1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:05,000 Speaker 1: CBS re course. A CBS reporter says he spent four 2 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:09,400 Speaker 1: hours along the border with Mexico and did not see 3 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 1: a single migrant that's an illegal alien or asylum seeker 4 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 1: that's also an illegal alien. And he says, typically when 5 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:21,480 Speaker 1: we go to the US Mexico border, we see folks, 6 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:24,919 Speaker 1: at least few trying to come across the border. We 7 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:30,640 Speaker 1: didn't see a single migrant. Migrant means illegal alien, it's euphemism. 8 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:35,160 Speaker 1: This comes as the number show that February of this year, 9 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 1: illegal border crossings are the lowest in at least twenty 10 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 1: five years. That goes back to the last millennium. The 11 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 1: story from CBS News. 12 00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:53,159 Speaker 2: Just feet away from Mexico, our cameras captured a heavily 13 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 2: fortified a US border. 14 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 3: This has been known for so many years for. 15 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 1: The high level of Zamangolian activity. 16 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:04,320 Speaker 2: That has been true historically, but not anymore. 17 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 3: The activity is very slow. There's multiple factors attached to 18 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:12,679 Speaker 3: why we have seen a significant drop in apprehensions recently. 19 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 1: One of them, of course, as consequences. 20 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 2: And you believe that is due to new policies from Washington, DC. 21 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 1: It has a lot to do with that. 22 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:24,560 Speaker 2: It is quite here at the US Mexico border, where 23 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:27,679 Speaker 2: illegal crossings are down by more than ninety percent from 24 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:30,760 Speaker 2: the same time last year, we have seen border patrol agents, 25 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 2: soldiers and vehicles and barriers, but no migrants so far. 26 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:39,560 Speaker 2: President Trump has shut down the US asylum system, empowering 27 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:43,959 Speaker 2: officials to swiftly deport migrants without processing their claims. He 28 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 2: has also deployed thousands of troops to the border and 29 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:51,520 Speaker 2: test the military with deportations. It's a crackdown felt across 30 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 2: the border in Mexico. Whenas comeis Don Eduardo Melina and 31 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 2: his wife Johann Acurdez brought their children to this shelter 32 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 2: into Lahuatas fleeing the violence in southern Mexico. You slip here, okay? Yes, 33 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:09,120 Speaker 2: The young family says they've waited in the small room 34 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:11,919 Speaker 2: for six months for an appointment to enter the US, 35 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 2: but that application system was quickly terminated by the Trump administration. 36 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 2: You're saying you might have to go back to me 37 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:27,360 Speaker 2: chak on despite the violence. It's a devastating prospect for Cortez. 38 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 1: You left everything. 39 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 2: Would you want a different life for your children and 40 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:42,639 Speaker 2: now that dream is ending? But O passive border Patrol 41 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 2: Sector Chief Walter slows or says laws must be enforced. 42 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 2: We're going to make sure that we're securing the border, 43 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 2: and we're going to do so unapologetically. I understand that 44 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 2: people ended up in these areas, but we did not 45 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:59,960 Speaker 2: bring those individuals to this specific area. It's a stern mess. 46 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 2: The trumpettustration helps prompts migrants like the ones we met 47 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 2: to go back home. So you spent how long, you know, 48 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 2: going along the borders, and how different was this trip 49 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 2: versus pastor's single migrant or asylum seeker. And typically when 50 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 2: we go to the US Mexico border, we at least 51 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 2: see one group of people who are trying to cross 52 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:23,280 Speaker 2: into the US illegally. We did not see a single migrant. 53 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 2: We saw soldiers, border patrol agents and National Guard troops 54 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:29,920 Speaker 2: and vehicles and barriers, but no migrants that crackdown. 55 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:32,959 Speaker 1: The administration is crediting for these lower numbers that we're seeing. 56 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 2: How sustainable is that? And then how long would we 57 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 2: expect them to see these loan That really is the 58 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 2: million dollar question because historically in the springtime, as the 59 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 2: weather gets better, migration to the border is the Michael 60 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 2: Arry Show. 61 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's the one. 62 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 4: Yeah. 63 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 1: The CBS National reporting that the border crossings are down 64 00:03:57,320 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 1: well over ninety percent to a low of over twenty 65 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 1: five years. That goes back to the Clinton administration. That 66 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 1: goes back to a time when many of the people 67 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 1: now coming to this country, probably most of the people 68 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 1: now coming to this country were not even born yet. 69 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 1: So we know that the border protections are working. Meanwhile, 70 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:27,039 Speaker 1: ICE agents in the Houston area, according to click to 71 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 1: Houston KPRC two in Houston, ICE agents in the Houston 72 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 1: area say they arrested five hundred and forty three criminal 73 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 1: illegal aliens that means someone who does something in addition 74 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 1: to coming to this country illegally, along with seven gang 75 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 1: members between February twenty third and March second alone. What 76 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:55,040 Speaker 1: is that a little over a week. ICE Houston Field 77 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:59,600 Speaker 1: Office Director Brett Bradford says, quote after illegally entering the country, 78 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 1: many of the these criminal aliens have gone on to 79 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:08,799 Speaker 1: commit violent crime and reigns of terror on law abiding residents. 80 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 1: ICE and its partners executed seventy one criminal arrest warrants 81 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:18,119 Speaker 1: over that time period. Here's the breakdown. According to ICE, 82 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:22,839 Speaker 1: one hundred and forty criminal aliens charged or convicted of 83 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 1: an aggravated felony or other violent offense such as homicide, 84 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 1: aggravated assault, or domestic violence. Remember, the aggravating factor in 85 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 1: an aggravated assault is almost always a gun or at 86 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:41,919 Speaker 1: a minimum, a knife. So we're talking about situations that 87 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 1: could turn south really fast as an end of life. 88 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:51,479 Speaker 1: Thirty four criminal aliens charged or convicted of a sex 89 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 1: offense or child sex offense such as aggravated sexual assault 90 00:05:56,000 --> 00:06:00,280 Speaker 1: of a minor, possession of child pornography, or rape. Do 91 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:07,600 Speaker 1: you notice how many times illegal aliens are involved in 92 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 1: sexual offenses. It's almost as if there are certain cultures 93 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 1: around the world, countries that are incubating this sort of behavior. 94 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:26,800 Speaker 1: Cultural behaviors, the view of children as sex objects, for instance, 95 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:33,719 Speaker 1: the view of women as punching bags. Do you notice 96 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 1: how often you see drunk driving from illegal aliens. It's 97 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 1: almost as if it is viewed differently in other countries, 98 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 1: because it is when people come to this country, they 99 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:52,719 Speaker 1: bring the culture with them. And as President Trump has said, 100 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 1: and it's true, you're not getting their best. If fifty 101 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 1: percent of third world countries people drip men drive drunk 102 00:07:03,839 --> 00:07:06,360 Speaker 1: because it's always the men. If fifty percent of them 103 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 1: drive drunk, that's the ones you're getting. You're not getting 104 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 1: the best and brightest, the most self restrained, the most 105 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:20,440 Speaker 1: self disciplined, the most focused and ambitious. Thirty eight criminal 106 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 1: aliens convicted of illegal firearms offenses such as unlawful carrying 107 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 1: of a firearm, alien in possession of a firearm, and 108 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 1: aggravated assault with a firearm in a one week period. 109 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:38,480 Speaker 1: Thirty eight of them arrested for these crimes in Houston alone. 110 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:46,200 Speaker 1: So show me your story of the woman crying because 111 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:49,119 Speaker 1: she doesn't want to go back to Mitchulla Khan because 112 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:52,560 Speaker 1: it's dangerous there, And I'll show you stories that Mitchella 113 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:54,560 Speaker 1: Kan has come to Houston and I don't want it. 114 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 1: The problems she doesn't want to go back to have 115 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 1: been brought here. Fifty two criminal aliens charged or convicted 116 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 1: of illicit narcotics offenses such as drug trafficking or possession 117 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 1: of a controlled substance. Fifty one criminal aliens charged or 118 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:18,840 Speaker 1: convicted of property crimes such as burglary or theft. That's 119 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:25,119 Speaker 1: how many were caught. Mind you think about how many 120 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 1: people in the Greater Houston area alone woke up to 121 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:34,600 Speaker 1: their vehicle missing, woke up to their catalytic converter having 122 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:39,120 Speaker 1: been cut, came home from work their house having been 123 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 1: broken into. Think about how many of these crimes affect 124 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 1: our neighbors in one week? Remove the person removed hundreds, 125 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:56,360 Speaker 1: if not thousands of crimes. Ninety three criminal aliens charged 126 00:08:56,480 --> 00:09:02,679 Speaker 1: or convicted of driving while intoxicated always the case. Brett Bradford, 127 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:05,640 Speaker 1: who serves as the ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Houston 128 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:09,960 Speaker 1: Field Office Director, says, quote, in recent years, some of 129 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:15,920 Speaker 1: the world's most dangerous fugitives, transnational gang members, and criminal 130 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 1: aliens have taken advantage of the crisis at our nation's 131 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:23,680 Speaker 1: border at our nation's southern border to illegally enter the US. 132 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:28,960 Speaker 1: After illegally entering the country, many of these criminal aliens 133 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:33,000 Speaker 1: have gone on to commit violent crime and reign terror 134 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:40,960 Speaker 1: on law abiding residents. Make America great again means make 135 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:46,640 Speaker 1: America safe again. You should not need to fear for 136 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 1: your life because people from other countries are coming into 137 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:57,840 Speaker 1: your neighborhood, stealing what you have, raping your children, driving 138 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:01,319 Speaker 1: drunk on your roads, breaking in to your homes, are 139 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:05,840 Speaker 1: sticking you up at gunpoint. You should not have to 140 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:10,520 Speaker 1: deal with that, and the Trump approaches that you won't 141 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 1: because these people will be arrested and they'll be kicked 142 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:16,880 Speaker 1: out of the country. Once they're kicked out of the country, 143 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:17,960 Speaker 1: it's going to be a hell of a lot harder 144 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:22,720 Speaker 1: for them to get back here. Ice officials and border 145 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:25,960 Speaker 1: patrol will tell you that when you catch one of 146 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 1: these bad guys, the number of times they've been kicked 147 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:34,800 Speaker 1: out of the country shocking. They just they just can't 148 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:38,000 Speaker 1: get enough. It's like a magnetic pool. They just keep 149 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:40,880 Speaker 1: coming back in. So you've got to shut down the 150 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:43,320 Speaker 1: border and you've got to get them out of your country. 151 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:45,840 Speaker 1: And when you do both of those things, you're going 152 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:48,840 Speaker 1: to start seeing the crime rates drop. You're going to 153 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:53,360 Speaker 1: start seeing good things happen. You know, there are a 154 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 1: number of fields that Americans have either been, depending on 155 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:03,199 Speaker 1: your perspective, shut out from, or have not pursued however 156 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:07,240 Speaker 1: you want to approach that. I've had construction workers tell me, 157 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:11,120 Speaker 1: and particularly at the entry level and the trades, how 158 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:16,000 Speaker 1: difficult it is to get to work because there is 159 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:20,880 Speaker 1: a natural predisposition for hiring from a crew other folks 160 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:24,040 Speaker 1: who speak their language and their primary language is not English, 161 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 1: it's Spanish. I've heard difficulties of folks who try to 162 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:31,320 Speaker 1: get started as a laborer, who try to get started, 163 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:34,400 Speaker 1: who try to get hired on a job at a 164 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:39,080 Speaker 1: construction site, for instance. But I was reading about the 165 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:43,360 Speaker 1: the butcher business in Nebraska, massive business, the slaughterhouses, and 166 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:45,560 Speaker 1: folks that say if you speak English, you can't get hired. 167 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:46,560 Speaker 1: That shouldn't be happening. 168 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:50,959 Speaker 4: People sleep because. 169 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:57,719 Speaker 1: A woman by the name of Amber Laudermilk was a 170 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 1: Houston mortician. She was embalming a body when she learned 171 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:09,880 Speaker 1: that the man she was embalming was a sex offender, 172 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:15,600 Speaker 1: so she well Channel two with the story. 173 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:20,120 Speaker 5: The allegations here are rare and disturbing. This embalmer is 174 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 5: accused of stabbing this dead man twice in the groin area, 175 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:26,199 Speaker 5: then cutting off part of his private part and putting 176 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:29,720 Speaker 5: it in his mouth. Investigators say it all happened after 177 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:33,000 Speaker 5: she learned about his past at Memorial mortuary on the 178 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:36,720 Speaker 5: Southwest Side. It's a situation that no family would ever 179 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:38,480 Speaker 5: want to hear about their loved one. 180 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 3: This was a vicious, brutal attack of a corpse. The 181 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:45,720 Speaker 3: person's already dead. It's kind of shocking. 182 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 1: Even to me. 183 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 5: Licensed embalmer Amber Laughtermilk is accused of using a scalpel 184 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:52,560 Speaker 5: to twice stab a man in the groin after he 185 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:55,440 Speaker 5: died of pneumonia last month. She cut off his private part, 186 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 5: put it in his mouth, according to records, and told 187 00:12:57,920 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 5: a trainee who witnessed it, you didn't see anything. 188 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:04,840 Speaker 3: Two troubled lives co existed at the same time. But 189 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:10,199 Speaker 3: this person, clearly our suspect, clearly just went off the edge. 190 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:14,280 Speaker 5: Harris County Precinct one Constable Deputies investigated. They say employees 191 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:17,200 Speaker 5: were too scared to report her, who, according to records, 192 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:19,360 Speaker 5: cover the dead man up with a towel when a 193 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:23,120 Speaker 5: colleague noticed the disfigurement. While a motive isn't clear, records 194 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:25,880 Speaker 5: show mortuary staff had just learned the victim was a 195 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 5: registered sex offender. How important are ethics in this line 196 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:29,839 Speaker 5: of work? 197 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:34,000 Speaker 1: Ethics is everything in this line of work. 198 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:38,600 Speaker 5: Jason Altieri runs Southeast Texas crematory not connected to this case, 199 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:41,640 Speaker 5: admitting this could have been hard to predict. He says 200 00:13:41,679 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 5: families should be aware of where loved ones will be cremated, 201 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:48,040 Speaker 5: feel comfortable to ask questions, and be able to visit 202 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:49,199 Speaker 5: and see it in person. 203 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:53,439 Speaker 1: Whether we have, you know, a particular judgment one way 204 00:13:53,520 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 1: or the other, it doesn't matter. We're there for a 205 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:59,080 Speaker 1: family and we have to keep that in mind. 206 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:02,120 Speaker 5: Staff report of the case involving Watermilk to the Texas 207 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:05,839 Speaker 5: Funeral Service Commission. The executive director says it's the only 208 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:09,240 Speaker 5: criminal abuse of corpse case across the state in the 209 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:10,200 Speaker 5: last two years. 210 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:12,320 Speaker 1: Dealing with the loss of a loved one is in 211 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:16,319 Speaker 1: an incredibly difficult time, and there are predators who exploit 212 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:17,199 Speaker 1: this vulnerability. 213 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:21,480 Speaker 5: Family should proactively verify the credentials of funeral homes and directors, 214 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 5: he says, using the agency's licensed look up before putting 215 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:28,280 Speaker 5: someone to rest Latermilk has been a funeral director in 216 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 5: Texas since twenty twenty one, according to records. Now the 217 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:35,000 Speaker 5: state will seek to suspend and possibly revoke her license, and. 218 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 1: It makes us all look bad, and that's the sad 219 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:38,000 Speaker 1: thing about this. 220 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 5: Memorial Mortuary tells KPRC too Laughtermilk no longer works there, 221 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:44,920 Speaker 5: but declined to provide any additional detail, citing a personnel 222 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 5: matter and ongoing legal case. 223 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 1: I mean he was a sex offender, though I like 224 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:58,320 Speaker 1: the gap. Jim C. If you can cueue it up 225 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:02,880 Speaker 1: to the a guy with the crematorium commission or the 226 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:06,160 Speaker 1: mortician commission or whatever else where. He says, you know, 227 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:09,320 Speaker 1: you you should feel comfortable going and asking questions before 228 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:11,240 Speaker 1: you send your loved one there. How does that work? 229 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:19,040 Speaker 1: All right? Look, we're gonna trust you guys to to 230 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 1: embalm Bobby here, and we need you to know so 231 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 1: that you're not shocked. Bobby's a pedophile, okay, he's he's 232 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:35,480 Speaker 1: put his winner in some places, ought not to go 233 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:40,080 Speaker 1: and no, he didn't do his time, but he is. 234 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:41,800 Speaker 1: If you look him up on one of those you 235 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:44,840 Speaker 1: know pages, he can't go, you know, near a school 236 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:48,680 Speaker 1: or anything. We just want to know if we trust 237 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:54,360 Speaker 1: Bobby with you and uh, you know his you've got 238 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 1: chipmunk cheeks. We just want to make sure you don't, 239 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 1: you know, I mean, you know, cut his winner off 240 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:05,760 Speaker 1: and stuff in his mouth so that we show up 241 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:10,880 Speaker 1: to say goodbye for the final time. He's you know, 242 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:14,480 Speaker 1: he's got his junk in his mouth and it's been hacked. 243 00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:17,080 Speaker 1: He's missing the one thing he most enjoyed. We just 244 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:19,960 Speaker 1: want to make sure that y'all aren't one of those 245 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:26,000 Speaker 1: places that that you know, does those sorts of things. 246 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:30,840 Speaker 1: I find it interesting that the story has multiple references 247 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 1: to her stabbing him in the leg. I don't. I 248 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:39,160 Speaker 1: don't think the stabbing in the leg is the part 249 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:43,040 Speaker 1: that's important, because if you're going to focus on that, 250 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 1: then you're overlooking the fact that the body has to 251 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:50,320 Speaker 1: be stabbed in one way or another. It's a scalpel, 252 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:53,400 Speaker 1: it's not like it's a bowie knife. The body has 253 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:56,720 Speaker 1: to be there has to be a blade inserted to 254 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 1: drain the blood and do all those sorts of things. 255 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:04,080 Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's another to start with the stabbing 256 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:08,440 Speaker 1: of the leg to get access in and start carving up. 257 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:17,320 Speaker 1: That's the least of what should what should bother you? Yeah, 258 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:21,160 Speaker 1: I wonder if this woman, you know, the chances are 259 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:28,240 Speaker 1: she's probably a listener to our show. If she despises 260 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:37,439 Speaker 1: rapists and pedophiles to this extent, there's a pretty good 261 00:17:37,680 --> 00:17:42,840 Speaker 1: chance she's a listener to our show. Speaking of which, 262 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:46,159 Speaker 1: we did get the phone line situation fixed, so our 263 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:49,080 Speaker 1: phone lines are open seven one three nine one thousand, 264 00:17:50,119 --> 00:17:54,760 Speaker 1: seven one three nine one thousand. Now I know I'm 265 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:58,399 Speaker 1: not mad at Alan Rose. In the Constable, his job 266 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:04,320 Speaker 1: is to say hey, this is really bad. I'm appalled, 267 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:09,360 Speaker 1: this is nuts. You know, got the shaft. I mean, 268 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:11,840 Speaker 1: you know his job is to say that, right, you 269 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:14,760 Speaker 1: gotta have a certain number of people be serious. But 270 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 1: it's kind of like the dad that comes home. Remember 271 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:20,600 Speaker 1: the case couple of years ago. The dad comes home 272 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:24,119 Speaker 1: and his little boy's being raped by the guy next door, 273 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:28,120 Speaker 1: and he beats him and beats him, and he calls 274 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:30,560 Speaker 1: the cops and says, y'all better hurry because I'm gonna 275 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:32,880 Speaker 1: beat him till y'all get here. And they get there, 276 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:35,400 Speaker 1: and I mean he is pummeled. 277 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:37,199 Speaker 4: He is. 278 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 1: I mean, he looks like he had a baseball back 279 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:42,600 Speaker 1: to his head. And it's the dad's raging fists. Who 280 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:47,040 Speaker 1: doesn't identify with that? I mean, let's be honest. We 281 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 1: hate rapists and pedophiles. We do. And that's just that's 282 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:58,600 Speaker 1: a social phenomenon. And I'm not saying it's okay. I'm not. 283 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:03,200 Speaker 1: But this is a relatively young woman, thirty four years old. 284 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:08,399 Speaker 1: I would be interested to know what her mindset was 285 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:12,719 Speaker 1: when she saw that. And I will bet you, in 286 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:16,879 Speaker 1: a private booth with nobody looking, I'll bet you seventy 287 00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:19,520 Speaker 1: five percent of people would say, Oh, let her off 288 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:26,360 Speaker 1: this one time, just this one time. I think that's 289 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:26,640 Speaker 1: the break. 290 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:46,879 Speaker 4: Jim Lift last learn doing it big on the Michael 291 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:47,639 Speaker 4: Berry Show. 292 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:55,640 Speaker 1: For many years, I and my wife flew Southwest Airlines 293 00:19:55,880 --> 00:20:02,320 Speaker 1: and were the most loyal Southwest Airlines customers. My major 294 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:07,360 Speaker 1: credit card for years was a Southwest Airlines card because 295 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:12,920 Speaker 1: you got points to fly on Southwest Airlines. I had 296 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,680 Speaker 1: the back of the napkin. Remember when they I don't 297 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:17,880 Speaker 1: know if they still do have flown Southwest in a while, 298 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:20,560 Speaker 1: but remember on the back of the napkin that show 299 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 1: you all the places they flew. I could tell you 300 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:28,239 Speaker 1: if you wanted to get to a city where you 301 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:31,600 Speaker 1: wanted to be, how you had to get there because 302 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:34,600 Speaker 1: the Southwest Airlines model, and there's nothing wrong with that. 303 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:39,000 Speaker 1: There's fine dining and there's McDonald's. It's a price point issue. 304 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:46,600 Speaker 1: It's a value proposition. And they ran a no frills 305 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:55,040 Speaker 1: but very good airline on time performance, relatively short hops, 306 00:20:56,640 --> 00:21:02,080 Speaker 1: and great prices. And new things happened to Southwest Airlines. 307 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:09,920 Speaker 1: One is they were extraordinarily profitable, but they didn't reinvest. 308 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:15,879 Speaker 1: They showed amazing returns, but they were returns. It was 309 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:19,159 Speaker 1: as if you're not taking care of your house, and 310 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:27,719 Speaker 1: so they neglected the technology of the airline, and airlines 311 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:32,040 Speaker 1: are largely a technology company now or a technology business 312 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:37,160 Speaker 1: to keep up with the algorithm of all of these 313 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:41,680 Speaker 1: moving parts, the varying prices that your analysts and now 314 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:45,920 Speaker 1: AI have to use as it gets closer and closer 315 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:49,040 Speaker 1: to the time, because an empty seat is the most expensive, 316 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:58,679 Speaker 1: and staffing all of the crews, pilots and stewardesses. And 317 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:03,440 Speaker 1: I'm told for folks inside Southwest Airlines that what happened 318 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:05,840 Speaker 1: was when you a couple of years ago, I don't 319 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:07,640 Speaker 1: know how it's been maybe been five by now. It's 320 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:12,280 Speaker 1: amazing how fast time flies for me. But a few 321 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 1: years ago there was a situation where the Southwest Airlines 322 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:21,040 Speaker 1: it was this domino that began to fall and they couldn't. 323 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:25,000 Speaker 1: It just crumbled and they had thousands of people stranded. 324 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:30,280 Speaker 1: And my understanding from folks within Southwest Airlines is they 325 00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:32,679 Speaker 1: were literally having to pick up the phone and call 326 00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:37,960 Speaker 1: stewardesses Wendy, when did you last fly? When can you 327 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:41,400 Speaker 1: fly again? Can you do this? And now you're robbing 328 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:44,119 Speaker 1: Peter to pay Paul, you're pulling people off of flights 329 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 1: to get because now you've got people stranded, and so 330 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:49,760 Speaker 1: you got to get those people out of there because 331 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:52,040 Speaker 1: the clock is ticking for how long they've been stranded. 332 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:56,280 Speaker 1: But when you pull people off of flights to get 333 00:22:56,320 --> 00:22:59,119 Speaker 1: those out of there, you're in triage. Now you create 334 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:04,280 Speaker 1: new problems. We're here, and problems beget problems, and so 335 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:11,320 Speaker 1: this once great airline fell into disrepair, and that damages 336 00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:14,120 Speaker 1: your reputation. Nobody wants to be stuck at an airport. 337 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:20,360 Speaker 1: There are laws affecting airlines. They're called common carrier provisions, 338 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:23,760 Speaker 1: and they are held to a higher standard because if 339 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:26,320 Speaker 1: you go to a restaurant and you get halfway through 340 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:29,000 Speaker 1: your meal and they go, look, we don't have dessert today, 341 00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:31,040 Speaker 1: you don't have a case against them. You just might 342 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:34,560 Speaker 1: have a little bit of the red ass. But if 343 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:39,080 Speaker 1: an airline takes you somewhere and can't get you home 344 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:44,639 Speaker 1: and you're stuck, that becomes a much bigger problem. And 345 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:47,280 Speaker 1: so we have standards as to how they have to 346 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:51,160 Speaker 1: behave and conduct themselves and treat you in those situations. 347 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:53,919 Speaker 1: And as bad as it must seem it is, the 348 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:56,680 Speaker 1: idea is that there'll be some level of dignity. It's 349 00:23:56,680 --> 00:24:00,720 Speaker 1: also bad for overall airline travel for people to have 350 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:04,040 Speaker 1: these sorts of experiences, because you don't think how bad 351 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:07,520 Speaker 1: these experiences are until you the person stuck, and then 352 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:10,399 Speaker 1: you're not booking a flight anytime soon, and that starts 353 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:13,879 Speaker 1: becoming a huge problem. The other thing that happened in 354 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:20,160 Speaker 1: Southwest Airlines over that twenty year period is Southwest Airlines 355 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:25,040 Speaker 1: was the discount airline. Then all of a sudden you 356 00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:30,639 Speaker 1: started having these other discount airlines, Spirit, Jet Blue, there 357 00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:33,760 Speaker 1: are a number of them. And everybody laughs about Spirit 358 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:35,679 Speaker 1: because you can go online right now and there's some 359 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:40,840 Speaker 1: viral clip of two women fighting while some guy's just 360 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:42,760 Speaker 1: trying to get on his plane. I mean, it's bad, 361 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:47,720 Speaker 1: it's really really bad. But Southwest Airlines for a discount carrier, 362 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:50,520 Speaker 1: and I mean, I can't remember getting on the plane 363 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:53,680 Speaker 1: and the stewardess is cutting up and the pilot coming 364 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:57,880 Speaker 1: over the air and telling jokes, and I never flew United. 365 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:02,880 Speaker 1: United was why how would I pay more for something 366 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:07,480 Speaker 1: that may not necessarily be any better? Peanuts? I don't 367 00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:10,360 Speaker 1: mind peanuts. I'm going to eat at the airport anyway. 368 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:14,560 Speaker 1: I'm one of those weirdos that gets to the airport 369 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:18,760 Speaker 1: so early that the flight before my flight is leaving 370 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:24,119 Speaker 1: while I'm waiting, and that's usually a couple of hours, 371 00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:27,000 Speaker 1: because I don't want to risk TSA having a bad 372 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:29,840 Speaker 1: day and holding me up. I'm the guy that left 373 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:33,760 Speaker 1: a bullet one loan bullet in my bag a couple 374 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:37,359 Speaker 1: of years ago, so I know anything can happen, no 375 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:40,920 Speaker 1: matter how hard you scoured, anything can happen. That could 376 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:43,640 Speaker 1: be the day that, for whatever reason, half their crew 377 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:47,359 Speaker 1: didn't show up and you're running late. So those the 378 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:51,080 Speaker 1: discount carriers came in and now they started undercutting them. 379 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:54,640 Speaker 1: And this has been a problem with the airline industry 380 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:58,119 Speaker 1: for a long time. Profitability is a huge problem. I 381 00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:04,440 Speaker 1: saw that Delta is announcing some problems today. Southwest Airlines 382 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:08,440 Speaker 1: has announced that they will no longer offer two free 383 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:11,840 Speaker 1: check bags to all customers. Is that the end of 384 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:17,440 Speaker 1: the world. No, it's a pretty strong statement, that sort 385 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:19,600 Speaker 1: of thing for you to start having to tell people, 386 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:22,160 Speaker 1: you know who. I feel bad for the gate agents, 387 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:26,800 Speaker 1: the worker bees at that level. They don't make that 388 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:30,920 Speaker 1: much money and you're going to get people showing up hot. 389 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:35,880 Speaker 1: What do you mean I have to pay for check 390 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:39,200 Speaker 1: bags starting May twenty eight, so you get a little 391 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:44,040 Speaker 1: time only. Southwest Rapid Rewards A List Preferred members I 392 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:47,240 Speaker 1: guess as people who fly all the time and business 393 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:53,159 Speaker 1: Select Fair passengers will get two free check backs. The 394 00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:59,080 Speaker 1: A List members will get one free check bag. Rapid 395 00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:02,200 Speaker 1: Rewards Credit card members will get a credit for one 396 00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:06,200 Speaker 1: check bag. The thing about it is they're not really 397 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:09,000 Speaker 1: discouraging anybody from bringing a bag. You're going to bring 398 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:11,240 Speaker 1: the number of bags you're going to bring because you 399 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:14,239 Speaker 1: got to tote them around, But now that you have 400 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:18,080 Speaker 1: to pay for it, it's an additional revenue source, and 401 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:22,000 Speaker 1: that tells you that they're hurting. The move is part 402 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:25,399 Speaker 1: of a broader strategy to boost profitability and cater to 403 00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:29,240 Speaker 1: Southwest most loyal customers. Quote this is their CEO. We 404 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:34,080 Speaker 1: have tremendous opportunity to meet current and future customer needs, 405 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:38,520 Speaker 1: attract new customer segments we don't compete for today, and 406 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:41,280 Speaker 1: return to the levels of profitability that both we and 407 00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:45,840 Speaker 1: our shareholders expect. Tremendous opportunity to meet current and future 408 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:52,879 Speaker 1: customer needs. The customer that looks like they're going for 409 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:57,439 Speaker 1: because they're adjusting their loyalty program is the Business Select fairs, 410 00:27:57,680 --> 00:28:00,240 Speaker 1: so you will now get more points for them and 411 00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:03,760 Speaker 1: fewer points for the lower tier tickets. This is kind 412 00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:06,280 Speaker 1: of an admission to what everybody in the airline business knows. 413 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:10,520 Speaker 1: You don't want us, You don't want recreational travelers. You 414 00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:15,200 Speaker 1: can't pay the bills with that. We're sporadic, we're inconsistent, 415 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:19,639 Speaker 1: we're less loyal. You want those of you out there 416 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:22,720 Speaker 1: who have to fly twice a week on your job. 417 00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:24,400 Speaker 1: That's where they make their money and that's what they're 418 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:24,639 Speaker 1: going on.