1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,840 Speaker 1: It's a church shooting in Laguna Woods that has a 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:07,720 Speaker 1: lot of attention. One person was killed, several injured. We're 3 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:11,000 Speaker 1: gonna bring on Corbyn. Carson. There was a news conference 4 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 1: a few hours ago with an update on the shooting 5 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:17,279 Speaker 1: and everything else about the story. Corbyn. Yeah, quite a 6 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: few things going on here. I'll try to get to 7 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:22,040 Speaker 1: it all. There were dozens of people having a banquet 8 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 1: after morning services yesterday afternoon at Dneva Presbyterian Church. A 9 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:29,720 Speaker 1: man now identified as sixty eight year old David Cho 10 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 1: allegedly shot multiple people, killing one person and five others. 11 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 1: Chow immigrated from China years ago. The shooting is being 12 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:40,519 Speaker 1: called an isolated incident and that show allegedly targeted the 13 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:44,600 Speaker 1: mostly Taiwanese church because of tensions going on between China 14 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:47,400 Speaker 1: and Taiwan. Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes says currently the 15 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 1: evidence shows the guy drove up from his home in 16 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 1: Las Vegas on Saturday. He doesn't appear to know anyone 17 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:55,520 Speaker 1: at the church. He snuck in. Chow that has snuck 18 00:00:55,520 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 1: in and locked several doors either with chainsgloo or nails. 19 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 1: There were explosive devices or molotov cocktails found around the church. 20 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 1: Barnes says, the guy started shooting, and it would have 21 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 1: been far worse if it hadn't been for the actions 22 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 1: of the only person killed, a doctor named John Chang, 23 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:20,039 Speaker 1: doctor Cheng fifty two of Luguna Niguel, took heroic actions 24 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 1: that day. In fact, I want to pause and just 25 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:25,560 Speaker 1: tell you that doctor Chang is a hero. Based on 26 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:28,760 Speaker 1: statements from the witnesses and corroborated by other means, it 27 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 1: is known that doctor Chang charged the individual. The suspect 28 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:38,040 Speaker 1: attempted to disarm him, which allowed other parishioners to then intercede, 29 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:42,320 Speaker 1: taking the suspect into custody. Without the actions of doctor Chang, 30 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: it is no doubt that there would be numerous additional 31 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 1: victims in this crime. That group ended up tying the 32 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 1: guy up with an extension cord until cops showed up. 33 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 1: Chose expected to be charged tomorrow with one count of murder, 34 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 1: five counts of attempted murder, and a slew of sentencing enhancements, 35 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 1: including lying in way. Feds are also looking into hate 36 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: crime charges related to the shooting. Chose being held on 37 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 1: one million dollars bail. Do we know if he has 38 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:12,920 Speaker 1: an online president so manifesto, Yeah, but his specific issues 39 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:16,240 Speaker 1: are about the China Taiwan. Yeah, you know, a lot 40 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:19,239 Speaker 1: of that is still under investigation. We did not we 41 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 1: did ask about if he had a online manifesto or 42 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:25,080 Speaker 1: anything like that. There was a note found in his 43 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 1: car that indicated his animosity towards Taiwan, and there were 44 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 1: some indications that Cho's family was forced to move from 45 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:35,680 Speaker 1: China to Taiwan. But we did ask Barnes about that, 46 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:37,960 Speaker 1: and he said, the evidence shows that the shooting was 47 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 1: politically motivated. As we talked about, here's more on that 48 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 1: motive and why this particular church was chosen. We can 49 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 1: tell you that from a national framework, the Taiwanese Presbyterian 50 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 1: is not a large congregant location, and this if you 51 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 1: look at proximitated Vegas, this may have just been the 52 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 1: closest in proximity based on the target of his hatred. 53 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: I believe his hatred of Taiwan manifested when he was 54 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 1: residing there in previous years, possibly in his youth. He 55 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 1: was not well received and that's manifested into this hatred 56 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:14,720 Speaker 1: and then's combined with the political environment of his hatred 57 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 1: of Taiwana's people between the China and Taiwan tensions that 58 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 1: are currently occurring. So it sounds like he was treated 59 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:24,520 Speaker 1: poorly as an outsider over the years. At least that's 60 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:28,359 Speaker 1: where they are with the investigation at this point. And 61 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 1: what do we know about the other victims who were shot? 62 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: What's their conditions? How are they doing? Yeah, so the 63 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 1: other people are all expected to be okay. Four of 64 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 1: them were in critical condition, but they are expected to survive. 65 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 1: One of the people was had minor injuries. That person 66 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 1: is expected to be okay. We also found out a 67 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 1: little bit about the weapons, which is always a big 68 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 1: thing after shootings like this. We always hear from people 69 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 1: that you know, this is they're going to be gun controllers. 70 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 1: They're not going to be gun control. And so the 71 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: ATF was there. They they put what's called an emergency 72 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 1: rush on that on the weapons to try to figure 73 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 1: out where they came from. And we heard from ATF 74 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 1: Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Stephen Galloway, who gave us 75 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 1: the results of those of that special trace. The urgent 76 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:19,359 Speaker 1: firearm traces have been completed, and those traces show that 77 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 1: the suspect lawfully purchased the firearms in Las Vegas, Divada. 78 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 1: Both firearms were commercially made nine millimeter caliber semi automatic pistols. 79 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:35,480 Speaker 1: One firearm was purchased by the suspect in twenty fifteen, 80 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 1: while the other firearm was purchased by the suspect in 81 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:41,599 Speaker 1: twenty seventeen. And you know, this guy was working in 82 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 1: Las Vegas as a security guard and that's what the 83 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:46,680 Speaker 1: weapons are tied to. But look, the biggest kind of 84 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 1: takeaway from this story, other than the motive that is 85 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:52,599 Speaker 1: going currently, is this doctor who was the one killed. 86 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 1: I mean, most of the people that were shot were 87 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 1: ages from sixty six to ninety two years old. This 88 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 1: doctor was fifty two. He's looking around around, this is 89 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 1: what the sheriff is saying, and there's you know, seniors here. 90 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 1: One person was saying that they left their walker, they 91 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:07,840 Speaker 1: left their cane to try to get out of here. 92 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 1: And here's this younger man who's like, look, I gotta 93 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:13,039 Speaker 1: do something and rush this shooter. You know, in this 94 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:16,679 Speaker 1: what is being described as an exclusive community for people 95 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:19,039 Speaker 1: fifty five and older. And he is the reason the 96 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 1: sheriff said that dozens of people may have more may 97 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 1: have been killed by this shooter based on the way 98 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,839 Speaker 1: he was prepared with the explosives and extra ammo around 99 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 1: the room. And he didn't just barge in there and 100 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:32,560 Speaker 1: begin shooting. He was mingling around a bit. Why isn't 101 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 1: he From what I understand you were saying, they talked 102 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 1: to him and he said, well, I'd come to this 103 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 1: church before, but not recently, and blah blah blah. Right, right, yeah, 104 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:41,600 Speaker 1: they had asked him what he was doing because he 105 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:44,600 Speaker 1: came in first, at least, this is what investigators are 106 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 1: telling us, and he was locking the doors, either with 107 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:49,280 Speaker 1: the chains or the superglue and whatnot, and people would 108 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 1: be like, what are you doing here? And then this 109 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:54,280 Speaker 1: was supposed to be an event celebrating the return of 110 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:57,160 Speaker 1: the pastor of the church. There was like pictures going on, 111 00:05:57,240 --> 00:06:00,200 Speaker 1: and people were in that celebratory function and they were 112 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 1: asking him what he was doing, and he was being nice, 113 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:04,800 Speaker 1: and then that's when the shooting started. Do you know 114 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 1: if they noticed him actually locking the chains and using 115 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 1: the super Bowl glue? Did they see that where he 116 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:14,040 Speaker 1: opened fire? Right? I have not seen any reports on that. 117 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:17,080 Speaker 1: I mean, you got to challenge that right up front, right, 118 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:20,600 Speaker 1: But I'm what do you yeah, what are you doing? 119 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 1: May have been after you know, if someone turns around 120 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 1: doing something suspicious and hey, how's it going, what do 121 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:26,800 Speaker 1: you need or that sort of thing, So that might 122 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:29,039 Speaker 1: have been why they started asking what he was doing there. 123 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 1: But we also found out that other than that, he 124 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:34,000 Speaker 1: didn't look too much out of place. Is what the 125 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:37,039 Speaker 1: Sheriff's department is saying, that there wasn't a whole bunch 126 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:39,719 Speaker 1: of locks and what did he have his guns in 127 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:41,400 Speaker 1: a bag? Where are his guns? I mean, how did 128 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:42,840 Speaker 1: he not look out a place when he came. Well, 129 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:46,279 Speaker 1: they they did have bags placed. He did have bags 130 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:48,920 Speaker 1: placed around the room, whether or not he had those 131 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 1: on them concealed, we did see some reports saying that 132 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 1: he had them concealed at the time. And we're just 133 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:55,479 Speaker 1: talking about a couple of handguns here, so it's not 134 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:57,560 Speaker 1: like he needed a trench code to hide you know, 135 00:06:57,640 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 1: longer rifles or anything like that. But he had to 136 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 1: do with research because they didn't know him and they 137 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:04,559 Speaker 1: had never seen him before. But he had to figure 138 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 1: out what time they were meeting so he could figure 139 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 1: out when to start shooting, I guess, and to find 140 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 1: a population of what he would apparently was targeting, which 141 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 1: was Taiwanese people, So he had to know all of 142 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 1: those things. And what's interesting is this is a large 143 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 1: portion of this congregation is next door at another church 144 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 1: and they just share this room with the Geneva church 145 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:29,160 Speaker 1: next door, so he would have had to have known 146 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 1: that as well. All right, Corbyn, thank you very much 147 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:34,760 Speaker 1: at an update. Appreciate it much. Appreciate it, guys, Corbyn. 148 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:37,440 Speaker 1: Carson Kofi News covering the shooting at the church and 149 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:39,640 Speaker 1: Laguna Woods. Yeah, what they do is they rent out 150 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 1: the church, this Geneva Presbyterian Church. Other congregations can rent 151 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 1: it out to have their services. There's only one hundred 152 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:49,920 Speaker 1: or so members of what he has named the Irvine 153 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 1: Taiwanese Presbyterian Church, and most of them, and you can 154 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:56,520 Speaker 1: see by the ages of the people that were wounded, 155 00:07:56,800 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 1: are senior citizens. That's why this younger man, this doctor knew, well, 156 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 1: they're not going to be able to do much to 157 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:04,800 Speaker 1: stop this guy. I gotta do something and he gave 158 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 1: his life to do it. And they worship in their 159 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:11,320 Speaker 1: native language, which is not Mandarin Chinese, but the Taiwanese 160 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:17,280 Speaker 1: to dialect that they have there. But yeah, I'm thinking 161 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 1: because maybe he did like a Google search and he 162 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:25,560 Speaker 1: couldn't find a specific Taiwanese religious gathering place close to 163 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 1: him in Vegas. I don't know. He drives all the 164 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 1: way to or Irvine, or rather to Laguna Woods to 165 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 1: single out these people meeting in the Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian 166 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 1: Church which started in nineteen ninety four. But yeah, the 167 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 1: injured people were sixty six, ninety two, eighty two, seventy five, 168 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:47,720 Speaker 1: and there was one woman eighty six who got injured. 169 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:52,680 Speaker 1: That's just really yeah, yeah, I know, to shoot down 170 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:58,079 Speaker 1: a bunch of elderly people, well just because they Taiwanese. 171 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:02,120 Speaker 1: And yeah, another guy you know, you know, we think 172 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 1: these uh, these murders are just you know, young guys 173 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:11,480 Speaker 1: in their teens and twenties marinating their parents' bedrooms or basements. 174 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:15,200 Speaker 1: But now you have this old guy or older guy 175 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:19,079 Speaker 1: sitting in Las Vegas and the guy, the famous Las 176 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:22,080 Speaker 1: Vegas shooter from a few years ago attack that music festival. 177 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:25,640 Speaker 1: He was older too, and he was he was in 178 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 1: his fifties, are right. They never even figured out what 179 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:30,760 Speaker 1: he was upset over. Yeah, that never got any Now. 180 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:33,040 Speaker 1: The only thing we could figure out is he wanted 181 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:35,760 Speaker 1: to does his father commit some sort of he wanted 182 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 1: to do, like would be the biggest mash shooter in 183 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:40,680 Speaker 1: history or something, is what people thought. Yeah, his father 184 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:43,960 Speaker 1: was a bad guy too. But coming up after the 185 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:46,199 Speaker 1: news at four thirty, we will do the story. We're 186 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:47,679 Speaker 1: gonna get to you last hour. But there was a 187 00:09:47,679 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 1: couple of stories about the Buffalo mash shooting. They've just 188 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:53,400 Speaker 1: got our attention. But that's the announcement by Dippity Duke. 189 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:56,280 Speaker 1: Governor knew that the surplus is now nearing one hundred 190 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:59,560 Speaker 1: billion dollars. You know, the budget was one hundred billion dollars. 191 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:02,079 Speaker 1: It seems not that many years ago the entire budget 192 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:08,160 Speaker 1: the surplus the budget is now. But anyway, a little 193 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:10,320 Speaker 1: strange thing. And they're still having this back and forth 194 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 1: about how to give people relief from the high gas prices. 195 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:19,359 Speaker 1: We'll get into all that after four thirty. This is interesting. 196 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:23,200 Speaker 1: You saw this story today about the coronavirus. Here's what 197 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:25,720 Speaker 1: you need to know. It's looking more and more like 198 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 1: the coronavirus is not like the flu. It's like the 199 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:33,920 Speaker 1: common cold. This idea that they thought originally that we're 200 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:36,640 Speaker 1: gonna have flu season, the way. You know, every September 201 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 1: or October people get the annual flu shot and then 202 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 1: we have the flu season from ben until the spring. No, 203 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 1: it looks like coronavirus is going to act like a 204 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 1: cold and it can be year round. And sorry to say, 205 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:54,360 Speaker 1: if you can get it many times over it right? Yeah, 206 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:55,840 Speaker 1: you know how you go? Wait a minute, I thought 207 00:10:55,840 --> 00:11:00,920 Speaker 1: we got some immunity. What happened here? John? They didn't 208 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:03,200 Speaker 1: know what they were talking about again, Huh. All the 209 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:07,240 Speaker 1: government experts, all the medical experts, and all the what 210 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:11,840 Speaker 1: do you call these people? The theists? Yeah, they were 211 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:16,200 Speaker 1: the most fearful, the Fauci's, the doctor the doctor Ferrer's 212 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:19,480 Speaker 1: of the world, whether plaining it's mutations, it's becoming more 213 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:23,440 Speaker 1: adept at reinfecting people with the mutations. Well, yeah, that's 214 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:26,640 Speaker 1: the BA two, the BA twelve point one. I all 215 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:29,240 Speaker 1: these things, and then why why did you say, you 216 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:31,920 Speaker 1: know we're gonna pull out of this. It only happened, 217 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:35,320 Speaker 1: you know, like flu season. It's just everything that they've 218 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:38,559 Speaker 1: been wrong about every Yeah they will, they don't because 219 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:42,440 Speaker 1: which is fine. This is a difficult business to be in. 220 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:46,480 Speaker 1: You've got a new infection. I've ever been seen before 221 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:49,640 Speaker 1: the human body has never experienced before. Just say up front, 222 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:54,160 Speaker 1: we don't know. Just stop with your absolute assurances. This 223 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:56,840 Speaker 1: is the way we've seen now that the states that 224 00:11:56,920 --> 00:12:01,680 Speaker 1: did not have strict lockdowns strict asking rules didn't do 225 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:05,200 Speaker 1: much different than states that were very locked down with 226 00:12:05,559 --> 00:12:09,160 Speaker 1: strict mass mandates. Just admit, we don't know what works. 227 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:11,320 Speaker 1: We doesn't we we're up in the air here. Do 228 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:14,720 Speaker 1: the best you can. Stop closing things, stop locking it down, 229 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:17,559 Speaker 1: stop forcing us, you know, I mean, don't you feel 230 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:19,520 Speaker 1: like in a way now I'm starting to feel like, 231 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:22,760 Speaker 1: you know what, I was a guinea pig. I took 232 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 1: the vaccine. I'm glad I did, But if you look 233 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 1: at it coldly, it's like geez, I was pretty coerced 234 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:33,320 Speaker 1: into taking the vaccine, especially those who couldn't work unless 235 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:36,319 Speaker 1: they got the vaccine. And now albody's arguing that the 236 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 1: vaccine it's not going to stop you from being infected, 237 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:40,719 Speaker 1: but it's probably going to make the illness a lot 238 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:43,040 Speaker 1: less significant. Right, isn't that the idea because it keeps 239 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:46,440 Speaker 1: the virus from getting into a high replication mode. Right? 240 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:49,320 Speaker 1: But what was the rationale for being forced to take 241 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 1: the vaccine? Forced Okay. The rationale was that you had 242 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:56,080 Speaker 1: to take it because you might infect other people. Well, 243 00:12:56,120 --> 00:12:59,560 Speaker 1: it turns out that you're going to infect other people anyway, 244 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 1: and you're going to get infected. So they did experiment 245 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:06,679 Speaker 1: on us, and then a year later found out it's like, wow, 246 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:08,839 Speaker 1: what we said really didn't turn out to be true. 247 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:10,400 Speaker 1: You are going to get it and you are going 248 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:12,360 Speaker 1: to spread it. It's like, well, maybe this won't turn 249 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:14,760 Speaker 1: out to be true either, right, because we're still only 250 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:16,839 Speaker 1: two years into this, maybe ten years from that we'll 251 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 1: really know that. It says here the omicron variant and 252 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:26,720 Speaker 1: its descendants have been evolving to partially dodge immunity, and 253 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:30,200 Speaker 1: there is one expert of virologist at the Script's Research 254 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:34,079 Speaker 1: Institute of Christine Anderson, who says, I'd be very surprised 255 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:36,640 Speaker 1: if we manage it the way we manage it now, 256 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 1: then most people get infected with it at least a 257 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:43,520 Speaker 1: couple of times a year, great, a couple of times 258 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:46,080 Speaker 1: a year now now mild cases for the most part. 259 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:48,240 Speaker 1: Exact this is gonna be this is gonna be a 260 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:50,960 Speaker 1: pain in the ass. And again that's why the vaccine's 261 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:53,280 Speaker 1: a good idea, because they will be milder cases. I 262 00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 1: think without it you'll probably run a bigger risk. You 263 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:59,120 Speaker 1: have any AMMA variants there are, there's not only the 264 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:04,760 Speaker 1: original Alma Crown, which was a variant off of delta. 265 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:07,719 Speaker 1: Original virus Delta. Yeah, the original virus to have a name. 266 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:10,640 Speaker 1: I forget did they call it anything or it was 267 00:14:10,679 --> 00:14:14,480 Speaker 1: just the was COVID nineteen, COVID nineteen, right, omicron variant. 268 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:18,439 Speaker 1: Now there's BA two B A two point one two 269 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:22,480 Speaker 1: one B A point four BA point five. They just 270 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:26,520 Speaker 1: founded South Africa, and people may have three or four 271 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:31,720 Speaker 1: infections even within this year. You might get symptoms that 272 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:40,440 Speaker 1: persist for months or years. Wow, it's the dreaded long COVID. Yeah, 273 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:43,160 Speaker 1: uh but yeah. According to the scientists in this article 274 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 1: in the New York Times, the omicron variant was different 275 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:49,400 Speaker 1: enough from Delta and Delta from earlier versions of the virus, 276 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:53,080 Speaker 1: some reinfections were to be expected. But now omicron seems 277 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:56,680 Speaker 1: to be evolving new forms that penetrate immune defenses with 278 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:59,800 Speaker 1: relatively few changes to its jeta code. Yeah, whether you've 279 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:04,280 Speaker 1: had COVID before, whether you've had the vaccinations, it's still 280 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:07,880 Speaker 1: getting through. Yeah, mild sickness, but you might get three 281 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:12,080 Speaker 1: or four of these, right, so this is a few 282 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:15,240 Speaker 1: they are they are they working on an update to 283 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 1: the vaccine, Oh, to battle these variants or a fighting community. Yeah, 284 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:24,760 Speaker 1: or and what it matter if they did, it might not. 285 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:28,560 Speaker 1: The virus is always ahead of us. Yeah, alright, Well 286 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:33,240 Speaker 1: we're doomed, all right. When we returned, when we returned, 287 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:39,000 Speaker 1: ninety seven billion dollars. That's the estimate for the California 288 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:42,600 Speaker 1: States surplus for the fiscal year which ends next month. 289 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:45,800 Speaker 1: We'll give you the update. Oh, we should probably share this. 290 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:51,360 Speaker 1: Guests who put out their voter guide and every time 291 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 1: I ask this, all right, I'll say it's a politician. 292 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:57,080 Speaker 1: All I have to say is the worst ever and 293 00:15:57,080 --> 00:16:01,720 Speaker 1: you get it, the worst ever ever on the show, ever, 294 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:08,480 Speaker 1: the worst politician ever ever on the show. Correct, you 295 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:09,920 Speaker 1: mean as a guest on the show or that we 296 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:13,840 Speaker 1: talk No, the worst that we talk about bonnet. Correct. 297 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:16,760 Speaker 1: He put out a voter guide, So would you have 298 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:20,760 Speaker 1: to do is flip it? Right? Oh, there's no as 299 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:26,160 Speaker 1: a bonus he put judges down to Oh, oh that's 300 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:28,920 Speaker 1: a great way we should put a little notation. Yeah, 301 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:31,240 Speaker 1: I'm gonna send this to race. Since so many people 302 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:35,840 Speaker 1: ask us about what judges to pick, will say, just 303 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:40,320 Speaker 1: look at Mike Bonne's recommendations and pick the other person. Yes, 304 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:44,920 Speaker 1: any other person. Yep. I'm offering recommendations for some of 305 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:47,480 Speaker 1: the open or competitive seats that includes neighborhoods in the 306 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:51,960 Speaker 1: eleventh district. You can check them out below. I never 307 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 1: thought Karen Bass for mayor, so of course he wants 308 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:59,920 Speaker 1: Gavin Newsom. He wants this replacement in his own council 309 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:02,080 Speaker 1: seat to be Aaron Darling, who I found out as 310 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 1: a man I would stay away. Uh yeah, no, he 311 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:09,200 Speaker 1: Actually I've found an article on him a while back. 312 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:12,640 Speaker 1: He got a knob slobber piece I think from LA 313 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:16,040 Speaker 1: magazine and I saved it for a while, but it's 314 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:19,960 Speaker 1: worth it's worth reading. He is so over the top, 315 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:23,359 Speaker 1: woke progressive. I mean, oh it was. It was just 316 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:26,199 Speaker 1: gonna be the new pain in the side here. It was. 317 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:30,159 Speaker 1: It was vomit inducing. Maybe he's not as obnoxious as bonding, 318 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 1: but well, you know, yeah, but he's picking somebody named 319 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:36,040 Speaker 1: Eric Strong for sheriff. You don't want to do that either, 320 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:43,159 Speaker 1: to replace the demogogue alex Via Nueva demogogue. You mean 321 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:46,000 Speaker 1: the guy who cleaned up Venice Beach and you took 322 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:50,200 Speaker 1: credit for it. That guy, And for the Sheila Kuel 323 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:54,439 Speaker 1: supervisor seat. Somebody named Lindsay Horvath is probably who not 324 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:57,520 Speaker 1: to vote for. Yeah, well because Sheiwood City council member, 325 00:17:57,600 --> 00:18:01,840 Speaker 1: Lindsay Horvat. Yeah, that's who Sheila Kuel wants to that is. 326 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:06,920 Speaker 1: But there's Hertzburg too, right, Yeah, yeah, it's it's it's 327 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:10,359 Speaker 1: bad news all around. There's probably not a good choice 328 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:13,240 Speaker 1: that that is a foul smelling race. Oh, I think 329 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 1: there's somebody else too. There's a third major choice. There 330 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:18,240 Speaker 1: is somebody else running, and that's probably who you'll have 331 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:21,400 Speaker 1: to go. I'll have to look it up in my ballots. 332 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:25,320 Speaker 1: The news came out Friday, and it was jaw dropping. 333 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:29,240 Speaker 1: The last time we talked about the state's anticipated surplus, 334 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:32,200 Speaker 1: it was sixty eight billion. Now it's ninety seven and 335 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:35,480 Speaker 1: a half billion dollars in surplus, ninety seven and a 336 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:39,479 Speaker 1: half billion. The budget itself is over three hundred billion. 337 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:41,960 Speaker 1: I remember doing this show an instant like that long 338 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:44,960 Speaker 1: ago when we crossed one hundred billion. I thought that 339 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:48,080 Speaker 1: was a pretty high. Well, yeah, you know, it was 340 00:18:48,119 --> 00:18:51,679 Speaker 1: probably ten years. Populations dropping no, no, no, no, you 341 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:53,600 Speaker 1: know what, And that's a huge scandal. And what I 342 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:55,879 Speaker 1: noticed in all the stories about how big the budget 343 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:59,480 Speaker 1: is and how big the surplus is, what you don't 344 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:02,600 Speaker 1: get any one explaining is where is it going? What 345 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:05,960 Speaker 1: are they spending it on? Because I know, I know 346 00:19:06,119 --> 00:19:09,200 Speaker 1: during the Schwarzenegger years when they had the huge shortfall, 347 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:14,000 Speaker 1: remember yes, that was well below a hundred billion the 348 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:18,399 Speaker 1: total budget, Yes, the short I could probably look it 349 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:21,440 Speaker 1: up and find out that the total budget. So Hadwartzenegger 350 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:25,800 Speaker 1: was governor until twenty ten, it's not that long ago. Yeah, 351 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,960 Speaker 1: so what an hour of three hundred billion? Did you 352 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:32,680 Speaker 1: see the relic with the El Segundo Times. George Skelton 353 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:35,560 Speaker 1: was around in nineteen sixty three when the budget was 354 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:38,520 Speaker 1: three billion. He was covering that, he was covering it. 355 00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:42,200 Speaker 1: I looked that up. Let's do the math. How old? 356 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:43,959 Speaker 1: How old could have you been as a reporter then? 357 00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:47,440 Speaker 1: In his twenties? Yeah, he had to be at least 358 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:50,000 Speaker 1: out of college twenty two, right, so he probably is 359 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 1: eighty years older. Yeah, yeah, all right, but it's three 360 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:57,640 Speaker 1: billion in nineteen sixty three, it's now they have three 361 00:19:57,720 --> 00:20:02,240 Speaker 1: hundred billion available, one hund at times larger. And I 362 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:06,159 Speaker 1: know one third of that is a surplus and you 363 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 1: have to adjust for inflation, but oh my god, what 364 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:13,879 Speaker 1: the hell are they funding? What are they spending it on? 365 00:20:15,119 --> 00:20:17,640 Speaker 1: But they still end up with the surplus, which wants 366 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:19,880 Speaker 1: to they want to spend more. And here's my warning, 367 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:23,600 Speaker 1: this isn't going to last. In fact, if you've looked 368 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:26,040 Speaker 1: at the markets for this year, remember this is for 369 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:29,119 Speaker 1: the fiscal year ending June thirty, and these are people 370 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 1: playing taxes from twenty twenty one. That was a good 371 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:35,400 Speaker 1: year for the markets. It's not going so well this year. 372 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:38,960 Speaker 1: If anything, I'm pretty sure the markets are down for 373 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:42,159 Speaker 1: the first three to four months. So they're not going 374 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:44,840 Speaker 1: to see this kind of surplus next year. Now, god 375 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:47,000 Speaker 1: knows if things really tank. And they're talking now about 376 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:50,920 Speaker 1: a recession. And the tech stocks, which is what California 377 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:55,160 Speaker 1: relies on for a lot of its tax wealth, right yeah, 378 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:57,960 Speaker 1: and the tech stocks they've been hit with twenty thirty 379 00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:03,040 Speaker 1: fifty percent losses. It's it's been a major crash. Oh yeah, 380 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:05,000 Speaker 1: you'll see in about six months they'll be like, oh, 381 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:07,320 Speaker 1: not as much. Not much money's coming in because people 382 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:11,400 Speaker 1: do have to, you know, deposit taxes and stuff. But 383 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:12,800 Speaker 1: by the end of the year and next year, I 384 00:21:12,840 --> 00:21:16,240 Speaker 1: wouldn't be surprised if there's nowhere near this amount of 385 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:18,200 Speaker 1: money coming in and they have to kind of think 386 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:20,600 Speaker 1: about that instead of deciding how they can spend all 387 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:24,440 Speaker 1: this NEWSOM has pitched the idea. They're calling it inflation 388 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:29,880 Speaker 1: relief checks four hundred dollars to all registered vehicle car 389 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:34,240 Speaker 1: owners in the state. Well. I heard this story Friday, 390 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 1: I thought, Oh, that's just what we need during this crazy, 391 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:39,520 Speaker 1: out of control inflation. Just give people more money so 392 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:41,359 Speaker 1: they can chase more goods that we don't have and 393 00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:44,880 Speaker 1: raise prices even more. What they just lower the gas 394 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:48,040 Speaker 1: tax for the next year. That's all. Yeah, that's what 395 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:51,120 Speaker 1: the Republicans want, because you're right if you everybody likes 396 00:21:51,119 --> 00:21:55,320 Speaker 1: the idea of a rebate. But that will give people 397 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:57,959 Speaker 1: more money to spend, which will drive up inflation because 398 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:00,399 Speaker 1: there is not a supply of goods to match the 399 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:03,480 Speaker 1: amount of money that's slashing around right now. No, it hasn't. 400 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 1: But lowering the price of gas would make a big 401 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:11,280 Speaker 1: difference in the future, and it would actually help. That 402 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:15,359 Speaker 1: would help to counter inflation because so much of the 403 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:20,520 Speaker 1: transportation cost for goods is reflected in the huge increase 404 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:23,040 Speaker 1: in the price of gas. So if it costs less 405 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:26,080 Speaker 1: to transport the goods within California, you would see a 406 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:30,480 Speaker 1: little bit of price relief and a lot of categories right. 407 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:34,480 Speaker 1: The California Department of Finance says they project inflation for 408 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:37,320 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty two fiscal year will be seven point 409 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:41,360 Speaker 1: six percent higher than the year before. Oh that's nice. 410 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 1: So that's not going to help if you're handing out 411 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:47,960 Speaker 1: more money to people. Although you know if they got 412 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:52,399 Speaker 1: ninety five billion dollars in surplus, well that's tax money 413 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:55,280 Speaker 1: you confiscated from us. People should get it back. It 414 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:58,480 Speaker 1: should be theirs. But we won't get all of it back. 415 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:02,920 Speaker 1: He'll just be looking for ways to And the problem 416 00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:06,040 Speaker 1: is if they start setting up new programs, if they 417 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:09,320 Speaker 1: start locking us into permitent spending, and then we hit 418 00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:11,720 Speaker 1: a wall again with the economy and the stock market 419 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:14,160 Speaker 1: will be like we were with Schwartzneakers you just mentioned. 420 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:17,080 Speaker 1: There'll be a massive deficit that they'll be screaming about 421 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:18,960 Speaker 1: and they'll be pulling their hair out about how to 422 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:22,760 Speaker 1: raise taxes to make up the money. That's what I'm 423 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:25,400 Speaker 1: afraid is going to happen, because that's the way politicians 424 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:28,200 Speaker 1: always deal with things. They act like, we got a 425 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:31,120 Speaker 1: we'll have a surplus. We'll get surpluses for years to come. 426 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:34,520 Speaker 1: Remember the dot com boom, that's our famous example. They 427 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:37,200 Speaker 1: decided that because the dot com boom was going so well, 428 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:40,320 Speaker 1: this is back in the year ninety nine, that oh, yeah, 429 00:23:40,359 --> 00:23:42,720 Speaker 1: we can give out all these raises and pension increases 430 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:45,200 Speaker 1: to all the employees because this will go on forever. 431 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:47,080 Speaker 1: And then we hit a wall like a year or 432 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:49,720 Speaker 1: two later, and then five years later it came to 433 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:52,080 Speaker 1: a big recession and the state was in a hole. 434 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:56,720 Speaker 1: So but being that they're politicians, they'll probably do the 435 00:23:56,760 --> 00:23:59,000 Speaker 1: same thing, make the same mistakes that they always do. 436 00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:02,960 Speaker 1: Which I found the budget for two thousand nine twenty ten, 437 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 1: and the budget was projected to be eighty six eighty 438 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:12,359 Speaker 1: six eighty six billion, so it gave one billion. So 439 00:24:12,359 --> 00:24:15,240 Speaker 1: over twelve years we've gone from eighty six billion dollar 440 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:17,960 Speaker 1: budget to over two hundred billion dollars. And you can't 441 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:21,280 Speaker 1: tell me the population has exploded in those those twelve years. 442 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:24,800 Speaker 1: It's going down. The last couple of years it's gone down, right, 443 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:28,480 Speaker 1: So no it's it's just a massive amount of spending, 444 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:33,320 Speaker 1: mostly for social programs. Probably right, you know, you start, 445 00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:36,760 Speaker 1: you start to practically guaranteeing a legal alien healthcare. I 446 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:38,840 Speaker 1: will have a little bit more on the Buffalo mass 447 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:40,919 Speaker 1: shooting coming up after the news at five o'clock. We 448 00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:43,920 Speaker 1: haven't talked about Ukraine Russia, and there's quite a few stories. 449 00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:46,159 Speaker 1: I am now going to be on the side that 450 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:49,600 Speaker 1: believes that Putin is very ill. I do believe that. 451 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:52,480 Speaker 1: It'll tell you why I believe that coming up in 452 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:55,679 Speaker 1: the five o'clock hour. And of course Finland has formally 453 00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:58,399 Speaker 1: applied to be a part of NATO. That may have 454 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:02,480 Speaker 1: resulted in a response already from Russia and give you 455 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:08,840 Speaker 1: all these details an ominous response coming up after the news, 456 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:14,840 Speaker 1: and hey, what's that outside? What is that? Well, here's 457 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:19,400 Speaker 1: a story from Rosemary Rabbidough, Rosemary Rabbadough. That's a great 458 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:22,879 Speaker 1: last name, Rabbidough. Yeah, like a rabid animal with ux 459 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:26,080 Speaker 1: on the end. She is the parent of a student 460 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:30,400 Speaker 1: at a middle school in Wisconsin. She's claiming that her son, 461 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:33,440 Speaker 1: along with a couple of other boys, are being punished 462 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:40,040 Speaker 1: for sexual harassment. And she's like, well, sexual harassment, inappropriate touching. 463 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 1: What has my son done well? Her thirteen year old son, Braden, 464 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:48,120 Speaker 1: has been accused by the school get ready for this 465 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:54,440 Speaker 1: of using incorrect pronouns to address another student. Yes, improper 466 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:59,760 Speaker 1: pronoun usage. What's the punishment for improper pronoun usage referring 467 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:04,879 Speaker 1: to them as he or she instead of they? Right? Uh? Correct? 468 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:09,560 Speaker 1: If you're speaking to a non binary person, you have 469 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:15,040 Speaker 1: to say they they now and never say it sounds 470 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 1: some of the kids, and I think this is a 471 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:22,240 Speaker 1: valid question, is that you're using a plural instead of 472 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:26,400 Speaker 1: a singular, and that becomes very confusing. And so I've 473 00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:28,720 Speaker 1: said that from the beginning. I'm not going to one 474 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:33,080 Speaker 1: person be a day, and nobody ever explains it. They 475 00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:35,080 Speaker 1: just get really mad that you bring up that's some 476 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:38,080 Speaker 1: proper English and it would be corrected by a teacher. Well. Plus, 477 00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:41,959 Speaker 1: it's it's hardwired pretty much into everybody to refer to 478 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:44,880 Speaker 1: a single person as a he or she or if 479 00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:48,080 Speaker 1: you come up with another word. But they has been 480 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:51,479 Speaker 1: plural for everybody's entire life, and you use they as 481 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:54,880 Speaker 1: a plural in every other circumstance. But if you if 482 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:57,639 Speaker 1: you use it wrong, some people blow a gasket, and 483 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:00,159 Speaker 1: even if you question it, they blow a gasket. And 484 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:02,879 Speaker 1: it's like, that's what's turning a lot of people off 485 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:05,840 Speaker 1: on some of this stuff. If case anybody wonders why 486 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:09,359 Speaker 1: there's so much hostility these days to woke Land, is 487 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:13,879 Speaker 1: you got a plural where you'd eat a singular. Well, 488 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:17,520 Speaker 1: that apparently was the issue. It took place in March. 489 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:19,600 Speaker 1: A student announced that I would rather be called they 490 00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:22,639 Speaker 1: or them if you're going to refer to me. And 491 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:25,080 Speaker 1: this woman said her son was sticking up for one 492 00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:28,080 Speaker 1: of his friends. She'd been screaming at one of Braden's 493 00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:32,400 Speaker 1: friends to use proper pronouns, calling him profanity. This friend 494 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:34,520 Speaker 1: is very soft spoken and just kind of sunk down 495 00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:37,200 Speaker 1: into his chair. Braden finally came up defending him, saying 496 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:40,240 Speaker 1: he doesn't have to use proper pronouns. It's it's constitutional 497 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:43,720 Speaker 1: right to not use. You can't make them say things. Well, 498 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:48,400 Speaker 1: that's why, that's why enforcing this policy is a constitutional issue. 499 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:52,800 Speaker 1: You haven't you're being forced to say something. Well, no 500 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:56,000 Speaker 1: nobody can force you to say something. You're right, and 501 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:58,080 Speaker 1: you're right. It was about the new pronoun preference. It 502 00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:02,240 Speaker 1: caused confusion for her son who learned that they is plural. 503 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:07,080 Speaker 1: So they tried to prosecute it as sexual harassment under 504 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:11,800 Speaker 1: Title nine, which is the federal policy that governs school 505 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:19,560 Speaker 1: issues and UM and one one attorney, well, the attorney 506 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:22,560 Speaker 1: for the boys, Luke Berg, says it's a First Amendment violation. 507 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:25,640 Speaker 1: So now they're they're trying to change it to rather 508 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:30,040 Speaker 1: than sexual harassment, it is a gender harassment, which is 509 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:40,400 Speaker 1: Title four. Huh huh, Title four, Title four, Title four, 510 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:44,920 Speaker 1: Title nine were away We've heard all about but I mean, 511 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:47,640 Speaker 1: I mean, the mother says, I thought this had to 512 00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:52,200 Speaker 1: be a gag. I would have thought, I know, but 513 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:58,040 Speaker 1: it's not. There's lawyers involved, and the school superintendent doesn't 514 00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:01,960 Speaker 1: want to comment about it. This is I mean, this 515 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:04,800 Speaker 1: is such. You're going after a thirteen year old kid 516 00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:10,120 Speaker 1: because you think you could have a conversation about it, 517 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:13,120 Speaker 1: rather than just to threaten them with punishment. I don't 518 00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:15,000 Speaker 1: really understand why you have to go right to a 519 00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:18,200 Speaker 1: say wordal harassment punishment. Say the word or we're suing you. 520 00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:22,160 Speaker 1: Say the word, or we're suing you. I just you've 521 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:26,160 Speaker 1: committed a federal violation. You won't say the word. She 522 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:28,560 Speaker 1: said that they got an email saying there's going to 523 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:31,400 Speaker 1: be sexual harassment allegations against my son. He was being 524 00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:34,640 Speaker 1: he was forewarning the family. So like a thirteen year 525 00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:36,600 Speaker 1: old deserves that on his record. He deserves to be 526 00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:38,880 Speaker 1: in the news over this. What are you doing too? 527 00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:41,960 Speaker 1: For saying what are you trashing? Trashing people's lives for 528 00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:45,800 Speaker 1: at thirteen? Then you know when when he applies to college, 529 00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:49,280 Speaker 1: all these wokehole colleges, they're gonna be looking up his background. 530 00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:51,400 Speaker 1: It's like, oh, oh, just see what he did when 531 00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:56,440 Speaker 1: he was thirteen. He wouldn't say the word all right. 532 00:29:56,480 --> 00:29:59,440 Speaker 1: When we come back, we have learned more in the 533 00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:02,800 Speaker 1: Buffalo a mass shooting story. Apparently that gunman was at 534 00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:06,440 Speaker 1: that grocery store it can March. We had learned he 535 00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:08,960 Speaker 1: was there the day before, a couple of days before, 536 00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:11,280 Speaker 1: hanging around checking it out. 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