1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:02,120 Speaker 1: Can't I am six forty. 2 00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 2: You're listening to the John Cobel Podcast on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:08,080 Speaker 2: We're on every day from one until four and then 4 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:10,360 Speaker 2: after four o'clock John Cobelt Show on demand. That's the 5 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:13,039 Speaker 2: podcast version same as the radio show. You could download 6 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:16,400 Speaker 2: it on the iHeart app. Coming up after three thirty, 7 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:18,919 Speaker 2: we're going to talk with a reporter from New York 8 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:22,079 Speaker 2: ABC News to tell us if there's anything new on 9 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 2: the gunman who killed this United Healthcare executive cold blooded 10 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:28,920 Speaker 2: in the streets, shot him in the back. It's all 11 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 2: on video. If you go on social media, you could 12 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:35,919 Speaker 2: see this guy jump out from behind a car and 13 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:40,839 Speaker 2: really calmly gun this executive down. And they have not 14 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:43,239 Speaker 2: caught the gunman. He did his last scene somewhere in 15 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:48,159 Speaker 2: Central Park and they don't know the motive. The wife 16 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:53,400 Speaker 2: of the dead executive has said that they were getting 17 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 2: threats and apparently he was involved in some kind of 18 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 2: financial scandal this executive, because there was an investigation on 19 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 2: the federal level that he had sold his stock after 20 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 2: he was aware of inside information. It's United Health is 21 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 2: the name of the company. Brian Thompson is the executive 22 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 2: and we'll sort all this out coming up after three 23 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 2: point thirty. But if you run across the video, it's 24 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:25,279 Speaker 2: quite stunning, because rarely do you see a guy gunned 25 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 2: down in the street on live on a camera. Now, 26 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:34,360 Speaker 2: I want to talk about this. I'm I'm sure this 27 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:36,960 Speaker 2: is the last thing that a lot of people want 28 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:39,639 Speaker 2: to hear about. But you know, when this I always 29 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:42,960 Speaker 2: tell you that the real story comes out sometimes five 30 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 2: years later, ten years later, sometimes in a book or 31 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:51,240 Speaker 2: maybe an investigation. But in the heat of the moment, 32 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 2: you can have suspicions. And I had a lot of suspicions, 33 00:01:56,760 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 2: and many people did and aired them, and it turns 34 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 2: out if you had suspicions, you were absolutely right. And 35 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 2: if you thought that the COVID hysteria was a lot 36 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:10,680 Speaker 2: of nonsense when it came to where the virus came from, 37 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:13,919 Speaker 2: and whether you should wear a mask or not, whether 38 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 2: you should have six feet of distancing or not, well, 39 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 2: if you read the House of Representatives report that came 40 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:26,359 Speaker 2: out today, there was a committee that did an investigation 41 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:31,920 Speaker 2: now for several years on the COVID epidemic. You know what, 42 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 2: You're right, A lot of this was nonsense and something 43 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 2: really bad was going on that may have led to 44 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 2: this pandemic. The Department of Justice had launched a grand 45 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 2: jury investigation into a nonprofit called Eco Health Alliance, and 46 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:53,960 Speaker 2: we talked about this organization. This is the organization that 47 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 2: was run by a man named doctor Peter Dazak and 48 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 2: Anthony foul excuse me, Saint Anthony Fauci had been funneling 49 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 2: government money to Dazac. It was a legal transaction and 50 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:13,360 Speaker 2: Dazak was using it. He transferred it to China, to 51 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 2: that Wuhan lab and they were doing gain of function research. 52 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 2: Gain of function means you enhance the virus, you make 53 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 2: it more powerful, you make it more transmissible, and yeah, 54 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 2: our money was going into that kind of research in China. 55 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:32,679 Speaker 2: And there has been a secret grand jury investigation with 56 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 2: the Department of Justice that's been going on for several 57 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 2: years now. Despite all the denials, record requests have repeatedly 58 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 2: been blocked by the National Institutes of Health. According to 59 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 2: this House committee, it's the House Select Subcommittee on the 60 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 2: Coronavirus Pandemic. They have a five hundred and twenty page 61 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 2: report on the origin of the virus and the response 62 00:03:56,680 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 2: to the virus and the investigation still is a secret. 63 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 2: Members of the subcommittee still won't talk about it. I 64 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 2: guess it's an ongoing investigation. There's something really funky that 65 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 2: went on between our government between Fauci, this doctor Peter 66 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:18,480 Speaker 2: Dazac of Eco Health Alliance, and the researchers in China, 67 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 2: which is where the virus originated from that research lab. 68 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:31,160 Speaker 2: And you remember the extreme behavior on the part of government, 69 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 2: not only denying, but it was more of cancel culture. 70 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 2: It was more of social media bullying. In fact, that's 71 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:41,040 Speaker 2: when the Biden administration colluded with Facebook and Twitter and 72 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:46,799 Speaker 2: other social media companies to block any discussion, to censor 73 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:53,159 Speaker 2: any discussion, any opposition to their accepted theory that it 74 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:55,200 Speaker 2: started in an animal market. 75 00:04:57,200 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 1: And why were they so? Why were they? 76 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 2: This is one thing always bugged me, and it should 77 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:04,440 Speaker 2: keep this in your mind for the rest of your life. 78 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 2: There's always competing theories about everything. There's always several ideas 79 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 2: floating out there about any issue. Why was it that 80 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:18,440 Speaker 2: the government was so insistent that you couldn't discuss the 81 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 2: virus coming from a lab. Why did people get so 82 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:23,920 Speaker 2: angry if you said it came from a lab. Why 83 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:29,720 Speaker 2: were the social media companies censoring that discussion. 84 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 1: Wasn't that curious? 85 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 3: I was? 86 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 2: I found it weird at the times, like, well, why 87 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 2: can't we talk about it. Maybe we're right, maybe we're wrong. 88 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 2: What do you care if we're wrong. That's why I 89 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 2: didn't understand. It turns out you weren't wrong. It did 90 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 2: come from the lab. And I always thought, well, somebody 91 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:53,320 Speaker 2: powerful is involved in this. And at the time, Anthony 92 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:57,160 Speaker 2: Fauci was the patron Saint the Blessed one of the 93 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:00,920 Speaker 2: government health response, and he's up to his neck in this, 94 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 2: and so is this doctor Peter Dazac. 95 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:06,919 Speaker 1: You know what was another sign? Peter Dazac led a 96 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 1: group of I think. 97 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 2: Fifty one scientists to put their names to an ad 98 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 2: that ran in the New York Times claiming that anybody 99 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:18,719 Speaker 2: who supports this theory that the virus came out of 100 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 2: a Chinese lab is you know, is full of crap. 101 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:24,200 Speaker 1: And the whole implication was you were racist. 102 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 2: They actually pulled out racism, xenophobia, you know, all the 103 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:31,400 Speaker 2: Golden oldies. It's like, why would you get this angry 104 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 2: because I think a virus comes from a lab or 105 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 2: any other official, any other doctor. And there were a 106 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 2: lot of respected doctors who were saying it out loud, 107 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 2: and you were vilified like you were part of the 108 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:46,119 Speaker 2: Holocaust or something. 109 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:47,680 Speaker 1: This was so weird. 110 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 2: They weren't denying an epidemic. They weren't denying it was 111 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:53,920 Speaker 2: a virus. They were denying where the virus came from. 112 00:06:54,400 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 2: Why were people invested in it coming from the animal market. Well, well, 113 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:03,560 Speaker 2: eventually we're gonna find out. But there's a federal investigation 114 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:07,279 Speaker 2: going on because it looks like that this Eco Health 115 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 2: Alliance and doctor Dazac has been refusing to quickly release 116 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:19,119 Speaker 2: all their internal memos and documents and emails and whatever. 117 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:28,680 Speaker 2: Dazac has been referred for criminal prosecution. His organization has 118 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 2: been barred from getting any more federal money. In fact, 119 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 2: in the letter attached to the report, it says that 120 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 2: Dazac and his organization should never again receive US taxpayer dollars. 121 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 1: Gee, why do you think that is? 122 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:48,920 Speaker 2: And in the report it said the National Institute of Health, 123 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 2: which Fauci was running, failed to get the required information, 124 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:55,440 Speaker 2: progress reports and vital information that was paid for by 125 00:07:55,480 --> 00:08:01,240 Speaker 2: the American taxpayers. National Institute of Health and other agencies 126 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:06,559 Speaker 2: awarded millions of dollars of grants to EcoHealth Alliance. In fact, 127 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 2: there was a four million dollar project that Fauci's agency 128 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:21,040 Speaker 2: had titled Understanding the Risk of back Coronavirus Emergence. Part 129 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:28,440 Speaker 2: of the research was modifying back coronaviruses with SARS and 130 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 2: MERS viruses to make it ten thousand times more infectious. 131 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:39,440 Speaker 2: The resulting viruses were different than SARS covid two, which 132 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:43,080 Speaker 2: is the one that we all dealt with. But another 133 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:47,600 Speaker 2: Eco Health grant proposal has been flagged as a possible 134 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:52,080 Speaker 2: blueprint for engineering the SARS covid two virus. 135 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:54,800 Speaker 1: That we endured. 136 00:08:56,440 --> 00:09:01,880 Speaker 2: DAZAC has downplayed the involvement, downplay collaboration with Chinese researchers, 137 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 2: and then finally, the report says that as far as 138 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:09,760 Speaker 2: mask mandates are concerned, there was no conclusive evidence that 139 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:16,640 Speaker 2: masks effectively protected Americans and there was also no evidence 140 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:19,560 Speaker 2: that six feet of social distancing would slow the spread 141 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:23,440 Speaker 2: of the virus. That was arbitrary and not based on science, 142 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:30,760 Speaker 2: and said in the committee report, Trump is now going 143 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:35,400 Speaker 2: to be populating a lot of the medical establishments in 144 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 2: his administration with those scientists and researchers who protested the 145 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:45,600 Speaker 2: policies four years ago and were publicly vilified and censored 146 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:48,160 Speaker 2: on social media. But that's who's going to be running 147 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:51,600 Speaker 2: these medical departments, because there's a reason that these people 148 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:54,559 Speaker 2: with this such great lengths to come up with a 149 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 2: phony theory and to shut down anyone who disagreed with it, 150 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:03,880 Speaker 2: because they were guilty. They were involved in engineering this virus. 151 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 2: At the very least, the virus came out of that lab. 152 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 2: Maybe it was a lab accident, but it got loose, 153 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:16,440 Speaker 2: and they knew that their fingerprints were on the funding. 154 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:19,440 Speaker 3: That was. 155 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:24,599 Speaker 2: Allowing the research to go on for years, and that 156 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:29,199 Speaker 2: there was even more controversial research that was going to 157 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:31,439 Speaker 2: be funded in the future. They wanted to make a 158 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:36,080 Speaker 2: ten town ten thousand times more contagious, and all these 159 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:38,719 Speaker 2: people ought to go to prison, starting with Fauci. No 160 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:41,280 Speaker 2: one's ever hurt held accountable, though more coming up. 161 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 3: You're listening to John Cobelt on demand from KFI AM 162 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:46,880 Speaker 3: six forty. 163 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:50,839 Speaker 2: Coming up, after the three thirty News with Deborah, We're 164 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:53,880 Speaker 2: going to talk with Josh Margolin ABC News in New 165 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 2: York City about the United Health executive who was. 166 00:10:56,960 --> 00:10:58,040 Speaker 1: Gunned down in the street. 167 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 2: Looks like a hit job. He was walking outside of 168 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 2: Hilton Hotel. He was going to speak at the investors 169 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:09,760 Speaker 2: conference for Eco Health, a lot for United Healthcare. 170 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:11,440 Speaker 1: Confusing the two stories. 171 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:15,280 Speaker 2: And it was all on video, on a security video, 172 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:17,520 Speaker 2: and you could see the guy jumping out and shooting 173 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:23,040 Speaker 2: the executive in the back. It's a pretty scary thing. 174 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:25,640 Speaker 2: But right away the police said, no, this was targeted. 175 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:29,240 Speaker 2: This wasn't just a random criminal, This wasn't a Venezuelan 176 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 2: gang member. 177 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:32,880 Speaker 1: Brian Thompson is the name of the executive who's killed. 178 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:37,640 Speaker 2: Now we've been talking about with Elon Musk and the 179 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 2: vehicle Rumaswami has their Doge Commission to try to cut 180 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 2: trillions of dollars of government waste. They're going after government 181 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:48,160 Speaker 2: workers who don't show up to work anymore because seventy 182 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:52,400 Speaker 2: five percent of government buildings are empty and we're paying 183 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 2: to keep those buildings. I guess working. There's a few 184 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:01,800 Speaker 2: people working there, but you've got to pay. You've got 185 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:03,520 Speaker 2: to pay the rent on it, you've got to pay 186 00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:05,880 Speaker 2: the taxes. You've got to pay for all the upkeep 187 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:08,360 Speaker 2: and the maintenance so the rats don't take over or 188 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:12,520 Speaker 2: gangs don't move in, and it costs a lot to 189 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:15,760 Speaker 2: keep these buildings going, and why why should we If 190 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:17,559 Speaker 2: people aren't going to show up for work anymore, We 191 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:18,920 Speaker 2: ought to bulldoze these places. 192 00:12:19,679 --> 00:12:21,199 Speaker 1: Even if they do show up for work, we ought 193 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:21,880 Speaker 1: to bulldoze them. 194 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:25,520 Speaker 2: So they're they're they're going to lay down the law 195 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:27,800 Speaker 2: and they're they're going to say, you know, come the 196 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:30,440 Speaker 2: beginning of the Trump administration, everyone has to show up 197 00:12:30,559 --> 00:12:32,040 Speaker 2: five days a week, eight hours a day. 198 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:34,880 Speaker 1: That's just the way life is. And a lot of 199 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:37,320 Speaker 1: government workers are saying no, they'd rather quit. 200 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:40,880 Speaker 2: They think twenty five percent might quit because they don't 201 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:43,319 Speaker 2: want to drive in anymore. They're living way out in 202 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:45,439 Speaker 2: the suburbs. They don't want to deal with traffic, the 203 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:46,199 Speaker 2: poor babies. 204 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 4: It's never heard of this. 205 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 5: I mean, the only thing I would say is if 206 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:55,040 Speaker 5: I got a job that was fully remote and that 207 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 5: I was told that and I lived in another. 208 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:02,880 Speaker 4: Let's just say they'd be a commute, right. 209 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:05,640 Speaker 5: But then they changed, the company changed its mind and said, okay, 210 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:08,520 Speaker 5: now everybody has to work in the office. 211 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:11,640 Speaker 4: Okay, that I can understand. You're not living anywhere near 212 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 4: the office, right, I mean, that's that's an obvious thing. 213 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:18,800 Speaker 5: Or even three hours away if you moved under the 214 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 5: with the understanding that this job is always going to 215 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:22,200 Speaker 5: be remote, right. 216 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:24,880 Speaker 2: If you had some kind of an agreement, I got 217 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:27,880 Speaker 2: to understand. But most of these people just ran for 218 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:32,439 Speaker 2: the hills because well my last story, all the government 219 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 2: advice wasn't based on any science. 220 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:37,000 Speaker 1: We didn't have to have these lockdowns go on for 221 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:37,840 Speaker 1: years and years. 222 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:41,559 Speaker 5: But when the lockdown was over, people they just they said, no, 223 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:42,920 Speaker 5: we don't want to go back to work. 224 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:45,400 Speaker 4: And I think that that the employers should have said, okay, 225 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:46,760 Speaker 4: they don't. 226 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:48,840 Speaker 2: The lockdown should have been over after three months. After 227 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:51,199 Speaker 2: three months I saw. I remember reading on air the 228 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 2: research that that said, especially the schools, more than anything, 229 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:58,559 Speaker 2: the schools should never have been lockdown, which is another 230 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:02,800 Speaker 2: story I have maybe for later. But so Joe Biden 231 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:07,160 Speaker 2: or what's left of him, they're trying to protect the 232 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:12,240 Speaker 2: government workers, and the Biden administration is trying to work 233 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 2: with government employee unions to lock in hybrid work protections 234 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:23,000 Speaker 2: for tens of thousands of Social Security staff. And this 235 00:14:23,160 --> 00:14:26,400 Speaker 2: is not the only department that the unions are working 236 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:31,320 Speaker 2: with the Biden administration to contractually protect themselves so no 237 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:32,920 Speaker 2: one has to go in and show up for work. 238 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:42,720 Speaker 2: That's what they're doing. Federal employee. Now what One senator 239 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:46,880 Speaker 2: from Ohio, a new one named Bernie Moreno, he's a Republican, 240 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:49,960 Speaker 2: and he said he's going to work with the Trump 241 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:55,160 Speaker 2: administration to unwind these agreements first day in office, and 242 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:59,440 Speaker 2: Moreno said, federal employees are on notice in the real world, 243 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:02,440 Speaker 2: when you you don't show up to work, you get fired. 244 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 2: Senate Republicans will start unwinding these ridiculous deals on day one. 245 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:10,280 Speaker 2: I don't know how they're going to do this exactly. 246 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:13,240 Speaker 2: I don't know how binding these agreements are going to be. 247 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:19,160 Speaker 2: But Biden administration is trying to work out do a 248 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 2: rush job on new contracts so the employees that you 249 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 2: pay for it, that are supposed to work for you 250 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 2: don't have to actually work. Nobody in the world is 251 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 2: ever going to convince me that most ordinary office workers 252 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:37,400 Speaker 2: work more efficiently from home and are more productive at home. 253 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:38,760 Speaker 1: I just will not believe that. 254 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:44,800 Speaker 4: You know, you know what they're doing, Demor, I absolutely 255 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:45,560 Speaker 4: know what they're doing. 256 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:49,160 Speaker 1: They're riding their bicycles, and you know, it's. 257 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:51,560 Speaker 4: Just you know what it is, John, It's just not fair. 258 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:56,000 Speaker 4: It's not fair. It's not fair. We had to pay 259 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:57,520 Speaker 4: all the money for gas. 260 00:15:57,400 --> 00:15:59,600 Speaker 2: And we had to come to work and oh oh, 261 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:01,360 Speaker 2: that's what I've read is that people who are going 262 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 2: to start to go into work now, they're going to 263 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:08,760 Speaker 2: be shocked. Yeah with gas cats, especially like you're in California. Yeah, 264 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:10,360 Speaker 2: you're gonna be paying five bucks a gallon. 265 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:11,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, we welcome. 266 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:15,880 Speaker 2: I know these people who decided that they were entitled 267 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 2: to be separated from the real world and all the 268 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:23,160 Speaker 2: real world challenges because they were government employees, some special 269 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:28,080 Speaker 2: class boy. I am rooting for Musk and Ramaswami so hard. 270 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:30,120 Speaker 2: I mean, all they can do is they have this 271 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 2: you know, commission, and they're going to set up recommendations. 272 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:36,040 Speaker 2: It's it's it's up to Congress and Trump to push 273 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:39,400 Speaker 2: all these through and make them official policy or. 274 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:41,880 Speaker 1: Law, whatever they have to do legally. Uh, well, we 275 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:42,280 Speaker 1: come back. 276 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:44,760 Speaker 2: We're going to talk with Josh Margolan from ABC News 277 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:49,600 Speaker 2: in New York about the United Healthcare executive gunned down 278 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:50,200 Speaker 2: in the street. 279 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:54,280 Speaker 1: Looks like a hit job. Why, we'll see what Josh knows. 280 00:16:55,560 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 3: You're listening to John Cobel's on Demand from KFI AMC on. 281 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 2: From one to four every day and then for four 282 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:06,880 Speaker 2: o'clock John Cobelt Show on demand on the iHeart app, 283 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:09,120 Speaker 2: so you can listen to the podcast version Conway coming 284 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 2: up here at four o'clock. Let's now get to the 285 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:17,280 Speaker 2: biggest story of the day across the country. Josh Margolin 286 00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:19,359 Speaker 2: from ABC News is going to tell us the latest 287 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:25,480 Speaker 2: on this healthcare executive Brian Thompson, he's the United Healthcare CEO. 288 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:27,920 Speaker 2: He was going to speak at investors meeting of the 289 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:31,359 Speaker 2: Hilton Hotel in New York City, and he's walking alongside 290 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:34,240 Speaker 2: the hotel and he got gunned down. A guy jumped 291 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:37,280 Speaker 2: out from it looks like behind an suv and it 292 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:40,040 Speaker 2: looks like a hit. And now they got photos of 293 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:43,040 Speaker 2: the gunman standing in front of the counter at Starbucks. 294 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:46,920 Speaker 2: In fact, the clearest picture I've seen of him. He's 295 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:48,920 Speaker 2: wearing a hoodie. All you can see are his eyes 296 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:51,800 Speaker 2: and nose. Let's get Josh mar going on to see 297 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:55,159 Speaker 2: what he knows. Josh, Hey, we know that there's an 298 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:56,320 Speaker 2: active man hunt right now. 299 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:00,359 Speaker 6: This is a huge story that you know, it's not 300 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:03,920 Speaker 6: uncommon to have a shooting a killing in New York City, 301 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:07,000 Speaker 6: but this was a brazen not broad daylight. It was 302 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:09,159 Speaker 6: just before dawn, but we're talking about a quarter to 303 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:11,920 Speaker 6: seven in the morning, and we're talking about one of 304 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 6: the most densely populated, most heavily traveled, most iconic parts 305 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 6: of Manhattan. You know, the New York Hilton just up 306 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:21,800 Speaker 6: sixth Avenue from Rockefeller Center. The Christmas Tree is going 307 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:24,800 Speaker 6: to be lit tonight. The Radio City Rock Catch Radio 308 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:27,720 Speaker 6: City is right there and just south of Central Park. 309 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:30,879 Speaker 6: This is a very very busy area and to do 310 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:33,200 Speaker 6: this kind of thing the way that it was done, 311 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:35,960 Speaker 6: the police commissioner said that they will not rest until 312 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:37,439 Speaker 6: they find this shooter. 313 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:40,120 Speaker 1: It looked like a hit. 314 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:43,040 Speaker 2: Have the police said anything on the record or behind 315 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:45,920 Speaker 2: the scenes as to what the motivation would. 316 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:50,719 Speaker 6: Be, Well, it does look like a hit, But importantly, 317 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:52,639 Speaker 6: there are a couple of things that do suggest the 318 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:56,720 Speaker 6: shooter is not some sort of a train special Forces 319 00:18:56,800 --> 00:18:59,959 Speaker 6: assassin or something. There were quote unquote mistakes that were 320 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:04,280 Speaker 6: made according to the police that we're talking to, things 321 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:07,920 Speaker 6: that's some sort of a professional criminal probably wouldn't do 322 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:11,360 Speaker 6: in terms of motivation. They are actively trying to determine 323 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:14,920 Speaker 6: that because that will help them determine who the shooter is, 324 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:18,639 Speaker 6: and they right now do not have an identification, or 325 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:21,160 Speaker 6: at least one that they're willing to share. They're trying 326 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:23,560 Speaker 6: to determine this the result of some sort of personal 327 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:27,520 Speaker 6: grudge in the victim's private life, Is the result of 328 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:31,440 Speaker 6: something inside the workplace, you know, something where somebody got fired, 329 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:33,800 Speaker 6: laid off, something like that, or is it something as 330 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:37,439 Speaker 6: a result of the insurance work. This is Brian Thompson 331 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:40,840 Speaker 6: was the CEO United Healthcare. It's a large health insurance company, 332 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:43,480 Speaker 6: and we all know from our own lives that the 333 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:45,560 Speaker 6: insurance business is a tough business and a lot of 334 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:48,840 Speaker 6: people get angry with decisions that are made by insurance companies. 335 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:50,560 Speaker 1: Yeah. I mean, I don't know if you saw. 336 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:53,920 Speaker 2: It was a curious comment that his wife made to 337 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 2: NBC News saying, quote, there had been some threats basically, 338 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:01,480 Speaker 2: I don't know, a lack of covering which question mark, 339 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:04,520 Speaker 2: I don't know details. I just knew he said there 340 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:06,320 Speaker 2: were some people that had been threatening him. I just 341 00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:08,600 Speaker 2: thought that was an odd comment, A lack of coverage, 342 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:11,280 Speaker 2: which would make it sound like yeah, and an angry 343 00:20:11,359 --> 00:20:15,160 Speaker 2: customer who didn't get his claim approves. 344 00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:19,439 Speaker 6: Well, honestly, you could imagine It does not take too 345 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:23,200 Speaker 6: much imagination to think about cases where a lack of 346 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:27,119 Speaker 6: coverage could be really, really serious and lead somebody to 347 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:31,119 Speaker 6: take violent action. Right. We definitely can picture that I 348 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:35,920 Speaker 6: did see the comment from the wife, and threats get made. 349 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:39,919 Speaker 6: Police are looking at threats. You know, in law enforcement, 350 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 6: there's a view that the most dangerous threat is the 351 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:45,600 Speaker 6: one that's not made, because typically people who threaten don't act, 352 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:48,440 Speaker 6: and the people who act don't threaten. That's the general 353 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 6: view of it. But they are checking to see if 354 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:53,639 Speaker 6: there had been threats. We've spoken with local police. We 355 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:56,720 Speaker 6: don't believe that there were any reports of threats that 356 00:20:56,800 --> 00:21:00,760 Speaker 6: had been made to the house, and we're at this 357 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:03,720 Speaker 6: point the company has not confirmed any of that, but 358 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:06,199 Speaker 6: that's a critical part of the investigation right now. 359 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:09,879 Speaker 1: The gun jammed while he's firing it, but he I 360 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:10,840 Speaker 1: guess he unjammed it. 361 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:15,879 Speaker 6: Right, And so that does suggest to detectives that the 362 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 6: shooter has some familiarity, had some competency with firearms on 363 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:24,960 Speaker 6: one side. On the other side, there were three spent 364 00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:28,000 Speaker 6: shell casings retrieved from the scene. That obviously tells people, 365 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,240 Speaker 6: you know, people who know guns. That tells people that 366 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:34,439 Speaker 6: three bullets were fired, but there were also three fresh 367 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:38,560 Speaker 6: bullets that came out of the weapon, which suggests that 368 00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:43,320 Speaker 6: the person was not, you know, a really proficient in 369 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:47,119 Speaker 6: using the firearm, because typically they would only expect to 370 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:50,399 Speaker 6: see one unspent you know, fresh bullet that comes out 371 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:52,600 Speaker 6: and is retrieved on the floor. They found three. So 372 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:56,159 Speaker 6: that's the kind of nitty gritty detail they're looking at 373 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:58,720 Speaker 6: to try to determine the profile of the shooter. 374 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:02,879 Speaker 2: He shot him from back and then as Thompson stumbled 375 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:06,359 Speaker 2: to the ground and rolled over, the gunman walked up 376 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 2: to him and finished him off with It looked like 377 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:09,520 Speaker 2: a few more shots. 378 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:15,200 Speaker 6: Three shots in total were fired, and so they're trying 379 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:17,159 Speaker 6: to go through all of that. We know that he 380 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:19,960 Speaker 6: then took off, got on an e bike headed up 381 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:23,399 Speaker 6: towards Central Park, which is not a far distance away, 382 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:28,720 Speaker 6: apparently though he dropped his cell phone in the process. Again, 383 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:32,359 Speaker 6: the cell phone suggests that this is not somebody who's 384 00:22:32,359 --> 00:22:37,920 Speaker 6: a professional killer, because trained assassins don't don't don't carry 385 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:38,639 Speaker 6: their cell phone on it. 386 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:42,239 Speaker 2: There'd be way way too many clues in a phone potential, right, 387 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:43,600 Speaker 2: all right, well, very good. 388 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:45,320 Speaker 1: Absolutely, Josh, thank you for coming on. 389 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:47,879 Speaker 6: Hey, have a great evening, all right. 390 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:51,359 Speaker 2: Josh Margowan from ABC News in New York City covering 391 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:55,200 Speaker 2: the uh what looked like an execution of this United 392 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:58,280 Speaker 2: Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, UH. 393 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:00,640 Speaker 1: Down Manhattan. 394 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:03,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's just four blocks away from Rockefeller Center where 395 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:09,160 Speaker 2: the Christmas tree lighting is supposed to happen. Let's see 396 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:11,440 Speaker 2: if I can get that sheet in front of me here, 397 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:20,520 Speaker 2: because yeah, it's this evening. The tree lighting probably going 398 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:24,680 Speaker 2: on very soon. Yeah, usually happens around seven o'clock, I think. 399 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:28,600 Speaker 2: So they're going to have their normal security measures in place, 400 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:31,600 Speaker 2: which is already a massive police presidence. You could imagine 401 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:35,399 Speaker 2: in New York City with all the insane people that 402 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:39,000 Speaker 2: have come in illegally. I mean they got about two 403 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:41,320 Speaker 2: hundred and fifty thousand illegal immigrants. There's got to be 404 00:23:41,359 --> 00:23:45,080 Speaker 2: more than a few terrorists and gang members there. Thompson 405 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:48,440 Speaker 2: managed a division that employs one hundred and forty thousand people. 406 00:23:49,359 --> 00:23:55,320 Speaker 2: The company offers insurance plans to employers and individuals, very profitable. 407 00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:58,720 Speaker 2: He was promoted to chief executive of United Healthcare in 408 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:01,720 Speaker 2: April twenty twenty one. Based in Minnesota, that's where his 409 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:04,280 Speaker 2: family lives all right, more coming up. 410 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:10,200 Speaker 3: You're listening to John Cobels on demand from KFI Am sixty. 411 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:13,000 Speaker 2: I wasn't going to bring this up because this turned 412 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:15,920 Speaker 2: out to be maybe not a real story, but you know, 413 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:20,800 Speaker 2: this would have completed the trilogy of three major criminal 414 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:22,879 Speaker 2: cases from the nineteen nineties all coming back in the 415 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:26,640 Speaker 2: news in the same week. We had the Menendez brothers, obviously, 416 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:31,240 Speaker 2: and then a couple of days ago there's the John 417 00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:33,840 Speaker 2: Benna Ramsey cases is back in the news because the 418 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:36,160 Speaker 2: police say this is the year we're going to crack 419 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:40,440 Speaker 2: the case. We've got new DNA testing, and there's another 420 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:44,760 Speaker 2: Netflix special out. Well, you know this climate. There was 421 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:48,280 Speaker 2: an OJ Simpson story. Now TMZ had this earlier in 422 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:56,879 Speaker 2: the day that his former bodyguard had been claiming that 423 00:24:57,040 --> 00:25:00,760 Speaker 2: he had on tape a recording of OJ confessing to 424 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:07,240 Speaker 2: the murders of Ron and Nicole. And there isn't an 425 00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:11,480 Speaker 2: existence of some kind of thumb drive. That the guy's 426 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:15,400 Speaker 2: name is Iraq A Velly, right, he was an OJ bodyguard. 427 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:20,280 Speaker 2: I don't know exactly what his official duties were and 428 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:25,160 Speaker 2: when he was the bodyguard, but he had said Ojay's 429 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:29,000 Speaker 2: on this thumb drive admitting to the crimes. So there 430 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:32,399 Speaker 2: was a search warrant and apparently there was another legal 431 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:36,080 Speaker 2: case which led to the confiscation of the thumb drive 432 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:39,840 Speaker 2: inside a green backpack. So I don't know what's going 433 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:42,679 Speaker 2: on in this iraq a Velly's life. But they seized 434 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:46,159 Speaker 2: the backpack. It had multiple drives and there was an 435 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:49,600 Speaker 2: investigation on a separate case. They had a search warrant 436 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:52,720 Speaker 2: to collect evidence. There was live ammunition and other items 437 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:54,400 Speaker 2: in the bag. So this guy's up to no good 438 00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:58,840 Speaker 2: and so TMS he went with this report. Well, the 439 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 2: update is is that the Bloomington, Minnesota Police Department examined 440 00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:07,240 Speaker 2: the drives in question and determined they contained nothing of 441 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:13,200 Speaker 2: evidentiary value, which is a disappointment. LAPD says, we have 442 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 2: never listened to or been in possession of these drives. 443 00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:20,040 Speaker 2: This is what the Minneapolis or rather the Bloomington Police 444 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:26,040 Speaker 2: Department is telling us. So it turns out the big 445 00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:29,760 Speaker 2: splashy breakthrough headline at the moment turns out to be nothing, 446 00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:31,919 Speaker 2: which is a major disappointment. 447 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:36,320 Speaker 1: Now this is kind of funny. 448 00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:42,600 Speaker 2: You know, the LPGA Tour, the Ladies Professional Golf Association 449 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:45,680 Speaker 2: and when I was first starting out on a media 450 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:49,320 Speaker 2: career as a sports writer back in New Jersey for 451 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:51,600 Speaker 2: suburban paper think of something along the lines of the 452 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:55,800 Speaker 2: Orange County Register. And among my earliest assignments was covering 453 00:26:56,000 --> 00:27:00,520 Speaker 2: every single golf tournament in New Jersey, which most was 454 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:05,439 Speaker 2: local tournaments like semi professional golfers or guys who had 455 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:08,440 Speaker 2: day jobs and they were on a low level tour. 456 00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:11,159 Speaker 2: You'd be amazed how many golf tours there are, and 457 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:14,879 Speaker 2: there's a little bit of money to hand out. And 458 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:18,240 Speaker 2: back then when I was a sports writer, I got 459 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:20,320 Speaker 2: this for two whole summers. They did nothing but cover 460 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:23,920 Speaker 2: golf tournaments, mostly low level tournaments, with two exceptions. And 461 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:26,480 Speaker 2: you'll see in a moment one of those exceptions worked, 462 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:29,960 Speaker 2: and you'd cover to the tournaments and all the local 463 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:32,320 Speaker 2: media showed up. There were a lot of suburban newspapers 464 00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:34,840 Speaker 2: in the day, and we'd all show up and spend 465 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:39,080 Speaker 2: the day eating free food and getting loaded because they 466 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:43,639 Speaker 2: would have open bar and open buffets for all the reporters. 467 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:43,880 Speaker 1: All day long. 468 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:46,760 Speaker 2: Now you know how long a golf tournament takes golf tour, 469 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:50,000 Speaker 2: you know that's you know, eight ten hours. Sometimes the 470 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:52,479 Speaker 2: tournament went on for several days and all the reporters 471 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:55,080 Speaker 2: would show up. That's why I know what reporters are about, 472 00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:58,040 Speaker 2: because I saw these guys for years and they just 473 00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:00,920 Speaker 2: want to have free food and free booze, and you know, 474 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:03,119 Speaker 2: then they hash out a hack article and you know, 475 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:04,600 Speaker 2: I was right with them every day. 476 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:05,840 Speaker 1: Now. 477 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:09,040 Speaker 2: The two exceptions was I got to do the LPGA 478 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:12,200 Speaker 2: tournament that came through every year into New Jersey, and 479 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:15,680 Speaker 2: one year a PGA tournament it was the US Open. 480 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:17,560 Speaker 1: I got to cover the US Open. Jack Nicholas won 481 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:17,879 Speaker 1: that year. 482 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:22,760 Speaker 2: In fact, but the LPGA Tour made the news because 483 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:28,640 Speaker 2: they have updated their gender eligibility policy. 484 00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:29,360 Speaker 1: Now. 485 00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:32,920 Speaker 2: You would think if your acronym is LPGA, which stands 486 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:36,840 Speaker 2: for Ladies Professional Golf Association, that you'd only have women 487 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:43,840 Speaker 2: playing golf, right, But up until today male players who 488 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:48,720 Speaker 2: have gone through male puberty. I guess if they identified 489 00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:53,120 Speaker 2: as female, they could play. And now the requirement is 490 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:56,680 Speaker 2: if you're a male and you went through puberty, you 491 00:28:56,960 --> 00:28:59,120 Speaker 2: are banned from competing. 492 00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:00,800 Speaker 1: In the LPGA Tour. Oh man. 493 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:03,720 Speaker 2: I just like the way they worded it. It's like 494 00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:07,200 Speaker 2: if you went through puberty. It's a very distinct point 495 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:11,200 Speaker 2: in time of what's the official test for that. That's 496 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:11,720 Speaker 2: a good question. 497 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:15,760 Speaker 1: Come over here. Yeah, that's what I was thinking. 498 00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:20,840 Speaker 2: Also the EPSOM Tour, the Ladies European Tour, and all 499 00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:25,920 Speaker 2: other LPG eight competitions players assigned male at birth. Oh 500 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:29,240 Speaker 2: that phrase, I hate that phrase. I wasn't assigned male. 501 00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:33,680 Speaker 2: It was immediately obvious. And if you've gone through male puberty, 502 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:37,280 Speaker 2: you're not eligible to compete in these events anymore. And 503 00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:40,680 Speaker 2: they've been under a lot of pressure to change its 504 00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:43,479 Speaker 2: rules and make sure it's just women. I think at 505 00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:45,360 Speaker 2: the very least, you have to go through the big chop. 506 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,320 Speaker 2: You have to get the chop and then we'll maybe 507 00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:50,480 Speaker 2: talk about competing as a woman. 508 00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:52,920 Speaker 7: Conways here, do you know what they refer to you 509 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:56,800 Speaker 7: and I as non transgend non transgendered men. 510 00:29:58,360 --> 00:29:58,760 Speaker 6: Is that right? 511 00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:02,880 Speaker 7: Yeah, we're non trend gendered man. We we didn't go 512 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:06,080 Speaker 7: through the transition having trans yet. But hey, look it's 513 00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:10,640 Speaker 7: a long life, you know. Never say no, LAPD Chief, 514 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:14,200 Speaker 7: Deputy Chief, I apologize. Is coming on with us Allen 515 00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:17,240 Speaker 7: Hamilton to talk about the woman from Maui who is 516 00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:20,560 Speaker 7: missing and now in is Mexico and her dad jumped 517 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:22,760 Speaker 7: allegedly jumped off a building near the lax. 518 00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:24,720 Speaker 1: It's a mess. There's a great story in there. 519 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:29,440 Speaker 7: It's a horrible story, but we'll have the police LAPDS 520 00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:33,160 Speaker 7: version of what happened. A huge amount of money raised 521 00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:38,120 Speaker 7: at pastathon yesterday, nine hundred and forty five thousand dollars 522 00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:40,600 Speaker 7: and counting take over a million dollars. 523 00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:42,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm sure it is over a million by now. 524 00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:42,720 Speaker 1: That's really cool. 525 00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:47,800 Speaker 7: Plus twenty three people arrested at the Black Friday retails 526 00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:50,360 Speaker 7: up a camerie. You ever go to the came Real outlets? 527 00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:53,959 Speaker 7: I have, yes, but we never know Black Friday. 528 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:54,560 Speaker 3: But don't you have. 529 00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:56,680 Speaker 7: Money to stay away from the outlets? You know, you 530 00:30:56,800 --> 00:31:00,680 Speaker 7: have outlet free money. My wife will not end. Oh 531 00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:04,000 Speaker 7: that's great, that kind of no, that way great, good 532 00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:11,120 Speaker 7: for you. Impossible old school, yes, yes, Kmart Marshalls, that's right. Yeah, 533 00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:14,239 Speaker 7: my my most of my wife and daughter's clothes are 534 00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:16,640 Speaker 7: from Target and Walmart. 535 00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:19,600 Speaker 1: They enjoy that and yours. Obviously. 536 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:24,120 Speaker 2: This is Cole's young Man, that's Coles, Coles Special, Cole 537 00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:24,760 Speaker 2: Special down. 538 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:27,360 Speaker 1: What do you pay for that? This was yester night. 539 00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:29,680 Speaker 7: It was nineteen dollars, but it was it was it 540 00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:32,320 Speaker 7: was on it was the browser bin, so it was 541 00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:32,840 Speaker 7: half off. 542 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:35,600 Speaker 1: It's not like about nine ninety nine dollars. 543 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:37,680 Speaker 7: Yeah, okay, yeah, all right, and it costs me four 544 00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:41,640 Speaker 7: dollars to London, all right? 545 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:45,040 Speaker 1: Ky waits song with you, Buddy, Digl. 546 00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:47,479 Speaker 2: And Krusher is the News Live with Calfie twenty four 547 00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:50,280 Speaker 2: Hour Newsroom. Hey you've been listening to the John Covelt 548 00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:52,680 Speaker 2: Show podcast. 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