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We need to move our criminal 11 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:38,479 Speaker 1: justice system into the direction of the twenty first century. 12 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:42,559 Speaker 1: His special directives that he's enacted has given criminals kind 13 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 1: of a get out of jail free card. We need 14 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 1: to use science and data in order to address public 15 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 1: safety go violent crimes. Like his data and science is 16 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 1: completely flawed. Nobody's faith in Lost Angeles because of a 17 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:56,440 Speaker 1: different attorney gap on. You will see that not only 18 00:00:56,480 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 1: have I hands foblic safety, I am absolutely outraged at 19 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:06,320 Speaker 1: the life that the suggestscone is feeling. He has no 20 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 1: business implementing laws of his own personal choice, which we 21 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:12,479 Speaker 1: voted again We've done so in a way that it's 22 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 1: much more more physically and socially responsible. Not only is 23 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 1: he breaking the law, but he is not feeling what 24 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 1: he is supposed to do as a district attorney, and 25 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 1: that is protective victim. He's in the wrong office. He 26 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 1: should have been a public defender. Each voted in, he 27 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 1: could be voted out. Celebrating us going home on his 28 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 1: gasking direct crime and sort of historic law and the 29 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:36,920 Speaker 1: stations of historic laws and safe And now for an 30 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:40,119 Speaker 1: update on the recall of La County District Attorney George 31 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:44,960 Speaker 1: gascon years John, all right, and we are going to 32 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 1: talk now with Tim Leinberger. Yes, Tim, tim Leinberger is 33 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 1: coming on the show. Tomorrow is the big day. They 34 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 1: have to turn in the signatures to the Los Angeles 35 00:01:56,240 --> 00:02:00,200 Speaker 1: County Registrar of Voters. They have turned it into something 36 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 1: of an event. I'm sure there'll be media there. We'll 37 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 1: get the full update. But finally we're gonna culminate with 38 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 1: this part of the recall. All right, let's put Tim up. Hello, 39 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:12,959 Speaker 1: how are you hey, gentlemen, Thanks so much for having me. Well, 40 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 1: what's the status here? Are you talking numbers today or 41 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 1: we have to wait till tomorrow? So Unfortunately, you're gonna 42 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 1: have to wait till tomorrow for the final number. What 43 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 1: I can confirmed for you today is that we're going 44 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 1: to be submitting well over the five hundred and sixty 45 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 1: six thousand that are required, and we believe we'll be 46 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 1: submitting enough to ultimately qualify. So we're excited about getting 47 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 1: to this point and just ready to get George Gascone 48 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 1: out of office so you have enough to account for 49 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:43,360 Speaker 1: whatever they they're gonna throw out. We believe we've built 50 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 1: that cushion. We reached the raw signature amount as of 51 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: mid June there, so we've been really trying to build 52 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,519 Speaker 1: the cushion over the last few weeks, and even today, 53 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 1: we're not letting up if people still haven't turned in 54 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 1: their signatures yet. Our West Los Angeles office is the 55 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 1: only location that's still open and that's up on our 56 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 1: website with the address and contact information. So we've still 57 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 1: had people driving from across the county showing up today 58 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:10,360 Speaker 1: with five or ten petitions and we'll take every last 59 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 1: one we can get. So it came the petition still 60 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 1: kept coming in even after the announcement that you'd hit 61 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 1: that minimal numb number back in mid June. Yes, and 62 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:23,400 Speaker 1: we've definitely encouraged that just because we knew we were 63 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 1: going to need to build that cushion for those that 64 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 1: are inevitably invalidated for whatever reason. So we've really tried 65 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 1: to build as high as a threshold as we could, 66 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 1: and we'll know that final count tomorrow, but we're confident 67 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 1: we have it. And basically what you're seeing here is 68 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 1: just hundreds of thousands of people literally speaking up in 69 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 1: a resounding way to get justice and restore public safety. 70 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 1: So we think it's quite a monumental effort here. Did 71 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 1: you see a spike after this situation with the two 72 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 1: El Monte cops who got murdered, Yeah, it's it's really unfortunate. 73 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 1: I think after so many of these tragic events that 74 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 1: you've seen play out over the last year and a 75 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 1: half or so, you do see increased engagement. I know 76 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 1: for our volunteers and paid signature guys on the ground, 77 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 1: it's been really easy to collect signatures over the last 78 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 1: few weeks and get people to come up and sign, 79 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 1: so certainly that happens. I think it's just it really 80 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 1: it's just unfortunate that it takes that and that we've 81 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 1: gotten to this point and that this is all required, 82 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 1: and that those individuals even have to go tell their stories. 83 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:25,919 Speaker 1: I feel so bad for the victims who have to 84 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:28,799 Speaker 1: now or feel like they this is their fight too, 85 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 1: just because they've been thrown into this. They're not political people. 86 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 1: They want that they do with this, but now they've 87 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 1: found themselves wrapped in the middle of it all. What 88 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:38,839 Speaker 1: they're doing is they have to campaign on the deaths 89 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:41,839 Speaker 1: of their loved ones in order to remove guest Stone, 90 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:45,760 Speaker 1: and that has got to be terribly painful. It makes 91 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 1: me sick to my stomach. I mean, some of the 92 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:50,360 Speaker 1: conversations I've had to have with these individuals over the 93 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:52,480 Speaker 1: last year have just been really difficult, and it's it's 94 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 1: hard to listen to their stories. But it's it's why 95 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:56,800 Speaker 1: we're all doing it, and I know, you know, we're 96 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:59,279 Speaker 1: extremely grateful for all the attention that your show is given, 97 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 1: the effort, and you know, we just hope we can 98 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 1: get them the outcome that they deserve here in this case, 99 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:06,360 Speaker 1: how are you doing on the money end? Did this? 100 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:09,040 Speaker 1: Because if we do qualify you guys, do qualify this 101 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:11,600 Speaker 1: for the ballot, they're still going to be a campaign 102 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 1: ahead to get the votes to recall them from office. Yeah, 103 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:19,839 Speaker 1: that's correct. You would see a full swing campaign campaigning 104 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 1: for the yes vote. In terms of our resources, we've 105 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 1: had a lot of generous donors through this past one 106 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 1: hundred and sixty days and we've raised a significant amount 107 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 1: of money, but that's all gone towards signature collection because 108 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 1: it's such an expensive task, so we'll need to do 109 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:38,800 Speaker 1: that again. But luckily we've had very generous people and 110 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 1: people who willing to step up and put in their 111 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 1: time and money to make this happen. So I think 112 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:44,120 Speaker 1: if we're if we get to that point, it'll be 113 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 1: a good problem to have, and persuading the electorate on 114 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:50,719 Speaker 1: the yes vote on that will be the easiest task 115 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 1: of this whole endeavor. What's the rule on replacing him? 116 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 1: Are there going to be a set of candidates? Is 117 00:05:56,680 --> 00:06:01,120 Speaker 1: it similar? Yeah? Correct, it would function like the California 118 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 1: gubernatorial recall. You would have a yes or a no vote, 119 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 1: and then if that yes vote cleared fifty percent, you 120 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 1: would select your other option and that highest vote get 121 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:13,159 Speaker 1: or would become the district attorney. And that'll probably take 122 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 1: place either in a special election or somehow. If the 123 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:20,200 Speaker 1: registrar accounted really quickly. I guess they could potentially squeeze 124 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:22,720 Speaker 1: it into November, but that seems unlikely with the timeline 125 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:26,200 Speaker 1: at this point. Are there any candidates likely to announce? 126 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:30,400 Speaker 1: You know, I've heard a lot of different names. I'm 127 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:34,279 Speaker 1: sure you've heard from some of them yourselves, So at 128 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:37,320 Speaker 1: this point, I'm pretty sure that just about anybody would 129 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 1: do a better job that George Gascon. I know, for 130 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:42,040 Speaker 1: our end of it will likely be focusing on just 131 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 1: that yes vote and then letting people make the decision. 132 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:46,720 Speaker 1: But I know there's a number of people that are 133 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 1: interested and looking at it, and I'm sure would do 134 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 1: a much better job at actually enforcing the law and 135 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:54,839 Speaker 1: carrying out the duties of the district attorney. So we 136 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:58,920 Speaker 1: may not be looking at November for this vote. Huh, Yeah, 137 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:02,120 Speaker 1: it's very possible. Well, the registrar has thirty days to 138 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 1: count after our submission day, and then there's a process 139 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 1: for figuring out what that ballot looks like and who 140 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:11,680 Speaker 1: goes on there. So as of now, I would say 141 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:14,920 Speaker 1: the timeline would put us into a special election in 142 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 1: December or January, but who knows what the registrar does. 143 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 1: They may even only count a sample batch of five percent, 144 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:24,840 Speaker 1: which could expedite some of that counting process, and I'm 145 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:27,160 Speaker 1: not sure how that would affect the timeline. And if they, yeah, 146 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 1: how does that work? They do a sample of five 147 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 1: percent and then if it hits, if they have a 148 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 1: certain number of a certain percentage of approved ballots, they 149 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 1: don't bother to count the whole hundred percent correct, But 150 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 1: then you essentially my understanding as they would count the 151 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 1: whole hundred percent even if they determine they had that percentage. 152 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 1: So it's not really a great situation. Ideally, we're pushing 153 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 1: them to count every single petition that we've submitted, especially 154 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:57,120 Speaker 1: given just the sheer magnitude that we're submitting. So hopefully 155 00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:00,240 Speaker 1: they do that, and regardless, hopefully they view it as 156 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:02,920 Speaker 1: we do that we have the validated signatures there that 157 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 1: we need to initiate this recall. So that was a 158 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 1: big expense sending a recall petition to registered household? Was 159 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 1: that was that worth it? Did you get a good 160 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 1: return on that? You know, there was a decent return. 161 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 1: It wasn't the end all be all for this effort. 162 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,400 Speaker 1: It was a supplemental piece that I know we're glad 163 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:25,960 Speaker 1: we got to do. But in terms of the BULKUS 164 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 1: signature collection that's still coming in through paid and our 165 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 1: volunteers have really stepped up over the last few weeks. 166 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:36,440 Speaker 1: And to your question earlier about the increase enthusiasm, certainly 167 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 1: that's shown. And really we've just tried to use all 168 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 1: these different aspects of collecting these signatures and finding the 169 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:44,920 Speaker 1: most efficient way to do it and trying out different 170 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:48,080 Speaker 1: things and optimizing those because it's just it's such a 171 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 1: big number. So it's been a helpful supplemental piece, but 172 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:54,560 Speaker 1: just one of many, you know, areas where we've got 173 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:57,240 Speaker 1: to focus on. So tomorrow at two o'clock is the 174 00:08:57,280 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 1: scheduled big event. Then that's correct. We'll be down at 175 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:05,840 Speaker 1: the La County Voter Registrar in Norwalk with a big 176 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:09,160 Speaker 1: moving truck coming with all of our petitions, our supporters, 177 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:13,720 Speaker 1: recall co chairs, the victims, the rank and file prosecutors 178 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:16,679 Speaker 1: who have been so instrumental in this effort. We'll all 179 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:18,760 Speaker 1: be out front there to hand in the petition. So 180 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 1: um again, kind of a bittersweet moment of we're we're 181 00:09:22,679 --> 00:09:25,240 Speaker 1: glad we've gotten to this point. I know everybody's just 182 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:27,920 Speaker 1: relieved with all the work that's been done, but at 183 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:30,440 Speaker 1: the same time, just terrible we even have to do this. Yeah, 184 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:33,319 Speaker 1: I don't think most people understand just how difficult it 185 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 1: is to do what you and your organization have done. 186 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 1: It is monumental to do a recall on this level, 187 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:43,800 Speaker 1: you know, a countywide level, accounting with ten million people, 188 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 1: and because it's a high bar, you know, there's a 189 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:50,480 Speaker 1: there's a lot of registered voters. Yeah, I mean that 190 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 1: that is that is not easy to do. And it's 191 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:55,520 Speaker 1: also an office that most people don't pay attention to, 192 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:59,400 Speaker 1: which is why this happened. Because people don't pay attention 193 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:02,559 Speaker 1: to Today, you probably can't get most people to name 194 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:07,520 Speaker 1: who the last three das were in La County. And yeah, 195 00:10:07,559 --> 00:10:10,960 Speaker 1: that's absolutely right. I think, Perk Hapita, this will be 196 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:14,800 Speaker 1: the most signatures collected in such a short period of 197 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:17,720 Speaker 1: time ever to my knowledge. But I think really that 198 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:20,440 Speaker 1: just speaks to again, it goes back to the victims 199 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:23,400 Speaker 1: who started this effort. They were the ones who like 200 00:10:23,559 --> 00:10:26,480 Speaker 1: spoke out and stood up and told their stories from 201 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 1: day one. They were the first people to feel the 202 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:32,199 Speaker 1: impact of George Gascon's policies directly, and then they went 203 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 1: out and relived these horrific events every day just so 204 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:38,040 Speaker 1: the public could be aware. So just a credit to them. 205 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:40,440 Speaker 1: All right, Tim, thank you very much. We look forward 206 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:42,720 Speaker 1: to talking to you tomorrow after the big event takes place. 207 00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:46,679 Speaker 1: All right, thanks, thanks so much. Guys. Hi Tim Weinberger 208 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:50,560 Speaker 1: with the recall DA George gascon campaigned tomorrow at two o'clock. 209 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:53,880 Speaker 1: They're bringing in the truckloads of signatures and presenting them 210 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:56,720 Speaker 1: to the LA County Registrar of Voters. When we retired, 211 00:10:56,800 --> 00:10:59,320 Speaker 1: you have a shot at money. Yeah, right, the keyword. Well, 212 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:00,800 Speaker 1: when I was going to produced, Tim, you know, I 213 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:04,520 Speaker 1: stopped for a second. You know why because our producer 214 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:11,160 Speaker 1: wrote our guest name as Tim Linscum. Yeah, the Giants pitcher. 215 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:14,240 Speaker 1: That's what I'm looking at this. Who did that? Jim 216 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:19,400 Speaker 1: Ray did Tim Linscum? Is what he wrote? Inst Was 217 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:21,240 Speaker 1: he trying to be funny? I think he really just 218 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:27,320 Speaker 1: I don't know. Maybe it's the COVID Uh yeah, I don't. 219 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:29,000 Speaker 1: I don't know what that was about. So I'm sitting 220 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:34,080 Speaker 1: Saren's like, no, it's not Tim Lindseam all right, We'll 221 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:36,959 Speaker 1: play for you some of the audio of gascone. He 222 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:41,600 Speaker 1: was on NBC four Conan Nolan's Sunday news conference More 223 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:43,840 Speaker 1: coming up, John and kN kfi Well. I like the 224 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:47,240 Speaker 1: way NBC four explained this on their website. It's the 225 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:50,480 Speaker 1: story that accompanies the audio we're about to play. For 226 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 1: a long time, NBC four's reporter Conan Nolan has had 227 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:57,680 Speaker 1: what they call Sunday news conference where he interviews newsmakers, 228 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 1: and George Gascone was his guests this past weekend. Family 229 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:06,360 Speaker 1: members of Corporal Michael Paradius and Officer Joseph Santana. Those 230 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:09,679 Speaker 1: are the two Almani police officers who were killed by 231 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:14,040 Speaker 1: the criminal Justin Flores believe Gascone's decision not to follow 232 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:18,839 Speaker 1: California's three strikes law allowed convicted felon Justin Flores to 233 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:22,960 Speaker 1: escape prison on a weapon's possessing charge. He was on 234 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:27,280 Speaker 1: parole when he murdered the two police officers. So we're 235 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:29,679 Speaker 1: going to play you a couple of clips from this interview. 236 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:33,400 Speaker 1: The first one is a little longer because this is 237 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:38,079 Speaker 1: again Gascon trying and of course always trying poorly to 238 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:40,000 Speaker 1: explain his way out of this. And it's good to 239 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:43,200 Speaker 1: remember that a judge found that Gascon was violating the 240 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 1: law when he didn't use the three strike enhancements for 241 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:52,439 Speaker 1: crimes like this. So the shooter should have, under law, 242 00:12:52,559 --> 00:12:56,120 Speaker 1: been prosecuted and sent back to a prison for several years. 243 00:12:56,880 --> 00:12:58,920 Speaker 1: All right, So let's play the first clip. You know, 244 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:01,439 Speaker 1: I don't take any of this very lightly. This has 245 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:09,160 Speaker 1: been very emotionally traumatic for me, and there's nothing that 246 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:11,800 Speaker 1: I can say or do that will obviously bring the 247 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 1: officers back. But I think it's important to also walk 248 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:23,960 Speaker 1: through this case because, first of all, this individual was 249 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 1: a release before I was in office. Right. He was 250 00:13:27,559 --> 00:13:32,240 Speaker 1: put out on cash bail. So if the judge or 251 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:35,800 Speaker 1: even this officers felt that he was so dangerous, they 252 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:38,600 Speaker 1: would not have allowed his release. But he had been 253 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 1: out for many months and the reason why he was 254 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:46,320 Speaker 1: allowed to be released was because there was nothing in 255 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:51,800 Speaker 1: the history that indicated that he had any any violent tendencies. 256 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:55,200 Speaker 1: There was no history of him having weapons. Of course, 257 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:58,200 Speaker 1: we now know that his mother was actually you know, 258 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:02,000 Speaker 1: reaching out to probation and others oh ask him for help. 259 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:05,960 Speaker 1: But the reality is, can you stop this for a second. 260 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 1: I mean, this is very very difficult to take. He 261 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 1: had committed a felony, and the new charge was a felony, 262 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:21,400 Speaker 1: and it's just that's the law. Strike on his record, 263 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:24,440 Speaker 1: strike on his record, and it doesn't matter. Well, first 264 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:27,200 Speaker 1: of all, cash bail. Obviously, you're not allowed to change 265 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:29,880 Speaker 1: the law. In fact, as it says in this story, 266 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 1: he got turned aside by a three dudge California Pellet 267 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:37,480 Speaker 1: court because his directives are not following state sentencing law. 268 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:40,360 Speaker 1: He's not allowed to be a sovereign with absolute discretion. 269 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:44,720 Speaker 1: He broke the law. Gascon should go to jail himself. 270 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:48,640 Speaker 1: When you have a district attorney breaking a state law 271 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:51,520 Speaker 1: on sentencing, there should be a punishment for that. And 272 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:53,720 Speaker 1: here's what else is important to know. And we got 273 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 1: this John while you were away from our good friends 274 00:14:56,600 --> 00:15:01,040 Speaker 1: Deputy DA's in La County guest Ow's office, who said 275 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:06,240 Speaker 1: this was his policy. They were all told to ignore strikes. 276 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 1: He's now trying to explain this like there was nothing 277 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:13,000 Speaker 1: to indicate that he was dangerous or violent. It didn't matter. 278 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 1: You didn't have worry if you had a strike. Gascon's rule, 279 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 1: which remember when he first took over, was broad and 280 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:23,240 Speaker 1: no exceptions. You ignore the strike dead. He didn't have 281 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 1: the discretion to do this. He didn't have the power 282 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:28,920 Speaker 1: to do this. So it doesn't matter what a judge did, 283 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 1: or the bail or this or that. The other thing. 284 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:33,680 Speaker 1: He had a strike, he had the second one coming. 285 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:38,040 Speaker 1: You had to put him back in prison, and that 286 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:39,680 Speaker 1: way we don't have to worry about whether or not 287 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 1: he's going to be a violent person. He's not that free. 288 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:46,840 Speaker 1: That's irrelevant. What mattered was these were two felony strikes. 289 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:52,720 Speaker 1: That's all that mattered. Well, carry on, play more. But 290 00:15:52,760 --> 00:15:57,160 Speaker 1: the reality is he wasn't fallen. But his conviction was 291 00:15:57,240 --> 00:16:01,080 Speaker 1: one that was nearly ten years old, where he stole 292 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 1: a television side from his grandparents home. I had the 293 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:08,000 Speaker 1: price for that. He went to prison for that. You know, 294 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 1: I'm not diminishing. You know, we don't get to steal 295 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:15,560 Speaker 1: from our family members. But his history was one of 296 00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 1: drug addiction and drug related offenses. My point is didn't matter. 297 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:27,280 Speaker 1: This man's policy was ignore strikes at all. He's just 298 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:29,920 Speaker 1: been picked up on a gun possession charge. Well, you know, 299 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,120 Speaker 1: he didn't use the gun, but we don't know if 300 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:33,880 Speaker 1: he would have used the gun. Also, he's a known 301 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:37,680 Speaker 1: gang member. We learned the name of his gang too. Yeah, 302 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:41,480 Speaker 1: I mean, I mean it's it's just that weird pleading 303 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:45,400 Speaker 1: kermit the fraud voice. It's so grating on my nervous system, 304 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:49,280 Speaker 1: and it's everything but the facts of the case, which 305 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:54,360 Speaker 1: are simple committed one felony, committed a second felony period. 306 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 1: That's it. Now we're gonna move to clip two because 307 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:00,480 Speaker 1: I want to do want to play this one because 308 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:03,400 Speaker 1: he uses the word that I've learned to really hate. 309 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:10,479 Speaker 1: Everybody is now using the word politicize. Who cares? Because 310 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:13,680 Speaker 1: he's elected as an Ela County DA and we attack him, 311 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:18,200 Speaker 1: it's considered politicizing the issue. Let's listen. You know, it's 312 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:21,320 Speaker 1: interesting that you say that, because I was in communication 313 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:27,520 Speaker 1: with the shameful police that evening, not only offering support, 314 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:30,919 Speaker 1: but you know, trying to see what we could be helpful. 315 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 1: We were immediately reaching out to the family and I understand, Look, 316 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:40,520 Speaker 1: the family is in pain, right and I understand the 317 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:43,680 Speaker 1: narrative that they have been given thank you with emotions 318 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:47,520 Speaker 1: walled off from trying to They wouldn't talk to the 319 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:53,679 Speaker 1: family from very early on, and I didn't want to 320 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:57,159 Speaker 1: anyone to think that we were somehow politicizing this, and 321 00:17:57,280 --> 00:18:02,520 Speaker 1: unfortunately this gout politicize almost immediately. You know, in retrospect, 322 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:08,800 Speaker 1: should I have said something more forceful early on? Maybe, 323 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:11,480 Speaker 1: But then I would have then you you would have 324 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 1: been asking me, were you politicizing this horrendous event. It's 325 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:19,879 Speaker 1: because he's only sent a message out on Twitter. So 326 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:22,119 Speaker 1: Conana was asking him how come he didn't do more? 327 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:24,640 Speaker 1: And then he said he got walled off by the families. Well, 328 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:28,080 Speaker 1: of course your policy's killed their family, remember their police office, 329 00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:30,960 Speaker 1: their family member. Why would they want to talk to you? 330 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 1: You made it you're responsible. You made it clear that, 331 00:18:33,760 --> 00:18:37,119 Speaker 1: like Garcetti, you consider police to be the bad guys. 332 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:40,920 Speaker 1: Police are the killers. Police are the one who need 333 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:44,520 Speaker 1: to be arrested and charged and sent to jail. That 334 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:49,280 Speaker 1: was your whole platform is that police are bad and 335 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:53,359 Speaker 1: we have to understand the criminals and give them a 336 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:57,159 Speaker 1: break and give them comfort. And that's what you've done. 337 00:18:57,600 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 1: Oh and besides, I want to go back a moment 338 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:02,000 Speaker 1: because they just saw an email from a listener. You know, 339 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:05,080 Speaker 1: he was arrested in twenty twenty when Jackie Lacy was 340 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:09,240 Speaker 1: still DA, but because we had COVID, everybody was released. 341 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:13,399 Speaker 1: Nobody was held, right, So Flora's on the gun possession charge. 342 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:16,520 Speaker 1: The case didn't come up until twenty twenty one when 343 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:18,520 Speaker 1: Gascone took over, and that's when he went easy and 344 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:21,960 Speaker 1: ignored the strike. So let's just clear that up. Because 345 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:24,040 Speaker 1: Gascone tried to make it sound like an will. They 346 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:26,520 Speaker 1: didn't see him as very violent either. They don't see 347 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:28,840 Speaker 1: anybody as violence. Nobody got bail. They wouldn't hold on 348 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:30,600 Speaker 1: to anybody because there has to be a cod excuse. 349 00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:34,560 Speaker 1: It doesn't matter. Your judgment is all that matters. You 350 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:38,000 Speaker 1: invoked an illegal policy. It ended up causing two cops 351 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:41,240 Speaker 1: to be murdered. You are one hundred percent responsible for 352 00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:45,639 Speaker 1: Flora's being free. Nobody else you You. Because of your 353 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:50,879 Speaker 1: illegal policy, we got more covered up. God, John and 354 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:53,960 Speaker 1: Kent can't fight. You know what's happening. In just three days, 355 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:58,040 Speaker 1: the Moist line comes back. How excited are it's been 356 00:19:58,080 --> 00:20:01,040 Speaker 1: so long? It has not played for a couple of weeks. 357 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:05,040 Speaker 1: One eight seven seven Moist eighty six. For your messages, 358 00:20:05,119 --> 00:20:06,680 Speaker 1: I'm sure there'll be some old ones in there that 359 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:09,280 Speaker 1: are still usable, but we can certainly use some fresh material. 360 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:12,520 Speaker 1: One eight seven seven six six four seven eighty eight 361 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:17,000 Speaker 1: six coming up after five o'clock. The mass shooter suspect 362 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:20,600 Speaker 1: in Illinois, the suburb outside of Chicago that has now 363 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:23,879 Speaker 1: killed seven and wounded over thirty people, got into a 364 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:26,159 Speaker 1: lot of trouble back in twenty nineteen, with police visits 365 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:28,840 Speaker 1: and even threatening to kill his whole family. Nevertheless, when 366 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 1: he turned twenty one, he was able to buy five weapons. 367 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:34,560 Speaker 1: Oh well, we'll talk about all this next hour. They 368 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:36,480 Speaker 1: have the red flaglogs in Illinois, but I guess the 369 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:40,680 Speaker 1: implementation is busted. So everybody prattles about these laws ain't 370 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:43,240 Speaker 1: to be passed. We made the stricter gun control stuff 371 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:46,320 Speaker 1: gets passed in they're not implemented. I guess there's a 372 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 1: time limit on it, right. He was only nineteen at 373 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:52,160 Speaker 1: the time that they came to the house. Never gets 374 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:54,880 Speaker 1: cured crazy, And besides, he was only going to kill 375 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:56,840 Speaker 1: people with nys. We never heard anything about guns. You 376 00:20:56,880 --> 00:21:00,760 Speaker 1: know something I'm tired of hearing everybody's excuse is I'm 377 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:04,720 Speaker 1: tired of hearing the excuses of impotence. Oh well, you know, 378 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:07,280 Speaker 1: he You know, we needed him to say that. Nobody 379 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:11,560 Speaker 1: is gonna say specifically the day and time where they kill, 380 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:14,560 Speaker 1: all right, because then they get caught so they're not 381 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:17,960 Speaker 1: going to do that. So this is this is a 382 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:21,919 Speaker 1: bad way to try to stop these killings. All right, 383 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:24,160 Speaker 1: we'll bring you all the latest. He has been charged 384 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:28,320 Speaker 1: officially with seven counts of first degree murder impudence. Now 385 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:33,000 Speaker 1: we move over to the water crisis. We talked years 386 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:36,800 Speaker 1: ago and again recently about one of the number one 387 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:39,440 Speaker 1: users of water in the state of California. Of course 388 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:43,880 Speaker 1: it is agriculture, but more specifically it's the good old almonds. 389 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:47,480 Speaker 1: And the El Segondo Times did a story this person 390 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:55,359 Speaker 1: I've never heard of, Lewis Sahagunagun. He did a story 391 00:21:55,600 --> 00:22:00,600 Speaker 1: on the almond industry. And there are seven thousand, six 392 00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:05,280 Speaker 1: hundred California almond farms that produce eighty two percent of 393 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:09,240 Speaker 1: the world's almonds. However, most of them are sent around 394 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:12,920 Speaker 1: the world to places like China, India and the EU. 395 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:16,239 Speaker 1: And the problem, as pointed out and the story is, 396 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:20,399 Speaker 1: there's no way to ship them right now. They have 397 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:24,400 Speaker 1: got billions of pounds sitting in warehouses because of the 398 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 1: whole problem with the ports. And there was such a 399 00:22:28,119 --> 00:22:32,360 Speaker 1: push to get materials into the United States from places 400 00:22:32,359 --> 00:22:35,320 Speaker 1: like China. Nobody was interested in turning around and taking 401 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:37,480 Speaker 1: the almonds back. They were in a hurry just to 402 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:40,640 Speaker 1: get right back to their country ports and bring more 403 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:45,280 Speaker 1: garbage goods to the United States. So because of this, 404 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:49,880 Speaker 1: the almonds have been sitting in warehouses through twenty one 405 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:53,560 Speaker 1: now into twenty twenty two. You know something, they do 406 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:56,520 Speaker 1: have a long shelf life though. Well they're good, but 407 00:22:56,600 --> 00:22:59,800 Speaker 1: they're a huge waste of water. They almond farmers use 408 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:08,480 Speaker 1: eleven percent of our available water. Eleven percent. That's that's preposterous, ridiculous, absurd. 409 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:13,480 Speaker 1: I believe about over seventy percent of the almonds are 410 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:18,760 Speaker 1: shipped overseas. Um it. You might think agriculture is a 411 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:22,840 Speaker 1: big deal in California. It's two percent of our economy. 412 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 1: It's it's not worth it. It's not going to bring 413 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:30,440 Speaker 1: the economy down by stopping the almond companies from taking 414 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:34,080 Speaker 1: eleven percent of our water every year. That number one 415 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:38,760 Speaker 1: California agricultural export last year, it was four point seven 416 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:41,440 Speaker 1: billion dollars in the grand scheme of things. It's it's 417 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:44,439 Speaker 1: not it's nothing all right, our our economy, if it's 418 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:46,960 Speaker 1: sucking up all the water, let somebody else grow the almonds. 419 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:49,040 Speaker 1: I don't think it's that crazy because almonds are not. 420 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:55,000 Speaker 1: Almonds are not absolutely not. Yeah, really like that. It's water, 421 00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:58,960 Speaker 1: you know what, Cut it by half, and that would 422 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:05,200 Speaker 1: give us an extra five water supply just and then 423 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:07,600 Speaker 1: we wouldn't have to deal with water shortages and water 424 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:11,800 Speaker 1: restrictions and ridiculously high prices here among among the people. 425 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:14,320 Speaker 1: I mean, it's one thing point people want to put 426 00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:17,040 Speaker 1: animals over people. We just don't need to put almonds 427 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:20,120 Speaker 1: over people. One point one gallons of water to grow 428 00:24:20,119 --> 00:24:24,040 Speaker 1: an almond, So to grow a pound of almonds one thousand, 429 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:26,840 Speaker 1: nine hundred gallons of water and a pound of almonds 430 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:30,919 Speaker 1: ain't much. A pound of almonds is a one thousand, 431 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:35,399 Speaker 1: nine hundred nineteen hundred gallons nineteen hundred gallons almost two 432 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:37,879 Speaker 1: thousand gallons of water for a pound of almonds. That 433 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:41,360 Speaker 1: is a crime. They are a very thirsty crop, as 434 00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:45,399 Speaker 1: it says here, that is terrible. And it's all year 435 00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:51,119 Speaker 1: round the almonds grow. I don't understand how much money 436 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:55,199 Speaker 1: are the almond companies are paying off the politicians, Like 437 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:58,800 Speaker 1: how much money not not just campaign contributions, but all 438 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:01,040 Speaker 1: the under the table briber that goes on. Well, if 439 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:03,520 Speaker 1: they're after us about our damn lawns and our showers 440 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:05,800 Speaker 1: and our toilet flushes. Why aren't they on top of 441 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:08,640 Speaker 1: the almond people as much new stories not about them 442 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:10,960 Speaker 1: getting water, the stories about how they just can't get 443 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:12,920 Speaker 1: them shipped out of the country right now because of 444 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,840 Speaker 1: the problem at the ports. That's their problem right now. Well, 445 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:20,399 Speaker 1: Newsom wants everyone to reduce water use by fifteen percent, 446 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:24,520 Speaker 1: but we're spending nineteen hundred gallons for every pound of almonds. 447 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:27,840 Speaker 1: The price of almonds has fall into an old time 448 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:31,040 Speaker 1: low of two dollars per pound. I wouldn't think it 449 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:32,800 Speaker 1: would be the opposite. If all the almonds are stuck 450 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:34,800 Speaker 1: in warehouses, you would think the price would go up 451 00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:38,480 Speaker 1: because people can't get them out. Everything's upside down right now. 452 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:43,640 Speaker 1: They everything's crazy because you don't almonds you don't need. 453 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:46,840 Speaker 1: They're nice, but you don't have to have them. Oh, 454 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:49,239 Speaker 1: they're a good source of you know, there's a lot 455 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:52,200 Speaker 1: of teen, there's a lot of sources of protein. They're delicious, 456 00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:54,159 Speaker 1: it doesn't matter. There's a lot of delicious things. What 457 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 1: I'm saying, it's not a like wheat is really important. Well, 458 00:25:58,000 --> 00:25:59,399 Speaker 1: I think John's right. If you have to weigh the 459 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:02,320 Speaker 1: positives and negatives, and we're in a water crisis. This 460 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:04,520 Speaker 1: is probably one crop that takes up too much water. 461 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:07,439 Speaker 1: There's got to be somewhere else in the country. I mean, 462 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:09,159 Speaker 1: look at places are getting flooded right now. Can they 463 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:11,479 Speaker 1: grow them in Sydney, Australia. See Sydney Australia got three 464 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:14,520 Speaker 1: feet of rain. Can you imagine that three feet of 465 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:16,439 Speaker 1: rain and three feet of rain they've had to uh 466 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:22,560 Speaker 1: evacuate twenty or thirty thousand people. That's about eight ears 467 00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:25,400 Speaker 1: worth of water for us. Let them grow the almonds 468 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:28,720 Speaker 1: they have the water. Yeah, you know what, We've had 469 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:32,439 Speaker 1: the same climate, you know, for forever, for thousands and thousands, 470 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:34,800 Speaker 1: hundreds of thousands of years. This climate we're having now 471 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:37,800 Speaker 1: is no different. When when they prattling about climate change, 472 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:41,040 Speaker 1: they're full of crap. It's always been. We've always had long, hot, 473 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:44,199 Speaker 1: dry spells. That's the nature of this land that we're on. 474 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:47,240 Speaker 1: But for hundreds of thousands of years, we didn't have 475 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:49,879 Speaker 1: an almond industry that would take over ten percent of 476 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:53,280 Speaker 1: our water supply. Never had that. I mean, this is 477 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:55,239 Speaker 1: the dumbest place in the world to set up a 478 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:58,760 Speaker 1: massive almond industry. A place where it doesn't rain reliably. 479 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:03,000 Speaker 1: Apparently to the other nuts, they're not quite as thirsty 480 00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:06,040 Speaker 1: as the almonds, but pistachio's hazel nuts and walnuts also 481 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:09,320 Speaker 1: take a long Nobody needs that. Yes, we do, Hobo 482 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:13,639 Speaker 1: that tastes disgusting. I know people that are obsessed with 483 00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:18,119 Speaker 1: pistache so good they ought to be put away, you know, 484 00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:25,280 Speaker 1: not you necessarily, Well, maybe I don't put her away 485 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:30,960 Speaker 1: at we got more covered out Johnny ken Camp. I. Yeah, 486 00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:35,160 Speaker 1: we've learned this afternoon that a two year old has 487 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:38,720 Speaker 1: left without parents. That shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, north 488 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:41,520 Speaker 1: of Chicago, the mass shooting that took place on July fourth. 489 00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:45,639 Speaker 1: Apparently the little boy was sheltered by his parents. They 490 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:47,800 Speaker 1: put him sort of underneath them and they took the bullets. 491 00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:51,400 Speaker 1: They've both been identified as two of the seven dead. 492 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:54,240 Speaker 1: The little boy has lost his parents. Will bring it 493 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:57,280 Speaker 1: the latest in that shooting after the news at five 494 00:27:57,359 --> 00:28:01,640 Speaker 1: o'clock and the Waco Zorow guy that did it, see 495 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:03,159 Speaker 1: whatn't That's what I'm saying. When we were talking with 496 00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:06,280 Speaker 1: Brad Garrett for maybec about this, maybe we have to 497 00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:09,800 Speaker 1: change the definition the parameters of what constitutes mental illness. 498 00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:12,600 Speaker 1: Maybe we have to say no, this behavior, these these 499 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:15,040 Speaker 1: kind of posts, these when you lay out plans online 500 00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:17,080 Speaker 1: and how you're gonna shoot up school, maybe that's a 501 00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:20,080 Speaker 1: sign you ought to be locked up, right. Maybe we 502 00:28:20,119 --> 00:28:24,119 Speaker 1: need to change the traditional definitions here. Otherwise we're just 503 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:26,680 Speaker 1: going to keep going through these incredibly sad stories like oh, 504 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:28,440 Speaker 1: look at that, there's a two year old that's orphan. 505 00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:31,480 Speaker 1: Now parents took the bullets from crazy. Well, mental illness 506 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:33,680 Speaker 1: comes together with evil. Those are the two things that 507 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:36,120 Speaker 1: come together that make for a mass shooting. Most mentally 508 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:39,560 Speaker 1: ill people are not violent, but mentally ill people who 509 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:41,840 Speaker 1: are evil as well. We could call this. We could 510 00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:44,520 Speaker 1: call this evil. There's like nothing in the law that 511 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:48,360 Speaker 1: governs evil really, you know, by by name. But that's 512 00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:51,040 Speaker 1: what I'm saying is, let's let's create a useful loophole 513 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:54,600 Speaker 1: here and say, wow, that guy's really really sick. Let's 514 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:56,560 Speaker 1: let's let's lock them up for a while and do 515 00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:59,800 Speaker 1: some tests here. All right, we were just talking about 516 00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:03,600 Speaker 1: the California almond farmers. We're going to talk about different 517 00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:05,880 Speaker 1: farmers and we're gonna play a little bit of audio. 518 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:12,360 Speaker 1: Apparently Dutch farmers are so upset over new laws in 519 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:17,680 Speaker 1: that country that are trying to limit nitrogen pollution. You 520 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:20,680 Speaker 1: may not know this, but agriculture does put out a 521 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:25,200 Speaker 1: lot of nitrogen emissions, and the Dutch have decided to 522 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:30,440 Speaker 1: cut their nitrogen emissions by fifty to ninety percent by 523 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:35,080 Speaker 1: the year twenty thirty. So the Dutch farmers apparently have 524 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:39,600 Speaker 1: gone to the homes of government officials and it looks 525 00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:42,960 Speaker 1: like they're pouring manure on government offices and they're bringing 526 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:47,240 Speaker 1: their cattle there, their cows good. You know, I believe 527 00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:49,600 Speaker 1: this could cause the end of one third of Dutch 528 00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:53,760 Speaker 1: farms if this law takes effect. Do people want to eat? 529 00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:59,200 Speaker 1: They're pouring manure on government offices, flooding streets. It's an 530 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:02,320 Speaker 1: uprising bec as of this, the government trying to this. 531 00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:04,680 Speaker 1: This is gonna be fascinating over the next ten to 532 00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:09,040 Speaker 1: fifteen years, all these stupid goals, all these stupid targets, 533 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:11,240 Speaker 1: and how they're going to reduce this, and that it's 534 00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:13,920 Speaker 1: not going to work because you you're going to destroy 535 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:15,720 Speaker 1: modern life and people aren't going to put up with it. 536 00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:19,000 Speaker 1: And yeah, you're gonna get the manure dumped on your head, 537 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:23,680 Speaker 1: and you should. They the cows to Parliament. But because 538 00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:27,400 Speaker 1: because it's ridiculous, it has become a hysteria occult. It's 539 00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:31,560 Speaker 1: way beyond all reason and um. The solutions they have 540 00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:36,120 Speaker 1: are not workable in modern society. They're simply not. You 541 00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:37,920 Speaker 1: have to go back and try again come up with 542 00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:42,080 Speaker 1: something that works. They wanted to show Parliament on again 543 00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:47,520 Speaker 1: Debora marking the animals that if your laws take effect, 544 00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:51,120 Speaker 1: some of these ladies they called them, we'll have to 545 00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:57,720 Speaker 1: go to the slaughterhouse because they can't The cows are ladies. Yes, yeah, one, 546 00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:00,440 Speaker 1: that's what one farmer said. If nitrogen measures are adopted, 547 00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:02,680 Speaker 1: one of these two ladies will not go home, will 548 00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:06,360 Speaker 1: receive a one way ticket to the slaughterhouse because even 549 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:08,760 Speaker 1: though they're kept for dairy production, because they have to 550 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:11,600 Speaker 1: cut back the nitrogen pollution, he won't be able to 551 00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:14,800 Speaker 1: keep as many cows, so he's got to get the 552 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:18,200 Speaker 1: cow ticket out. A lot of cows will never be born. 553 00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:22,800 Speaker 1: Cattle and fertilizers are key sources of nitrogen emissions, which 554 00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:26,400 Speaker 1: supposedly is also the element of climate change. You see, 555 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:29,280 Speaker 1: nobody spends any time looking at this because you know, 556 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:34,520 Speaker 1: the entire media has gone ultra awoke on green ideology. 557 00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:37,840 Speaker 1: But if you go through their plans and take it 558 00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:41,400 Speaker 1: down the road, what would this logically mean. It would 559 00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:45,840 Speaker 1: destroy our food supplies, it would destroy our transportation systems 560 00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:51,160 Speaker 1: because they everything we do admits something into the air, 561 00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:54,800 Speaker 1: and there's no way to grow food, there's no way 562 00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:59,440 Speaker 1: to travel to transport things without emitting stuff in the air. 563 00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:02,280 Speaker 1: And they don't have the replacements. They don't have the 564 00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:06,600 Speaker 1: replacements fossil fuels. They say they do, and they hype 565 00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:10,400 Speaker 1: it up, but in truth, the solar and wind is 566 00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:15,280 Speaker 1: failing to provide enough it's needed. Oh, the electricity grid 567 00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:17,200 Speaker 1: can't be big enough. It may never be big enough. 568 00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:20,560 Speaker 1: And I'm guaranteeing you you can write this down, carve 569 00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:23,120 Speaker 1: it in stone. You will see ten years from now, 570 00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:26,040 Speaker 1: nobody's going to reach any of their goals. This is 571 00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:29,880 Speaker 1: going to be looked at in history as one great emotional, 572 00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:34,560 Speaker 1: hysterical spasm. So do you think these are new mob members? 573 00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:36,880 Speaker 1: We're going to hear the Dutch farmers and protests to 574 00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:39,480 Speaker 1: bring this little piece of audio. Well, all right, let's 575 00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:56,320 Speaker 1: hear it. Who knew that as the Netherlands is the 576 00:32:56,520 --> 00:33:00,600 Speaker 1: second largest exporter of agricultural products. Look at that the 577 00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:05,360 Speaker 1: Netherlands just in the world. Yes, in the world. They're 578 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:07,880 Speaker 1: not the estimated exports of one hundred and four point 579 00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:11,120 Speaker 1: seven billion euros one hundred and eleven billion dollars in 580 00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:12,800 Speaker 1: twenty but I bet you they get a lot of rain. 581 00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:16,959 Speaker 1: They do. I think they have the nice climate, they 582 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:18,600 Speaker 1: got the water to do it. It's not like the 583 00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:22,440 Speaker 1: way we've shoehorned in all these almond farms into a 584 00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:25,880 Speaker 1: dry climate. So we're going to vote them into the 585 00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:28,760 Speaker 1: mob Union, definitely. If they joined the serbs and the 586 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,480 Speaker 1: buckets of manure with I'm sure they were using a 587 00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:35,200 Speaker 1: wood chipper in that video. It seemed like that's what 588 00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:37,760 Speaker 1: that noise was. That's a nice touch, Yeah it was 589 00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:39,560 Speaker 1: what did that mean a wood chipper to put the 590 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:42,120 Speaker 1: politicians in or No, they were using the wood chipper 591 00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:44,000 Speaker 1: and then they were putting the manure in the wood 592 00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:47,000 Speaker 1: chipper and then it was spouting the manure out. Oh, 593 00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:53,720 Speaker 1: that's terrific, that's what it was. Wipper. We got to 594 00:33:53,720 --> 00:34:00,440 Speaker 1: add the manure in a wood chipper, tott, Yes, that's right. Yeah, 595 00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:02,920 Speaker 1: that's that that'll work. Oh so after we throw a 596 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:05,880 Speaker 1: hack in the dumpster, we covered them with manure splattering, 597 00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:09,120 Speaker 1: with manure funneled through the wood chipper. 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