1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:02,000 Speaker 1: Can't find AM sixty. 2 00:00:02,120 --> 00:00:05,520 Speaker 2: You're listening to the John Cobelt podcast on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 1: It's the John Cobelt Show. Lou Penrose in for John Cobelt. 4 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 1: Good to have you along with us. It is day 5 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 1: thirty eight of the government shut down, officially now the 6 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:26,320 Speaker 1: longest government shutdown, and already some really impactful problems with 7 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:28,440 Speaker 1: respective flight delays. We'll get the latest update out of 8 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 1: LAX and if you have travel plans at all this 9 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:34,360 Speaker 1: weekend or really over the next couple of days. If 10 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:38,599 Speaker 1: there is no compromise in the Senate anytime soon or 11 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 1: a continuing resolution passed, these flight delays will only increase 12 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:45,600 Speaker 1: over the next few days. We'll get the latest for 13 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 1: Michael Monks coming up from LAX right now. Joe Khalil 14 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 1: is the DC correspondent for News Nation. He's back there 15 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 1: in DC. There were some Senate votes taken this week, Joe, 16 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 1: but no movement. 17 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, no movement, and doesn't seem like there's going to 18 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:05,480 Speaker 3: be much movement today. To be honest, there was actually 19 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:08,560 Speaker 3: some breaking news about an hour and a half ago. 20 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:13,760 Speaker 3: Democrats came to the table with a new proposal and 21 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 3: Chuck Schumer came to the floor with all Senate Democrats 22 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:23,040 Speaker 3: behind him and said, here's our offer. Extend the healthcare subsidies, 23 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 3: which Democrats have been sort of staking and fighting for, 24 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:29,040 Speaker 3: and made the whole reason for the shutdown on the 25 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 3: fact that these healthcare subsidies are not going to be 26 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:35,119 Speaker 3: extended and people are getting notices about higher premiums. So 27 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:38,319 Speaker 3: he said, extend subsidies for one year as they are. 28 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:42,960 Speaker 3: In addition to that, let's create a bipartisan sort of commission. 29 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 3: Because Republicans have had issues that are you know, objectively 30 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 3: issues with these subsidies. Democrats want to work with them 31 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 3: on it. So let's do that and we will reopen 32 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 3: the government. And to that offer, Republicans said, death unserious 33 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 3: debt on arrival. So right now we are again just 34 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 3: at a standstill, and it does not look good for 35 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:09,720 Speaker 3: the near future. We don't know what votes they're taking tonight. 36 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:12,919 Speaker 3: We're trying to figure that out, so we're gonna we're 37 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 3: gonna have a shutdown through the weekend. 38 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 1: They are taking votes then tonight, so the Senate is 39 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:18,880 Speaker 1: not resett. 40 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:22,640 Speaker 3: We don't know what votes they're going to take. The 41 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 3: original plan was to again vote on this cr this 42 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 3: continuing resolution to fund the government and reopen it. It 43 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 3: has failed fourteen times. This time it's going to be 44 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:35,360 Speaker 3: a little bit different. Republicans put a different offer on 45 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 3: the table where government would would continue to be funded 46 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:44,680 Speaker 3: at current level through potentially December or January. And then 47 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 3: they also basically put one year funding bills, three of 48 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 3: them for slivers of government. So for example, the agricultural 49 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:58,240 Speaker 3: funding which oversees SNAP benefits food assistance, that would get 50 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:00,960 Speaker 3: funded for a full year. And there are some others too, 51 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,359 Speaker 3: for veterans and things like that. But yeah, that was 52 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 3: supposed to be getting a vote tonight, and right now 53 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 3: things are in flux, so it may get a vote tomorrow. 54 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:12,120 Speaker 3: We're not exactly sure. It's up to the call of 55 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:14,720 Speaker 3: Republican leaders here in the Senate. I'm not sure what 56 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 3: they're going to be doing yet. 57 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 1: I was watching Frank Lunz on TV, longtime political poster. 58 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:22,400 Speaker 1: He said, look, the reason this is going on is 59 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:28,359 Speaker 1: because the stalemate is actually working for core Democrat constituents 60 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 1: who want to see their party stand up the Trump 61 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 1: and core Republican constituents who want to see their president 62 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 1: not back down in k So there really isn't an 63 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 1: incentive on politically speaking, to compromise, And I'm wondering if 64 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 1: you're seeing that in the mood of the Senate or 65 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 1: the Senate staffers. 66 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 4: No. 67 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 3: I think that absolutely that is a factor. I think 68 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 3: we would be blind to ignore that. I think the 69 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 3: incentives were such that Democratic base you're right, wanted to 70 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 3: see some fight, and after the Tuesday elections where Democrats 71 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 3: performed objectively very well, I think what you see is 72 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 3: some Democrats who may have been ready to say, okay, 73 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 3: let's vote to end this thing, more emboldened to say, actually, 74 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 3: let's see if we can make an extra demand or 75 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 3: too in order to reopen the government. I think you're 76 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 3: totally seeing that, and I think you're right. On the 77 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 3: other side, there have been some Republican senators who I 78 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 3: think felt the same way, and basically they themselves are 79 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 3: politically incentivized to say, we cannot give Democrats a win 80 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:38,479 Speaker 3: by having them sort of fuld the government hostage in 81 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:41,840 Speaker 3: their view, So there are incentives on both sides to 82 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:45,839 Speaker 3: not reopen the government. Unfortunately, for the millions of American 83 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 3: people that are impacted by this, I will just say 84 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 3: I think there is a willingness on the part of 85 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 3: President Trump to work with Democrats on healthcare subsidies. Why 86 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:58,039 Speaker 3: do I think that because he has said that publicly. 87 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 3: He has also publicly said just days ago, the public 88 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:05,800 Speaker 3: is on Democrats side of the shutdown. He said to 89 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 3: Republican senators on TV in a room with them at breakfast. 90 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 3: We're losing the public perception fight right now on the shutdown. 91 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:15,599 Speaker 3: And the fact that the President came out and said that, 92 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:19,280 Speaker 3: I think also may have emboldened Democrats and also as 93 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:22,240 Speaker 3: an indication that I think President Trump sees maybe it's 94 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 3: time for him to get involved directly in the negotiations, which, 95 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:27,359 Speaker 3: by the way, something Democrats have been asking for for 96 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 3: some time, and even some Republicans have said maybe it's 97 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 3: time that President Trump get in the room as well. 98 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 1: Jo Khalil, DC correspondent, News Nation, Thanks so much, appreciate 99 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:38,559 Speaker 1: the update on a Friday. We'll talk with you again, 100 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:41,480 Speaker 1: all right when we come back. I want to spend 101 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:43,560 Speaker 1: a little bit more time on this idea that the 102 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:47,960 Speaker 1: reason the shutdown is happening is because Democrats, consistent the 103 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 1: Democrat base wants Democrat party and leadership in DC to 104 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 1: fight and then of course Tuesday Nights. Democrats successes emboldens them, 105 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 1: as Joe said, and Republicans, and I'm one of them 106 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 1: that I hate it when Republicans cave every single time 107 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 1: in these budget battles and in these shutdown showdowns. Want 108 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 1: Republicans to hold their ground. But there may be another story, 109 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:16,240 Speaker 1: a third way to look at it, and I want 110 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:18,320 Speaker 1: to explore that with you. That's all coming up next. 111 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 1: Louke Penrose in for John Cobelt on the John Cobelt Show. 112 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:26,480 Speaker 5: You're listening to John Cobelt on demand from KFI AM 113 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:27,040 Speaker 5: six forty. 114 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:31,919 Speaker 1: So we are in day thirty eight of the government shutdown, 115 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 1: and as I mentioned before the break with Joe, there 116 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:39,800 Speaker 1: is a lot of political intel that suggests that there 117 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:44,120 Speaker 1: is no political benefit for either side in the Senate 118 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 1: to give an inch. I think that they wish that 119 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 1: the government could be reopened, but politically speaking, Democrats want 120 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 1: Democrat leaders to fight and push back on Donald Trump. Effectively, 121 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: that was what Prop fifty was all about, getting even 122 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 1: with Donald Trump for having the nerve to win and 123 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:08,240 Speaker 1: be Kamala Harris. That was the message, that was the 124 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 1: that was really what Prop fifty was all about, and 125 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:15,880 Speaker 1: on the other side, If you are a Republican and 126 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 1: have been to this rodeo before, you well know that 127 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:25,240 Speaker 1: Republicans always cave. They always hold their ground whatever the 128 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:28,320 Speaker 1: budget battle is going, all the way to the shutdown 129 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 1: of nineteen ninety four with New Gingridge and President Bill Clinton. 130 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 1: Then the shutdown was over welfare to work, believe it 131 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:43,680 Speaker 1: or not, putting work requirements in welfare. The Republicans wanted 132 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 1: to add work requirements to welfare. Clinton didn't, and they 133 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 1: effectively shut down the government to fight, and then eventually 134 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 1: the Republicans caved. Then in the Obama era, it was 135 00:07:57,320 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 1: defosit spending. That's what we had Tea Party Republicans. Remember 136 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 1: Tea Party Republicans. The Tea stood for not the Boston 137 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:09,840 Speaker 1: Tea Party, but taxed enough already. We wanted to stop 138 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 1: spending more money than we took in. We wanted to 139 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 1: stop deficit spending. We wanted to balance the budget. And 140 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 1: Obama wanted to spend more money and add to the debt, 141 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 1: and they had a government shut down and eventually Republicans caved. 142 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 1: So now comes President Trump, and Republicans are sick of caving. 143 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 1: And we do have the White House and we do 144 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:33,079 Speaker 1: have the majority of the Senate, and we do have 145 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 1: the House of Representatives. Why are we caving to the minority? Right, 146 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:41,960 Speaker 1: that's the attitude that we have, and I have it too. 147 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 1: I don't want to cave. But now we have gone 148 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:49,680 Speaker 1: thirty eight days. So let's be clear. A government shutdown 149 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:56,960 Speaker 1: is a political stunt. It isn't policy. It's a maneuver. 150 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 1: It's a political stunt. And sometimes political stunts work and 151 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:07,280 Speaker 1: sometimes they don't. But even well working political stunts have 152 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 1: a timeline, an expiration date, and I think we're getting 153 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 1: close to it. I think President Trump knows that too. 154 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:17,840 Speaker 1: Like it worked. It showed America for like twenty days 155 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:21,960 Speaker 1: or so. It showed America that non essential government is 156 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:28,079 Speaker 1: clearly non essential. It showed America that it's a farce, 157 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:32,560 Speaker 1: that Americans are starving to death. That's usually the way 158 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:36,720 Speaker 1: it plays out. Usually, the reason Republicans cave is because 159 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:39,840 Speaker 1: whenever there's a government shut down, whenever there's a budget 160 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 1: battle that stops government funding, they go find some woman 161 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 1: in like Baltimore that works for the Department of whatever, 162 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:53,080 Speaker 1: and she's all upset because she's got children to feed 163 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:55,600 Speaker 1: and never a husband. In these sixty minute pieces and 164 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:58,840 Speaker 1: she's in Baltimore and she has no food and she's 165 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:01,720 Speaker 1: got to go to the food panch and boohoo who 166 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 1: and uh, you know, and then governments are so Republicans 167 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:09,320 Speaker 1: are so afraid that they cave because of a sixty 168 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:13,120 Speaker 1: minutes piece. That has been the history of the Republican 169 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 1: strength in these government shutdowns. These days, you have strong 170 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:22,880 Speaker 1: Republican leadership and they can effectively hide behind Trump and 171 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:26,120 Speaker 1: the shadow of Trump, and Trump is strong. He said, look, 172 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:29,439 Speaker 1: we're shutting it down. We're not going to pay hostage 173 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:33,679 Speaker 1: money to the minority in the form of Medicare for 174 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:39,880 Speaker 1: undocumented people and Obama subsidies for Obamacare, which was supposed 175 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:45,040 Speaker 1: to bring down the cost of healthcare. So it's worked, 176 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:48,840 Speaker 1: but now I think that there it needs to come 177 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 1: to an end because when you start affecting air traffic 178 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:57,160 Speaker 1: controllers and flights, it kind of gets real and frankly, 179 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:02,319 Speaker 1: the art to be fair and I'm on the Republican 180 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:07,000 Speaker 1: side of this equation philosophically, but Republicans have always said, look, 181 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:10,040 Speaker 1: all we're looking for is a clean cr All we're 182 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 1: looking for is Democrats signing off on a budget that 183 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:16,760 Speaker 1: was the budget on September thirtieth, and it wasn't horrible. 184 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:20,720 Speaker 1: Nobody was starving. Then Now all of a sudden, everybody's starving. 185 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:26,960 Speaker 1: Forty two million Americans no food, le miserablu and that 186 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:29,840 Speaker 1: is a fair argument. But Democrats are in bolden, so 187 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:31,600 Speaker 1: they're not going for it. But we got to get 188 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:34,560 Speaker 1: this thing going yet. We don't need planes. How many 189 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:37,480 Speaker 1: American airlines now canceling two hundred and twenty flights, Delta 190 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:40,040 Speaker 1: one hundred and seventy flights, United two hundred flights. And 191 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:42,840 Speaker 1: this is just phase one and a three phase process 192 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:46,360 Speaker 1: over the next week. I am not going to have 193 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:52,400 Speaker 1: Americans quality of life, first world quality of life impacted 194 00:11:53,920 --> 00:12:02,679 Speaker 1: because of medicaid for illegal I would rather say, okay, fine, 195 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:06,280 Speaker 1: you know what you win. Good for you. Let's go 196 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:13,240 Speaker 1: ahead and maintain the eligibility for illegals to apply for Medicare, 197 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:16,920 Speaker 1: and in exchange, we're going to redouble our efforts to 198 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:19,440 Speaker 1: get all the illegals out of the country. Like let's 199 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:21,600 Speaker 1: go that route. That's the I think that's the sweet 200 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:25,880 Speaker 1: spot out Fine Democrats who love illegals more than they 201 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 1: love Americans. If you want to die on this hill, 202 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 1: that illegals have to be able to get Medicare. Fine, 203 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:34,480 Speaker 1: We'll maintain at least for the next ninety days or 204 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:38,360 Speaker 1: forever however long the cr IS will maintain the eligibility 205 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:43,080 Speaker 1: for illegals to get Medicare, and over those next ninety days, 206 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 1: we will double our efforts to get all the illegals 207 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 1: out of the country. Because, frankly, I'd rather have my 208 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 1: government open. I'd rather have air traffic controllers who are 209 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:54,040 Speaker 1: American get paid and go to work. I'd rather have 210 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 1: active duty who are American and get I'd rather have 211 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:00,360 Speaker 1: them get paid. I'd rather have the contractors get paid. 212 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:06,440 Speaker 1: I'd rather have America working and have a policy that 213 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:10,400 Speaker 1: says illegals are eligible for Medicare and have no illegals 214 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:13,640 Speaker 1: in the country. Like that, to me is a fine solution. 215 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 1: Democrats insist on having eligibility for illegals, Fine, have them 216 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:21,320 Speaker 1: all be eligible for Medicare and have no illegals in 217 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:25,280 Speaker 1: the country. That works too, So I think that's a 218 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:31,920 Speaker 1: working solution. So that and Republicans can certainly fund that. 219 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:36,920 Speaker 1: I mean, we're already funding an interior enforcement operation. But 220 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:40,080 Speaker 1: if that that is the compromise, I'd take that fine, 221 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 1: all right. You want to keep the illegals on medicare, fine, 222 00:13:42,679 --> 00:13:44,520 Speaker 1: We're just going to double up on the amount of 223 00:13:44,559 --> 00:13:46,840 Speaker 1: illegals that go in the back of the van in 224 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:51,920 Speaker 1: Los Angeles, in San Diego, in Chicago, wherever they are. 225 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:54,400 Speaker 1: We're gonna go get them, double it up, because that 226 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 1: pencils out if they If there are fewer illegals in 227 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:01,280 Speaker 1: the country, it doesn't matter what they qualify for. There's 228 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:05,800 Speaker 1: none here. You don't tell the Democrats you're going to 229 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:08,760 Speaker 1: do that, but I think that's what you do. That's 230 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 1: the way out. All right. When we come back, we'll 231 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:15,880 Speaker 1: talk about these Affordable Care Act policyholders who are seeing 232 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:18,320 Speaker 1: their potential premiums go up as a result of this 233 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:21,520 Speaker 1: government shutdown. That's all coming up next. Lou Penrose Info. 234 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 1: John Cobelt on The John Cobelt Show on KFI AM 235 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:25,320 Speaker 1: six forty. 236 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 5: You're listening to John Cobelt on demand from KFI AM 237 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 5: six forty. 238 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:35,440 Speaker 1: Lou Penrose Info. John Cobelt on The John Cobalt Show, 239 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:39,800 Speaker 1: Day thirty eight of the federal government's shutdown and flights 240 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:43,080 Speaker 1: being affected now out of lax and major airports across 241 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:48,480 Speaker 1: the country. New York Chicago, over two hundred American Airlines 242 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:52,200 Speaker 1: flights one hundred and seventy Delta two hundred United and 243 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:54,760 Speaker 1: this is day one of a multi day step up 244 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:59,720 Speaker 1: in a downsizing of the amount of flights taking off 245 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:02,520 Speaker 1: in life because of the shortage of air traffic controllers. 246 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 1: So it's starting to really get real, and it doesn't 247 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 1: look like that the compromise is happening today, although the 248 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 1: Senate is voting tonight. Mary Cacatos's ABC News Washington correspondent, 249 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:16,880 Speaker 1: Can you give us a little bit of an insight 250 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:20,320 Speaker 1: as to what the Democrats are asking for with respect 251 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:22,680 Speaker 1: to the Affordable Care Act policyholders? 252 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:24,280 Speaker 3: Yeah? 253 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 6: Sure, So the Democrats have been asking for an extension 254 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:32,160 Speaker 6: of the enhanced Premium tax credits for a while now, 255 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:34,400 Speaker 6: especially because they're set to expire at the end of 256 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:38,720 Speaker 6: the year. It's been a sticking point and basically the 257 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:42,240 Speaker 6: main reason in the salemate between the two sides. The 258 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 6: most recent development is that Senator Chuck Schumer has announced 259 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:50,320 Speaker 6: that these Democrats are now asking for a one year expansion, 260 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 6: basically taking these tax credits through twenty twenty six in 261 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:58,160 Speaker 6: exchange for reopening the federal government. As saying that the 262 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:00,920 Speaker 6: ball is now in the Republicans court to see if 263 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 6: they're willing to accept this deal and reopen the government. 264 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:10,640 Speaker 1: Were the subsidies in the Affordable Care Act? Were they 265 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:13,400 Speaker 1: in the One Big Beautiful Bill or is this part 266 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:17,240 Speaker 1: of the cr before Trump took office. 267 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:21,520 Speaker 6: Yeah, this is not part of the One Big Beautiful Bill, 268 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:24,320 Speaker 6: President Donald Trump's Mega bill that was signed in July. 269 00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:29,320 Speaker 6: These subsidies were part of the original legislation during the 270 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:33,920 Speaker 6: Obama administration. They were expanded during the Biden administration as 271 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:37,320 Speaker 6: part of the American Rescue Plan, and now Democrats are 272 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:40,720 Speaker 6: asking that they'd be added to the Continuing Resolution that 273 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:42,240 Speaker 6: would reopen the federal government. 274 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:45,800 Speaker 1: It seems like President Trump, I don't know. 275 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:47,320 Speaker 3: I just so you know. 276 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:49,920 Speaker 1: So some days it's so easy to read him. In Sundays, 277 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:53,680 Speaker 1: not so much. It sounds like he's interested in perhaps 278 00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 1: making some kind of deal on this. He is sensitive 279 00:16:57,120 --> 00:17:00,880 Speaker 1: to what he considers a failure of Obamacare, but he 280 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 1: seems to have thoughts on fixing, you know, insurance and 281 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:11,919 Speaker 1: healthcare costs for people of that qualify for Obamacare. So, 282 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:14,200 Speaker 1: I don't know, I got a sense that he might 283 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:16,000 Speaker 1: be willing to take this to take this. 284 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:21,679 Speaker 6: Deal Yeah, President Trump has signaled at times that he 285 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 6: is willing to make an agreement with the Democrats. There 286 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:27,040 Speaker 6: have been Republicans that have also signaled that they are 287 00:17:27,080 --> 00:17:29,679 Speaker 6: willing to make a deal with the Democrats to reopen 288 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 6: the federal government. It's important, they say that Americans affected 289 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:38,439 Speaker 6: by these enhanced premium tax credits are constituents across all 290 00:17:38,520 --> 00:17:40,879 Speaker 6: fifty states, and they really want to make sure that 291 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:46,320 Speaker 6: they can help their constituents avoid some of these really 292 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:49,840 Speaker 6: soaring increases in premiums that they're seeing. 293 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:53,480 Speaker 1: So, these premiums were going to increase had nothing been 294 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:57,639 Speaker 1: done anyway, right, Like I mean, so if this was 295 00:17:57,760 --> 00:18:00,720 Speaker 1: part of the Rescue Act, the extensions under the administration, 296 00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:05,280 Speaker 1: and part of the original ten year budget from Obama's administration, 297 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:07,960 Speaker 1: this was going to happen. Like this was needed to 298 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:10,760 Speaker 1: be addressed. No matter what appen if they had signed 299 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:13,240 Speaker 1: a budget on October first, or if we never had 300 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:15,240 Speaker 1: a shut down, this was still set to expire on 301 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:16,560 Speaker 1: December thirty first of this year. 302 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:22,240 Speaker 6: Yeah, Insurance companies have said that these premiums were going 303 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 6: to increase anyway to reflect care and costs that they 304 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:29,479 Speaker 6: expect members to use within the next year. That's at 305 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:33,880 Speaker 6: least what one insurance company told us. But the issue 306 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:39,120 Speaker 6: that many Americans are saying is that the enhanced Premium 307 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:42,359 Speaker 6: tax credits. Without them, they're going to see their premiums 308 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:45,960 Speaker 6: rise exponentially. So, for example, we spoke to one man 309 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:49,280 Speaker 6: in Illinois who said that if the enhanced Premium tax 310 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:52,600 Speaker 6: credits go through, he'll see his premiums go from about 311 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:56,679 Speaker 6: six hundred dollars to about fifteen hundred dollars, which is 312 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:59,200 Speaker 6: still big but something that he thinks he may be 313 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:02,680 Speaker 6: able to manage. Without the enhanced Premium tax credits, he'll 314 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:05,640 Speaker 6: see his premium as that is, for his wife brother 315 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:09,120 Speaker 6: rights to more than two thousand dollars, which is more 316 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:11,880 Speaker 6: than he brings in in a month. So many Americans 317 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 6: are saying that yes, their premiums will go up, but 318 00:19:14,359 --> 00:19:17,560 Speaker 6: with out the enhanced Premium tax credits, they'll go up 319 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:21,040 Speaker 6: way more than potentially their monthly income even allows them 320 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:22,480 Speaker 6: to pay Mary. 321 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:25,320 Speaker 1: We were talking with another DC correspondent earlier in the hour. 322 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:29,240 Speaker 1: It sounds like the Senate might still be voting today. 323 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:31,399 Speaker 1: Is there is there any chance that there would be 324 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:32,719 Speaker 1: any movement on this today? 325 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:36,879 Speaker 6: There is a possibility whether that will happen remains to 326 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:39,600 Speaker 6: be seen, but there have been some signals from both 327 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:42,320 Speaker 6: sides that they are willing to come to an agreement. 328 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:45,400 Speaker 6: So I guess day tuned to find out. 329 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:50,159 Speaker 1: I appreciate you so much, Maryaccatos, She's with ABC News, 330 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:52,480 Speaker 1: so there is Yeah, there's a little bit of daylight 331 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:54,680 Speaker 1: there still, and I think this would be the way 332 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:58,159 Speaker 1: out for President Trump. I think this does change the 333 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:00,639 Speaker 1: narrative a little bit because I I think that Trump 334 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:05,160 Speaker 1: is sensitive to the problems with Obamacare. It really is ironic, right, 335 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:07,880 Speaker 1: this is rich the Affordable Care Act. Now now they're 336 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:11,640 Speaker 1: not even calling it Obamacare or the Affordable Care Act. 337 00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:15,919 Speaker 1: They use the shorthand ACA, and they get talk They 338 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:19,080 Speaker 1: talking about premiums going up. No's what is about to 339 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 1: happen is that Obamacare was such bad policy was so 340 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:30,360 Speaker 1: inefficient that it required almost a ten year ramp up 341 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:35,760 Speaker 1: with government subsidies. In other words, you covering the difference 342 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:42,200 Speaker 1: between what the insurance cost and what the ACA policy 343 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:46,600 Speaker 1: holder was paying in a premium. Their premiums won't cover it. 344 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:51,399 Speaker 1: They are eager to get Obamacare. They are paying like 345 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:56,200 Speaker 1: ridiculous and ridiculously low premiums to quality and the differences 346 00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:59,280 Speaker 1: being paid for by you. That's what a subsidy is, 347 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:03,359 Speaker 1: means the taxpayer makes up the difference in the cost 348 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:07,680 Speaker 1: of the healthcare or the healthcare insurance. So in order 349 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:11,600 Speaker 1: to make this pencil out and ever look appear to 350 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 1: be solvent, Obama projected ten years out with government subsidies 351 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:19,119 Speaker 1: as a ramp up and now and then that was 352 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:22,560 Speaker 1: extended under the Biden administration because it still wasn't penciling out, 353 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:26,159 Speaker 1: And now here we are with a complete failure of 354 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:30,359 Speaker 1: a government run healthcare plan called Obamacare. And the only 355 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:35,520 Speaker 1: way to stop people's premiums from doubling who qualify for 356 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:39,800 Speaker 1: Obamacare is yet again for another year, you covering the 357 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:44,119 Speaker 1: difference as a taxpayer. Absolutely absurd. Louke Penrose if of 358 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:47,480 Speaker 1: John Cobelt on The John Cobalt Show on KFI AM 359 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:50,040 Speaker 1: six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 360 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:55,720 Speaker 5: You're listening to John Cobelt on demand from KFI AM sixty. 361 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:59,400 Speaker 1: Louke Penrose info John Coblt on The John coblt Show 362 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:01,919 Speaker 1: coming up five following the news at two, it's a 363 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:05,680 Speaker 1: disaster if your flight got canceled and the ripple effects 364 00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:09,800 Speaker 1: of your flight getting canceled affects other people's flights. Like 365 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:12,040 Speaker 1: if you're lucky, you got the first flight out and 366 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:15,479 Speaker 1: the plane was on the ground, But if your plane 367 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:19,960 Speaker 1: was coming from somewhere, oh boy, two hundred and twenty 368 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:24,159 Speaker 1: American Airlines flights canceled today, one hundred and seventy, Delta 369 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:29,960 Speaker 1: United two hundred, Right, So that throws everybody off because 370 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:34,600 Speaker 1: the plane flies out of LA goes to Salt Lake City, 371 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:37,399 Speaker 1: and then from Salt Lake City picks up new people. 372 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:41,679 Speaker 1: Then they go to Chicago's O'Hare and it's a mess. 373 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:46,320 Speaker 1: Or you made your plane, but now there are too 374 00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:50,119 Speaker 1: many planes at an airport because they didn't take off, 375 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:53,359 Speaker 1: and now they're blocking gates and you're in the plane. 376 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:55,960 Speaker 1: You landed on time, but you're just hanging out because 377 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:58,359 Speaker 1: there's no gate for them to pull up to. Like 378 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:01,879 Speaker 1: this is what happened. So the government shutdown is starting 379 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:05,199 Speaker 1: to have some real first world impacts, and that's my concern. 380 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:10,520 Speaker 1: I could care less if non essential government employees found 381 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:12,879 Speaker 1: other lines of work. I think this has been a 382 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:16,640 Speaker 1: real lesson for the past thirty eight days that we 383 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:21,320 Speaker 1: don't need non essential government, but the essential employees like 384 00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:25,800 Speaker 1: air traffic controllers and like active duty military and their supporters, 385 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 1: people that work in the defense industry, they have to 386 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:31,960 Speaker 1: work in a number of others. 387 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:35,000 Speaker 7: Yeah, you guys keep talking about the airlines shut down. 388 00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:37,200 Speaker 7: Oh my god, blah blah blah. 389 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:38,280 Speaker 3: You guys keep. 390 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:41,359 Speaker 7: Forgetting that there's thousands of freaking people working for the 391 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:44,560 Speaker 7: military not getting paid. They're not active duty, and it's 392 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:46,360 Speaker 7: been over a month since we've seen a paycheck. But yeah, 393 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:48,720 Speaker 7: we're keeping the bases alive, we're keeping training going. 394 00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:49,000 Speaker 2: Yeah. 395 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:51,720 Speaker 1: No, and I appreciate you. Look, I live right next 396 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:56,280 Speaker 1: to Camp Pendleton, forty two thousand Marines and sailors active 397 00:23:56,359 --> 00:24:00,439 Speaker 1: duty and working training and not getting paid. I was 398 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:05,520 Speaker 1: just driving by Seninofree and watching their training. It's just spectacular. 399 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:08,240 Speaker 1: If you've ever driven by, it's a beautiful view of 400 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:12,320 Speaker 1: the Pacific Ocean. But they got these incredible helicopters and 401 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:15,000 Speaker 1: osprey and they're all and I thought, I'm like, these guys, 402 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:18,399 Speaker 1: it's a hot day. It was that day where we 403 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 1: had that heat weight and it's really hot. They have 404 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:24,399 Speaker 1: one hundred pounds on their backpack and they're doing training 405 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:27,760 Speaker 1: and they know they're not getting paid. So I do 406 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:32,719 Speaker 1: want to reopen the government to pay these people. I 407 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:36,080 Speaker 1: just don't want to cave and I don't want to 408 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:39,480 Speaker 1: give Democrats to the win, especially over something as ridiculous 409 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:43,840 Speaker 1: as another year of government subsidies for something called the 410 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:47,440 Speaker 1: Affordable Care Act. Hey, let's talk some facts here. 411 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:51,760 Speaker 4: Why don't you say what the percentages of illegal aliens 412 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:55,480 Speaker 4: that are actually taking on Medicare or Medicaid and let 413 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:58,560 Speaker 4: people know that it's less than half of one percent, 414 00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:01,479 Speaker 4: and that way you can maybe be a little bit 415 00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:04,880 Speaker 4: honest and not like talking like some bull pull All. 416 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:07,560 Speaker 1: Right, First off, don't say bad words on the radio. 417 00:25:09,119 --> 00:25:12,199 Speaker 1: That's number one. Number two, how do you know how 418 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:15,600 Speaker 1: many illegal aliens they are? There are they're undocumented? Remember, 419 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:19,119 Speaker 1: so there is no number. Here's a number we do know. 420 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:27,480 Speaker 1: In California, nine billion dollars in medical went to people 421 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:33,000 Speaker 1: that were undocumented. Nine billion dollars. So there's a number. 422 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:36,119 Speaker 1: Is that one percent? Is that eight percent? Is that 423 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:38,119 Speaker 1: fifty percent? I don't know what percent it is. We 424 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:40,280 Speaker 1: have no way of knowing who is in the country 425 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:43,720 Speaker 1: without documentation. They're illegal. It's the nature of illegals. They're 426 00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:49,440 Speaker 1: not of papers. What is the acceptable number for the taxpayer. 427 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:53,840 Speaker 1: I love this argument, Lou. You know you're not being honest. 428 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:57,000 Speaker 1: It's less than a percent. What's the difference, I mean, 429 00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:02,439 Speaker 1: what percentage of health costs for illegals should I be 430 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:05,479 Speaker 1: paying for or any taxpayer be paying for. You are 431 00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:08,960 Speaker 1: not going to make me feel bad about illegals. Healthcare 432 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:14,160 Speaker 1: costs never gonna happen. You've called the wrong guy. You're 433 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:17,320 Speaker 1: actually you're actually pushing me back to where I want 434 00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:20,119 Speaker 1: to keep the government shut down. So has to not 435 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:24,560 Speaker 1: give the idea that we have a government shut down 436 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:28,679 Speaker 1: for thirty eight days and marines and sailors are training 437 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:32,760 Speaker 1: at Camp Pendleton without pay, and air traffic controllers have 438 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:35,439 Speaker 1: to use the only tool in their toolbox, which is 439 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:37,680 Speaker 1: to call in sick. By the way, when they call 440 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:41,520 Speaker 1: in sick and we reopen the government and they get 441 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:44,119 Speaker 1: packed back pay, they don't get back pay for the 442 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:47,080 Speaker 1: days they called in sick, but it's the only weapon 443 00:26:47,119 --> 00:26:51,400 Speaker 1: they have to say, Hey, we got you guys, gotta 444 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:55,960 Speaker 1: get this going here, we need our pay. Right. The 445 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,920 Speaker 1: fact that all of this is happening in my country, 446 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:03,000 Speaker 1: in a first world country that has to see flight 447 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:11,760 Speaker 1: delays over an argument about extending medical to illegals irritates me, 448 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:17,880 Speaker 1: and I think it irritates everybody else. So don't come 449 00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:21,560 Speaker 1: here and start talking about it's just a small number. 450 00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:23,720 Speaker 1: It's just a small number. Nine billion dollars is not 451 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:28,000 Speaker 1: a small number. There's other things to do with that number. 452 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:32,919 Speaker 1: And it's not our fault, like we have to be 453 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:36,119 Speaker 1: late for a flight or late to an event in 454 00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:39,760 Speaker 1: another city. We have to miss our flight or check 455 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:43,720 Speaker 1: our my flight aware app. Like I, why do we 456 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:51,840 Speaker 1: have to be impacted because illegals need our healthcare? It's 457 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:55,400 Speaker 1: just absolutely not right, and you're not gonna not gonna 458 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:57,720 Speaker 1: make me feel bad, So don't even try. Never gonna happen. 459 00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:01,760 Speaker 1: And that's why I said that. That's the I think 460 00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:06,120 Speaker 1: that's the perfect compromise. All right, fine, well, well we'll 461 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:11,560 Speaker 1: do a ninety day cr that includes eligibility for illegals 462 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:15,640 Speaker 1: for medicare, and at the same time, over the next 463 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:18,760 Speaker 1: ninety days, we're gonna double the ice raids in every 464 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:22,480 Speaker 1: major city. That because that will pencil out and it 465 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:26,240 Speaker 1: won't cost the tax bayer as much money because there'll 466 00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:30,000 Speaker 1: be fewer illegals. That's the the ultimate victory is to 467 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:35,080 Speaker 1: have democrats allow illegals eligible for Medicare and have no 468 00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:38,400 Speaker 1: illegals in the country. That to me is the sweet spot. 469 00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:38,840 Speaker 3: All right. 470 00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:41,479 Speaker 1: When we come back, Michael Monks from the KFI newsroom 471 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:45,720 Speaker 1: will join us. We have problems over at LAX and 472 00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:50,160 Speaker 1: more and more people are reporting just all kinds of 473 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:53,960 Speaker 1: problems at major airports because this changes reservations and it 474 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:58,680 Speaker 1: changes people's work schedules for the weekend. Many people we're 475 00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:01,840 Speaker 1: out of town. It's holiday on Tuesday, it's Veterans Day, 476 00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:05,440 Speaker 1: so some people were taking Monday off and now find 477 00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:08,720 Speaker 1: their entire plans all being messed up. It's a huge mess, 478 00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:10,360 Speaker 1: and we'll get the latest from Michael Monks in the 479 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:14,120 Speaker 1: KFI newsroom. 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