1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:03,200 Speaker 1: Can't find AM six forty you're listening to the John 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:06,000 Speaker 1: coblt podcast on the iHeartRadio. 3 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 2: App Lou Penrose sitting in for John Cobelt all this week. 4 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:13,280 Speaker 2: Thanks for taking us along with you. So a new 5 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:18,079 Speaker 2: January sixth commission, a Republican congressman from Georgia is leading 6 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 2: a new select subcommittee under the Judiciary Committee, tasked with 7 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:29,160 Speaker 2: revisiting January sixth. Asked about that and perhaps any connection 8 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:36,000 Speaker 2: she may have at any wrongdoing on January sixth. Congresswoman 9 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:41,160 Speaker 2: Nancy Pelosi, former speaker, got real short with the reporter. 10 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 2: Congress On Pelosi, are you at all concerned that the 11 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 2: new January sixth committee will find. 12 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:46,120 Speaker 3: You wiable to that day? 13 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:50,240 Speaker 4: Why did you refuse the National Guard on January sixth? 14 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:51,280 Speaker 3: Shut up? 15 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:54,560 Speaker 5: I did not refuse the National Guard. The President didn't 16 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 5: send it. Why are you coming here with Republican talking 17 00:00:57,160 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 5: points as if you're as serious journal the American view? 18 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:02,279 Speaker 3: We want to know. We still have questions. Thank you? 19 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:03,320 Speaker 3: Oh my goodness. 20 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:07,400 Speaker 2: The Hills Ashley Feels joined us. Ashley, thanks for spending 21 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:12,000 Speaker 2: time with us. Why would Republicans revisit this terrain? It's 22 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:14,320 Speaker 2: not good for them it's not a good narrative, and 23 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:16,440 Speaker 2: it just seems like we're going backwards in time. 24 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 3: What's the rationale from the congressman from Georgia. 25 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 4: Well, thank you so much for having me today. As 26 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:25,120 Speaker 4: we know, the White House is led by President Trump 27 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 4: of the Republican Party, and so are both Chambers of Commerce. 28 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 4: So they're revisiting this subject because it was an extremely 29 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:33,560 Speaker 4: hard talking point for them, you know, coming into the 30 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 4: twenty twenty four election, and it could be revisited during 31 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:39,959 Speaker 4: midterm elections this year. They are relying on statements from 32 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,640 Speaker 4: formal Capitol Police Chief Stephen sund who said he requested 33 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 4: that Pelosi send in the National Guard three days ahead 34 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 4: of the January sixth Capital insurrection. He said that she 35 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 4: denied his request for the federal presidence of law enforcement. 36 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 4: Pelosi eventually called up Capitol Police and urged them to 37 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:01,320 Speaker 4: bring National guardsmen in on the day of January sixth, 38 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 4: but in a later documentary said that she quote totally 39 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 4: failed by not bringing in a guardsman sooner. 40 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 2: So is that really kind of the crux is it? 41 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 2: Whether did she deny the National Guard? Does she have 42 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:18,799 Speaker 2: to accept the National Guard? I mean, we hear a 43 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 2: lot about the National Guard being federalized now by the 44 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 2: President of the United States, despite what governors say. How 45 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 2: does a member of Congress refuse the National Guard and 46 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:30,240 Speaker 2: how was she able to do that? 47 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 3: Help us understand that. 48 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:36,680 Speaker 4: So, Nancy Pelosi has a sergeant at arms, that sergeant 49 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 4: at arms can either accept or deny the request or 50 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:44,880 Speaker 4: the presence of the National Guard, and ultimately, on January third, 51 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 4: she directed the sergeant at arms to deny it, and 52 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 4: so the Capitol Police were prohibited from calling in the 53 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:57,919 Speaker 4: National guardsmen. Now, Pelosi had no idea what January sixth 54 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 4: would have looked like three days ahead of the Wyatt, 55 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 4: but we do know it was heavily advertised by President Trump, 56 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:06,920 Speaker 4: and it ended up being a terrible day for people 57 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:10,680 Speaker 4: in Congress, including staffers and lawmakers. And so that's something 58 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 4: that the Republican Party is looking to revisit and maybe 59 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 4: change the narrative around. 60 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 2: But I mean the scalp here politically speaking, would be 61 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 2: Pelosi if they can revisit this and have her on 62 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:27,000 Speaker 2: tape or in a statement saying that she made a 63 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 2: mistake and she should have accepted or should have directed 64 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:32,520 Speaker 2: the sergeant at arms to direct the Capitol Police to 65 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 2: call on the National Guard. 66 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 3: It would be her maya culpa. 67 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 2: And she's an I don't know if she's outgoing member 68 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 2: of Congress, but she's certainly in the sunset of her 69 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 2: congressional career. Is it worth bringing this all up again 70 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 2: when you speak to members of Congress? 71 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 3: Is everybody on board? But bringing this up again just 72 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 3: to get even with Nancy Pelosi? 73 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 4: Well, Democrats, of course are against this. They believe that 74 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 4: it's a plot to countersh our legacy as the first 75 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 4: women to become House Speaker. But as we know, the 76 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 4: Congress is gop led, and this is something that they're 77 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:10,400 Speaker 4: looking to hammer on. They're revisiting all points that they 78 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 4: feel like we're targeted by Democrats in previous elections. 79 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 3: I quills, what's the mood right now? They're in the 80 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:17,919 Speaker 3: middle of a shutdown. 81 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:22,839 Speaker 2: The midterm election is three hundred and eighty three days away. 82 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:26,240 Speaker 2: That's a lifetime in politics, but not a long time 83 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:29,240 Speaker 2: when it comes to fundraising. And I'm sure there are 84 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:34,480 Speaker 2: many congressional members of Congress in some of these purple states, 85 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:36,920 Speaker 2: or even some of these within plus or minus five 86 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 2: percentage point districts that are already seeing primary challenges or 87 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:46,479 Speaker 2: challenges from another party, you know, showing up in local 88 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:48,159 Speaker 2: newspapers and a local events. 89 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 3: So they have the reelection on their mind. What's the 90 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:51,760 Speaker 3: mood there? 91 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:56,040 Speaker 4: The move is pretty somber. I mean, there's a lot 92 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:58,559 Speaker 4: of finger pointing. As we see the spederal funding laps 93 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 4: take hold for the sixteenth Many people are concerned about 94 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 4: back pay and pay for federal workers or furloughed workers, 95 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:09,479 Speaker 4: military members and other people who are serving at the 96 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:12,279 Speaker 4: pleasure of the president of lawmakers, and so this is 97 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:15,479 Speaker 4: something that they're really looking again to hammer down on 98 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:19,280 Speaker 4: before midterm elections. We know the Republicans, they're blaming Democrats. 99 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 4: Democrats are blaming Republicans. And right now this is a 100 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:26,560 Speaker 4: battle truly over the Affordable Care Act subsidy extension. The 101 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 4: Democrats have been pushing forward in order to vote to 102 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:33,479 Speaker 4: approve the end of a government shutdown. And so depending 103 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 4: on how this turns out, polsters are saying that this 104 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:39,159 Speaker 4: will heavily impact the twenty twenty six midterm elections. 105 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:41,919 Speaker 2: And we're sixteen days into it, and will there be 106 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:44,120 Speaker 2: another vote tomorrow or are they done for the week. 107 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 4: There will be another vote tomorrow lawmakers, they're expected to 108 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:51,679 Speaker 4: come back. We saw Senate Majority of Leader John Thune 109 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:53,919 Speaker 4: say that he is looking at providing a vote to 110 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 4: extend ACAA subsidies in exchange for a vote from Senate 111 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 4: Democrats to end the government shutdown. And so we're just 112 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 4: all looking out here to see what's next on the horizon. 113 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 3: Ashley Fields with the Hill, thanks so much. Always good 114 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:07,400 Speaker 3: to catch up with you. 115 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:10,320 Speaker 2: Thanks for bringing us up the speed on the latest 116 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 2: from our nation's capital. Sixteen days now into this government shutdown, 117 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 2: and the shutdown, there's a pull out today. And if 118 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:22,920 Speaker 2: you ask Americans, every American that's a Republican says it's 119 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:27,599 Speaker 2: the Democrat's fault. Every American that's a Democrat says it's. 120 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:28,799 Speaker 3: The Republican's fault. 121 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 2: So America is perfectly represented by Congress right now. 122 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 3: It is just finger pointing. 123 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:39,680 Speaker 6: With flights delayed and government workers missing paychecks. Fifty four 124 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:42,720 Speaker 6: percent of US adults now call the federal government shutdown 125 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:46,480 Speaker 6: a major issue. Sixty nine percent of Democrats call it 126 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 6: a major problem. Only four and ten US adults support 127 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 6: the Democrats demand to extend Obamacare subsidies. 128 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 3: The same number has no opinion. 129 00:06:56,040 --> 00:07:00,280 Speaker 2: Four and ten support, So less than half agree that 130 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 2: the Democrats should get their way and get the ACA 131 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:07,720 Speaker 2: American Care Act as subsidies, which would include healthcare for 132 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 2: the illegals tangentially, and an equal number four and ten 133 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:21,320 Speaker 2: don't care, have no opinion. Americans have just could care less, 134 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 2: not even aware that the government is shut down. 135 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:27,120 Speaker 6: Sixty nine percent of Democrats call it a major problem. 136 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 6: Only four and ten US adults support the Democrats demand 137 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:35,000 Speaker 6: to extend Obamacare subsidies. The same number has no opinion. 138 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 6: Just three in ten have a favorable view of the Democrats. 139 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 6: Republicans a smidge higher at four and ten. 140 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 3: Oh look at that. 141 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 2: So Democrats losing on this one, Republicans winning, but just 142 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:46,680 Speaker 2: by a little bit. 143 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 3: But when it comes to who's at fault, so. 144 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 6: Who do you blame for the shutdown? Three quarters believe 145 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 6: each deserves a moderate share of blame. 146 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:59,320 Speaker 2: So truly a divide in DC between the parties and 147 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 2: straight through American society. Louke Penrose, if of John Coblt 148 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 2: on The John Coblt Show on KFI AM six forty 149 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:08,920 Speaker 2: live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 150 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:14,160 Speaker 7: You're listening to John Cobelt on demand from KFI AM 151 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:15,080 Speaker 7: six forty. 152 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 2: So speak of Pelosi getting sideways again with a reporter. 153 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:23,400 Speaker 5: Shut up, I did not refuse the National Guard. The 154 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 5: President didn't send it. 155 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 2: It's a sharp shut up. I mean it's a heartfelt 156 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 2: shut up. It's a good shut up. I'll give her that. 157 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:38,959 Speaker 2: It's right into the microphone. It's a real crisps hit. 158 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:40,160 Speaker 3: That again, shut up. 159 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 5: I did not refuse the National Guard. The President didn't 160 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:43,760 Speaker 5: send it. 161 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 2: That's a reaction to the question of the Republican's reopening 162 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:51,720 Speaker 2: investigations into January sixth and whatever role she had or 163 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:56,320 Speaker 2: didn't have with respect to security that happened today. Also, 164 00:08:56,520 --> 00:09:00,720 Speaker 2: Mitch McConnell and the Senate fell. He was walking inside 165 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:06,480 Speaker 2: the Senate office building. He is eighty three, being asked 166 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 2: a question by a reporter. He really just fell. I mean, 167 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:13,960 Speaker 2: it wasn't a trip. He didn't catch the edge of 168 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 2: a shoe on a loose tile. Nobody tripped him, and 169 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:21,080 Speaker 2: he didn't have anybody in his way, literally just his 170 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:24,720 Speaker 2: left leg gate out. He was just walking at a 171 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:29,199 Speaker 2: pretty normal gate and he was flanked by a staffer. 172 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:34,320 Speaker 2: And I don't know if it was Senate security or 173 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:38,280 Speaker 2: Capitol Hill police. Somebody would imagine a gun just happened 174 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 2: to be near him and caught him, but not before 175 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:45,800 Speaker 2: he hit the ground. And we watched it from a 176 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:48,120 Speaker 2: bunch of angles to see and it just looked like 177 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 2: he was walking and his left leg just lost power 178 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:53,959 Speaker 2: and he went down toward his left got up very quickly, 179 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 2: smiled and waved at the reporter who actually had a 180 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:00,960 Speaker 2: cameraman there, so it was all caught on t It's 181 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 2: people do fall. Eighty three year old people fall two 182 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 2: and sometimes it can be a bad fall. This I'm 183 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 2: sure it's going to hurt tomorrow. His risks probably took 184 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:14,480 Speaker 2: most of the weight. He's a tall fellow. But it's 185 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 2: not the first time. It's a long series of health 186 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:22,880 Speaker 2: scares into what is now many many octogenarian senators and 187 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:25,880 Speaker 2: a lot of people are beginning to wonder if it's 188 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:27,640 Speaker 2: not time to revisit term limits. 189 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 3: So I'm not a fan of term limits. We do 190 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:30,920 Speaker 3: have term limits. 191 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:37,240 Speaker 2: Every congressional term expires every single time, Like every member 192 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 2: of Congress is up for reelection and they are running 193 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:44,880 Speaker 2: as an incumbent, but their term expires, so they have 194 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:48,000 Speaker 2: to be re hired. That's what an election is. For 195 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:51,240 Speaker 2: a sitting member of Congress, you are re hiring them. 196 00:10:51,559 --> 00:10:55,000 Speaker 2: They do have the advantage of incumbency, but sometimes that 197 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 2: can work against you. 198 00:10:57,160 --> 00:10:58,679 Speaker 3: Right if you're a member of. 199 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:01,280 Speaker 2: The party in power and the direction of the country, 200 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:03,760 Speaker 2: it may not be that particular congress member's fault. That 201 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:06,360 Speaker 2: congress member could have voted no, could have voted against 202 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 2: his own party, and just because the letter is next 203 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:12,079 Speaker 2: to his name or her name, they could get fired 204 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:13,800 Speaker 2: or voted out of office. 205 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:15,800 Speaker 3: So the system works fine. 206 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:19,400 Speaker 2: Senators have a six year term, so it's hard to 207 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:22,199 Speaker 2: remember how old they get, and. 208 00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 3: You know, statewide, it's pretty easy to. 209 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:34,240 Speaker 2: Hide if you're sef you're frankly a not very effective senator, 210 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:36,680 Speaker 2: or you're just not high profile, or you don't like 211 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:38,440 Speaker 2: to go on TV, or you don't have a good 212 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:42,320 Speaker 2: speaking voice, not charismatic, but for whatever reason, wanted to 213 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:45,880 Speaker 2: be the senator. Because if your industry, because if your family, heritage, 214 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:48,480 Speaker 2: or whatever the ego. Then you can be a senator 215 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:50,440 Speaker 2: and hide in the Senate and do very little for 216 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:54,240 Speaker 2: a long period of time and get the pay. But 217 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:57,200 Speaker 2: you're still up for reelection and the people of Kentucky 218 00:11:57,240 --> 00:12:00,080 Speaker 2: continue to put Mitch McConnell there, and you have to 219 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:03,520 Speaker 2: respect their choice. Even though he's now eighty three and 220 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:06,840 Speaker 2: he's falling asleep, he's having what appears to be many 221 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:10,320 Speaker 2: strokes sometimes or just falling out of consciousness for a while, 222 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:14,680 Speaker 2: going silent, slipping and falling, having all kinds of problems tumbling. 223 00:12:15,160 --> 00:12:20,440 Speaker 2: And the question becomes, why are people that are in 224 00:12:20,559 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 2: office staying in office when they are having difficulties. I 225 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:29,040 Speaker 2: worked on Capitol Hill. A lot of walking involved a lot. 226 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:32,080 Speaker 3: Of stairs there. There is I mean, there's Senate. 227 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:35,400 Speaker 2: There are elevators that are reserved just for members of 228 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:38,480 Speaker 2: Congress and members of the Senate during votes. But you 229 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:40,400 Speaker 2: know they're four undred and thirty five members of Congress, 230 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:43,679 Speaker 2: and there are three House office buildings and there's one 231 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:47,119 Speaker 2: hundred senators in the two House office buildings. Those elevators 232 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:50,480 Speaker 2: get crammed, and sometimes you got to you gotta run down, 233 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:53,600 Speaker 2: and you got to move. 234 00:12:54,559 --> 00:12:56,840 Speaker 3: Capitol Hill is a busy blaze. 235 00:12:58,040 --> 00:12:59,520 Speaker 2: And if you have to make it to a fundraising 236 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:03,200 Speaker 2: event after the vote, boyle boy, you gotta skidattle. So 237 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:07,080 Speaker 2: why you have to ask the question, do we have 238 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:10,120 Speaker 2: to wonder if we should impose term limits on people 239 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:12,439 Speaker 2: that should be term limiting themselves. 240 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:14,079 Speaker 3: And that question is being asked. 241 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:17,760 Speaker 2: Now, why doesn't he want to go spend time with family. 242 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:22,040 Speaker 2: Why doesn't his family pull him inside and say, Mitch, 243 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:25,560 Speaker 2: you probably should pass the baton. 244 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 3: Do you want to get a broken hip on the 245 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:29,840 Speaker 3: Senate floor? Is that what you want? 246 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 2: So these questions are being asked, and I think today 247 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:37,679 Speaker 2: is just another day where that question becomes top of mind. 248 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:39,880 Speaker 3: But we don't have to do that. 249 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:43,560 Speaker 2: We can just on elect or fire every member of Congress. 250 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:46,400 Speaker 3: We have a limit. The term is limited. 251 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:52,120 Speaker 2: It's just they renew the contract every election day. And 252 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:54,920 Speaker 2: it's a little bit easier in the House of Representatives. 253 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:57,320 Speaker 2: And that's why the House of Representatives tends to be 254 00:13:57,440 --> 00:14:00,719 Speaker 2: a little more fiery because they have to face the 255 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:03,840 Speaker 2: voters every two years, sent it every six years. 256 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:07,800 Speaker 3: So people, I'm sure in Kentucky forgot that they reelected 257 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:10,800 Speaker 3: Mitch McConnell. But he did get up. He is fine 258 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:14,679 Speaker 3: and we have no reports of any problems. 259 00:14:14,679 --> 00:14:17,920 Speaker 2: Hey, coming up, we'll talk with ABC News correspondent Alex Stone. 260 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:20,040 Speaker 2: I don't know how many of you have purchased the 261 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:23,320 Speaker 2: air tag and attached to something that you lose a lot. 262 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:25,840 Speaker 3: We just did it in my family. 263 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:30,280 Speaker 2: My oldest is sixteen and drives, but my wife loaded 264 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:34,160 Speaker 2: some app Live three sixty or something, so we always 265 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 2: know where he is if we're out of town or 266 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:41,360 Speaker 2: he's out and I can track my sons via their 267 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 2: iPhone with this app. 268 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:44,880 Speaker 3: And it's pretty good. It's pretty amazing. 269 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:48,280 Speaker 2: Actually, it shows you how they got to their friend's house, 270 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:48,800 Speaker 2: like what. 271 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:51,680 Speaker 3: Roads they traveled. Literally, the little dot goes. 272 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:54,200 Speaker 2: Sometimes they go zigzag and you wonder, why are you 273 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:56,920 Speaker 2: taking the long way to your friend's house? 274 00:14:57,240 --> 00:14:59,400 Speaker 3: And where are you? And you can zoom in and see, 275 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:00,760 Speaker 3: oh they stop by, in and out. 276 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:06,440 Speaker 2: Okay, And it's a useful tool in tracking kids. But 277 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:08,840 Speaker 2: then it occurred to my wife, we only know where 278 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:13,320 Speaker 2: the phone is, we don't know where the car is, so. 279 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:14,920 Speaker 3: Maybe we should put one of these air tags in 280 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:18,480 Speaker 3: a car. Well, I'm not going to tell you if. 281 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:20,480 Speaker 2: We did or didn't do that. Who knows who could 282 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 2: be listening, But it did cross our mind. In Florida, 283 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 2: people are getting the carjacked because thieves are putting air 284 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:31,160 Speaker 2: tags their own. Add the thieves air tags in the 285 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:37,440 Speaker 2: cars and then tracking people and then going in and mugging. 286 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:38,880 Speaker 3: Them and stealing the car. 287 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:43,280 Speaker 2: ABC News correspondent Alex Stone has the whole story and 288 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 2: what we can do to watch out make sure we 289 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:46,480 Speaker 2: don't get hit over the head. 290 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:48,960 Speaker 3: That's all coming up next on The John Cobelt Show. 291 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:52,720 Speaker 2: Lou Penrose info John Cobelt on KFI AM six forty 292 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:54,840 Speaker 2: Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 293 00:15:56,120 --> 00:16:00,560 Speaker 7: You're listening to John cobelts on demand from KFI. 294 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:05,000 Speaker 2: Louke Penrose sitting in for John Cobalt all this week. 295 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:09,720 Speaker 2: Good to be with you. Florida Sheriff is saying that 296 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 2: if your iPhone is sending you a notification that an 297 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:16,760 Speaker 2: air tag is tracking you and you didn't place it 298 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:17,520 Speaker 2: in your. 299 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:19,440 Speaker 3: Car, you need to take action. 300 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:23,960 Speaker 2: ABC News correspondent Alex Stone joins us with this story. Wow, 301 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:27,120 Speaker 2: the crooks are getting pretty sophisticated. But the whole air 302 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:27,840 Speaker 2: tag thing. 303 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:29,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, hey lou So Yeah. 304 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:32,280 Speaker 1: We've done a number of stories here in SoCal of 305 00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:34,960 Speaker 1: homeowners who have found cameras that have been hidden outside 306 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:36,920 Speaker 1: of their homes, and typically they link back to the 307 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:39,760 Speaker 1: what are called the tourists burglars, you know, the ones 308 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:42,240 Speaker 1: who come out of Chili typically and come in and 309 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:44,880 Speaker 1: commit the crimes and drop the loot for money and 310 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:48,440 Speaker 1: then go back to South America. So the cameras are 311 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:51,920 Speaker 1: kind of a normal thing, but the air tags going 312 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:55,440 Speaker 1: after random victims, this is something new now. Air tags 313 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:59,040 Speaker 1: police have dealt with for a while, typically in stocking 314 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:02,160 Speaker 1: or domestic viol where air tags are something like an 315 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:07,160 Speaker 1: AirTag another brand is used to track somebody. But in Odessa, Florida, 316 00:17:07,240 --> 00:17:10,320 Speaker 1: they say that now criminals are using air tags to 317 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:12,560 Speaker 1: track random victims who they want to target, who they 318 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:14,639 Speaker 1: believe have money or things that they want. So a 319 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:17,760 Speaker 1: couple pulled into their driveway at night. There were two 320 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:19,800 Speaker 1: armed men waiting for them, who pulled them out of 321 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:22,359 Speaker 1: their car and into the garage. The robbers didn't know 322 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:25,760 Speaker 1: that the couple could remotely sound an alarm that went off. 323 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:28,760 Speaker 1: They sounded it, the guys took off running, but police 324 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:30,960 Speaker 1: came in and found the robbers have been tracking the 325 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:34,040 Speaker 1: couple for quite a while using air tags, and the 326 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:34,960 Speaker 1: cops are saying. 327 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:37,680 Speaker 8: That was so key about this investigation. So some criminals 328 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:41,560 Speaker 8: are very sophisticated. So these two criminals used an air 329 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:45,360 Speaker 8: tag to monitor and surveil these victims. 330 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:48,280 Speaker 1: So that's Joseph Maller, the chief Deputy of Hillsboro County 331 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:51,120 Speaker 1: of the sheriff there, and they say that these two 332 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:53,800 Speaker 1: had been watching the victims, knew where they were, knew 333 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:56,200 Speaker 1: their pattern of life by putting an air tag in 334 00:17:56,240 --> 00:18:00,600 Speaker 1: their car, and recently policemen kind of one where this 335 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:03,320 Speaker 1: situation was going to go with air tags and domestic 336 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 1: violence went on. This seems to be where it's going. 337 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:08,639 Speaker 1: The robbers in this case in Florida got away, but 338 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:12,040 Speaker 1: the air tag that was found is what led police 339 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:14,919 Speaker 1: back to the phone it was registered to and who 340 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:16,959 Speaker 1: owned the phone, and that is how they found these 341 00:18:17,040 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 1: robberies and arrested. 342 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:21,399 Speaker 8: Our detectives identified the air tag on the vehicle, on 343 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:24,200 Speaker 8: the victim's vehicle, and we use that to help us 344 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:26,280 Speaker 8: identify who the suspects were. 345 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:28,199 Speaker 1: So what they were using to commit the crime is 346 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:30,480 Speaker 1: actually what solved the crime as well. But those guys 347 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:32,640 Speaker 1: were stopped at a traffic stop, they were arrested. Long 348 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:34,919 Speaker 1: listed charges are facing now. But if you have an 349 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:37,359 Speaker 1: iPhone and there is an air tag with you that 350 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:39,880 Speaker 1: is moving with you that has not registered to you, 351 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:41,920 Speaker 1: you should get a warning on your phone that there 352 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:44,000 Speaker 1: is an air tag that is tracking you. If it's 353 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:48,200 Speaker 1: a third party device another company, not Apple, you're probably 354 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:49,159 Speaker 1: not going to get that. Or if you have an 355 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:50,760 Speaker 1: Android device, you're probably not going to get it. But 356 00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:52,919 Speaker 1: Mallurie says they did not get a warning in this 357 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 1: case that they knew of or you know a lot 358 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:56,240 Speaker 1: of people clear them and not actually read what the 359 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:57,479 Speaker 1: little pop up is it comes out. 360 00:18:57,640 --> 00:18:59,680 Speaker 3: I think get a notification that ane a AirTag. 361 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:03,480 Speaker 8: Was hear them, but you know, for our community of 362 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:05,239 Speaker 8: what I really want you to be aware of is 363 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:08,119 Speaker 8: there are sophisticated criminals out here and they do use 364 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:10,920 Speaker 8: these type of devices. If you do receive some sort 365 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:14,520 Speaker 8: of notification that you have no idea about, be cognizant 366 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:15,680 Speaker 8: of that and notify us. 367 00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:16,560 Speaker 3: And if you've seen one. 368 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:19,320 Speaker 1: Like before, my son had a phone, we give him 369 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:20,879 Speaker 1: an air tag when he'd be out with friends, just 370 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:22,119 Speaker 1: so we kind of knew where he was, and if 371 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:23,640 Speaker 1: he was in the car with us, we would get 372 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 1: this warning because he was moving with us, so the 373 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:28,040 Speaker 1: air tag was moving with us, but it wasn't registered 374 00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:30,080 Speaker 1: to one of our phones, and so we'd get the 375 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:32,560 Speaker 1: little pop up from the bottom that they would say 376 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,480 Speaker 1: that you're being tracked and so if you see that, 377 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:39,280 Speaker 1: they say, don't ignore it. The other thing is it's 378 00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:41,560 Speaker 1: unclear why the robbers went after this couple. This was 379 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:44,160 Speaker 1: not a targeted thing. They don't think other than knowing 380 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:45,600 Speaker 1: that this couple probably had money. 381 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:47,320 Speaker 3: We don't know why they were targeted. I know they're 382 00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:49,320 Speaker 3: business owners. They own a restaurant. 383 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:53,520 Speaker 8: So any type of business owner that handles a lot 384 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 8: of cash, whether it be a restaurant, a jeweler, things 385 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:00,840 Speaker 8: of that nature, be cognizant, have your situation aware about you. 386 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:03,440 Speaker 1: But police say loud just a warning of how robberies 387 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:06,640 Speaker 1: or burglars are now getting more sophisticated, watching their victims, 388 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:09,280 Speaker 1: watching that pattern of life, and a warning going out 389 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:11,240 Speaker 1: there that if you do see that pop up on 390 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:13,600 Speaker 1: your screen and not ignore it. If you don't know 391 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:15,960 Speaker 1: where that air tag is coming from, to try to 392 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:17,760 Speaker 1: figure out why it's coming up on your screen. 393 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:22,359 Speaker 2: This is amazing because technology is becoming so useful, yet 394 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:25,480 Speaker 2: at the same time, there is so much technology that 395 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:28,920 Speaker 2: you become numb to it. Like I have three sons 396 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,560 Speaker 2: and they're all teenage, sixteen, fifteen, and now twelve, and 397 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:35,920 Speaker 2: my wife has loaded this app onto their phones that 398 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:38,760 Speaker 2: track them so I know when they're at the house, 399 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:39,919 Speaker 2: I know when they're at school. 400 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:42,240 Speaker 3: I get a little deal deal deedal or whatever. But 401 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:45,119 Speaker 3: it's always going off because they're they're right your right. 402 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:48,280 Speaker 2: Well, because if the two of my oldest now drives 403 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:50,280 Speaker 2: and so the two olders go to the same high school. 404 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:53,240 Speaker 2: So now, so four notices go off on both my 405 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:55,600 Speaker 2: wife's and my phone at breakfast, So the phone is 406 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:59,439 Speaker 2: going crazy and right. So it's good because I can 407 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:01,119 Speaker 2: see where they are and see where they've been, and 408 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:04,080 Speaker 2: see why they took the long way to their friend's 409 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:06,800 Speaker 2: house instead of going directly. So these kinds of apps 410 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:09,000 Speaker 2: and these kinds of tools do help parents. But at 411 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:12,040 Speaker 2: the same time, you're right there. It would not be 412 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:16,320 Speaker 2: unusual to get some kind of notice or notification on 413 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:18,480 Speaker 2: my phone and ignore. 414 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:19,919 Speaker 3: It because I'm getting so much of it. 415 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:22,119 Speaker 1: Yeah, and I think about driving, because you're in your 416 00:21:22,119 --> 00:21:24,360 Speaker 1: car and this thing was in their car, and so 417 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:26,840 Speaker 1: it wouldn't be unusual for it to pop up. The 418 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:29,480 Speaker 1: warning looks a lot like if you have air pods 419 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:31,960 Speaker 1: and you open up the case on your AirPods and 420 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:33,600 Speaker 1: it pops up from the bottom and there's a little 421 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:36,080 Speaker 1: picture of your airpod's case, it looks like that. That 422 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:38,199 Speaker 1: is what the warning looks like, where it'll pop up 423 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:40,399 Speaker 1: and show a little air tag and say there's an 424 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:42,960 Speaker 1: air tag not registered to you, and just. 425 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:44,320 Speaker 3: To give you the heads up. Oh that helps. 426 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:46,960 Speaker 2: At least it's a different notification, unlike the million other 427 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:48,960 Speaker 2: notifications that come from the top on their way down. 428 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:49,200 Speaker 1: Right. 429 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:54,159 Speaker 2: Yeah, what about the notion or the idea that maybe 430 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:58,119 Speaker 2: these these perpetrators were just practicing, maybe they were not 431 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:00,640 Speaker 2: necessarily going after they were just trying to see how 432 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:03,119 Speaker 2: this works and how much time they have because they 433 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:05,840 Speaker 2: kept their phones with them, which, as you pointed out, 434 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:08,680 Speaker 2: is the reason that the investigators were able to find them. 435 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:10,320 Speaker 3: But they would have had to have. 436 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:12,720 Speaker 2: I mean they left the ear tag in the car 437 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:14,560 Speaker 2: or on the car somewhere. 438 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 1: Well, because they ran away so quickly when the alarm sounded, 439 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:20,200 Speaker 1: they did get the They pulled the family, the husband 440 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:23,080 Speaker 1: and wife out of their car and dragged them in armed, 441 00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:25,960 Speaker 1: dragged them into their garage and then to mail. They 442 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:27,920 Speaker 1: give them all kinds of stuff. And that is when 443 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:30,280 Speaker 1: I don't know if it was on a keychain. The 444 00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:32,439 Speaker 1: alarms different ways you can sound it or an app, 445 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:36,399 Speaker 1: but the homeowner was able to remotely sound the alarm, 446 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:39,240 Speaker 1: so once the audible alarm went off, the guys took 447 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 1: off running at that point, so it seems like they 448 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:42,399 Speaker 1: just wanted to get out of there. They didn't expect 449 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:45,520 Speaker 1: the alarm to go off, but they had been watching 450 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:47,560 Speaker 1: them in that way, and they were armed. They had 451 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:50,639 Speaker 1: guns and they so they very much were It seemed 452 00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:53,879 Speaker 1: like planning on fully robbing this family, but took off 453 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:55,159 Speaker 1: once the alarm started sounding. 454 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:58,400 Speaker 3: What a story. Alex Stone, thanks so much. I appreciate you. 455 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:01,000 Speaker 2: Thanks for coming on and sharing this one with us. 456 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:05,840 Speaker 2: So now, air tag's good, iPhone's good, technology good, but 457 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:07,640 Speaker 2: every notification matters. 458 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:09,880 Speaker 3: And if you're getting notified that you're. 459 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:13,159 Speaker 2: Being tracked and it ain't your air tag, somebody is 460 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:16,960 Speaker 2: tracking you, keep an eye out. The John Cobalt Show 461 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:20,440 Speaker 2: on KFI AM six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio 462 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:22,200 Speaker 2: app Blue Penrose and for John Cobalt. 463 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:27,600 Speaker 7: You're listening to John cobelts on demand from KFI AM 464 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:29,840 Speaker 7: six forty coming up. 465 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:34,000 Speaker 2: Following the news at three, President Trump suggested that San 466 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:39,119 Speaker 2: Francisco might be the next major US city that he 467 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:42,000 Speaker 2: is going to focus the administration on a crime crackdown 468 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:47,280 Speaker 2: like he has done in Chicago. This started really with 469 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:52,040 Speaker 2: the National Guard protecting ICE agents and ICE raids, and 470 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:54,399 Speaker 2: in Washington, d C. 471 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:57,640 Speaker 3: He was having the National Guard also. 472 00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 2: Assist or protect I suppose law enforcement DC police in 473 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:10,040 Speaker 2: their operations, and he moved that to Chicago. And they 474 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:14,639 Speaker 2: have ongoing efforts in Chicago, despite the efforts by the 475 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:17,920 Speaker 2: Mayor of Chicago to push back and leave the city 476 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 2: of Chicago alone. But President Trump is going forward using 477 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:25,720 Speaker 2: the pledging to use the FBI and National Guard to 478 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:30,280 Speaker 2: get crime under control. Now it's interesting because San Francisco 479 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:35,040 Speaker 2: is seeing an uptick in prosecution. The District Attorney of 480 00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:39,400 Speaker 2: San Francisco has put out a number of put out 481 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:44,680 Speaker 2: numbers of significant reduction in crime. And the new mayor 482 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:47,440 Speaker 2: of San Francisco is a tough on crime kind of guy, 483 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:51,560 Speaker 2: ran as a tough on crime mayor as a candidate 484 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:55,520 Speaker 2: and has been cracking down and now has reports to 485 00:24:55,640 --> 00:25:00,000 Speaker 2: show that auto theft and breaking and entering into an automobile, 486 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:03,639 Speaker 2: those kinds of crimes are down, assault or down. 487 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 3: Crimes using weapons are down. 488 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:09,800 Speaker 2: Now we know we hear this from time to time 489 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:15,320 Speaker 2: from major city leaders. Saying crime is completely under control. 490 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:19,440 Speaker 2: You see that in Portland. People that don't want ice 491 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:21,840 Speaker 2: in Portland, don't want the National Guard in Portland, tell 492 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:23,280 Speaker 2: you that Portland is completely safe. 493 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:26,200 Speaker 3: Somebody told me the other day, hey, I went through this. 494 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:29,120 Speaker 2: This was a Trump critic and a friend of mine 495 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:33,600 Speaker 2: that works in DC, a Republican, and he said, hey, 496 00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:38,679 Speaker 2: I just went through Baltimore and no, uh, there's no 497 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:42,840 Speaker 2: mayhem going on. And I said, you gotta be kidding me, Like, 498 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:49,360 Speaker 2: Baltimore is not a safe city, but San Francisco might 499 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:52,640 Speaker 2: be safe her. Now, President Trump said yesterday that San 500 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:54,919 Speaker 2: Francisco is a great city, and he's right, it is, 501 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:58,240 Speaker 2: and he said it was way better ten or fifteen 502 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:01,640 Speaker 2: years ago. And I would argue that it was slightly 503 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:04,600 Speaker 2: better ten or fifteen years ago, not as good as 504 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:09,200 Speaker 2: it was forty years ago, but better than it is today. 505 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:13,439 Speaker 2: And the problem is, if you look at who was 506 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:16,280 Speaker 2: in charge of San Francisco ten to fifteen years ago, 507 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:19,400 Speaker 2: it was Gavin Newsom, who was then the. 508 00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:21,720 Speaker 3: Mayor of the city and County of San Francisco. 509 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:24,800 Speaker 2: So of course Newsom jumps on that and offers the 510 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:29,600 Speaker 2: president a great heartfelt thank you, but we'll see if the. 511 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:30,719 Speaker 3: President decides to go. 512 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:33,760 Speaker 2: He says he has support political support to go into 513 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:37,240 Speaker 2: San Francisco and get the crime under control. But according 514 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 2: to the mayor and the district attorney, crime is under 515 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:42,359 Speaker 2: control and going down, and going down in a very 516 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:43,120 Speaker 2: dramatic way. 517 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:45,040 Speaker 3: And look, if these. 518 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:47,120 Speaker 2: Guys want to duke it out and have a war 519 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:50,800 Speaker 2: of words over who's better at controlling crime. As long 520 00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:53,399 Speaker 2: as the crime numbers are going down, that's good for 521 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 2: me and good for you. If the mayor and the 522 00:26:57,119 --> 00:27:00,000 Speaker 2: district attorney have things under control and there is a significant, 523 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:01,159 Speaker 2: significant reduction in. 524 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:03,680 Speaker 3: Crime in any city, I'm happy. 525 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:07,800 Speaker 2: If the threat of the President stepping in causes the 526 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:10,639 Speaker 2: mayor and the district attorney to get tough on crime, 527 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:17,560 Speaker 2: then job done. But San Francisco certainly was less problematic 528 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:22,479 Speaker 2: ten and fifteen years ago. I remember people used to 529 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:26,159 Speaker 2: go to San Francisco for the weekend. People used to 530 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:28,760 Speaker 2: talk about it all the time. When I first moved 531 00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:34,080 Speaker 2: to California in nineteen ninety, people in West Hollywood would 532 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:36,320 Speaker 2: gay guys in West Hollywood would always fly to San 533 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:39,160 Speaker 2: Francisco for the weekend. It's like a very common thing. 534 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:41,400 Speaker 2: Jomp out of Southwest go. 535 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:45,200 Speaker 3: To San Francisco for the weekend, and like, you don't 536 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:46,560 Speaker 3: hear that as much anymore. 537 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:48,960 Speaker 2: What you do here is people that have to go 538 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:52,800 Speaker 2: to San Francisco for a deposition or a conference and 539 00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:56,960 Speaker 2: fifteen minutes into their rental car, their rental car window 540 00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:59,119 Speaker 2: gets smashed and their laptop gets stolen. 541 00:27:59,320 --> 00:27:59,800 Speaker 3: That you do. 542 00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:08,120 Speaker 2: So we'll see if these numbers bear out, and we'll 543 00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:10,400 Speaker 2: see what Trump wants to do, and we'll talk about 544 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:15,119 Speaker 2: it following the news at three o'clock. Speaking of crime, 545 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:22,000 Speaker 2: they are shoplifting in the supermarkets in Long Beach. The 546 00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:25,280 Speaker 2: grocery store owners and the grocery chains in Long Beach 547 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:29,800 Speaker 2: are having to put more people at the self checkout 548 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:33,440 Speaker 2: kiosks because people on Long Beach are shoplifting. 549 00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:36,639 Speaker 9: The Long Beach law requires at least one staff member 550 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:39,960 Speaker 9: monitoring every three self checkout stations. 551 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:43,720 Speaker 3: One for every three. That's a lot. 552 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:48,240 Speaker 2: You know, there are six self checkout stations at the 553 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:50,840 Speaker 2: grocery store that I go to and there's never a 554 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:52,920 Speaker 2: person there, and the light is always going on and 555 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:55,520 Speaker 2: the machine is always telling me that I haven't placed 556 00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:59,600 Speaker 2: my bag of bartlet potato Bartlett. The payers in the 557 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:03,160 Speaker 2: bag and have to wait, So there's nobody there but 558 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:04,080 Speaker 2: one for every three. 559 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:06,280 Speaker 3: That's a whole lot of staff just standing there watching you. 560 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:09,520 Speaker 9: The Long Beach Law requires at least one staff member 561 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:13,920 Speaker 9: monitoring every three self checkout stations. Designed to help the 562 00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:18,000 Speaker 9: stores fight shoplifting. The National Retail Federation says that since 563 00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:23,320 Speaker 9: the pandemic, stores nationwide have seen a staggering ninety three 564 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:25,600 Speaker 9: percent increase in shoplifting. 565 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:30,000 Speaker 2: Ninety three percent increase. How much of that do you 566 00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:33,800 Speaker 2: think is a bad scan? How much of that do 567 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:39,080 Speaker 2: you think is people trying to scan and the machine 568 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:43,600 Speaker 2: won't cooperate and then they just get fed up and figure, look, 569 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:46,520 Speaker 2: it was three tomatoes for whatever reason, the sticker on 570 00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:51,280 Speaker 2: the third tomato won't go. I'm not standing here and 571 00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:52,800 Speaker 2: waiting for the manager to come over. 572 00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:54,080 Speaker 3: For eighty nine cents. 573 00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:55,960 Speaker 2: Like, how much do you think it's that or how 574 00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:58,440 Speaker 2: much do you think people are just literally stealing food? 575 00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:00,800 Speaker 3: Percent? That is staggering. 576 00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:05,480 Speaker 2: And I have said for a long time COVID broke 577 00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:08,880 Speaker 2: a couple of things in American culture. I think COVID 578 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:15,200 Speaker 2: broke a strong work ethic in American culture. And I 579 00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:17,120 Speaker 2: think we're on our way to rebuilding that people that 580 00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:20,880 Speaker 2: have maintained their work ethic now shine, So it actually 581 00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:23,880 Speaker 2: is good for some, but it was bad for a while. 582 00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:27,880 Speaker 2: And I think COVID broke the whole shame of stealing thing, 583 00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:32,200 Speaker 2: and you're seeing that at the grocery store and they're 584 00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:33,880 Speaker 2: trying to solve it, at least in the Long Beach. 585 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:37,800 Speaker 2: Louke Penrose if John Covelt on KFI AM six forty 586 00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:39,800 Speaker 2: live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 587 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,960 Speaker 1: Hey, you've been listening to the John Covelt Show podcast. 588 00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:45,480 Speaker 1: You can always hear the show live on KFI AM 589 00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:48,520 Speaker 1: six forty from one to four pm every Monday through Friday, 590 00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:51,840 Speaker 1: and of course anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app.