1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:02,000 Speaker 1: CAMF I am six forty. 2 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:04,240 Speaker 2: You're listening to the John and Ken Show on demand 3 00:00:04,320 --> 00:00:05,520 Speaker 2: on the iHeartRadio app. 4 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:11,000 Speaker 1: We'm Chris merrill in for John and Ken today. Pleasure 5 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:13,280 Speaker 1: being with you always a pleasure. It really is an 6 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:16,040 Speaker 1: honor to be to be with you anytime I get 7 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:18,599 Speaker 1: the chance. Want to start with what is really the 8 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:22,479 Speaker 1: big national news and it will affect you? And really 9 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:25,599 Speaker 1: that's that's what That's what we all want to know. 10 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 1: Whenever we hear the big stories, and in this case 11 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 1: is the UAW strike. Whenever you hear the big stories, 12 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 1: you go, what does this? What does this do for me? 13 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:34,519 Speaker 1: And it may have a couple of different implications for 14 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 1: southern California. The first and most obvious would be any 15 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:42,519 Speaker 1: sort of inventory issues that our dealers have right that 16 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:46,480 Speaker 1: has some obvious and direct implications to a lot of people. 17 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:49,519 Speaker 1: The other thing, which may be a little more difficult 18 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 1: to gauge, is what this does as far as the 19 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:57,279 Speaker 1: overall labor movement in America. I was watching News Nation 20 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 1: today and they had a guy on Submarinean. Submarinean is 21 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 1: his name. He's a reporter with the Yahoo Finances there, 22 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 1: their auto reporter there and they asked him about, you know, 23 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 1: what does this mean to people who are not in 24 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:14,959 Speaker 1: the UAW, this strike that was authorized last night. I 25 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:18,760 Speaker 1: thought this was I thought this was more universal. This 26 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,839 Speaker 1: really hits home as to how this could affect us 27 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 1: in southern California, especially considering how many of our neighbors, 28 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 1: our friends, and maybe you are on the picket lines, 29 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 1: you know. 30 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:31,760 Speaker 3: For this country. For most Americans, they're seeing that labor 31 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:33,680 Speaker 3: is sort of having a moment here in this country. 32 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 3: And we're talking about you know, team starts taking on 33 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 3: as the UPS, SAG and WJA taking on Hollywood, and 34 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:41,680 Speaker 3: I think we're watching here the UAW asking for nearly 35 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 3: forty percent in wage hikes, a defined pension plan adjustment, 36 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 3: inflation adjustments, things like that, Americans asking themselves, why don't 37 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 3: I have that? So we'll see, you know, right as 38 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 3: of right now, the UEW the strikes are very popular 39 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 3: amongst Americans. Three quarters of Americans are actually supporting. 40 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:56,280 Speaker 1: The UAW here. 41 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 3: But we'll see how that goes as this continues on. 42 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 1: That's part of the reason that we've seen so many 43 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 1: of these strikes of late, so many of the different 44 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 1: collective bargaining agreements that have talked about here are the 45 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 1: wages now, next year, the year after, and so forth. 46 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 1: What they're doing is trying to build in cost of 47 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 1: living increases to compensate for what's gone on with inflation. 48 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:17,360 Speaker 1: Now employers are saying, wow, we just got hit with 49 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 1: this inflation too. And it is a delicate balance because 50 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:24,120 Speaker 1: while our household incomes are all dropping, you and I 51 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:27,680 Speaker 1: are making less money today than we were a year ago, 52 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:29,839 Speaker 1: and far less money than we were two years ago. 53 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 1: If we haven't had a raise, just based on what 54 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:35,400 Speaker 1: our spending power is, we're making less. The numbers are 55 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 1: the same, but the buying power is dropped, right, So 56 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:40,919 Speaker 1: we're saying, well, we want we want a cost of 57 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:43,519 Speaker 1: living increase a cola. And that's what the UAW is 58 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 1: looking for, is they're looking for that in writing what 59 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 1: is our cost of living increase? They used to have that, 60 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 1: but back when we had the Great Recession, the UAW 61 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 1: took concessions because you remember the Big Three we're all 62 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 1: toast and we had have bail outs for General motors 63 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 1: and for what is now Stillantis. That's a Chrysler, Dodge, 64 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,960 Speaker 1: Jeep and Fiat. It's gone through all this. It used 65 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:10,799 Speaker 1: to be dime Leer, and it used to be whatever 66 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 1: used to be Chrysler or whatever. So now we're seeing that. 67 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: The UAW is saying, listen, we took one for the 68 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 1: team when we had to, and since then you've seen 69 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:25,520 Speaker 1: profits go up. Your C suite is making forty percent more, 70 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 1: but we're not. We have less as far as our 71 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:33,960 Speaker 1: buying power goes. And the employers not just automakers. I'll 72 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 1: leave them a little bit separate here, and I'll also 73 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 1: leave the studios out of this because they can. But 74 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 1: for employers, they're going I'm talking largely mom and pop stores, 75 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:46,119 Speaker 1: main street, small business. This is where things are hurting 76 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 1: right now. So they had supply chain issues. Finally supply 77 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 1: chain opens up and all of a sudden inflation hits 78 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 1: and so the stores have less buying power. Their prices 79 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 1: are going up in order to try to maintain their inventory, 80 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 1: and they're getting hit with it costs that they didn't 81 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 1: have in the past. And now their employers are saying, yeah, 82 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 1: but we need to make more money to keep doing 83 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 1: this too, And the employers are thinking, man, our bottom 84 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 1: line can't handle this. I don't have nearly as much 85 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 1: sympathy for places like studios who are seeing the streaming revolution. 86 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 1: I have very little sympathy for the studios. I don't 87 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 1: have a whole lot of sympathy for the automakers. I don't, 88 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:26,280 Speaker 1: And I've heard critics that are that are saying, well, 89 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:28,839 Speaker 1: the union's being greedy. They're trying to get a forty 90 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 1: percent raise and they want to work thirty two hours 91 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 1: a week, and that's just greedy. And I thought some 92 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 1: of these demands are what we would call in negotiating 93 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:42,280 Speaker 1: opening salvos, right they're just we're gonna throw it out 94 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 1: there so we can back off of it later. And 95 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:46,160 Speaker 1: they already backed off of like the wage thing. They 96 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 1: asked for forty percent increases, it's down to thirty six 97 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 1: percent now, it'll come down to thirty percent at some point. 98 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 1: But why shouldn't they Why shouldn't they try to be 99 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 1: greedy right now? The c suite is making a killing, 100 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 1: the profits of the automakers are up. And as much 101 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:02,719 Speaker 1: as they're saying, well, we have to be ready for 102 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 1: the the EV's, and the EV's are going to be 103 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 1: costly and all this other stuff, they are positioning themselves 104 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:15,039 Speaker 1: right now. Your GMS, your ford's, your your Stilantis, Chrysler, Fiat, Daimler, 105 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:18,680 Speaker 1: whatever you wanna call them. They are positioning themselves to 106 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:23,120 Speaker 1: be at the forefront of this EV revolution. And when 107 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 1: you think about it, they only have competition from one 108 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 1: other company when it comes to EV's and that's obviously Tesla. 109 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 1: No other EV brand is uh is making waves at all. 110 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 1: So why shouldn't the workers demand their slice of the pie? 111 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:41,919 Speaker 1: And why shouldn't they say, listen, as the pie grows, 112 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 1: we just want our slice to grow the same at 113 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 1: the same rate. And none of this what's good for 114 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 1: business is good for me. Garbage is only good for 115 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:53,360 Speaker 1: me if I actually see the benefits. If if Netflix 116 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 1: is seeing profit but they're not paying the writers anymore, 117 00:05:56,920 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 1: then how is that good for everybody? If Ford is 118 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:03,920 Speaker 1: seeing the profits but the workers on the line are 119 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 1: not seeing the benefits, then how is that? How is 120 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:10,279 Speaker 1: that rising tide lifting all ships? It's not. It's not. 121 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 1: And it almost makes me think. Been a lot of 122 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 1: complaints over the years, right about executives getting too much, 123 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 1: that their pay raises are going up higher, and there's 124 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 1: this equity divide, right, had the C suite not taken 125 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:35,080 Speaker 1: forty percent pay raises at the Big three automakers. Would 126 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:40,599 Speaker 1: the union be asking for forty percent? No, So the 127 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:44,840 Speaker 1: Big Three seem to be okay with offering twenty percent. Yeah, 128 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:47,840 Speaker 1: they've been offers that when they've started negotiating and said, well, 129 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:49,720 Speaker 1: we'll give you a seventeen we'll give you a twenty 130 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:52,840 Speaker 1: percent pay raise. Well, why would that not have been 131 00:06:52,839 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 1: good enough for the executives? Why is it that the executives, Well, listen, 132 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 1: if you want me to keep being your chief financial officer, 133 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 1: you're gonna have give me forty more. And the company 134 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:06,279 Speaker 1: goes okay. Meanwhile, you got a guy in the LAS said, hey, 135 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:08,000 Speaker 1: if you want me to keep instelling dashboards, you gotta 136 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 1: give me forty percent more. They're like, oh, dare you 137 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 1: you greedy? Soob, we can get somebody else to come 138 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 1: in here and do that for less. Well, guess what. 139 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 1: You can find somebody else on LinkedIn to be your 140 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:20,360 Speaker 1: CFO for less than a forty percent increase, can't you. 141 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 1: It seems that this greed has consequences, and they're coming 142 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 1: home to roost. 143 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:26,160 Speaker 2: Right now. 144 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:31,200 Speaker 1: We'll talk with our technology reporter from ABC and we'll 145 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 1: talk a little bit about what these strikes are and 146 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 1: why the strikes. They're not just striking everywhere, they're what 147 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:41,520 Speaker 1: they're calling targeted walkouts. That is next. I'm Chris Meryllan 148 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 1: for Janakin kf I AM sixty. We're live everywhere on 149 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 1: your iHeartRadio app. 150 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:49,640 Speaker 4: You're listening to John and Ken on demand from KFI 151 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 4: AM six forty. 152 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:56,240 Speaker 1: Mike Deboski Dubuski excuse me, is our ABC News tech 153 00:07:56,280 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 1: reporter and Mike. I was just talking about the the 154 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 1: UAW strike and one of the commentators I saw from 155 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:06,160 Speaker 1: Yahoo Finance said that this is really labor is having 156 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 1: a moment, so to speak. I was thinking about the 157 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:13,119 Speaker 1: repercussions of the UAW strike as well as the SAG strike, 158 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:16,560 Speaker 1: the WGA strike. You know, the Teamsters almost struck. You know, 159 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 1: you and I talked about that briefly yesterday, and it 160 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:21,440 Speaker 1: does seem as though there may be some momentum for 161 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: some union right now, whereas a few years ago it 162 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 1: looked like that momentum had pretty much gone away. 163 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely, it's a really interesting moment for American labor. 164 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:33,960 Speaker 2: Strike summer is a term that people throw around. You 165 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:37,440 Speaker 2: mentioned the dual strikes in Hollywood, ups threatened to strike. 166 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:40,840 Speaker 2: I actually spoke to a guy yesterday in Detroit who 167 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 2: is a member of the UAW, but he actually doesn't 168 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 2: work for the Big Three. He worked for Blue Shield, 169 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:49,199 Speaker 2: Blue Cross or Blue Cross blue Shield excuse me. Yeah, 170 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:52,080 Speaker 2: And they're also striking. They're out on the picket lines 171 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 2: demanding much the same things that the UAW auto workers 172 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:00,600 Speaker 2: are demanding. They see these record profits enjoyed at the 173 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:04,240 Speaker 2: top of their companies, and they have seen the blue 174 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:08,719 Speaker 2: collar level of their companies not see proportional gains in 175 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:11,440 Speaker 2: that regard, and that's what they're trying to correct with 176 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:14,880 Speaker 2: these union strikes and these demands that they're putting forward. 177 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:16,720 Speaker 2: I think you see that show up in the auto industry. 178 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 2: You see a show up in the Blue Cross Blue Shield, 179 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:23,319 Speaker 2: a strike that going on in Detroit right now and beyond. 180 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:26,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, we've got Kaiser looking at things here, and we've 181 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:30,800 Speaker 1: had hotel workers in southern California as well. I see 182 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:34,679 Speaker 1: that the head of the UAW there is saying that 183 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 1: the automakers collectively have made twenty one billion dollars in 184 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:40,280 Speaker 1: the first half of the year and billions more in 185 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:43,600 Speaker 1: recent years without giving hourly workers their quote unquote fair share. 186 00:09:43,679 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 1: After they gave big wage concessions back in two thousand 187 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:50,840 Speaker 1: and nine when General Motors what was Chrysler, Daimler, Fiat 188 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:54,360 Speaker 1: Nut Stillantis, they were all going through bankruptcy and they 189 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:56,920 Speaker 1: they gave, they took one for the team at the time. 190 00:09:56,960 --> 00:09:59,320 Speaker 1: Now they're saying, look, we got it. You know, we're 191 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:01,959 Speaker 1: behind twelve years, thirteen, fourteen years here. 192 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:05,439 Speaker 2: We have to make it up to do Yeah, yeah, absolutely, 193 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:08,360 Speaker 2: they want to recoup the losses that they see as 194 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:11,160 Speaker 2: having missed out since the Great Recession. Now, of course 195 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:13,880 Speaker 2: it's worth mentioning the automaker's point of view here. They're 196 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 2: facing sort of dual challenges here, Chris. One is that 197 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:21,800 Speaker 2: they are facing competition from automakers that build cars here 198 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:28,880 Speaker 2: in the United States that don't employ union labor forces. BMW, Mercedes, Honda, Toyota, 199 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 2: Nissan all has plants here in the United States that 200 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:34,960 Speaker 2: don't use union labor forces. They say that if they 201 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:36,800 Speaker 2: are the Big three, say, if they are to accede 202 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:39,240 Speaker 2: to the uaw's demands, that they're not going to be 203 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:42,160 Speaker 2: competitive with those car makers anymore. The other part of 204 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 2: this is the transition to electric vehicles. Both California and 205 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:49,040 Speaker 2: the European Union have mandated that twenty thirty five is 206 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 2: the year that we have to make the switch over 207 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:54,880 Speaker 2: to gas from gas to electric vehicles, and that is 208 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 2: a multi billion dollars worth of development that the automakers 209 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:02,040 Speaker 2: are facing down. So they say, yes, we have enjoyed 210 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:04,560 Speaker 2: record profits and revenues, but we're going to need every 211 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:07,920 Speaker 2: penny of that if that's going to happen. So the automakers, 212 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:10,720 Speaker 2: you know, make that argument. The UAW makes the argument 213 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:13,880 Speaker 2: that their you know, profits are still outsized, especially when 214 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:16,800 Speaker 2: it comes to the executive level salaries. We're going to 215 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:18,400 Speaker 2: have to see how this plays out here on day 216 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:19,160 Speaker 2: one of the strikes. 217 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:22,600 Speaker 1: Mike Debuski is our ABC News Tech reporter. We're covering 218 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:26,560 Speaker 1: the UAW strike. How close are we? I know that 219 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:29,360 Speaker 1: there has been some negotiation, there's been some offers, but 220 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:31,319 Speaker 1: it seems like we are a ways away on this. 221 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:34,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely. So the latest that we have is that 222 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:37,960 Speaker 2: the UAW is sticking to it's about thirty six percent 223 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:42,120 Speaker 2: wage increase demand. Most recently we saw movement from General 224 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:44,480 Speaker 2: motors and this was two days ago. Now they're now 225 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:48,720 Speaker 2: offering twenty percent wage increases. Matches what Ford was offering 226 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 2: earlier in the week, stillantis keeping to seventeen and a 227 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:56,440 Speaker 2: half percent wage increases. There are other offers that they're 228 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:59,480 Speaker 2: making with regards to pension plans and retirement funds, the 229 00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:01,720 Speaker 2: lengths of certain work weeks. But if you listen to 230 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 2: certain auto executives like Jim Farley, the CEO of Ford, 231 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 2: he says there's a limit to this, right, we can 232 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:10,400 Speaker 2: only go so far before this does not become economically 233 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:13,400 Speaker 2: feasible for us. One estimate said that this could cost 234 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:17,240 Speaker 2: over the course of the four year contract eighty billion 235 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:21,200 Speaker 2: dollars to the Big three American automakers if they are 236 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:24,240 Speaker 2: to give the union what it wants. They're doing well, 237 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 2: They're not doing that well. So we'll have to see 238 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:29,080 Speaker 2: again how this plays out. It's you know, you can 239 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 2: look at these numbers thirty six and twenty and they're 240 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:33,320 Speaker 2: they're pretty far apart, so you know, we'll have. 241 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 1: To see it long ways. Yeah, yeah, then Mike, why 242 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:40,480 Speaker 1: not strike all the plants all at once? They just 243 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:43,679 Speaker 1: did a selective strikes or targeted strikes of three plans, 244 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:46,800 Speaker 1: one for each of the Big three automakers. 245 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:49,840 Speaker 2: Yes, that's right, So there is a general Motors plant 246 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:53,400 Speaker 2: in Wentsville, Missouri, a Ford plant in Wayne, Michigan, and 247 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 2: a Stilantis plant in Toledo, Ohio that have all been 248 00:12:57,520 --> 00:13:00,560 Speaker 2: stroke or are all striking today. Everything else is up 249 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 2: and running. And it's also worth mentioning that those three 250 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:06,560 Speaker 2: plants are not crucial operations to the Big three. The 251 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:10,440 Speaker 2: GM plant makes the Chevy Colorado. It'spech companies like ninth 252 00:13:10,559 --> 00:13:14,520 Speaker 2: best seller the pickup truck Forward. The plants that they 253 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:17,920 Speaker 2: shut down makes the Bronco and the Ranger popular vehicles, 254 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:21,040 Speaker 2: but not you know, overly popular vehicles. And then the 255 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:24,679 Speaker 2: Slantis plant makes the jeep Wrangler, which is a very popular, 256 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:28,079 Speaker 2: valuable vehicle for them. But the thinking is that dealers 257 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:31,800 Speaker 2: have a month's long supply of Wranglers on the lot 258 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:34,520 Speaker 2: and this actually won't hurt them that much, at least 259 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 2: in the short term. So it's an interesting strategy. The 260 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 2: goal here is to make a dent in automakers makers 261 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:45,600 Speaker 2: profits and and you know, the supply of of the 262 00:13:45,679 --> 00:13:48,240 Speaker 2: vehicles that they have on dealer lots, but maybe not 263 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:51,480 Speaker 2: to completely shut everything down. The other part of this 264 00:13:51,679 --> 00:13:54,080 Speaker 2: is that the UAW has a strike fund, right They 265 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:57,520 Speaker 2: have this big bucket of money that you know would 266 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 2: be depleted more quickly if everyone were to walk off 267 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:04,199 Speaker 2: the job at the same time. By select targeting certain 268 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:07,200 Speaker 2: plants and certain facilities, that extends the life of that 269 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:10,640 Speaker 2: strike fund and potentially allows the UAW to extend this 270 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:13,200 Speaker 2: strike for longer, if that's indeed what they want to do. 271 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:17,920 Speaker 1: All right, Mike Debuski, our ABC News Tech reporter, Mike, 272 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 1: great to catch up with you. Thank you so much. 273 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:21,000 Speaker 1: Have a great weekend. Let's hope that this comes to 274 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:25,880 Speaker 1: an end soon. Thanks mane Yes, take care banks. All right. Yeah, 275 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:30,040 Speaker 1: So if you can't get a vehicle, what do you do? Well, 276 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:32,520 Speaker 1: if you're one dude in Hollywood, do you decide I'll 277 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:37,080 Speaker 1: just take one? But the cops were watching and he 278 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 1: did it anyway, and it took him forever to catch him. 279 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 1: What in the heck is going on next? Chris merrill 280 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:45,560 Speaker 1: in for John and Ken k IF I am six forty. 281 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 1: We're live everywhere in your iHeartRadio AP. 282 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:52,160 Speaker 4: You're listening to John and Ken on demand from KFI 283 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 4: AM six forty. 284 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 1: I'm Chris Maryland for Johnny Ken IF I AM six forty. 285 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 1: Quite the saga last night is this dude is wandering 286 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:06,960 Speaker 1: around inside a Tesla dealership looking for keys, and he's 287 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:10,720 Speaker 1: very nonchalant. Lights are on, lots of people outside watching 288 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:15,360 Speaker 1: what's going on. Police helicopter overhead, shutting the light down. 289 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 1: Guy is just going through the the key box and 290 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:22,360 Speaker 1: he's pushing the unlocked button to see which car. Nah, 291 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 1: I don't think I want the Tacoma I want. I 292 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:29,160 Speaker 1: don't want the Tender. Do I want that? I like 293 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 1: the pres but it feels a little small. Oh, Corolla, No, 294 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 1: I don't want that. That's a cliche. Finally, he settles 295 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 1: on one of the newer model Toyotas and he goes 296 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:42,520 Speaker 1: out there and is anybody capturing him? 297 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:43,640 Speaker 2: No? 298 00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 1: No, just goes into a lot, grabs a car, speeds off, 299 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:49,360 Speaker 1: but I say speeds off. But he ends up running 300 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:52,720 Speaker 1: into one of those fences. And it's not like the movies. 301 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 1: If you ram into a fence at a low speed, 302 00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 1: uh in a Toyota, you don't burst through right away. 303 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:00,440 Speaker 1: You actually have to back up, but do it a 304 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 1: few times. And that's exactly what happened. So Channel seven 305 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:05,880 Speaker 1: had the story on this as they were live on 306 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:08,160 Speaker 1: the scene. I'm live on the scene and as you 307 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:09,640 Speaker 1: can see behind me a fence. 308 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:13,040 Speaker 5: This is that chain leak fence where the suspect actually 309 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:15,640 Speaker 5: tried to ram his car through and was able to 310 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 5: make a getaway. Some investigators are just coming out here 311 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 5: earlier this morning and closing in. I want to take 312 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:23,600 Speaker 5: a moment to show you what that looked like. Listen 313 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:23,880 Speaker 5: to this. 314 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:29,240 Speaker 1: She's gonna show us. Listen. It is pretty impressive because 315 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:31,960 Speaker 1: the guy rams the fence and then doesn't get through, 316 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:46,440 Speaker 1: throws it in reverse. Okay at that point, so he 317 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:48,240 Speaker 1: goes through the fence and it's one of those places 318 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:51,120 Speaker 1: got the cars in a fenced in area, and then 319 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:52,960 Speaker 1: he drives the car outside the fenced in area, and 320 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:57,120 Speaker 1: then he's behind a gate, right, so there's another barrier 321 00:16:57,480 --> 00:16:59,560 Speaker 1: and he rams into that and he doesn't get through. 322 00:16:59,920 --> 00:17:02,440 Speaker 1: He rams it again. Finally he's able to break through, 323 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:04,160 Speaker 1: and you hear as soon as he hits the street. 324 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:12,639 Speaker 1: Then I don't know why he wasn't stopped first. He Listen. 325 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:14,919 Speaker 1: This is not criticism because I know I don't have 326 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:16,920 Speaker 1: the full story, but I do know that there was 327 00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:19,239 Speaker 1: a helicopter overhead, there was a crime in progress. There 328 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:21,399 Speaker 1: were about a gajillion witnesses this is going to be 329 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:24,720 Speaker 1: all over the Twitter machine with all the photos and 330 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:27,359 Speaker 1: it's going to be viral. And the guy just gets 331 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:35,800 Speaker 1: out and speeds away, takes off out of there. I 332 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:37,760 Speaker 1: have thoughts. I'll continue though. 333 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:40,119 Speaker 5: For a moment you could see the suspect ramming the 334 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:44,800 Speaker 5: car through the dealership fence multiple times before making his getaway. Now, 335 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:47,200 Speaker 5: this all started around eleven thirty last night at the 336 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:50,879 Speaker 5: Toyota dealership on Hollywood Boulevard. Police responded to a break 337 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:53,480 Speaker 5: in at the dealership and found the suspect inside. 338 00:17:53,600 --> 00:18:00,399 Speaker 1: Okay, so police responded, they see the guy inside, feels 339 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:03,359 Speaker 1: like you're on a crime in progress. I don't know. 340 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:04,879 Speaker 1: Maybe they're waiting on backup. Could be. 341 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:08,320 Speaker 5: Now, officers asked the suspect to exit, and instead he 342 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:10,960 Speaker 5: stole a car. You could even see him going through 343 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:13,680 Speaker 5: the keys in the lock box trying to decide which 344 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:14,280 Speaker 5: one to take. 345 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, I wasn't exaggerating. He was taking the keys and 346 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:21,520 Speaker 1: boo do I want that one? Nah, rifles through another. 347 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:30,040 Speaker 1: That's I didn't really want that in a blue oh 348 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:33,840 Speaker 1: just attracts attention. Let's see what, Oh, a white one. 349 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:37,320 Speaker 1: I like that one. I'm not joking. That's exactly what 350 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:37,760 Speaker 1: he did. 351 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:40,879 Speaker 5: He took off in this white sedan, driving through that 352 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:43,760 Speaker 5: chain link fence and then ramming through the security gate. 353 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:46,560 Speaker 5: This suspect me to get away on Hollywood Boulevard and 354 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:48,040 Speaker 5: that's when a pursuit ensued. 355 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:51,320 Speaker 1: I don't know. Again, I don't know why the pursuit 356 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:54,119 Speaker 1: ensued instead of he's ramming through the gate. Can't you 357 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:56,040 Speaker 1: stop him from ramming through the gate at the time, 358 00:18:56,359 --> 00:18:58,679 Speaker 1: And maybe there weren't cars on scene or something. I 359 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:00,760 Speaker 1: don't know, but I feel like there's more of the 360 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:03,520 Speaker 1: story that not only do I not know, but we 361 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:05,600 Speaker 1: should know. It should be revealed. 362 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:08,960 Speaker 5: Officers tried several times to stop him before he attempted 363 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:12,879 Speaker 5: to break into this Lamborghini dealership, this one in Beverly Hills, 364 00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:16,119 Speaker 5: and officers responded to vaccine and the suspect was tased 365 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:19,639 Speaker 5: during the standoffs. Around two am, he was finally taken 366 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:20,560 Speaker 5: into custody. 367 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:24,800 Speaker 1: Wait a minute, guy breaks into a Toyota dealership in 368 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:27,520 Speaker 1: Hollywood and they sit back and they watch and they're like, well, 369 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 1: you know, if he comes out, then we'll go after him. 370 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 1: Tries to get into a Lambeau dealership in Beverly Hills, 371 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:34,879 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden. 372 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:34,840 Speaker 2: A. 373 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:39,439 Speaker 1: Swap responds. Swap respond, all units, all units. We have 374 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:43,040 Speaker 1: a young black male inside a Lambeau dealership in Beverly Hills. 375 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:48,159 Speaker 1: All units priority one move, move, move, and then they 376 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:52,720 Speaker 1: get him. I told you I thoughts. Don't steal a 377 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:56,920 Speaker 1: car off a lot. Aside from the whole moral legal, 378 00:19:57,359 --> 00:20:01,560 Speaker 1: you're an idiot. Everybody hates you, unproductive member of society, 379 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:04,240 Speaker 1: throw away the key, all that stuff. It's just dumb. 380 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:07,560 Speaker 1: You see. Criminals are not smart generally, and what happens 381 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:10,080 Speaker 1: is they go and they steal a car off the 382 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:14,360 Speaker 1: dealer lot, which is behind different gates, has security systems, 383 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:17,919 Speaker 1: and those cars very rarely have any gas in them. 384 00:20:18,119 --> 00:20:20,400 Speaker 1: So if you get out and there's a hot pursuit 385 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:25,119 Speaker 1: Roscoe p you're not going very far unless it's an evy. 386 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:27,719 Speaker 1: Maybe you can go a little further than if it's charged. 387 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:33,520 Speaker 1: But if you're going to go steal a Lamborghini, why 388 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:35,280 Speaker 1: did you start at the Toyota dealership. 389 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:37,960 Speaker 6: That's a very good question. 390 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:41,960 Speaker 1: Don't you believe Deborah that in his mind he was 391 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 1: thinking I'm gonna steal this Toyota and then he got 392 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:47,520 Speaker 1: out on the street and he's police are chasing it, right, 393 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:51,720 Speaker 1: and he's thinking, crap, I need a faster car, and 394 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:54,120 Speaker 1: there's no gas in this one, because they don't put 395 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:56,040 Speaker 1: more than about a gallon or two into these cars 396 00:20:56,119 --> 00:21:00,479 Speaker 1: at any given time anyway. So then he goes, I know, 397 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:03,440 Speaker 1: I need a Lambo then I'll be able to get 398 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:07,080 Speaker 1: away because obviously he saw Cannonball run. So he goes 399 00:21:07,119 --> 00:21:09,240 Speaker 1: to the Lambeau dealership and then thinks he's going to 400 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:12,160 Speaker 1: get a fast car there. And that's when you really, 401 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:12,840 Speaker 1: you really. 402 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:14,119 Speaker 6: You're giving this guy a lot of credit. 403 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:16,280 Speaker 1: I just think it was spur of the moment. 404 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:19,400 Speaker 7: I really you really think he thought those thoughts though 405 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:20,960 Speaker 7: when he was going through the process. 406 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:22,640 Speaker 6: I mean, that's no I thincause he. 407 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:24,199 Speaker 1: Was getting away, he was like, crap, this was the 408 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:26,679 Speaker 1: wrong car to steal. I need a faster car, and 409 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:27,800 Speaker 1: that's when he went to the Lambou. 410 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:30,600 Speaker 7: What I'm getting at is, I think these crooks are 411 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:34,160 Speaker 7: ding dongs, and so I don't think he really thought 412 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:37,480 Speaker 7: things through, and I just maybe he just happened to 413 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:38,840 Speaker 7: pass a lamb. 414 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:44,359 Speaker 6: What is he tim ding dong? Oh, it's not the 415 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 6: smartest person in the world. 416 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:48,119 Speaker 1: I mean, come on, you're so he passed the Lambeau 417 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:49,399 Speaker 1: dealership and that's where he's. 418 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:52,440 Speaker 6: Like, oh hey, right, and really you think you're going. 419 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:54,919 Speaker 7: To get away, as you said Beverly Hills, you're going 420 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:56,080 Speaker 7: to be able to get away with. 421 00:21:56,160 --> 00:21:59,600 Speaker 6: Stealing a lamborgh be So this guy is not the 422 00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:00,920 Speaker 6: sharp stool in the shed. 423 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:03,920 Speaker 1: No, and now it'll be he'll be a dull tool 424 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:05,439 Speaker 1: in prison, is what he's gonna be. 425 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:08,120 Speaker 6: Eating ding dogs, eating ding dogs, all right. 426 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:12,880 Speaker 1: Listen while we talk about these the police chase ding 427 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:16,840 Speaker 1: dongs that are stealing cars. There's more smashes and grabs 428 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:19,960 Speaker 1: that there's a jeweler in Newport Beach. Guys came in 429 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,560 Speaker 1: twenty five seconds. They smashed everything up and took off 430 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:26,920 Speaker 1: with about about a buttload of watches thousands of dollars worth. 431 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:29,239 Speaker 1: We'll check with Blake Trolli here in just a few 432 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:32,400 Speaker 1: moments and find out what in the world is happening 433 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:35,400 Speaker 1: with these robberies. And there was one in Chinatown that's 434 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:38,760 Speaker 1: left a woman, an elderly woman in the hospital with 435 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:40,200 Speaker 1: her eyes swomen. 436 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:40,959 Speaker 6: Did you see her face? 437 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 1: Horrible story I did. It is devastating. That is next 438 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:48,680 Speaker 1: KFI AM six forty we're live everywhere in your iHeartRadio app. 439 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:53,120 Speaker 4: You're listening to John and Ken on demand from KFI 440 00:22:53,359 --> 00:22:56,880 Speaker 4: Am six forty. 441 00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:01,000 Speaker 1: The Crime Wave, and we're talking about the crimes across 442 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:04,680 Speaker 1: southern California and break ins all over, smashing, grabs at 443 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:08,480 Speaker 1: the jewelry store and such. Blake Trolley is joining us 444 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:12,280 Speaker 1: right now from the KFI newsroom, and Blake, I guess 445 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:15,439 Speaker 1: I should say you're on the street with your reporting today. 446 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:20,600 Speaker 1: There was one of these horrible incidents of crime where 447 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:24,679 Speaker 1: we actually had some violence occur with a woman in Chinatown. 448 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:26,399 Speaker 8: Yeah, and you know what, Chris, this isn't even the 449 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:29,880 Speaker 8: first time that we're seeing violence with all this brazen 450 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:32,800 Speaker 8: theft that we're now starting to see across southern California. 451 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:34,760 Speaker 8: Just a little bit of a recap before we get 452 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:38,840 Speaker 8: into this latest incident. Within the last few weeks, we've 453 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:42,439 Speaker 8: seen a jewelry store owner in Pasadena be attacked with 454 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:45,359 Speaker 8: bear spray and including the woman, the elderly woman. He 455 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:48,120 Speaker 8: was walking out of the door. So the thieves came 456 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:50,560 Speaker 8: up to the door. It's a remote door, they timed it, 457 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:53,880 Speaker 8: sprayed hand sprayed the woman that he was walking out 458 00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:58,080 Speaker 8: the door, and then proceeded to ransack his store. Not 459 00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:01,040 Speaker 8: long after that, again in the same Gabriel Valley. This 460 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:04,200 Speaker 8: time we're in Almani. A thief pepper sprayed the security 461 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:06,480 Speaker 8: guard of the at the front of a jewelry store, 462 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:07,200 Speaker 8: went inside. 463 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:08,320 Speaker 2: Pepper sprayed three. 464 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:12,360 Speaker 8: Employees, and those employees began fighting back. They I'm sure 465 00:24:12,359 --> 00:24:15,800 Speaker 8: you saw the video. It was viral. The staff members 466 00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:18,480 Speaker 8: were hitting the guy with a stick and chasing him 467 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:23,119 Speaker 8: down the street and police have identified that guy. So 468 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:27,360 Speaker 8: here we are, you know, within a month, another violent 469 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:31,760 Speaker 8: attack on somebody working. A smoke shop employee was brutally 470 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:36,080 Speaker 8: attacked in LA's Chinatown yesterday. The woman's eyes have been 471 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:40,280 Speaker 8: left swollen shut. This robber walked into the store yesterday, 472 00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:44,600 Speaker 8: begins stealing stuff. She goes to confront him and he 473 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:47,359 Speaker 8: pushes her to the ground. She gets up again. This 474 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:49,600 Speaker 8: is all caught on video. By the way, she gets 475 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:52,320 Speaker 8: up again to confront him again, and this time he 476 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:55,520 Speaker 8: punches her in the face, leaving her bloody. So she 477 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:59,240 Speaker 8: has been taken to a hospital. The store's owners say 478 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:01,439 Speaker 8: they're hoping she were covers. The store's owner says the 479 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:04,920 Speaker 8: guy was actually in the store before this happened, and 480 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 8: he says that he notified security, Hey there's this guy 481 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:10,960 Speaker 8: that's you know, been floating around to keep an eye 482 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:15,400 Speaker 8: on him, but security was unfortunately not there yesterday. But yeah, 483 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:17,960 Speaker 8: I mean three violent incidents just off the top of 484 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:22,280 Speaker 8: my head, all here in La County within the last month. 485 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:25,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, listen, a lot of these are making, you know, 486 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:27,960 Speaker 1: their high profile. They're all caught on camera. In this case, 487 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:31,800 Speaker 1: I saw the photos of the woman and it is heartbreaking. 488 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:33,800 Speaker 1: I mean, it was a real beating. Like you said, 489 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:36,040 Speaker 1: they're hoping she's going to be okay, it was bad. 490 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:40,879 Speaker 1: It was really really bad. What's the what's the feedback? 491 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:43,719 Speaker 1: I know, whenever we talked to law enforcement, they say, well, 492 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:45,680 Speaker 1: we're doing what we can. Well, we're gonna we're gonna 493 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:47,080 Speaker 1: get better on this. And now I see that the 494 00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:49,520 Speaker 1: governor is going to allocate a couple hundred million dollars 495 00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:51,600 Speaker 1: to try to really crack down on crime. But it 496 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:54,080 Speaker 1: seems like there's a lot of platitudes by politicians and 497 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:54,800 Speaker 1: not a lot of action. 498 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 8: Well, I think what people want to see his policy change, right, 499 00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:00,639 Speaker 8: People really want to see stiffer punishments for thieves. A 500 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:04,280 Speaker 8: lot of the sentiment that we get, especially when you know, 501 00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:06,720 Speaker 8: not so much with the governor's latest announcement, but with 502 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:09,879 Speaker 8: the Retail Crimes Task Force, is people they know, you know, 503 00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:11,680 Speaker 8: they know that a lot of people that are being 504 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:16,600 Speaker 8: arrested aren't facing stiff prosecution. Now, prosecutors have fired back 505 00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:19,040 Speaker 8: saying that a lot of this stuff is not the 506 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:21,080 Speaker 8: type of stuff that people are going to walk on. 507 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:24,920 Speaker 8: But that said, I think there's just this general feeling 508 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:30,159 Speaker 8: that with the current state of the legal system, it 509 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:33,320 Speaker 8: has emboldened criminals to get to the point that we're 510 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:36,560 Speaker 8: at now. And as to this employee, you know, this 511 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:39,159 Speaker 8: is something that I know was a concern of some people, 512 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:42,159 Speaker 8: was that employees are going to start trying to stand 513 00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:45,680 Speaker 8: up to these criminals themselves and they're going to get hurt. 514 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:49,160 Speaker 8: You know, in Almani, you have a success story there, right, 515 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:51,159 Speaker 8: they were able to chase the guy down the street, 516 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:53,560 Speaker 8: beat him up with a stick after all of them 517 00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:55,960 Speaker 8: were pepper spray. But in this case, this woman tries 518 00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:59,520 Speaker 8: confronting the thief and she's overpowered, you know, she's a 519 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:03,240 Speaker 8: sixty year old woman. So the guy pushes her down. 520 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:05,479 Speaker 8: She tries to get back up and he punches her 521 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:08,200 Speaker 8: in the face. And I know that that has really 522 00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:12,560 Speaker 8: been a concern with people getting involved with these so. 523 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:15,480 Speaker 1: Blake Trilli, I can't find new his reporter as we 524 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:18,119 Speaker 1: talk about policy, and I know some people are pointing 525 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:22,320 Speaker 1: fingers at our Dat Gascone, And yet Gascone is now 526 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:24,919 Speaker 1: being sued for catering to people on the right. And 527 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:26,719 Speaker 1: so the people on the right can't stand what he's 528 00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:28,760 Speaker 1: doing with crime. People on the left don't like what 529 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:33,240 Speaker 1: he was doing when he came to looking into election interference. 530 00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:34,840 Speaker 1: What's the latest on this lawsuit? 531 00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:35,440 Speaker 6: It's fight. 532 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:38,480 Speaker 8: Yeah, just reading the lawsuit. If you had told me 533 00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:41,160 Speaker 8: two years ago that Da Gascone would be wrapped up 534 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:44,959 Speaker 8: in such a lawsuit, I would have never believed that 535 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:45,800 Speaker 8: in a million years. 536 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:46,040 Speaker 2: Yeah. 537 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:46,600 Speaker 1: Right. 538 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,800 Speaker 8: Da gascones being sued by the owner of a Michigan 539 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:53,520 Speaker 8: based software company who says he was wrongfully targeted. Chris 540 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:56,680 Speaker 8: I was at the press conference where the DA announced 541 00:27:56,680 --> 00:28:01,320 Speaker 8: the arrest of Eugene u Over in Michigan. The lawsuit 542 00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:04,840 Speaker 8: alleges that Da Gascon and members of his staff recklessly 543 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:08,679 Speaker 8: relied on a tip from a Texas based election denial group. 544 00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:12,040 Speaker 8: In the case, Eugenieu again. He was arrested last year 545 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:17,400 Speaker 8: in Michigan for allegedly storing election workers' personal information on 546 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:21,639 Speaker 8: servers in China. About a month later, charges against you 547 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:26,600 Speaker 8: were dropped. Other charges were filed, then those charges were dropped. Well, 548 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:30,119 Speaker 8: You says all of this action has led to nearly 549 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:34,000 Speaker 8: half of his clients leaving, costing him eighty million dollars 550 00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:37,600 Speaker 8: in business or roughly eighty million dollars in business. The 551 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:40,720 Speaker 8: lead prosecutor at the time when all these charges went down, 552 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:43,760 Speaker 8: he was put on leave. The DA's office has denied 553 00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:47,480 Speaker 8: to answer any of my questions about this lawsuit. A 554 00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:50,720 Speaker 8: couple of those, where did you use any other evidence 555 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:55,800 Speaker 8: besides this tip that you apparently used from this election 556 00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:59,280 Speaker 8: based denial group. The other question that I had was 557 00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:04,360 Speaker 8: is that lead prosecutor what is his status with the office. 558 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:06,920 Speaker 8: So those are all questions we're working to get to 559 00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:11,280 Speaker 8: the bottom of, but definitely not something I think will 560 00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:12,880 Speaker 8: we all forecasted? 561 00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:16,160 Speaker 1: No, none of us did. All right, Blake, thanks for 562 00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:18,560 Speaker 1: the hard work this entire week. Great job, my friend, 563 00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:20,760 Speaker 1: and thank you for thanks for carrying the water for 564 00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:22,680 Speaker 1: me on this show. I appreciate that John and Can 565 00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:24,440 Speaker 1: appreciate you not letting it slip through the cracks too. 566 00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:28,120 Speaker 2: All right, Chris, thank you, Thanks Blake. 567 00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:31,160 Speaker 1: Blake Trolley KFI News. In just a few moments. There 568 00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:36,240 Speaker 1: is an effort to say no new taxes and try 569 00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:38,719 Speaker 1: to make it even harder to raise taxes. Well, some 570 00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:41,440 Speaker 1: are trying to make it easier to raise taxes. We'll 571 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:43,600 Speaker 1: find out what this is next. I Chris Merril and 572 00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:45,440 Speaker 1: for John of Kent today. 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