1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:03,440 Speaker 1: Y'all. The new year is fast approaching, and I am 2 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:07,520 Speaker 1: telling you twenty twenty six, we got big plans over 3 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:10,920 Speaker 1: here at Zone seven. We are going back to once 4 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 1: a week releases. Now listen before y'all get upset, Doctor 5 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:20,880 Speaker 1: Priya and Josh are going nowhere. What we're gonna do 6 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:25,400 Speaker 1: is once a month, have them with us, and it's 7 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 1: going to be incredible. But you also have the opportunity 8 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: to meet them in person. In twenty twenty six, that's right, honey, 9 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:41,159 Speaker 1: we are hitting the road. Zone seven is teaming up 10 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:44,920 Speaker 1: with Body Bags and Crime Stories and we are doing 11 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:49,800 Speaker 1: a national tour called the ten eight Tour. We're kicking 12 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 1: this thing off in Atlanta, January twenty third, twenty twenty six, 13 00:00:55,320 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 1: at the original Zone seven Manual's Tavern. Good stuff coming up, 14 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 1: see y'all in twenty twenty six. Doctor Sonny Slaughter, y'all. 15 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 1: She is a law enforcement instructor, an expert witness, a 16 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:27,040 Speaker 1: TV commentator, and a crisis communication strategist. Let me tell 17 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:32,319 Speaker 1: you how important her work is. It centers on emerging 18 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:38,920 Speaker 1: threads and crisis ready decision making. This is my favorite 19 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 1: thing about her. She turns complexity into clarity. Listen. Now 20 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 1: complexity into clarity, and that's what we need tonight, Doctor Slaughter, Sonny, 21 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 1: welcome to Zone seven. 22 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 2: It is and honor to be on with you. My 23 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 2: admiration for you personally and professionally is at one hundred 24 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:12,920 Speaker 2: percent plus, Okay, So I am deeply honored to be 25 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:17,360 Speaker 2: on with you, to be on Zone seven. I follow you, 26 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 2: I listen, and it is an absolute pleasure and thank 27 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 2: you for having me. 28 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:24,359 Speaker 1: Are you kidding? 29 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 3: Listen? 30 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:29,960 Speaker 1: I could take the rest of our time tonight and 31 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 1: talk about how I adore you, admire you, want to 32 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:38,079 Speaker 1: be more like you. There is so much that you 33 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 1: give and show and teach every day and it's incredible 34 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 1: to me how you keep up with all that you 35 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 1: do and it looks flawless every single time, every single time. 36 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 1: So I appreciate you. 37 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:56,680 Speaker 2: That is just by the greace. Okay. You know from 38 00:02:56,760 --> 00:03:01,240 Speaker 2: all of your years and this work that it's not 39 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 2: about religion. It is about faith in yourself, belief in 40 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 2: the work and the purpose that you have and showing 41 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 2: up and to make making it look easy even though 42 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 2: the work is heavy and it can be hard and 43 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 2: it is challenging. I think you know you someone that 44 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:24,640 Speaker 2: I admire the guests that you've had on and the 45 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 2: others that work in this space with us. It is 46 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 2: it isn't calling, a very unique calling. And you know, 47 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 2: sometimes I always tell people if everybody and anybody could 48 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 2: do it, they wouldn't even want to do it, because 49 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:47,440 Speaker 2: it is a heavy lift to be responsible for showing 50 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 2: up and trying to make a difference, even though you 51 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 2: have so many things in your own life going on. 52 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 2: So thank you for your service, thank you your listening 53 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 2: audience for their capacity to continue to go and grow 54 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 2: at you. And I'm just deeply honored. As I said. 55 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 1: Earlier, y'all see why I love her, I told y'all, 56 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:18,280 Speaker 1: And tonight it's so important to me to have you. 57 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 1: Because two National Guard members were shot November twenty sixth, 58 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:29,840 Speaker 1: just after two o'clock. Both were from West Virginia. They 59 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:33,160 Speaker 1: were shot at close range, real near the White House. 60 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:36,039 Speaker 1: I mean, this was a straight up ambush. It was 61 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 1: a straight up targeted murder, and you know, both in 62 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 1: their twenties. I mean, I just couldn't think of anybody 63 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 1: better to walk us through this. Let's talk about the crisis, 64 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:53,040 Speaker 1: Let's talk about maybe going forward, some positive things that 65 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 1: can be put in place, some things that need to 66 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:57,240 Speaker 1: be put in place. But you know, I've got a 67 00:04:57,240 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 1: lot of questions for you, but I'm going to let 68 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:03,560 Speaker 1: you lead us. So you know, we know, you know, 69 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 1: Sarah Beckstrom was twenty she died, and Andrew Wolf twenty 70 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:14,479 Speaker 1: four is still in critical condition. And the third you know, 71 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:20,279 Speaker 1: soldier that was with them returned fire, but again was 72 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:22,320 Speaker 1: in that battle right there. 73 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 2: You know, I live in the area I am. I'm 74 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 2: fifteen minutes from the Whitehouse, a place that I have 75 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 2: been numerous times for work to engage in that area 76 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:43,279 Speaker 2: regularly the same path that they were walking I have walked. 77 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:51,920 Speaker 2: And when I heard about what happened, it was deeply disturbing. 78 00:05:54,240 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 2: And to understand that these two very young individuals, for 79 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:06,280 Speaker 2: three of my four adult children are in their twenties, 80 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:12,320 Speaker 2: actually they're in their mid twenties, and these two very young, 81 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 2: very dedicated public servants were gunned down in such a 82 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:26,559 Speaker 2: horrific way in the nation's capital. And they were there 83 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:34,560 Speaker 2: because they have a calling and had a calling to 84 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:43,480 Speaker 2: serve in government to protect our communities. And it's hard 85 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 2: to talk and think about Sarah, who had just been 86 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:55,039 Speaker 2: sworn in recently left her family to come here to 87 00:06:55,200 --> 00:07:00,479 Speaker 2: protect the community and the people here. We are in 88 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 2: such a critical crisis at a time when compassion must 89 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 2: be high for those that are in uniform, for those 90 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 2: who are serving, and for those who choose to protect 91 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:17,280 Speaker 2: us because they don't have. 92 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:21,119 Speaker 1: To and they don't have to. And let's talk about 93 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 1: Sarah for a second. She volunteered to do this tour 94 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 1: so that other people with children could go home for Thanksgiving. 95 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 2: Right, I mean, she's young, She was committed, and she 96 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:47,280 Speaker 2: already understood the value of family because that's how she 97 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 2: was raised. She believed that others it was a selfless 98 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 2: act and then then the selfishness of an individual. And 99 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 2: we still know line to take such drastic measures. You know, 100 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:18,120 Speaker 2: I studied hate crimes and extremism while as an instructor 101 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 2: with the US Department of Homeland Security FLEXING. I was 102 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:26,200 Speaker 2: allowed to go and do training that was for sworn 103 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 2: law enforcement only, And it was the hate and Extremism class, 104 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:32,640 Speaker 2: which wasn't just like a class for one day or 105 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:36,080 Speaker 2: a class for one week. It was a college course. 106 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 2: It was deeply embedded in understanding the actions and the 107 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 2: response necessary to address threats extremism, terrorism and things like that. 108 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:52,280 Speaker 2: And now more than ever, I find that the work 109 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 2: and the lens of what I was taught, and you know, 110 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:01,600 Speaker 2: in interacting with my classmates is more critical. Now I've 111 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:05,040 Speaker 2: been focused for the last several years on national security issues, 112 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:10,800 Speaker 2: traveling around with members of the Senate, members of Congress, 113 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 2: and if folks want to know who I travel with, 114 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:20,480 Speaker 2: I work with everyone. I don't. I don't tick a side. 115 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 2: I stay out of the weeds of the politics. And 116 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:29,559 Speaker 2: I have no problem at all correcting anyone, including our 117 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:36,840 Speaker 2: elected officials, about their language, how insightful and incendiary it 118 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:45,320 Speaker 2: can be. Pray all so there is no leftists, no right, 119 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:49,280 Speaker 2: and on no aisles. I stole down the middle on 120 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:55,240 Speaker 2: conversations like this and in rooms, I am unafraid. I 121 00:09:55,280 --> 00:10:01,160 Speaker 2: am vossed, unbought, and very critical that everyone needs to 122 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:08,239 Speaker 2: take the temperature down to zero and stop citing the violence, 123 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:16,600 Speaker 2: the political violence, see the propaganda and which makes people 124 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:22,760 Speaker 2: like Sarah and Andrew, those Gothlic servants, law enforcement and 125 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:29,560 Speaker 2: others political pawns and puts them in the direct line 126 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:33,560 Speaker 2: of fire, which is what happened on that particular day 127 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 2: when they were just walking in the community. I loved 128 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:42,320 Speaker 2: what you said. 129 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:47,000 Speaker 1: You are unbought, You're not afraid, you are not gonna 130 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:51,559 Speaker 1: just be intimidated. That's what it takes. But you do 131 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 1: more than that when you are at that table. The 132 00:10:55,920 --> 00:11:00,200 Speaker 1: people you're speaking for, I don't even know if they 133 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:07,240 Speaker 1: realize you've got somebody calm, intelligent, with a heart, Sonny, 134 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 1: because again, you're not just talking about Sarah like, well 135 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:16,000 Speaker 1: there was somebody shot in DC. No, you're understanding her. 136 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:20,400 Speaker 1: You're wanting to, you know, give homage to her parents 137 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:23,679 Speaker 1: the way they raised her, to let people know, hey, 138 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:28,199 Speaker 1: she was putting family first and not her own but 139 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:35,160 Speaker 1: somebody else's. Any job, but especially your job. Leading with 140 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:40,559 Speaker 1: a heart, a heart for all people is incredible, and 141 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:42,920 Speaker 1: that's the only way to break down this hate. 142 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:52,080 Speaker 2: You know, Sarah and Andrew could be my children. Forget race, 143 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 2: forget faith, forget all of the other things that we 144 00:11:56,320 --> 00:12:03,240 Speaker 2: think matter. They were my children, and I say were 145 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:09,320 Speaker 2: because Sarah is no longer with us. Andrew could still 146 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 2: be my child. He is fighting for his life. The 147 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:18,120 Speaker 2: other guardsman who took fire and tried to protect them 148 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:22,800 Speaker 2: and did an excellent job, could still be my child. 149 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:30,000 Speaker 2: And when we take the hate and the lens off. 150 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:34,600 Speaker 2: I teach something called lens language and law. When you 151 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:37,200 Speaker 2: take the lens and you turn it in the right 152 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:44,160 Speaker 2: direction towards humanity, then we are family, regardless of all 153 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:49,120 Speaker 2: of the other factors that sometimes people think separate us, 154 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:53,400 Speaker 2: and I say think separate us because we focus. There 155 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 2: are individuals who focus more, but sometimes we focus too 156 00:12:56,880 --> 00:13:01,600 Speaker 2: much on those. This incident was so much moving to me, 157 00:13:02,559 --> 00:13:07,840 Speaker 2: I decided to write I've been writing LinkedIn articles because 158 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 2: I found from those that you know follow me, listen 159 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:17,960 Speaker 2: to me that although I could do a video, it 160 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:22,120 Speaker 2: is the writing that allows me to really take a 161 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:28,840 Speaker 2: deep dive. And because I've always written and kind of 162 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:34,200 Speaker 2: break things down, I am teaching and all of these 163 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:38,440 Speaker 2: things become teachable moments. And I want people to have 164 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:43,760 Speaker 2: I write on the laptop or the computer, but I 165 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:48,280 Speaker 2: still also write using pen and pay for own school stuff. 166 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:56,760 Speaker 2: We have to move our society past the hate that 167 00:13:56,800 --> 00:14:00,679 Speaker 2: we are experiencing. It is not about an indieal it's 168 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:03,840 Speaker 2: not even about me, but it is about what I 169 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:08,560 Speaker 2: am called to do. And I realized, based on the 170 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:12,440 Speaker 2: feedback that I keep getting from FOSS is that they 171 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:17,200 Speaker 2: are learning people still want to learn, They still want 172 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:21,960 Speaker 2: to understand all of the things that are impacting us, 173 00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 2: and the articles and the writing and the commentary becomes 174 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 2: a communication tool for better understanding and what I thought about, 175 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:41,320 Speaker 2: what happened, what all of the other things are happening. 176 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:48,600 Speaker 2: It was important to add contexts and layers and understanding. 177 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:54,320 Speaker 2: I am always a law enforcement instructor, so to tie 178 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:59,280 Speaker 2: the two together, and I was a military wife. I 179 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 2: take all of the my experiences and kind of pushed 180 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:05,720 Speaker 2: them out in the world. I am a former military 181 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:11,880 Speaker 2: wife Navy for years a decade. I come from a 182 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:17,680 Speaker 2: family of service members across every branch, going back to 183 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:22,400 Speaker 2: my grandfather and my grand and my grandfather's father, a 184 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:29,200 Speaker 2: long line that still served today National Guards in every capacity, 185 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:36,600 Speaker 2: including the Coastguard. So I find it incredibly personal that 186 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:40,560 Speaker 2: two young people who have dedicated their life to service 187 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 2: could be viciously attacked in the nation's capital, which has 188 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:55,040 Speaker 2: a lot of law enforcement in the area. And then 189 00:15:55,120 --> 00:16:02,240 Speaker 2: you get mixed messaging about whether law enforcement and public 190 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:10,440 Speaker 2: safety professionals collaborate, communicate and move forward with the work. Well, 191 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 2: everyone else is talking about politics and policing, and in 192 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:19,040 Speaker 2: the profession those that do the work are just getting 193 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:24,440 Speaker 2: it done. Nobody's saying, are you Republican? Are you Democrat? 194 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:28,000 Speaker 2: Are you right on? Now? I was talking about you 195 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:34,600 Speaker 2: do you pray? How do you worship? That's not the 196 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:38,280 Speaker 2: conversations that are going on with those that do the 197 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:42,840 Speaker 2: actual work. Whether you're sworn or non sworn, everybody is 198 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:50,720 Speaker 2: working towards mission ready, safety, security, public service, and ensuring 199 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:55,960 Speaker 2: that our democracy and humanity hold together. 200 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:03,400 Speaker 1: Would you tell law enforcement today, what would you tell 201 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:06,600 Speaker 1: the next group of soldiers that are headed to DC. 202 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:09,679 Speaker 1: And you know a lot of people like to say, well, 203 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:12,480 Speaker 1: keep your head on a swivel, watch your six but 204 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:18,920 Speaker 1: really give them something to ponder, to really put into practice, 205 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:21,639 Speaker 1: to look out for their fellow person the way that 206 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 1: they need to while looking out for themselves. 207 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:32,160 Speaker 2: If you have joined the National Guards law enforcement in 208 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:38,879 Speaker 2: any area of public safety, your first priority is to 209 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:46,240 Speaker 2: protect and serve and protection and service to your colleagues, 210 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:52,560 Speaker 2: to your communities, and to the country. And you have 211 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:57,679 Speaker 2: to take no one wants to take this job and 212 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:02,840 Speaker 2: take this work on as a job and work when 213 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:07,920 Speaker 2: it's really about the calling and your commitment to others. 214 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:13,080 Speaker 2: So I would tell them focus not on the rhetoric, 215 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:21,120 Speaker 2: the chaos, and the criticism, but focus on your humanity 216 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:27,720 Speaker 2: and your commitment to serve humanity for the greater good 217 00:18:28,359 --> 00:18:31,120 Speaker 2: of all of us, not just some of us. 218 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:33,480 Speaker 1: That you. 219 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:44,200 Speaker 2: Stay true to the mission of your agency, your departments, 220 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:53,200 Speaker 2: and to democracy. We are a democracy, no matter how fragile, 221 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:59,080 Speaker 2: no matter how challenged, no matter the broken parts. But 222 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 2: in this demomocracy, it is only held up by our 223 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:09,400 Speaker 2: individual and collective humanity. That is why we are a democracy, 224 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:14,760 Speaker 2: because we believe in the goodness of others and showing 225 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:19,879 Speaker 2: goodness to others. Stay the course, stay true to the mission, 226 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:23,040 Speaker 2: and stay true to yourselves and the calling and the 227 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:29,880 Speaker 2: reason why you decided to protect others and to serve others. 228 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:33,280 Speaker 2: Because I always say, and I'm a woman of faith, 229 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:37,440 Speaker 2: but I can also say him akalah hom do a lot. 230 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:43,959 Speaker 2: It is who we are and how we are that 231 00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:48,200 Speaker 2: makes the best of everything that is possible in America. 232 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:55,320 Speaker 2: We are America, and we are American no matter where 233 00:19:55,359 --> 00:20:01,720 Speaker 2: you come from. Mission ready, stay focused and understand that 234 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:04,000 Speaker 2: you have a purpose in this. 235 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:07,320 Speaker 1: You are literally the front line. I mean, you were 236 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:10,320 Speaker 1: what's gonna stop evil. 237 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:14,240 Speaker 2: And you are right, They're going to stop all evil, 238 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:20,080 Speaker 2: domestic and farm. That is the calling the person standing 239 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:24,879 Speaker 2: next to them, just like the officer the guardsman that 240 00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:30,119 Speaker 2: was there and return fire because his colleagues are crippled 241 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:36,320 Speaker 2: and there is no war except amongst the demons that 242 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:38,920 Speaker 2: challenge that are challenging us right now. 243 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:42,359 Speaker 1: The way you have crafted the way you see the 244 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:45,720 Speaker 1: world is also to me a beautiful thing, because I've 245 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:48,720 Speaker 1: told my own children love wins, and I can give 246 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:52,880 Speaker 1: them thousands of examples. Yes, bad things happen, no doubt 247 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:58,160 Speaker 1: about it. But you take this one shooter. Look how 248 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:03,760 Speaker 1: many people are going to respect in a loving, devoted 249 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:07,160 Speaker 1: community type of way. 250 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:08,200 Speaker 2: They will. 251 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:12,119 Speaker 1: They are going to surround Sarah and Andrew's families and 252 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:15,840 Speaker 1: their friends. You're going to have hundreds and hundreds of 253 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:22,119 Speaker 1: people that respond correctly and favorably for them. So love Winds, 254 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:24,760 Speaker 1: But I also love the way you say things like 255 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:28,359 Speaker 1: whether or not he worked for the CIA, whether or 256 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:31,240 Speaker 1: not he was asking for asylum or had applied for it. 257 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:35,119 Speaker 1: You know, whether he came in under Biden and stayed 258 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:39,880 Speaker 1: under Trump, None of that matters because that ain't why 259 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:43,040 Speaker 1: he did what he did. Now, Sonny, I know you 260 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:46,120 Speaker 1: and I know how you lead again with your heart 261 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:51,680 Speaker 1: wide open. Talk a little bit about the power, because 262 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:55,439 Speaker 1: I do believe it is powerful to be grateful. 263 00:21:55,920 --> 00:22:01,600 Speaker 2: So I am a woman of faith, and I intentionally 264 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:09,680 Speaker 2: interact with people of all faiths and those who practice 265 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:15,320 Speaker 2: no faith. And I'm talking about faith and not religion, okay, 266 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:22,000 Speaker 2: because sometimes people get hung up on religion, and I 267 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:25,200 Speaker 2: don't want to get hung up on religion. I am 268 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:28,640 Speaker 2: so on and I've been very transparent about my story 269 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:33,000 Speaker 2: in my life and the things that I have experienced, 270 00:22:33,359 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 2: because if I only touch one person, I know one 271 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:43,359 Speaker 2: person has been touched. I have been homeless, I have 272 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 2: been hungry, I have had to fight for my children, 273 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:50,760 Speaker 2: I have had to fight for my life. I've had 274 00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 2: to fight for systems. And I hate to use the 275 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:58,280 Speaker 2: word hate, which I just use, and I hate to 276 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:02,760 Speaker 2: use the word fight, but those two words seem to 277 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:08,600 Speaker 2: resonate with people because so many people are angry and 278 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:15,120 Speaker 2: they're also ungrateful. And as for me, I take all 279 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:18,679 Speaker 2: of the things that have impacted me, and I find 280 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:25,159 Speaker 2: grace in the moment. I find grace in the madness 281 00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:28,920 Speaker 2: of the things that have happened to me, and I 282 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:36,879 Speaker 2: find that I am resilient and stronger because if I 283 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 2: learned a long time ago, if I continue to carry 284 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:47,560 Speaker 2: the hate and be and ungrateful, I would never see 285 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:54,080 Speaker 2: the message and the lessons and the testimony in all 286 00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:57,360 Speaker 2: of the things that make me who I am. People 287 00:23:57,560 --> 00:24:05,920 Speaker 2: have to recognize the smallest part of their lives can 288 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:10,080 Speaker 2: be the biggest part that changes other people. And when 289 00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 2: I say the smallest part, being homeless was not a 290 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:16,520 Speaker 2: small issue, and particularly since I was that way for 291 00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:19,080 Speaker 2: more than a year now this was over a decade 292 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:24,480 Speaker 2: or so over it is when things happen in our 293 00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:29,960 Speaker 2: lives we learn to appreciate if we've learned the lesson, 294 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:33,719 Speaker 2: there you go, there you go, and things happen in 295 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:37,159 Speaker 2: our lives and we have not learned the lesson. We 296 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:40,679 Speaker 2: learn to hold on to the hate, and hold on 297 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:44,200 Speaker 2: to the hate in a way that doesn't change humanity. 298 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:48,239 Speaker 2: It only changes who we are as we show up 299 00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:56,680 Speaker 2: as individuals in humanity, our trials inter relations can make 300 00:24:56,760 --> 00:25:00,520 Speaker 2: us better once we have learned the lesson. When I 301 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:08,160 Speaker 2: think about the work of the guardsmen across the country, 302 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:12,400 Speaker 2: you may not like it, but they are on assignment 303 00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:16,200 Speaker 2: and we need to welcome them in our communities as 304 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:20,800 Speaker 2: individuals to show our humanity. They are doing the work 305 00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:23,560 Speaker 2: that they are called to do, that they are required 306 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:27,119 Speaker 2: to do, and we have to think about that. We 307 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:33,520 Speaker 2: have to appreciate their presence in our communities so we 308 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:38,520 Speaker 2: can appreciate the humanity in our own existence. And I 309 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:43,600 Speaker 2: keep saying humanity because there is a human consciousness that 310 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:48,440 Speaker 2: I feel that has been lost with all of the rhetoric, 311 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:52,080 Speaker 2: all of the hate speeches, all of the politics and 312 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:59,200 Speaker 2: pressure that we don't see one another as human beings 313 00:26:01,119 --> 00:26:09,359 Speaker 2: and everyone is not good. The person who harmed, hurt, murders, 314 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:14,439 Speaker 2: and changed the course of lives for families across this 315 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:19,639 Speaker 2: nation with the shooting of the two guardsmen and the 316 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:24,800 Speaker 2: response that was hate and rage, even though we don't 317 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:29,320 Speaker 2: know the exact details why because those two young people 318 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:33,240 Speaker 2: who are doing nothing except serving their country. But we 319 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:38,119 Speaker 2: can't be hateful as we respond. When you think about 320 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:43,760 Speaker 2: the collective response from law enforcement agencies that day and 321 00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:49,400 Speaker 2: every day, there are things happening behind the scenes that 322 00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:56,440 Speaker 2: make our world better. Even though there was something that 323 00:26:56,560 --> 00:27:03,040 Speaker 2: was hateful that happened. Our job is to become better 324 00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:05,720 Speaker 2: in what we do and who we are. You know, 325 00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:10,560 Speaker 2: I'm fifty six. Now I'm fifty seven. Oh, I can't 326 00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:15,760 Speaker 2: even remember I'm fifty seven. My son he came over Monday. 327 00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:19,199 Speaker 2: He drove down with his girlfriend and they dropped my 328 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:22,280 Speaker 2: house and he said, you know, you're close to sixty. 329 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:25,439 Speaker 2: And I was like, whoa. And then I realized. My 330 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:30,120 Speaker 2: mother died two days after her forty ninth birthday. That 331 00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:37,720 Speaker 2: was twenty seven, almost twenty eight years ago. And when 332 00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:42,359 Speaker 2: I think about loss, I think about the years that 333 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:44,960 Speaker 2: I have lost with her, But I think about how 334 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:49,800 Speaker 2: proud she would be because I am living and walking 335 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:54,680 Speaker 2: in my purpose. I would say to your audience that 336 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:01,680 Speaker 2: find out who you are and what your purpose is. 337 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:06,160 Speaker 2: And that's not a slogan. I know that when I 338 00:28:06,359 --> 00:28:12,359 Speaker 2: leave this earth, when all is said and done, I 339 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:17,600 Speaker 2: just want everyone to say servant, well done. That's what 340 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:21,840 Speaker 2: I want to hear it. But I want my children 341 00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:26,399 Speaker 2: and my children's children, and I want the world and 342 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:30,320 Speaker 2: those that have never even met me to say, wow, 343 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:37,280 Speaker 2: she was on purpose, she was in physician on purpose 344 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:43,080 Speaker 2: and servant, well done, and servant. When we learn to 345 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:49,040 Speaker 2: serve others, then that is a selfless act. When we 346 00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:59,680 Speaker 2: do harm intentionally without regret without remorse. That is a 347 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:05,200 Speaker 2: selfish act, and I don't want to be selfish. I 348 00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:08,280 Speaker 2: don't have time to be selfish when I am called 349 00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:10,960 Speaker 2: to serve, and in each of our own ways, we 350 00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:14,800 Speaker 2: are called to serve in some form of fashion. And 351 00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:17,840 Speaker 2: I'm not talking religion, and this doesn't even have to 352 00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:22,840 Speaker 2: be about faith, but for the greater good of humanity, 353 00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:26,680 Speaker 2: for those that we don't know. When I get a message, 354 00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:32,640 Speaker 2: just like I know you get these messages regularly, when 355 00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:36,840 Speaker 2: someone that you don't know, that you've never met, says, 356 00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:43,320 Speaker 2: you know, you changed my life. You inspire me. And 357 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:46,800 Speaker 2: when I'm going through tough times, and we all go 358 00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:49,640 Speaker 2: through tough times, you know, Martin Luther King said there 359 00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:54,640 Speaker 2: are difficult days ahead, so we should be prepared for 360 00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:59,640 Speaker 2: the difficult days ahead. And we are in difficult days. 361 00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:04,240 Speaker 2: We're in difficult times. But that does not stop the 362 00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:07,920 Speaker 2: humanity that must come out and be shown to others, 363 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:10,760 Speaker 2: the teachable moments, the work that you do, the work 364 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:14,160 Speaker 2: that I do, the things that happen behind the scenes, 365 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:18,640 Speaker 2: just like in this recording, just like in this episode, 366 00:30:18,840 --> 00:30:23,280 Speaker 2: there is someone behind the scenes that no one knows 367 00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:26,800 Speaker 2: that it's making this happen because everything can be out 368 00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:31,080 Speaker 2: in front. Everyone can't be out in front, but there 369 00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:33,000 Speaker 2: are people working to make a difference. 370 00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:39,440 Speaker 1: Well, you know, you said there are difficult days ahead, 371 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:43,160 Speaker 1: and you said planning, planning, and no matter the outcome, 372 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:46,040 Speaker 1: be grateful. So I thought i'd tell you something funny. 373 00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:48,920 Speaker 1: Walt and I had a buddy, Robert, and he was 374 00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:51,000 Speaker 1: starting a business. And you know how that is. He 375 00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:54,000 Speaker 1: was gonna put everything he had in it. He had, 376 00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:57,560 Speaker 1: you know, put way too much of his savings, his 377 00:30:57,680 --> 00:31:00,760 Speaker 1: life savings in it. But he believed what he was doing. 378 00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:04,800 Speaker 1: So we saw him like a week after the launch 379 00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:08,440 Speaker 1: of this business. He had the most gorgeous at the 380 00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:12,000 Speaker 1: time to us, a huge suv. It was like the 381 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:14,960 Speaker 1: biggest car I'd ever seen. It almost looked like one 382 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,200 Speaker 1: of those secret service type cars, you know, talking about 383 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:21,920 Speaker 1: those big glass sleep It was huge, lover, and I'm like, honey, 384 00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:24,280 Speaker 1: this business has only been rolling for a week. It 385 00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:28,320 Speaker 1: wasn't he doing great? He went, no, no, no, Mac He said, listen, 386 00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:31,680 Speaker 1: just in case I lose everything, I got to live 387 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:33,560 Speaker 1: in it. So I made it nice. 388 00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:43,400 Speaker 3: Look and I thought, that is planning. That is glass 389 00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:46,680 Speaker 3: half full. I loved everything about it. 390 00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:49,280 Speaker 1: He's doing great today, just to let the audience know 391 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:52,080 Speaker 1: he was very successful in what he did. But I 392 00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:55,800 Speaker 1: remembered that because I thought that's the funniest thing. 393 00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:58,640 Speaker 2: I've ever heard. But he was dead serious, you know. 394 00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:03,680 Speaker 2: And I understand stand that because you know, during my 395 00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:09,800 Speaker 2: time where I was homeless, and then also in transition, 396 00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:14,600 Speaker 2: I had a vehicle. I slept in my vehicle. I 397 00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:19,640 Speaker 2: drove around in Alabama, you know, trying to find a 398 00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:24,160 Speaker 2: place where I had enough light so when I was 399 00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:28,160 Speaker 2: sleeping in my car, I couldn't be attacked. But you 400 00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:31,880 Speaker 2: have to have a plan. I have a plan. Your 401 00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:34,800 Speaker 2: friend had a plan and had a plan. And look 402 00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:38,000 Speaker 2: at those big extra these days are really nice and. 403 00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:44,120 Speaker 1: Nice man, yes, ma'am. 404 00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:47,560 Speaker 2: And see people don't think about you know he he 405 00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:50,160 Speaker 2: I'm sure he already said. I can put this much 406 00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:52,120 Speaker 2: food in there, and I can have my clothes in here, 407 00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:56,760 Speaker 2: and I could be rip. But there is a reality 408 00:32:56,840 --> 00:32:59,400 Speaker 2: to what he said, and a reality to what I've 409 00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:03,280 Speaker 2: been saying my own previous circumstance, and reality to what 410 00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:12,920 Speaker 2: others are experiencing in this home. That a plan is important, 411 00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:19,560 Speaker 2: and continuous planning is even more important. We can never 412 00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:26,720 Speaker 2: get too caught up that everything as well, that something 413 00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:29,560 Speaker 2: can happen and change in an instant, which is what 414 00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:35,120 Speaker 2: happened with the guardsmen. Things happen quickly, and our lives 415 00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:39,760 Speaker 2: can change in an instant. It can be a phone 416 00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:46,120 Speaker 2: call that says someone that you love is hurt, that 417 00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:51,600 Speaker 2: someone that you love is gone. You need to come 418 00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:53,560 Speaker 2: to the hospital, you need to come to the school, 419 00:33:53,640 --> 00:33:57,840 Speaker 2: You need to you know, they need support, they need services. 420 00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:06,320 Speaker 2: We are living in times where planning, preparation and purposeful 421 00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:13,400 Speaker 2: understanding is really needed. When you talked earlier about you know, 422 00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:19,799 Speaker 2: people being so angry, Cheryl, you know we can go. 423 00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:23,799 Speaker 2: You and I. We do true crime, we studying and 424 00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:27,120 Speaker 2: the case is, people sometimes want me to talk about 425 00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:29,799 Speaker 2: one thing and they want to point out a particular case. 426 00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:32,240 Speaker 2: I said, do you know how many cases and things 427 00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:35,880 Speaker 2: happen in one day that I'm looking at that you 428 00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:37,120 Speaker 2: don't even see? 429 00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:39,359 Speaker 1: That's right, that's right. 430 00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:46,160 Speaker 2: This is this work means I am constantly seeing something 431 00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:53,480 Speaker 2: pop up on the screen that is critical, that is dangerous, 432 00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:57,920 Speaker 2: and that changed lives and that impact of the people 433 00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:02,000 Speaker 2: that I know, Just like the recent shooting in Florida 434 00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:10,759 Speaker 2: involving the police officer the locksmith and those that were 435 00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:15,759 Speaker 2: getting their victis and she lost her life doing her job. 436 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:22,080 Speaker 2: The locksmith lost his life doing his job, and the 437 00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:25,880 Speaker 2: person that was getting their victed. They didn't want to 438 00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:31,080 Speaker 2: leave and it turned into a crisis and a tragedy 439 00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:35,600 Speaker 2: that no one saw coming. And I talked to her 440 00:35:35,719 --> 00:35:40,160 Speaker 2: colleague this morning because I'm a Florida law enforce and instructor, 441 00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:48,960 Speaker 2: and her captain, her leadership, well, they were my student 442 00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:59,160 Speaker 2: and she's broken and heartbroken, and things happened quickly and perforation. 443 00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:03,920 Speaker 2: We have to prepare for the expected and be ready 444 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:06,080 Speaker 2: and planning for the unexpected. 445 00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:12,600 Speaker 1: Doctor Slaughter, Sonny, I appreciate you so much. This has 446 00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:17,080 Speaker 1: been insightful and uplifting. And that's the thing that I 447 00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:22,360 Speaker 1: love about our Zone seven community. Sometimes these tough cases. 448 00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:28,400 Speaker 1: Talking about Sarah and Andrew, it does have an uplifting part. 449 00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:34,759 Speaker 1: They did not go at this job they had halfway. 450 00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:38,880 Speaker 1: We should not honor them halfway. We should be just 451 00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:41,640 Speaker 1: as committed to talk about them, to lift them up, 452 00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:44,799 Speaker 1: to honor them. And that's what you've done tonight, and 453 00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:45,920 Speaker 1: thank you for that. 454 00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:50,640 Speaker 2: I am deeply honored, more than I could say to 455 00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:57,319 Speaker 2: you for asking me to your audience for them following 456 00:36:58,760 --> 00:37:04,960 Speaker 2: this program and for them learning, because these are the 457 00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:09,240 Speaker 2: teachable moments and this platform that you have developed. Zone seven, 458 00:37:10,360 --> 00:37:16,160 Speaker 2: my mind one to the Zone seven audience, thank you, 459 00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:20,320 Speaker 2: because the work would be for not if it wasn't 460 00:37:20,320 --> 00:37:24,040 Speaker 2: for all of you tuning in to listen to those 461 00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:30,680 Speaker 2: that for their hearts and their purpose into everyday things 462 00:37:30,719 --> 00:37:34,319 Speaker 2: that they do that you know they couldn't do it 463 00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:37,200 Speaker 2: if the audience didn't show up, if you all weren't 464 00:37:37,239 --> 00:37:40,640 Speaker 2: ready to listen to and to fartape. You know this 465 00:37:40,719 --> 00:37:45,440 Speaker 2: is nourishment. What you have created is nourishment for the soul, mind, body, 466 00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:48,880 Speaker 2: and soul. Thank you. Thank you to your behind the 467 00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:52,080 Speaker 2: scenes team for how they show up and pull everything 468 00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:55,280 Speaker 2: together make it look flawless, because you know we couldn't 469 00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:57,000 Speaker 2: do this if we didn't make a look for all this. 470 00:37:57,640 --> 00:38:00,440 Speaker 1: Thank you. Thank you Max. 471 00:38:01,719 --> 00:38:10,200 Speaker 2: You know I was struggling, that's the truth. Was really calm. 472 00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:14,440 Speaker 1: He's always calm. He's always even no matter what I'm 473 00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:16,120 Speaker 1: throwing at him, and usually. 474 00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:17,239 Speaker 3: It's chaos, but he is. 475 00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:21,400 Speaker 1: I'm telling you, he is just masterful at what he does. 476 00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:25,799 Speaker 1: But you know, again, I can't thank you enough. You 477 00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:33,040 Speaker 1: are also that calming, resourceful. Just you know, there's those 478 00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:36,600 Speaker 1: people that you can call and you know, after the 479 00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:39,479 Speaker 1: phone call, it's gonna be better, it's gonna be all right. 480 00:38:40,440 --> 00:38:44,920 Speaker 1: And that's how I feel talking to you. And listen, y'all. 481 00:38:44,960 --> 00:38:47,719 Speaker 1: She's coming back because she and I have got to 482 00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:50,760 Speaker 1: talk about Jacky Island because she was down there in Flexi, 483 00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:53,560 Speaker 1: and I know we know some people in common, so 484 00:38:53,600 --> 00:38:55,279 Speaker 1: she'll have to come back and we'll tell some good 485 00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:57,920 Speaker 1: stories because that's one of my favorite places on earth 486 00:38:57,960 --> 00:39:01,560 Speaker 1: and some of my favorite people. So doctor Sonny Slaughter, 487 00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:02,279 Speaker 1: thank you. 488 00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:07,279 Speaker 2: Thank you, thank you so much, my friend, my colleague, 489 00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:10,880 Speaker 2: my admiration for you, front Steep. Let me tell you, 490 00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:13,160 Speaker 2: I was so giddy when you reached out. I was like, 491 00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:19,239 Speaker 2: oh my gosh, oh, and I was hoping that I 492 00:39:19,360 --> 00:39:21,520 Speaker 2: was gonna be good. It's so please invite me back. 493 00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:23,479 Speaker 2: Oh you're coming back. 494 00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:24,920 Speaker 1: Don't you worry about that at all? 495 00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:28,400 Speaker 2: No, thank you. It's been an honor, it's been a pleasure, 496 00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:31,759 Speaker 2: and I'm grateful for all that you do to make 497 00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:34,480 Speaker 2: a difference in the lives of others. Your humanity shows 498 00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:38,719 Speaker 2: every single day, and you are making a difference to me. 499 00:39:39,040 --> 00:39:42,600 Speaker 2: And to so many. Thus thank you again, y'all. 500 00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:44,360 Speaker 1: I'm going to end Zone seven the way that I 501 00:39:44,440 --> 00:39:49,160 Speaker 1: always do with a quote. Terrorism is the tactic of 502 00:39:49,239 --> 00:39:56,080 Speaker 1: demanding the impossible while demanding it at gunpoint. Christopher Hitchinson. 503 00:39:57,360 --> 00:40:05,160 Speaker 1: I'm Cheryl McCollum, and this is Zone set