campaign in. 467 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:09,400 Speaker 1: I don't see Betty Yee emerging as the front front 468 00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:14,199 Speaker 1: runner anytime soon. So Senator Alex Padilla is already a 469 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:17,280 Speaker 1: statewide name. He's a United States Senator. He can run 470 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:22,439 Speaker 1: as a senator because he's You can't be on the 471 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:25,160 Speaker 1: ballot for two positions in California at the same time, 472 00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:27,679 Speaker 1: but a senator is every six years, and he just 473 00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:32,960 Speaker 1: won and this is in two years, so Padilla could 474 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 1: come home. He doesn't like being in the minority anyway. 475 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:38,040 Speaker 1: There's no chance that Democrats are going to take the 476 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:41,200 Speaker 1: majority in the Senate anytime soon. The math just isn't 477 00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:45,560 Speaker 1: even there. So he'll just be in the minority. And 478 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:48,000 Speaker 1: that's no fun. Democrats hate being in the minority. They're 479 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:55,080 Speaker 1: not used to it from California. So my suspicion is 480 00:27:55,119 --> 00:27:59,600 Speaker 1: he will come home, he'll walk into the governor's race, 481 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:05,200 Speaker 1: and then when he wins, he'll vacate his Senate seat 482 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:09,679 Speaker 1: after he gets sworn in as governor. And in California, 483 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:11,720 Speaker 1: there's two ways you can go. You can call a 484 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:15,520 Speaker 1: special election forty five days after the vacated seat, or 485 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:21,040 Speaker 1: California law allows the governor to appoint somebody for the 486 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:23,439 Speaker 1: remainder of the seat, which will be four years. He 487 00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:28,679 Speaker 1: will appoint Gavenusom, and now Gaven Newsom for four years 488 00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:30,760 Speaker 1: will not be in San Francisco, will not be in 489 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:33,199 Speaker 1: Los Angeles, will not be in Sacramento. He will be 490 00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:38,240 Speaker 1: in Washington, and that four years will it will be 491 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:41,760 Speaker 1: a cleansing process for him and his California reputation. Reputation. 492 00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:44,000 Speaker 1: He'll represent California, but people won't know that he was 493 00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:46,760 Speaker 1: in charge in California. They think they'll think he's the 494 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:49,880 Speaker 1: guy in the Senate. And that's just the level of 495 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:53,320 Speaker 1: cleansing that Newsom needs to separate himself from his failures 496 00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:57,480 Speaker 1: of leadership here in California. And even if things are 497 00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:00,640 Speaker 1: still if the homeless problem is still bad in California, 498 00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:02,960 Speaker 1: he could say, well, look when I left four years ago, 499 00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:04,560 Speaker 1: things were good. I don't know what you people did 500 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:06,560 Speaker 1: with it. Like, no, that's it's perfect. It's the perfect 501 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:10,680 Speaker 1: solution for and I think he'll take I think he'll 502 00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:14,320 Speaker 1: go that route. So this governor's race is wide open 503 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:17,280 Speaker 1: still at this point, and I think are there are 504 00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:20,880 Speaker 1: opportunities here. I've said it before, it's the singer, not 505 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:23,640 Speaker 1: the song that makes the music move along. You need 506 00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:27,320 Speaker 1: a lead singer. And Republicans right now have some decent candidates, 507 00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:29,080 Speaker 1: have a lot of good thoughts and a lot of 508 00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:32,800 Speaker 1: good policy, and I think there is momentum on the 509 00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:36,400 Speaker 1: side for a different direction. I think the average California 510 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:39,000 Speaker 1: just by virtue of the voter registration numbers that I'm 511 00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:42,520 Speaker 1: seeing and that people are choosing to be no party preference, 512 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:46,680 Speaker 1: signals to me that there's an appetite for a new voice. 513 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:54,120 Speaker 1: And like, we're sick of problems in California. That's all 514 00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:57,520 Speaker 1: we have is just constant problems, and we're always talking 515 00:29:57,560 --> 00:30:00,440 Speaker 1: about addressing problems. We want some victories, we want some wins, 516 00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:04,640 Speaker 1: we want to solve some things. There's nothing wrong with 517 00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:09,200 Speaker 1: California that cannot be remedied by what's right with California. 518 00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:12,520 Speaker 1: We have a beautiful state, and we're industrious people. And 519 00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:15,280 Speaker 1: those of us that moved here chose to be here. 520 00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:19,560 Speaker 1: People that are born and raised in California, they just 521 00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:22,640 Speaker 1: got lucky. They were born into the most beautiful place 522 00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:26,320 Speaker 1: in the world. But many of us, including myself, purposefully 523 00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:32,120 Speaker 1: moved specifically to southern California because of the reputation that 524 00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:36,080 Speaker 1: it had, the opportunity that it represented, and how beautiful 525 00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:40,000 Speaker 1: it is. And that's where we need to go. We 526 00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:42,960 Speaker 1: need to go back to a time or forward to 527 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:49,480 Speaker 1: a time when everything about California just sounds fantastic and 528 00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:54,000 Speaker 1: it can be like there wasn't a natural disaster or 529 00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:56,080 Speaker 1: an event. All the things that are going wrong with 530 00:30:56,120 --> 00:31:00,520 Speaker 1: California are man made and they can be reversed. It 531 00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:02,880 Speaker 1: takes leadership and will, and I think right now there 532 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:08,120 Speaker 1: is an absolute appetite among voters to step outside their 533 00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:11,200 Speaker 1: political party comfort zone and go with a new thinker. 534 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:16,120 Speaker 1: And we just haven't found that candidate yet, but it's 535 00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:21,960 Speaker 1: still early. And that the Democrats had no contingency plan 536 00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:26,320 Speaker 1: following Newsom is stunning to me. One of the things 537 00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:33,760 Speaker 1: Democrats do well politically speaking, is set up like successors. Right, 538 00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:39,440 Speaker 1: every Democrat that's an elected office has some staffer that's 539 00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:43,040 Speaker 1: on the local school board or on the library district. 540 00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:46,880 Speaker 1: And as that one politician moves on from the Assembly 541 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:49,520 Speaker 1: to the state Senate, there is a plan in mind 542 00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:54,080 Speaker 1: of who is going to run for that seat. And 543 00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:57,760 Speaker 1: Democrats map this out all the way from down to 544 00:31:57,840 --> 00:32:03,920 Speaker 1: the school board level to governor. They plan, and Republicans don't. 545 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:08,600 Speaker 1: They just let things happen so that there is no 546 00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:16,160 Speaker 1: heir apparent to Governor. Newsom's gubernatorial successes is really stunning. 547 00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:20,720 Speaker 1: Lieutenant Governor that with the unpronounceable last name. She was 548 00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:24,200 Speaker 1: in the ring for a while and then she dropped down. 549 00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:28,040 Speaker 1: Tony Atkins. She was everything. She was the Speaker of 550 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:31,320 Speaker 1: the Assembly, she was the Senate pro tem. She had 551 00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:34,320 Speaker 1: all the boxes checked for the Democrats, right. She was 552 00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:40,040 Speaker 1: first lesbians woman and she's a moderate, not a progressive. 553 00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:43,520 Speaker 1: So what happened her? She just decided to not run. 554 00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:47,440 Speaker 1: So it's all wide open. We'll see where this all 555 00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:50,160 Speaker 1: ends up, but I guarantee you it will be interesting. 556 00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:53,840 Speaker 1: Lou Penrose if John Coblt this week on KFI AM 557 00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:56,160 Speaker 1: six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 558 00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:59,360 Speaker 2: Hey, you've been listening to the John Coblt Show podcast. 559 00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:01,880 Speaker 2: You can always hear the show live on KFI AM 560 00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:04,960 Speaker 2: six forty from one to four pm every Monday through Friday, 561 00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:08,240 Speaker 2: and of course, anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app