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Plan and they look at the rating. 11 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:05,120 Speaker 1: The documentary looks at one of the most dangerous fires 12 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:07,679 Speaker 1: in the history of the La City Fire Department. It 13 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 1: was the first time I ever heard this call during 14 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 1: a fire. Eleven firefighters were injured in May of twenty 15 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 1: twenty after building on Boyd Street exploded, sending a fireball 16 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:22,919 Speaker 1: up through a ladder as firefighters were leaving the roof. 17 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:26,400 Speaker 1: This documentary is to look back on that specific day. 18 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:31,040 Speaker 1: We injured a number of our members severely burned them 19 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 1: and this is all about walking through the experience. It 20 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 1: was called the Boyd Street Incident by Archie Kristin Crowley 21 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:39,560 Speaker 1: says everyone in the department remembers where they were that day. 22 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 1: Filmmaker Robert man Sarah says he was blown away by 23 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:44,839 Speaker 1: the honesty and rawness of the firefighters when they talked 24 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 1: about that day. I think the jaw dropping moment for 25 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 1: me was when they told me the entire incident they 26 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 1: were in fire was forty two seconds and forty two 27 00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 1: seconds of flame on your body. I just couldn't imagine that. Ever. 28 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: The documentary is called Boyd Street and it's a little 29 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 1: over an hour. Steve Gregory Camfie news well. The US 30 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 1: Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance is providing blankets to people in Ukraine. 31 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 1: Ambassador Bridget Brink helped deliver twenty two thousand blankets to 32 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 1: a railway in Kiev that will distribute them across the country. 33 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 1: She says, temperatures are freezing. I think that the aggression 34 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 1: needs to stop. I think Russia can stop this tomorrow. 35 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 1: Russia can stop the war and pull its troops out, 36 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:30,960 Speaker 1: and the war will end. Rink says the US is 37 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 1: doing everything it can to provide help to people in 38 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:35,959 Speaker 1: Ukraine during the winter months, and a man who fell 39 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:37,919 Speaker 1: off a cruise ship has been rescued in the Gulf 40 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 1: of Mexico. The man was a passenger on the Carnival 41 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:43,079 Speaker 1: Valor heading to Cosomel from New Orleans. He was last 42 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 1: seen by his sister heading to the restroom from a 43 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 1: bar on Wednesday night. She reported him missing yesterday at noon. 44 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:50,919 Speaker 1: He was spotted by crew members on another ship. Later 45 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:53,360 Speaker 1: in the day, a Coastguard helicopter picked him up and 46 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 1: took him to New Orleans. Socat weather from KFI mostly sunny, 47 00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 1: upper fifties to mid sixties tomorrow at the beaches, load 48 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 1: of uppers sixties in Metro l Anoc, upper sixties to 49 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 1: mid seventies in the Inland Valleys, and load of upper 50 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:06,640 Speaker 1: sixties in the Inland Empire. Right now with seventy degrees 51 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:09,640 Speaker 1: in San Clementi, seventy six in Santa Anna, seventy in Inglewood, 52 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:11,679 Speaker 1: and seventy three in Sherman Oaks and now taking a 53 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 1: look at KFI traffic, a crash has been cleared on 54 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:18,240 Speaker 1: the ninety one in Anaheim Hills westbound at Lakeview Boulevard 55 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 1: that crashes out of lanes. You're still slow from Imperial 56 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:23,640 Speaker 1: Highway and in Orange the twenty two eastbound connector to 57 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 1: the fifties seven. That crash there has the connector partially blocked. 58 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 1: It's an overturned car hauler. You're stopping go from the 59 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 1: City Drive. Let's check in now with d KFI and 60 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 1: the Sky Mike O'Brien, who's taking a look at commerce, 61 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 1: and there's definitely some commerce taking place there today, Mike, 62 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 1: plenty of it, that's for sure. It's just a miserable 63 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 1: spot here. Let's shore really got a shop today? The 64 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 1: northbound side of the five. You're jam from Downey up 65 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 1: to Atlantic to the Citadel's shops here in commerce South five, 66 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 1: same kind of stuff from boil Heights East La Interchange 67 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 1: down through Atlantic. But that's where the fun really begins 68 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 1: because you've got single file lines for like miles here 69 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 1: trying to get into the parking lot which is already full. 70 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 1: So I think even if you exit the freeway, you're 71 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 1: looking at about an hour delight just to get a 72 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 1: parking spot, So I would avoid it. Michael'brien, KF I 73 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 1: in the sky, k I and the Sky helps get 74 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:19,920 Speaker 1: you there faster. 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Is it? 110 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:37,039 Speaker 1: We got to cyber Monday? And then is it giving Tuesday? 111 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:39,279 Speaker 1: Is that the deal? Is there something on Sunday? Brian? 112 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:41,600 Speaker 1: You know Sunday his Sunday picked up some name. Yet 113 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 1: I haven't heard anything about Sunday having a specific name. Yeah, 114 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 1: we try to throw all these other goofy names out there. Um, 115 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 1: small Business Saturday always excites me. I grew up, as 116 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:54,279 Speaker 1: I mentioned earlier in the program for those who have 117 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:57,679 Speaker 1: been listening the whole time, Uh, and I know about 118 00:06:57,680 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 1: too many of you. I grew up in a small town. 119 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:04,760 Speaker 1: My folks owned a retail business in this very small town. 120 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:08,919 Speaker 1: It was an electrical not an electronics, but an electrical store. 121 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 1: My father has been an electrician his entire life owned 122 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 1: a store in the eighties and the beginning of the 123 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 1: nineteen nineties, and I recall it. It was one of 124 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 1: these one stoplight towns I grew up in, with that 125 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 1: classic main street and just a few spatterings of businesses 126 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 1: that were off the main street. And Pops had a 127 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 1: store that was on Main Street. And I recall that 128 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 1: my folks used to take that. I don't even think 129 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:38,640 Speaker 1: they called it a small Business Saturday at the time, 130 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 1: but they would take time off on that Saturday because, 131 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:47,320 Speaker 1: let's face it, not a lot of people were doing 132 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 1: their Christmas shopping at the electrical store. Nobody was like, 133 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 1: you know what my wife would really like two hundred 134 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 1: feet of romex wire. That's what she needs this year. Yes, yeah, 135 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 1: they might sell something things like chandeliers or something if 136 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:05,240 Speaker 1: somebody was doing something more some you know, some sconces 137 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:08,120 Speaker 1: things like that, but not a lot of conduit being 138 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:11,720 Speaker 1: sold on those days. So my mom and pops would 139 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:14,560 Speaker 1: take that Saturday morning and they would go up and 140 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 1: down the main street of my hometown and they would 141 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 1: patronize the other businesses in town, and that's where they 142 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 1: did an awful lot of their Christmas shopping. It was 143 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:25,360 Speaker 1: just one of those things I recall growing up that, 144 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 1: you know, they would come home on Saturday afternoon from working. 145 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:32,320 Speaker 1: My brother and I were old enough, I guess, either 146 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 1: or we had a babysitter or something, and I just 147 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 1: remember them coming home and driving into the driveway and 148 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 1: saying stay inside, Well, why just stay inside? And as 149 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 1: because Mom and Pops were unloading the car, you know, 150 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 1: they purchased some some things the local stores and we 151 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:54,200 Speaker 1: didn't have a lot of stuff. There was a little 152 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:57,319 Speaker 1: sporting goods store, and there was a clothing store and 153 00:08:57,400 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 1: kind of a five and dime type place and that 154 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 1: sort of thing. But are kids, so we didn't need 155 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 1: expensive stuff. Well it was watered expensive stuff, but we 156 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 1: didn't have it, and so that was always a real 157 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:09,640 Speaker 1: special memory for me. So there's a little nostalgic place 158 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:12,199 Speaker 1: in my heart when it comes to the small business Saturday. 159 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:15,160 Speaker 1: I just I love that, and I love patronizing those 160 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:18,360 Speaker 1: small business owners, and I'm so excited that there is 161 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 1: kind of this national movement to support those. When Black 162 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:25,640 Speaker 1: Friday was for a long time becoming such a big 163 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:29,240 Speaker 1: holiday for the box stores and the malls, it was 164 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 1: exciting to me to see an emphasis put on, you know, 165 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:38,880 Speaker 1: your local shopping outlets always like that. However, I'll admit 166 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:42,480 Speaker 1: I also love shopping online. In fact, during the break, 167 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 1: I did Christmas shopping for my wife online. You know, 168 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:49,600 Speaker 1: Brian was working hard and I was out there going, oh, 169 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:52,280 Speaker 1: I think my wife would like that. Yeah, I was 170 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 1: doing it. The problem was shopping online is if I 171 00:09:54,679 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 1: shop on Amazon, all she has to do is go 172 00:09:56,559 --> 00:09:58,400 Speaker 1: to the order history and find out what our Christmas 173 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:01,080 Speaker 1: president is. Well, that ruins all the fun, doesn't it. 174 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:06,760 Speaker 1: That's a booger? Yeah, you get the concert way. What's it? 175 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:09,520 Speaker 1: You get caught that way? I do get caught that way. 176 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:14,640 Speaker 1: I do. But whatever, if she wants to ruin her 177 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:18,720 Speaker 1: Christmas surprise. Fine, that's on her. But if I find 178 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:20,680 Speaker 1: out that she did that, I'm sending it all back. 179 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:24,800 Speaker 1: That's what I'm doing. The concern I always have when 180 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:28,360 Speaker 1: I do the online shopping, however, is is it going 181 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:31,720 Speaker 1: to get to my house? And I'm not talking about delays. 182 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:36,520 Speaker 1: I'm not talking about shipping delays or whatever else. I'm 183 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 1: always worried about the porch pirates. And I was looking 184 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:43,000 Speaker 1: at the stats that came out and I guess we're 185 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 1: one of the worst places in the country for porch 186 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:49,680 Speaker 1: pirates package stuff. If you're unfamiliar with people that steal 187 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:52,679 Speaker 1: your crap off the off your your porch or deck 188 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:55,680 Speaker 1: or your entry or whatever else it is. When you 189 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:57,960 Speaker 1: do online shopping, You've probably all seen the videos of 190 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:00,520 Speaker 1: people sneaking out. They get caught on the the video 191 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 1: the doorcams, right, they get caught on those those cameras now, 192 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 1: and it's like, ah, I got you. The trouble is 193 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:10,080 Speaker 1: is it clear enough evidence for the authorities to track 194 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 1: that person down. I ran into that twice when I 195 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:15,160 Speaker 1: was living in Phoenix. My car got broken into in 196 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:18,960 Speaker 1: my driveway and my son's car got broken into right 197 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:20,520 Speaker 1: in front of the house. He was. He was parked 198 00:11:20,559 --> 00:11:23,280 Speaker 1: on the street, but it was only twenty yards from 199 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:28,480 Speaker 1: the front door. And in both cases I had video 200 00:11:28,559 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 1: footage that I gave to the police, and it wasn't 201 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:33,200 Speaker 1: clear enough for them to be able to do anyth 202 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:38,240 Speaker 1: with it, So that was a real downer. Cities where 203 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:45,959 Speaker 1: porch pirates strike the least. San Diego is on the list. 204 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:50,000 Speaker 1: San Diego for the least. It's one of the safest. Miami, 205 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 1: by the way, they say is the safest city for 206 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:56,520 Speaker 1: porch pirates, which surprises me because I know Miami has 207 00:11:56,520 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 1: some crime a decent amount, and so I was a 208 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:01,040 Speaker 1: little surprised to see that my amy, Fort Lauderdale is 209 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:04,080 Speaker 1: number one for the least likely to have your crap 210 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:07,440 Speaker 1: stolen off your front door. Tampa is number two, so 211 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 1: that surprised me. The early California city in that list 212 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:13,320 Speaker 1: is San Diego. As far as ten metro areas with 213 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:18,720 Speaker 1: the most packaged theft, we're number six. Los Angeles is 214 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:22,080 Speaker 1: and it's the metro areas, so the entire Los Angeles, 215 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:26,480 Speaker 1: Southern California mina San Diego. I guess number one is 216 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:29,440 Speaker 1: the California city. It's San Francisco. The whole Bay Area, 217 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:33,680 Speaker 1: San Francisco, Oakland metro areas with the most package theft 218 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:37,439 Speaker 1: and that's problematic. My friends security company, safe Wise and 219 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:41,199 Speaker 1: Vivin spoke with thousands of Americans over the past five 220 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:44,920 Speaker 1: years and use Google trends and FBI theft numbers to 221 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:48,959 Speaker 1: help compile this newest theft report and rank cities across 222 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 1: the country. In the past twelve months, around two hundred 223 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:56,120 Speaker 1: and sixty million packages were stolen by so called porch pirates. 224 00:12:56,600 --> 00:13:01,000 Speaker 1: The other thing that bugs me is I had had 225 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:03,559 Speaker 1: relatives that had this happened. Somebody stole their stuff. In 226 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:05,839 Speaker 1: this case, it was out of a mailbox. They took 227 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:08,040 Speaker 1: it out of the mailbox and you know what they 228 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:11,400 Speaker 1: you know what the porch pirates got. It was like 229 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:17,400 Speaker 1: centrum silver that they stole the porch fire. They steal 230 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:20,160 Speaker 1: that stuff off the off the deck or the mailbox 231 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:23,280 Speaker 1: or the porch whatever else it is, the front steps, whatever, 232 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:26,000 Speaker 1: And they don't know what's in those boxes. They're just 233 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:28,040 Speaker 1: assuming it's something that they want and then if it's not, 234 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:31,280 Speaker 1: they throw it away. No, they stole the centrum silver 235 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:34,679 Speaker 1: or oh it did happen to my folks one time 236 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:38,080 Speaker 1: took my mom's medication. But it was it was one 237 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:40,320 Speaker 1: of those medications that she needed. But it's not something 238 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:42,240 Speaker 1: that you could you know, flip on the black market 239 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 1: or something. You know. It wasn't a painkiller, it wasn't 240 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:48,160 Speaker 1: It wasn't anything you could get high from. It was 241 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:51,320 Speaker 1: like eloquence, like a blood fitter or something. What stuff's 242 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:56,080 Speaker 1: expensive and they ganked it from from my mother and 243 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:59,000 Speaker 1: it just but they opened up the package like I 244 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:00,920 Speaker 1: got something and they opened it. What's in there? Nothing 245 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:04,400 Speaker 1: they can use. That's fifty million more packages that were 246 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:07,720 Speaker 1: swiped compared to the last year. The steady also shows 247 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:10,480 Speaker 1: that more than half of the victims have had multiple 248 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:16,120 Speaker 1: packages stolen in the past year. Now, that's frustrating. Somebody 249 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:18,640 Speaker 1: steals your stuff and you think, oh my gosh, I've 250 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:22,320 Speaker 1: been robbed, and then they continue to order things online 251 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:25,160 Speaker 1: to get robbed again. But as I mentioned, if it's 252 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:27,280 Speaker 1: somebody who's got a mailbox out front, you know, maybe 253 00:14:27,280 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 1: they're not have a mail slot, maybe they're just got 254 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 1: a mailbox. It's not like you can tell the post 255 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 1: office stopped delivering. I guess you could, but not really. 256 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:39,520 Speaker 1: And forty percent of those packages were valued between fifty 257 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:43,200 Speaker 1: and one hundred dollars and estimated loss of around nineteen 258 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 1: and a half billion dollars. Wow. Wow, I guess this 259 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:51,160 Speaker 1: comes back to the point I made earlier, is that 260 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:54,800 Speaker 1: maybe I shouldn't be shopping online so much. Maybe I 261 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:59,560 Speaker 1: should just be looking for those small business opportunities. Maybe 262 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:03,320 Speaker 1: that's the solution. There is a group of people they 263 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 1: don't seem to mind if their stuff gets stolen because 264 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:07,800 Speaker 1: they've been ganging it from you all along. I'll tell 265 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:11,720 Speaker 1: you who who has been taking an awful lot out 266 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:15,760 Speaker 1: of your pocket and putting it in their own and 267 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 1: it's completely legal. The governor has something to say about it. 268 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:21,440 Speaker 1: That is next. I'm Chris merrill in for John and 269 00:15:21,480 --> 00:15:26,280 Speaker 1: Kenn and KF. I am sixty. Brian Brewman has news well. 270 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 1: The US and England ended their match at the World 271 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:32,600 Speaker 1: Cup in a draw zero zero. Winterfest has kicked off 272 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:36,840 Speaker 1: at the Orange County Fairgrounds with skiing or skiing, skating 273 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:40,040 Speaker 1: and snow rides for kids, and law enforcement is out 274 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:43,400 Speaker 1: in higher numbers at shopping centers statewide for Black Friday. 275 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:45,520 Speaker 1: Now taking a look at KFI traffic, We've got a 276 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:49,520 Speaker 1: crash on the fifteen in Lake Elsinore south bound before 277 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:52,840 Speaker 1: Central Avenue. This crash involves four cars. It's blocking the 278 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:55,280 Speaker 1: left lane and traffic is now jam from Lake Street. 279 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:58,160 Speaker 1: We've got big traffic troubles through industry. Right now, we 280 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:00,600 Speaker 1: get the very latest from the f I and the 281 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:03,360 Speaker 1: Sky Mike O, Brian, Mike Well, John and Ken show 282 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:06,160 Speaker 1: caff I AM six forty. It's more stimulating talk tomorrow 283 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,760 Speaker 1: a Small Business Saturday. As I've been mentioning how much 284 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:13,000 Speaker 1: I liked the small Business Saturday stuff. Mo Kelly is 285 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:16,080 Speaker 1: doing a show, a Small Business Saturday Show tomorrow night 286 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:18,440 Speaker 1: at six pm. So if you want to submit your 287 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:21,040 Speaker 1: small business for a shout out on MOS show, you 288 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 1: can do that until nine o'clock tonight. Just go to 289 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:27,600 Speaker 1: kf I AM six forty dot com slash small again 290 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:31,280 Speaker 1: kf I AM sixty dot com slash small and then 291 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:32,680 Speaker 1: that'll take you to the page and you can fill 292 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:34,720 Speaker 1: out the form and you can be included in that 293 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:41,640 Speaker 1: in that shout out. The shout out what do we have? Oh? 294 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:46,600 Speaker 1: I know, as we talk about the the the shopping season, 295 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:51,400 Speaker 1: be careful of scams too. Um. During that last segment, 296 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:54,000 Speaker 1: my phone was silenced and all of a sudden, I 297 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:57,080 Speaker 1: saw that I had an alert come up and with somebody. 298 00:16:57,800 --> 00:16:59,560 Speaker 1: It was a number that was from the Torrance area, 299 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:03,800 Speaker 1: and you're eligible for up to fifty percent savings on 300 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:07,680 Speaker 1: your Exfinity Comcast account. I don't have an Exfinity Comcast account, 301 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:12,960 Speaker 1: so scammy, So be cautious of the scammy stuff. I 302 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:16,200 Speaker 1: always worry about my folks, and when I was younger, 303 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:18,639 Speaker 1: I never really understood this, and it's still a little 304 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:23,840 Speaker 1: bit baffling to me that people who grew up being 305 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:26,760 Speaker 1: aware of all the different scammers that are out there 306 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:30,320 Speaker 1: as they get older, and we know scammers like to 307 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 1: target older individuals, our senior community seems to be the 308 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 1: most vulnerable for two reasons. First, they they have assets, 309 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:41,960 Speaker 1: which means that they are, you know, right for the picking. 310 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:45,920 Speaker 1: And then two, oftentimes they have difficulty in the world 311 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:48,919 Speaker 1: around them navigating what is and it is not legitimate. 312 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:52,000 Speaker 1: It always sort of bothered me as I was a 313 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:53,840 Speaker 1: little younger and I'm sort of in the middle ages 314 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:58,480 Speaker 1: now I'm forty four. It always bothered me, I guess 315 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:00,760 Speaker 1: in my twenties and early thirties when I saw older 316 00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:03,080 Speaker 1: people being targeted and I thought, why are they falling 317 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:05,920 Speaker 1: for it. They grew up, I mean, they grew up 318 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:09,679 Speaker 1: knowing that scammers were out there. Uh, it's not like 319 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:11,920 Speaker 1: the Internet is that new any longer. I mean I 320 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:14,320 Speaker 1: almost understood it a little bit when when people were 321 00:18:14,359 --> 00:18:18,480 Speaker 1: being scammed in the mid nineties online, through email or 322 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:21,439 Speaker 1: whatever else, because it seemed like, Okay, well they're you know, 323 00:18:22,359 --> 00:18:24,280 Speaker 1: it's new and they're not accustomed to such a thing. 324 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:29,200 Speaker 1: But as I've watched my folks get older, it's sometimes 325 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:33,240 Speaker 1: the cognitive abilities decline. And my folks are pretty pretty 326 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:40,600 Speaker 1: with it, but they so much rely on so many 327 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:43,440 Speaker 1: other people. There's so much coming at them. My goodness. 328 00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:47,040 Speaker 1: My Pops and I we talk a few times a week. Uh. 329 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:49,840 Speaker 1: He's he's getting a little bit older, and he says, well, 330 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:52,200 Speaker 1: it's time for it's time to re up our medicare 331 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:57,600 Speaker 1: uh stuff, which you just it confuses me, right, Thank goodness, 332 00:18:57,600 --> 00:18:59,239 Speaker 1: I don't have to deal with it. He's like, oh, 333 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:01,600 Speaker 1: I gotta I gotta figure out what the best plan is, 334 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:04,920 Speaker 1: the advantage plan, the A, B, the C, the Medicare D, 335 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:08,479 Speaker 1: the E. I have no idea. I don't have a clue. 336 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:10,560 Speaker 1: Pops is still with it. He doesn't a lot of 337 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:13,280 Speaker 1: research on the stuff. He loves researching things. He likes spreadsheets. 338 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:16,480 Speaker 1: They keep him saying, I guess, but there's a lot, 339 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:19,639 Speaker 1: and it's confusing. And then I see these ads that 340 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:21,840 Speaker 1: come out to some of the older individuals in our 341 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:24,560 Speaker 1: communities that are saying, you know, just call us now 342 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:25,959 Speaker 1: and we'll take care of all of it for you. 343 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:27,960 Speaker 1: And they see these ads. They're running on Fox News, 344 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:31,359 Speaker 1: or they're running on they're running on c Span or 345 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 1: whatever else it is that's that's running these these ads 346 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:36,440 Speaker 1: targeting some of the older people in our community. And 347 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:39,239 Speaker 1: some of these places are legit, I suppose, but so 348 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:43,440 Speaker 1: many of them just seem really scummy to me. Oftentimes, 349 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:45,000 Speaker 1: you recall when you were growing up and you were 350 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:46,560 Speaker 1: sick and you stayed home from school and you watched 351 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:49,680 Speaker 1: daytime TV and you saw commercials you hadn't ever seen before, 352 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:52,480 Speaker 1: and they always looked a little shady. That's how all 353 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:54,680 Speaker 1: these commercials look like when they're when they're when they're 354 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:56,400 Speaker 1: telling you to call us and we'll help you take 355 00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:59,760 Speaker 1: care of all of your Medicare problems. And I'm just 356 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:02,840 Speaker 1: a imagining somebody sitting at home who maybe has lost 357 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:05,919 Speaker 1: a spouse recently or has you know, maybe their spouse 358 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:08,560 Speaker 1: is incapacity, dementious set in, or whatever else it might be, 359 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:10,520 Speaker 1: and they're feeling overwhelmed and they go this place says 360 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:12,560 Speaker 1: that they're gonna give me free advice and help me 361 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:15,480 Speaker 1: figure this out. That sounds good to me. So when 362 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:17,200 Speaker 1: somebody calls and says, hey, we got a good deal 363 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:21,159 Speaker 1: for you, I think they're more open. It's not that 364 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:24,600 Speaker 1: they're it's not that they're willingly susceptible. It's that they're 365 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:28,119 Speaker 1: more open to suggestion because life gets overwhelming as you 366 00:20:28,119 --> 00:20:30,639 Speaker 1: get older. And I feel bad. I do. I feel bad. 367 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:35,639 Speaker 1: I feel horrible about that. But let's face it, we 368 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:38,159 Speaker 1: get scammed right now, those of us that are not 369 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:41,520 Speaker 1: in the older communities, we're getting scammed. I feel like 370 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:43,399 Speaker 1: it's a scam every time I fill up my gas tank. 371 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:48,160 Speaker 1: I do. I feel like it's a total scam every time. 372 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:51,000 Speaker 1: And it's the worst here in California. No gas prices 373 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:54,239 Speaker 1: are coming down, they're almost almost I was seeing at 374 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:55,760 Speaker 1: a report in one place. I think the lowest I 375 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:57,680 Speaker 1: saw on the report today it was five dollars and 376 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:00,280 Speaker 1: four cents, So we're getting close to that five dollars work, 377 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:02,880 Speaker 1: but the rest of the country is seeing gas prices 378 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:05,800 Speaker 1: below three dollars or the national average. I think it's 379 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:08,919 Speaker 1: like two ninety nine. And every time I go fill up, 380 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:10,719 Speaker 1: I just scratched my head. And I know it's not 381 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:13,000 Speaker 1: just the taxes. I'm so tired of hearing it. It's 382 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:16,480 Speaker 1: because the California taxes. Pennsylvania's taxes are higher than California's 383 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:18,760 Speaker 1: gas taxes, but they're gas prices are not as high. 384 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:21,240 Speaker 1: It's so frustrating. Well, you know, it's because we got 385 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:24,160 Speaker 1: the winter blend, and we got we got the summer blend, 386 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:26,760 Speaker 1: and we've got the you know, there's the environmental controls 387 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:28,600 Speaker 1: that are put on the Well, we've got our own, 388 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:31,200 Speaker 1: our own refineries here, and I get so tired all 389 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:35,359 Speaker 1: that garbage. Meanwhile, you hear about the oil companies and 390 00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:39,400 Speaker 1: they we're paying astronomical amounts at the pump, and they're 391 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:44,600 Speaker 1: making astronomical amounts in profit. It'd be one thing if 392 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:46,160 Speaker 1: it was the cost at the pump and the cost 393 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:48,199 Speaker 1: of doing business was going up, but the margins were 394 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:51,080 Speaker 1: staying the same, then we would understand it a little better. 395 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:55,600 Speaker 1: Right if if the if the oil companies are making 396 00:21:56,240 --> 00:22:00,479 Speaker 1: five hundred million dollars a quarter, and gas prices go 397 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:03,280 Speaker 1: up at the pump, and the next quarter their numbers 398 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:05,080 Speaker 1: come out and they're still making five hundred million dollars. 399 00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:07,080 Speaker 1: We would say, well, that makes sense. It's commensurate, right, 400 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:09,479 Speaker 1: It's not like they're making more money off of it. 401 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:11,520 Speaker 1: And yet what we are seeing is that we are 402 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:14,520 Speaker 1: paying more at the pump and they're making even more 403 00:22:15,359 --> 00:22:22,240 Speaker 1: in profit. They're clearing higher margins. I feel like we're 404 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:25,439 Speaker 1: getting scammed when that happens. Well, Governor Batman is going 405 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:28,560 Speaker 1: to do something about this. I always thought Gavin Newsom 406 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:32,520 Speaker 1: looked like real life Bruce Wayne. I don't mean it 407 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:35,080 Speaker 1: is something derogatory. It's just kind of a fun nickname 408 00:22:35,119 --> 00:22:37,639 Speaker 1: I gave him. He always looked like Bruce Wayne to 409 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:42,800 Speaker 1: Me's always slick back hair, always has always got his 410 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:46,000 Speaker 1: cuffs looking right. So Governor Batman says that he is 411 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 1: going to put a stop to this. Okay. I always 412 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:52,320 Speaker 1: love when politicians promised they're gonna fix the broken system. 413 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:57,639 Speaker 1: Hold on. Once the Thanksgiving holiday is over, California lawmakers 414 00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:00,800 Speaker 1: will make a rare December return to sac froment Governor 415 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:03,760 Speaker 1: Newson called a special Session to discuss a special task 416 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:07,439 Speaker 1: on oil industry profits. He blames high gas prices on 417 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:10,960 Speaker 1: what he calls manipulation and price gauging by olive companies. 418 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:14,720 Speaker 1: The special Session will begin a week from Monday. Okay, 419 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:17,199 Speaker 1: I don't disagree. I think maybe there is some of 420 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:22,240 Speaker 1: that going on. I do, And whenever I bring this up, 421 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:24,399 Speaker 1: I always end up with somebody sending me a nasty message. 422 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:28,120 Speaker 1: You don't understand supplying demand. I do. I do understand 423 00:23:28,119 --> 00:23:33,720 Speaker 1: supplying demand. So if we're following only supplying demand, then 424 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:36,080 Speaker 1: why aren't these oil companies making ten billion dollars a 425 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 1: quarter every quarter? Because if the demand is there and 426 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:43,280 Speaker 1: they control supply, they control their own profit margin. Correct, 427 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:46,000 Speaker 1: the demand is there. If they want to make ten 428 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:49,159 Speaker 1: billion dollars a quarter every quarter, they can because demand 429 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:51,840 Speaker 1: is there, and until demand drops off, they can charge 430 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:59,880 Speaker 1: whatever they want. So I do understand supplying demand. I get. 431 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:02,040 Speaker 1: I always let people get mad at me about that. 432 00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:05,160 Speaker 1: You don't understand how it works. You want to blame 433 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:08,800 Speaker 1: politicians from me, Oh, this is because Keystone pipeline. Oh 434 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:16,120 Speaker 1: blowning bologning the deal however, is I'm very skeptical when 435 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:18,840 Speaker 1: Gavin Newsom says he's going to call in the special 436 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:21,920 Speaker 1: session and they're gonna they're gonna find out what's going on. 437 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:29,119 Speaker 1: Does anybody believe that the Assembly or the Senate is 438 00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:31,520 Speaker 1: going to be able to put a stop to all 439 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:36,160 Speaker 1: oil companies making too much money? Thank you very much, 440 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:41,159 Speaker 1: one hundred percent correct. I do not believe this. It 441 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:44,160 Speaker 1: is one hundred percent political grandstanding. And the same way 442 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:47,840 Speaker 1: that we can't seem to stop politicians from grandstanding when 443 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:52,720 Speaker 1: they see somebody else doing something wrong, they're not gonna 444 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:56,560 Speaker 1: be able to fix it. So when I say I 445 00:24:56,600 --> 00:24:59,480 Speaker 1: feel bad for seniors being scammed, I guess I kind 446 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:01,000 Speaker 1: of have to take a look in the mirror and go, 447 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:04,760 Speaker 1: you know what, I'm kind of a sucker myself. All Right, 448 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:06,720 Speaker 1: we'll talk voter turnout here in just a few moments. 449 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:11,119 Speaker 1: It's the biggest issue facing some Americans, especially those running 450 00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:13,399 Speaker 1: for election. It's next Chris merrill in for John and 451 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:15,359 Speaker 1: Ken k If. I am six forty. We're live everywhere 452 00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:17,520 Speaker 1: in your eye Heart radio app Let's talk a little 453 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:18,959 Speaker 1: bit of politics. And I'd like to get too much 454 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:24,760 Speaker 1: into politics because frankly, yeah, politics just burned me out, man, 455 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:28,639 Speaker 1: And frankly it's easy to talk about politics, but I 456 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:31,399 Speaker 1: feel brain dead after I do. I do, but I 457 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:35,119 Speaker 1: know it's title leading how exciting that can be to 458 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:37,720 Speaker 1: talk politics. But I thought i'd talk a little bit 459 00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:41,919 Speaker 1: more about the voter turnout and how important voter turnout is. 460 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:45,080 Speaker 1: And this comes because I saw the headline in the 461 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:48,960 Speaker 1: Times today. LA Times had something about Karen Bass drew 462 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:52,119 Speaker 1: more votes than any mayor candidate in LA history, and 463 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:56,639 Speaker 1: it's a big deal and it's kind of sad. And 464 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:59,080 Speaker 1: it's sad for this reason. No, I'm not sad that 465 00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:00,840 Speaker 1: she got a lot of votes. You know, if you 466 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:04,359 Speaker 1: voted for her, great, If you didn't, then you know, sorry, whatever. 467 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:12,360 Speaker 1: But it's sad because it's it's actually they say, it's 468 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:16,960 Speaker 1: the record number of Los Angeles voters casting ballots for mayor. 469 00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:24,439 Speaker 1: The previous record was back in nineteen sixty nine, a 470 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:27,240 Speaker 1: racially polarizing race in sixty nine, when the white incumbent 471 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:32,120 Speaker 1: Samireity defeated black challenger Coumesmant Tom Bradley. However, the ELI 472 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:33,959 Speaker 1: Times puts this in perspective, and I'm so glad they 473 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:39,840 Speaker 1: did Ellie's population. With Ellie's population of full one million 474 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:43,880 Speaker 1: under the three point eight million it is today, which 475 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:46,640 Speaker 1: is a little confusing. What it's a confusing way of saying, 476 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:48,560 Speaker 1: we have a million more people today than we did 477 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:53,359 Speaker 1: in nineteen sixty nine. The total number of registered voters, 478 00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:55,760 Speaker 1: it was only half of the one point two million 479 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:59,280 Speaker 1: of today, which is a confusing way of saying we 480 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:01,080 Speaker 1: have two point two million and back then we had 481 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:04,000 Speaker 1: one point two million. Did I misspeak? We have only 482 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,280 Speaker 1: half of the registered voters, only half of the two 483 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 1: point two million today. I say that correctly. But here's 484 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:12,720 Speaker 1: what I think is the sad part. The nineteen sixty 485 00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:15,800 Speaker 1: nine race that had been the previous high number of 486 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:20,399 Speaker 1: votes for anyone candidate in a mayoral election, had a 487 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:27,159 Speaker 1: seventy six percent turnout, seventy six percent. Their turnout for 488 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:31,000 Speaker 1: the Bass Crusoe matchup, they say, is about forty five percent. 489 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:43,040 Speaker 1: That's it. That's it to me. That's really sad. Some 490 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:48,800 Speaker 1: of this is because we had elections for officials, elected 491 00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:52,560 Speaker 1: officials on a county level in the off years, not 492 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:55,040 Speaker 1: in the midterm years like it is this year, but 493 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:58,240 Speaker 1: I mean in the off years, odd numbered years. Sometimes 494 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:02,200 Speaker 1: they like to do that so that the local elections 495 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:06,560 Speaker 1: are focused only on the local issues. The problem, however, 496 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:10,960 Speaker 1: is voter turnout so far removed from that. So what 497 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:14,919 Speaker 1: you end up with is an energized group of civic 498 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:18,320 Speaker 1: minded individuals who vote, but your general electorate may blow 499 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:21,439 Speaker 1: it off. They're just not interested. It's not on their radar. 500 00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:23,320 Speaker 1: They see signs on the yard and go, oh, I 501 00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:25,560 Speaker 1: guess there's an election coming up, but they're not plugged 502 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:29,840 Speaker 1: in like you are because you're listening to camfive. That 503 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:33,440 Speaker 1: was something that was tough for me to recognize until 504 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:38,040 Speaker 1: I stepped away from Radio four a little while. And 505 00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:43,480 Speaker 1: when I did, I found myself and I intentionally, when 506 00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:46,160 Speaker 1: I took a break from radio, I intentionally sort of 507 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:51,240 Speaker 1: detoxed from news just to sort of get a perspective 508 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:54,960 Speaker 1: of those that aren't reading six newspapers a day and 509 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:57,160 Speaker 1: watching all the different newscasts every day and all this 510 00:28:57,240 --> 00:29:00,520 Speaker 1: other stuff. And what I found was it was really 511 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:03,920 Speaker 1: easy to be out of the loop on a lot 512 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,160 Speaker 1: of stuff. I found that I was getting a lot 513 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:11,760 Speaker 1: of news updates from nighttime talk shows Saturday Night Live, 514 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:19,840 Speaker 1: and I knew then, one that's woefully underinformed, and two 515 00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:24,520 Speaker 1: it is it is news, but it is news in 516 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:27,720 Speaker 1: the form of opinion right, So I had to sort 517 00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:31,760 Speaker 1: of once I said, okay, I'm done detoxing, give me 518 00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:34,960 Speaker 1: a different perspective, and that was great. What I'm finding though, 519 00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:37,800 Speaker 1: is that when when the elections are in the odd 520 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:41,160 Speaker 1: numbered years again, you have those activated, civic minded individuals 521 00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:44,520 Speaker 1: who tend to vote more Republican, they tend to be 522 00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:46,720 Speaker 1: a little bit older, and they tend to be more conservative, 523 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:50,520 Speaker 1: but your voter turnout is way down. So the idea is, 524 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:55,040 Speaker 1: let's bring this to the even numbered years so that 525 00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:59,120 Speaker 1: we have more people engaging in the system itself, which 526 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:02,320 Speaker 1: is also good the Democrats because it brings in people 527 00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:05,440 Speaker 1: who might not be as activated during those odd numbered years. 528 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:08,720 Speaker 1: What to me is really sad is that nineteen sixty nine, 529 00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:11,840 Speaker 1: so many people were engaged. You had seventy six percent turnout. 530 00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:15,080 Speaker 1: That's huge, huge, and that was in an odd numbered year. 531 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:19,760 Speaker 1: Two back in sixty nine, that was also kind of 532 00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:25,480 Speaker 1: the height or near the height of the sort of 533 00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:27,560 Speaker 1: a political divide in the United States. You had the 534 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:32,360 Speaker 1: Vietnam War going on, you had the women's liberation movement 535 00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:36,080 Speaker 1: that was moving through, you had civil rights actions that 536 00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:37,520 Speaker 1: were going on all at the same time. You had 537 00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:39,800 Speaker 1: riots happening right. So there was an awful lot that 538 00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:42,560 Speaker 1: went into that back in nineteen sixty nine, but right now, 539 00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:46,240 Speaker 1: only forty five percent of people even bothered. To me, 540 00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:52,520 Speaker 1: that's really sad. Talk with the political expert. It was 541 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:55,960 Speaker 1: a political scientist who was also a campaign manager. During 542 00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:58,720 Speaker 1: the run up to the mid terms. I was doing 543 00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:00,600 Speaker 1: a show on another station when I was filling in, 544 00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:02,920 Speaker 1: and I thought it was really interesting when they made 545 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:06,280 Speaker 1: the point and they said, the key, and politicians know this, 546 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:08,800 Speaker 1: The key is not to convert people to their viewpoint. 547 00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:13,600 Speaker 1: When you have politicians talking about what they believe, they're 548 00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:17,080 Speaker 1: not actually trying to bring people over. This is why 549 00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:21,200 Speaker 1: politicians have given up on trying to unify. Unifying is 550 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:26,480 Speaker 1: a dead message. Nobody wants. Unifying sounds good, but you're 551 00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:29,920 Speaker 1: not going to bring people over, which is too bad. 552 00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:32,840 Speaker 1: This is how we end up with more extreme candidates 553 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:37,880 Speaker 1: because what the extreme candidates have figured out is double down. 554 00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:41,920 Speaker 1: It used to be so the Nicksonian plan. It used 555 00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:44,680 Speaker 1: to be you ran if you were a Republican, you'd 556 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:47,240 Speaker 1: run to the right in the primaries, and then you'd 557 00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:51,960 Speaker 1: come to the center during the general election. The Democrats 558 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:53,600 Speaker 1: would run to the left during the primaries and come 559 00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:56,240 Speaker 1: to the center during the general election. Not so much anymore. 560 00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:58,920 Speaker 1: What we're seeing is it doubling down on the far 561 00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:02,280 Speaker 1: right and the far left. The reason is what those 562 00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:05,040 Speaker 1: people have figured out is that voting is all about 563 00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:09,080 Speaker 1: voter turnout. It's all about engagement. You're not changing very 564 00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:13,920 Speaker 1: many votes. The most important aspect during elections is getting 565 00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:18,680 Speaker 1: people in your camp to show up. Showing up is 566 00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:24,040 Speaker 1: the entire battle. Attendance is key, that's it. That's the 567 00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:28,400 Speaker 1: big secret. So it's not about saying, well, you know what, 568 00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:29,720 Speaker 1: I want to make sure that I'm going to be 569 00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:34,760 Speaker 1: a legislator that represents everyone. They'll say that, but the 570 00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:38,440 Speaker 1: truth is if you can activate the base they call it. 571 00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:43,840 Speaker 1: That's how people are winning elections now. Karen Vass activated 572 00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:48,920 Speaker 1: the base and that's why she has the most votes 573 00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:53,520 Speaker 1: of Emmy mayoral candidate in history, even though turnout was 574 00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:58,520 Speaker 1: only at forty five. We as a society should be 575 00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:04,000 Speaker 1: doing better. We should be showing up. Showing up is 576 00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:10,080 Speaker 1: the whole battle. Friends. Part of what the political parties 577 00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:13,040 Speaker 1: are doing right now because showing up is the whole battle. 578 00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:16,600 Speaker 1: Is also trying to figure out what's the best time 579 00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:18,920 Speaker 1: to have an election. Well, when it comes to the primaries, 580 00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:23,400 Speaker 1: the parties themselves dictate all of that. We'll tell you 581 00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:26,680 Speaker 1: what the debate is now and where California might fall 582 00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:29,960 Speaker 1: and the new nomination calendar. Next, it's Chris merrill In 583 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,080 Speaker 1: for John and Ken KF. I am six forty. We're 584 00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:34,240 Speaker 1: live everywhere on the iHeart Radio appe. I'm Chris merrill 585 00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:37,240 Speaker 1: In for John and Ken. The twelfth annual KFI Postathon 586 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:40,880 Speaker 1: is here. Chef Bruno's charity, Katerina's Club providing more than 587 00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:44,840 Speaker 1: twenty five thousand meals every single week to kids in 588 00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:48,239 Speaker 1: need in southern California. 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I think this is 610 00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:00,960 Speaker 1: the biggest deal in the country. Is far is reaching 611 00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:03,560 Speaker 1: out a charitable events, especially the end of the season. 612 00:35:04,239 --> 00:35:05,759 Speaker 1: I think this is it. I think this is the 613 00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:10,080 Speaker 1: big one nationwide. So that's because of you, and thank 614 00:35:10,120 --> 00:35:13,200 Speaker 1: you so much. It shows there's so much. As much 615 00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:16,120 Speaker 1: as we hear all bad news all year long, my goodness, 616 00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:18,839 Speaker 1: you're just creating your own good news and that's fantastic. 617 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:21,680 Speaker 1: I love you for it. You're a good person, you 618 00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:25,200 Speaker 1: truly are. I was talking politics here in the last segment, 619 00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:29,320 Speaker 1: and I don't I don't love to talk politics because 620 00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:31,560 Speaker 1: it tends to be very divisive, and I don't like 621 00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:33,680 Speaker 1: to be too divisive, so I like to be a 622 00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:36,200 Speaker 1: little more analytical. We were talking about the different numbers 623 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:38,719 Speaker 1: and how voter turnout this time around. Karen Bass had 624 00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:43,399 Speaker 1: the highest number of votes for any candidate for mayor 625 00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:48,160 Speaker 1: in LA history, and the runner roup was back in 626 00:35:48,239 --> 00:35:52,240 Speaker 1: nineteen sixty nine, when voter turnout was at seventy six percent. 627 00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:54,120 Speaker 1: Population was far lower than it was a number of 628 00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:56,239 Speaker 1: registered voters or about half of what it was now, 629 00:35:56,960 --> 00:36:03,440 Speaker 1: and the the the voter turnout seventy six percent crazy, 630 00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:08,560 Speaker 1: that's really high. It's astounding. Voter turnout this time around 631 00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:12,600 Speaker 1: was forty five percent. Fewer than half the registered voters 632 00:36:13,120 --> 00:36:20,600 Speaker 1: in LA anyway showed up. I always feel like local 633 00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:22,520 Speaker 1: elections are the big ones. The national elections get all 634 00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:24,920 Speaker 1: the attention because we tend to all be able to 635 00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:27,640 Speaker 1: relate to He's You've got one president for three hundred 636 00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:30,360 Speaker 1: thirty million people, so we all know who that president is. 637 00:36:30,719 --> 00:36:32,319 Speaker 1: But the truth is the local elections are the ones 638 00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:35,480 Speaker 1: that affect us most directly. But we don't. We don't 639 00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:37,480 Speaker 1: pay so much attention to it. Media gives the attention 640 00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:38,879 Speaker 1: to the big one that we can all relate to 641 00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:43,160 Speaker 1: because more people will watch. It's how media works. This 642 00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:45,200 Speaker 1: story affects the most people. It is the one that 643 00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:48,120 Speaker 1: we will carry. That's how it works. But the local 644 00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:51,640 Speaker 1: elections are the ones that affect you. Voter turnout being 645 00:36:51,719 --> 00:36:54,120 Speaker 1: only forty five percent, I think we can do better. 646 00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:55,880 Speaker 1: I think we should be doing better. We didn't have 647 00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:57,640 Speaker 1: somebody call and say, well, that's you know, the voter 648 00:36:57,800 --> 00:36:59,960 Speaker 1: rolls need to be cleaned up. People that have moved away, 649 00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:02,360 Speaker 1: those that have deceased may still be on those voter rules, 650 00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:05,759 Speaker 1: and that may throw that percentage off a little bit. 651 00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:07,960 Speaker 1: It could be where we're showing that we have a 652 00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:10,799 Speaker 1: number of registered voters who are still on the rolls, 653 00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:12,719 Speaker 1: but they're deceased, So it's showing that only forty five 654 00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:14,799 Speaker 1: percent showed up when that number should be closer to 655 00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:18,160 Speaker 1: fifty percent, or maybe even fifty five percent. Maybe, but 656 00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:21,239 Speaker 1: if we're comparing twenty twenty two to nineteen sixty nine, 657 00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:26,400 Speaker 1: that's a thirty one percent difference. Our voter roles aren't 658 00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:29,239 Speaker 1: that bad. We're not thirty one percent off on the 659 00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:33,360 Speaker 1: voter rules. But it is a good point. The numbers 660 00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:35,279 Speaker 1: may be a little bit skewed because the voting roles 661 00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:37,240 Speaker 1: need to be cleaned up just a little bit true, 662 00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:41,640 Speaker 1: So I'll give them credit on that. The key to 663 00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:44,239 Speaker 1: elections is getting people to show up. And I made 664 00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:46,320 Speaker 1: mention this in the last segment, and grab the podcast 665 00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:48,000 Speaker 1: after the show if you want, and you'll hear what 666 00:37:48,040 --> 00:37:49,840 Speaker 1: I had to say about this talking to a political analyst. 667 00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:52,160 Speaker 1: It's not about changing people's minds. It's not about bringing 668 00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:55,400 Speaker 1: them over. It's about activating the base. And if the 669 00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:58,239 Speaker 1: base is riled up, if the base is interested, if 670 00:37:58,239 --> 00:38:02,560 Speaker 1: the base is energy, they show up to the polls. 671 00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:05,280 Speaker 1: That's how you win elections. This is what the politicians 672 00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:07,000 Speaker 1: are finding now, which is why we're not seeing so 673 00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:10,680 Speaker 1: many politicians coming back to center during general elections. They're 674 00:38:10,719 --> 00:38:13,800 Speaker 1: sticking to their guns, far right or far left, because 675 00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:17,440 Speaker 1: what they're trying to do is energize the base. One 676 00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:19,480 Speaker 1: of the problems, what are the downsides to that, is 677 00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:23,319 Speaker 1: that when you energize your base, you also energize your 678 00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:27,719 Speaker 1: opponent's base. We saw this play out in Arizona. I 679 00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:29,840 Speaker 1: was doing some work in Arias. In fact, my wife's 680 00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:31,640 Speaker 1: in Phoenix right now. I was doing some work in 681 00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:35,680 Speaker 1: Arizona around election time for one of the stations there, 682 00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:39,279 Speaker 1: and you probably are familiar with Kerry Lake's She was 683 00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:42,880 Speaker 1: the candidate who is the Trump supported candidate in Arizona. 684 00:38:43,040 --> 00:38:46,720 Speaker 1: You may not even know who beat her for governor 685 00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:50,560 Speaker 1: in Arizona. One by the name of Katy Hobbs. She 686 00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:53,799 Speaker 1: was the secretary of State. The reason you may not 687 00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:56,759 Speaker 1: know Katy Hobb's name is because she's not an engaging individual. 688 00:38:57,640 --> 00:39:03,080 Speaker 1: She's smart, but she's not a firebrand. Carry Lake was 689 00:39:03,120 --> 00:39:08,320 Speaker 1: a firebrand looking out on the national stage. Joe Biden 690 00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:11,000 Speaker 1: is not somebody that gets people excited. Even Democrats sell you. 691 00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:15,319 Speaker 1: Joe Biden doesn't excite me. But they saw a steady hand. 692 00:39:15,360 --> 00:39:17,520 Speaker 1: They liked that in Joe Biden, and they saw somebody 693 00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:20,239 Speaker 1: that the Democrats could get behind. But Democrats didn't come 694 00:39:20,239 --> 00:39:22,359 Speaker 1: out and vote for Joe Biden. Americans didn't come out 695 00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:25,600 Speaker 1: and vote for Joe Biden. Donald Trump got people to 696 00:39:25,640 --> 00:39:29,960 Speaker 1: the polls in twenty twenty. Carry Lake got people to 697 00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:34,680 Speaker 1: the polls in twenty twenty two in Arizona. It's so 698 00:39:34,760 --> 00:39:38,279 Speaker 1: important when you energize your own base, that you'd be 699 00:39:38,280 --> 00:39:42,840 Speaker 1: careful not to energize your opponent's base too much. Democrats 700 00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:44,319 Speaker 1: right now are trying to figure out how they're going 701 00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:50,239 Speaker 1: to figure out the twenty twenty four calend election calendar. YEA, 702 00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:52,480 Speaker 1: for the longest time, we always looked at the Iowa caucuses. 703 00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:55,560 Speaker 1: The Iowa caucuses, that's the big one, and then from Iowa, 704 00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:57,759 Speaker 1: then we'd have what New Hampshire was the next week, 705 00:39:57,760 --> 00:40:01,120 Speaker 1: and then we'd get Nevada, and then I believe South 706 00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:03,080 Speaker 1: Carolina if I'm not mistaken, and then we'd end up 707 00:40:03,080 --> 00:40:05,680 Speaker 1: with some Super Tuesday deal. Washington Post running an article 708 00:40:05,680 --> 00:40:08,719 Speaker 1: today New Hampshire is Republican governor considers Nevada's bid to 709 00:40:08,760 --> 00:40:12,480 Speaker 1: become the first in the nation presidential primary state a joke. 710 00:40:13,280 --> 00:40:16,200 Speaker 1: Nevada's top Democratic operative is warning against a big state 711 00:40:16,239 --> 00:40:18,440 Speaker 1: like Michigan jumping to the front of the line. In 712 00:40:18,560 --> 00:40:22,279 Speaker 1: South Carolina, Kingmaker James Clayburn, Democrat has signaled support for 713 00:40:22,360 --> 00:40:25,560 Speaker 1: replacing Iowa. So you've got a number of states that 714 00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:27,919 Speaker 1: want to be the first in the nation to hold 715 00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:31,080 Speaker 1: their primaries or caucuses, and you have politicians that are 716 00:40:31,080 --> 00:40:34,920 Speaker 1: saying not a chance stick with this, stick with that. 717 00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:38,960 Speaker 1: Washington Post poses the question, will Nevada or New Hampshire 718 00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:42,160 Speaker 1: be blessed with the first place primary spot, Will Michigan 719 00:40:42,239 --> 00:40:45,200 Speaker 1: or Minnesota, fresh from huge Democratic election wins, be selected 720 00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:49,120 Speaker 1: as the Midwestern replacement for the disfavored Iowa caucuses? And 721 00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:51,560 Speaker 1: will a fifth state be added to the pre Super 722 00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:58,480 Speaker 1: Tuesday window? Why is this important? Why not just have 723 00:40:58,600 --> 00:41:05,120 Speaker 1: California go first? It's a reasonable question. The logic as 724 00:41:05,120 --> 00:41:08,240 Speaker 1: I see it, you don't have California go first because 725 00:41:08,280 --> 00:41:11,120 Speaker 1: you don't want to end the race before it starts. 726 00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:15,560 Speaker 1: If if you have California as the first state, and 727 00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:22,200 Speaker 1: especially Democratic primary, whoever wins California said done, that's it. 728 00:41:22,239 --> 00:41:25,000 Speaker 1: That's your winner. There's no point in having all the 729 00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:30,080 Speaker 1: other primaries once. Also, remember that the political parties are 730 00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:34,400 Speaker 1: a money machine. If they can keep the drama up, 731 00:41:34,440 --> 00:41:39,920 Speaker 1: then the donations continue to roll in. I what doesn't 732 00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:45,520 Speaker 1: excite people The caucuses are wildly inaccurate and they end 733 00:41:45,640 --> 00:41:50,760 Speaker 1: up being more like a straw pole. Really they would. 734 00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:53,239 Speaker 1: I think both parties like to have somebody a little 735 00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:56,760 Speaker 1: more pivotal be their first primary state, and the states 736 00:41:57,880 --> 00:42:01,400 Speaker 1: want that position because the money rolls in like mad 737 00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:04,400 Speaker 1: for the first state, every candidate out there spending money 738 00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:07,640 Speaker 1: and every candidate trying to build momentum, the first state 739 00:42:07,680 --> 00:42:11,759 Speaker 1: gets one hundred percent of the early dollars. That's it. 740 00:42:11,760 --> 00:42:16,359 Speaker 1: It's huge. Candidates are spending money in Iowa right now, 741 00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:18,840 Speaker 1: and then they spend money in New Hampshire before they 742 00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:23,920 Speaker 1: make their buy for South Carolina or Florida, because they 743 00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:25,879 Speaker 1: got to see if they have enough momentum to even 744 00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:28,120 Speaker 1: spend the money in South Carolina in Florida, and if 745 00:42:28,120 --> 00:42:31,120 Speaker 1: they can build some momentum in Iowa, New Hampshire, in Nevada, 746 00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:34,120 Speaker 1: then more money starts to roll in for them. It's 747 00:42:34,160 --> 00:42:36,800 Speaker 1: all about the dollars. You may be frustrated with the 748 00:42:37,239 --> 00:42:39,839 Speaker 1: political status in America and you may say that it's 749 00:42:39,840 --> 00:42:43,960 Speaker 1: all about money. You're right, it is. It's all about money. 750 00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:47,880 Speaker 1: Speaking of money, how much are you going to make 751 00:42:47,920 --> 00:42:50,560 Speaker 1: in the next two weeks? Do you know? For some people, 752 00:42:50,560 --> 00:42:52,040 Speaker 1: they have no idea what that schedule is going to 753 00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:54,480 Speaker 1: look like. Lake County is trying to change that. It's next. 754 00:42:54,520 --> 00:42:56,520 Speaker 1: Chris merrill in for John and KENKF I AM six 755 00:42:56,640 --> 00:42:59,120 Speaker 1: forty We're live everywhere and your iHeart Radio app It's 756 00:42:59,160 --> 00:43:02,680 Speaker 1: never been more important to diversify your financial portfolio. Well, 757 00:43:02,719 --> 00:43:05,759 Speaker 1: that's right. The S ANDP is down twenty percent from 758 00:43:05,760 --> 00:43:08,080 Speaker 1: the last year, and this year looks even worse. 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