WEBVTT - Bass/Raman Debate Analysis (10/14) 0:00:00.710 --> 0:00:04.269 KFI AM 640, you're listening to the John Kobelt Podcast 0:00:04.330 --> 0:00:10.490 on the iHeartRadio app. John Kobelt Show, KFI AM 640, 0:00:10.490 --> 0:00:14.790 more stimulating talk radio. Welcome. How are you? We're live 0:00:14.830 --> 0:00:18.610 on the radio until 6 o'clock after 6. Whatever you missed, 0:00:19.230 --> 0:00:22.579 John Kobelt Show on demand on the iHeart app. That's 0:00:22.620 --> 0:00:25.700 the podcast, same as the radio show. We're live on YouTube, 0:00:25.820 --> 0:00:29.730 live on X. We're streaming live. And here are a 0:00:29.790 --> 0:00:33.699 few things coming up. Tomorrow at 11.30, we're going to 0:00:33.720 --> 0:00:36.339 do a live stream with Alex Villanueva. You can watch 0:00:36.360 --> 0:00:39.720 that on YouTube and X. Alex Villanueva, the former sheriff, 0:00:40.300 --> 0:00:44.860 running for sheriff again against Robert Luna. Luna beat Villanueva 0:00:44.900 --> 0:00:47.600 the last time. Now there's a rematch, and we'll have 0:00:47.740 --> 0:00:51.860 Alex Villanueva on. 11.30 tomorrow, we'll do the live stream interview. 0:00:53.320 --> 0:00:58.390 But the big news we announced yesterday, Karen Bass. Coming 0:00:58.430 --> 0:01:03.770 to KFI. 5 o'clock on Tuesday, October 20th. 0:01:04.050 --> 0:01:05.350 Any restrictions, John? 0:01:05.750 --> 0:01:09.630 No restrictions, Debra. And I haven't even told the story 0:01:09.670 --> 0:01:13.640 yet of actually going to dinner with Karen Bass last week. 0:01:14.330 --> 0:01:19.520 That's been a secret. But nobody knew. But I will 0:01:19.560 --> 0:01:22.360 tell that sometime in the next few days as we 0:01:22.459 --> 0:01:25.920 run up to the Tuesday event. So Karen Bass, Tuesday, 0:01:25.980 --> 0:01:34.119 October 20th at 5 o'clock. All right. This is good news. 0:01:35.459 --> 0:01:39.580 You know, the shrieking idiots who govern this state have 0:01:39.620 --> 0:01:43.350 been out of their mind over the ICE raids, even 0:01:43.390 --> 0:01:48.350 though it has rid the state of many hundreds, maybe 0:01:48.410 --> 0:01:56.610 thousands of criminal illegal aliens. And they're so blinded by 0:01:56.650 --> 0:02:00.650 their Trump hatred. that they can't see that ICE getting 0:02:00.770 --> 0:02:06.610 rid of violent criminals is a good thing. And Newsom 0:02:06.640 --> 0:02:09.160 and Bonta, and by the way, those two are just jerks. 0:02:09.560 --> 0:02:16.679 They know better. They filed lawsuits, or no, they passed laws, 0:02:18.480 --> 0:02:23.490 and they have fought lawsuits to overturn the laws. And 0:02:23.560 --> 0:02:29.079 two laws that they got passed, Newsom and Bonta, One 0:02:29.540 --> 0:02:35.250 would require ICE agents to wear masks, and another would 0:02:35.310 --> 0:02:43.050 require ICE agents to wear visible identification, name, badge number. And, 0:02:43.070 --> 0:02:45.570 of course, the ICE agents, in order to stay alive 0:02:46.310 --> 0:02:51.549 and not have their families killed, have to wear masks, 0:02:51.850 --> 0:02:56.280 and they have to hide their identifications. So they wanted 0:02:56.300 --> 0:02:59.440 to require them to ban the masks and also to 0:03:01.500 --> 0:03:07.900 wear an ID. And that was challenged by the federal government. 0:03:08.639 --> 0:03:11.820 Bonta fought it bitterly. So did Newsom. But they knew 0:03:11.860 --> 0:03:15.600 they were wrong. They knew there was a legal concept 0:03:15.639 --> 0:03:19.800 known as the supremacy clause. And with the supremacy clause, 0:03:20.560 --> 0:03:27.269 that means federal law overrides state law. And immigration is 0:03:27.330 --> 0:03:30.919 entirely the matter, entirely a matter for the federal government 0:03:31.100 --> 0:03:36.440 to decide policy on. The states have no say. States 0:03:36.480 --> 0:03:38.780 have gone to court on both sides of the issue. 0:03:39.400 --> 0:03:42.780 States that wanted to enforce their own tough immigration laws 0:03:43.190 --> 0:03:46.910 were told, no, you can't. Arizona tried a few years ago. 0:03:48.330 --> 0:03:54.390 States that want to restrict ICE agents, take away their masks. 0:03:56.010 --> 0:03:58.910 Force them to wear ID like California. Now they have 0:03:58.930 --> 0:04:02.670 been told, no, you can't. And Bonta and Newsom know this. 0:04:03.750 --> 0:04:06.850 What's fascinating is how many losses Bonta suffers in court 0:04:07.010 --> 0:04:12.160 as attorney general. In a normal just world, Michael Gates 0:04:12.200 --> 0:04:14.460 would blow him away in the election. He's running as 0:04:14.480 --> 0:04:19.460 the Republican. Michael Gates, former city attorney for Huntington Beach. 0:04:19.560 --> 0:04:23.000 That's who you should vote for. Bonta is a pipsqueak 0:04:23.100 --> 0:04:29.390 little jerk. He does things that he knows are wrong, 0:04:29.850 --> 0:04:32.150 knows are stupid, but he does it to appease the 0:04:32.190 --> 0:04:37.620 crazies in his party. He sued an antitrust lawsuit to 0:04:37.660 --> 0:04:43.100 stop Paramount from merging with Warner Brothers, and then Paramount, 0:04:43.279 --> 0:04:46.520 Warner Brothers, now known as Skydance, said, you do that, 0:04:46.560 --> 0:04:50.500 we'll go to Tennessee. And then Bonta started filling up 0:04:50.540 --> 0:04:53.370 his diaper, and he had to negotiate a settlement with 0:04:53.860 --> 0:04:56.900 And the settlement was everything Skydance had already agreed to 0:04:56.940 --> 0:05:02.089 do anyway before the lawsuit. It was the business plan. 0:05:02.290 --> 0:05:06.350 They agreed to their own business plan. Bonta is so 0:05:06.370 --> 0:05:11.310 flaccid and so embarrassing. Now, the latest embarrassment is this 0:05:11.430 --> 0:05:17.470 law that Newsom signed. Two of them. One to ban 0:05:17.510 --> 0:05:21.570 masks on ICE agents. The other to require badge IDs 0:05:21.980 --> 0:05:28.690 and their names. And Bonta dutifully, because he's Newsom's little mini-me, 0:05:29.160 --> 0:05:31.900 do you know Rob Bonta lives inside Newsom's rear end? 0:05:33.040 --> 0:05:36.039 He's small enough to fit, but he likes the warmth 0:05:36.420 --> 0:05:39.180 and the shade. And he crawls up there every day, 0:05:40.080 --> 0:05:43.400 and Newsom communicates what he wants done, whether it's rational 0:05:43.440 --> 0:05:47.200 or not, legal or not. Well, Federal Appeals Court Wednesday 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:52.540 ruled against those laws. ICE agents do not have to 0:05:52.640 --> 0:06:02.630 show visible identification, and ICE agents can wear masks. One 0:06:02.650 --> 0:06:05.530 of the laws was called the No Vigilantes Act. They 0:06:05.570 --> 0:06:09.810 always got what they think are clever names. Both of 0:06:09.850 --> 0:06:14.729 them were thrown out. And listen to what the appeals 0:06:14.770 --> 0:06:20.730 court said. The Supremacy Clause prohibits states from directly regulating 0:06:20.830 --> 0:06:24.710 federal operations. That's it. That's all you need to know. 0:06:26.510 --> 0:06:34.200 Seven words. Prohibits states from directly regulating federal operations. Bonta 0:06:34.260 --> 0:06:39.620 has no say in this. Newsom has no say. They 0:06:39.660 --> 0:06:42.870 don't work in the federal government. Karen Bass has no say. 0:06:43.700 --> 0:06:46.280 Ramen has no say. They were carrying on about ICE. 0:06:46.300 --> 0:06:50.260 I'll play some of those clips later. But ICE is 0:06:50.339 --> 0:06:59.140 under the direction of the president. That's it. Bonta and 0:06:59.260 --> 0:07:04.870 Newsom can write laws affecting the California Highway Patrol or 0:07:04.950 --> 0:07:11.150 local police departments. They cannot direct ICE. Sorry. Ha ha. 0:07:12.190 --> 0:07:16.740 ICE wins. And ICE will continue to get rid of 0:07:16.780 --> 0:07:20.400 the criminal illegal aliens, lowering the crime rate in California, 0:07:20.990 --> 0:07:24.070 and then have Bass and Newsom run around taking credit 0:07:24.110 --> 0:07:27.510 for it. Fine. I'm just happy there are fewer criminals, 0:07:28.330 --> 0:07:32.330 far fewer criminals, because a lot of the criminals were deported. 0:07:34.090 --> 0:07:36.800 You'll never get any of them to admit that. But yes, 0:07:36.860 --> 0:07:39.640 the crime rate is down in Los Angeles because a 0:07:40.540 --> 0:07:43.740 lot of criminal illegal aliens were sent out of the 0:07:43.780 --> 0:07:48.930 country permanently. And they can't get back in. Bonta says 0:07:48.970 --> 0:07:55.190 he was disappointed by the ruling. They're reviewing the court's opinion. 0:07:55.250 --> 0:07:57.820 Go ahead. Take it to the Supreme Court. He is 0:07:57.840 --> 0:08:03.620 a bozo. Just a dumbass bozo. And he knows better. 0:08:03.820 --> 0:08:07.490 If he has a law degree, he knows the supremacy clause. Newsom, 0:08:07.510 --> 0:08:13.200 you got to excuse him. You know, 960 SATs, 93 IQ, 0:08:13.700 --> 0:08:16.480 not much going on there, didn't study law. Bonta, though, 0:08:16.820 --> 0:08:19.740 has a law degree. He's the attorney general. He knows better. 0:08:21.290 --> 0:08:23.990 He should have told Gavin. I mean, he lives right 0:08:24.030 --> 0:08:26.870 there inside him and just said, Gavin, this doesn't fly. 0:08:27.270 --> 0:08:30.790 This is an embarrassment. We're going to lose. All right, 0:08:30.850 --> 0:08:33.550 we come back. More clips. In fact, we'll do the 0:08:33.630 --> 0:08:37.979 ice clips. ever entertaining watching Karen Bass and Nithya Raman 0:08:38.000 --> 0:08:41.910 get all puffed up and self-righteous about federal law that 0:08:41.950 --> 0:08:44.490 they have no effect on. But they do like to 0:08:44.530 --> 0:08:47.429 screech about it. I'll give them that. 0:08:47.470 --> 0:08:52.369 You're listening to John Kobelt on demand from KFI AM 640. 0:08:52.350 --> 0:08:55.190 Uh-oh. 0:08:58.530 --> 0:09:02.610 Oh. I fell into a fugue state. You scared me. 0:09:02.670 --> 0:09:05.300 I was like, what happened? I know, me too. I know. 0:09:05.660 --> 0:09:08.340 I fell into a fugue state. I'm sorry. I don't remember. 0:09:08.360 --> 0:09:12.900 I don't remember where I was. I don't remember what happened. 0:09:15.720 --> 0:09:17.970 We want to play you now, Nithya Raman, just before 0:09:18.000 --> 0:09:19.750 we start playing the other clips. I want to do 0:09:19.780 --> 0:09:23.810 the ice clips, but you must hear this. Nithya Raman 0:09:23.950 --> 0:09:26.150 came off the stage last night after the debate with 0:09:26.190 --> 0:09:29.130 Bass and Robert Kovacic. Play the whole clip this time. 0:09:29.570 --> 0:09:33.739 Robert Kovacic on NBC4, standing there, to ask her what 0:09:33.780 --> 0:09:36.460 her best and worst moments of the debate was, and 0:09:36.500 --> 0:09:39.090 this is what she said. Councilmember, take a breath. It 0:09:39.140 --> 0:09:43.130 is over, and we appreciate you talking to us. We 0:09:43.370 --> 0:09:45.290 are addressing the cameras right here, Councilmember. 0:09:46.070 --> 0:09:47.470 Let's go through the debate. 0:09:48.410 --> 0:09:53.990 Here's your moment, your strongest tonight and your weakest moment tonight. 0:09:54.950 --> 0:09:58.290 Oh, you know, to be honest with you, I'm so sorry, 0:09:58.590 --> 0:09:59.890 but I was in fugue state. 0:10:00.050 --> 0:10:02.300 And I don't remember very much of it at all. 0:10:04.580 --> 0:10:08.559 Fugue state. What happened? So we scrambled around earlier in 0:10:08.600 --> 0:10:11.920 the show to figure this out, and it's in the 0:10:11.980 --> 0:10:18.450 diagnostic manual of psychiatric disorders. It really is. And it's 0:10:18.610 --> 0:10:25.050 a state where you have temporary amnesia, and you disassociate, 0:10:25.130 --> 0:10:29.670 and you can't remember what you just did and maybe 0:10:29.710 --> 0:10:33.429 where you are and maybe who you are. And then 0:10:33.470 --> 0:10:37.070 later on it comes back. And it looks like she 0:10:37.110 --> 0:10:39.850 was so stressed out on stage. And I guess this 0:10:39.870 --> 0:10:42.380 happens a lot because she knew that term immediately. She 0:10:42.440 --> 0:10:47.520 said it calmly. Like, if I fell into a fugue state, right, 0:10:49.300 --> 0:10:52.740 I think I'd be telling people what it is. It's 0:10:52.780 --> 0:10:56.350 a psychiatric episode. And she admitted it on live TV. 0:10:59.290 --> 0:11:06.780 So that's who's running for mayor. Now, in the actual 0:11:06.820 --> 0:11:14.610 debate itself, we had a very– they both got very 0:11:14.730 --> 0:11:17.949 animated about ICE. This is just– as I told you, 0:11:18.750 --> 0:11:21.830 this is a federal operation ICE, and there's nothing that 0:11:21.850 --> 0:11:24.470 Bass and Rahman can do to stop them. They can 0:11:24.510 --> 0:11:26.260 put up all the signs they want, make all the 0:11:26.300 --> 0:11:29.000 demands about, hey, they can't wear masks, they got to 0:11:29.040 --> 0:11:31.059 wear ID, they can't do this, they can't do that. 0:11:31.360 --> 0:11:32.140 None of it matters. 0:11:34.030 --> 0:11:36.760 Bass and Rahman are powerless on this, but they just 0:11:37.040 --> 0:11:40.959 pandered to the crazy people in L.A. who are unhappy 0:11:41.040 --> 0:11:46.290 that criminal illegal aliens are being deported. So let's go 0:11:46.309 --> 0:11:49.340 to let's see what which is the the ice cuts. 0:11:50.190 --> 0:11:53.579 Let's start with Fifteen Ramen on how she's going to 0:11:53.620 --> 0:11:54.880 protect immigrant families. 0:11:55.179 --> 0:12:00.260 Councilwoman Ramen, you are asking Latino voters to trust you, 0:12:00.500 --> 0:12:03.030 and you're doing it in Spanish as well. You have 0:12:03.090 --> 0:12:08.050 called for eliminating ICE, and you co-authored... the sanctuary city ordinance. 0:12:08.559 --> 0:12:13.320 If federal law supersedes local laws, how exactly would you 0:12:13.420 --> 0:12:19.929 protect immigrant families considering the ordinance cannot stop lawful ICE operations? 0:12:20.410 --> 0:12:22.890 And we want you to be very specific. Absolutely. 0:12:22.910 --> 0:12:23.850 You have 60 seconds to respond. 0:12:23.950 --> 0:12:24.460 Absolutely. 0:12:25.820 --> 0:12:28.490 I am an immigrant to America myself. I'm an immigrant 0:12:28.760 --> 0:12:29.709 to this country. 0:12:29.929 --> 0:12:32.710 And the actions of the Trump administration on our streets 0:12:32.750 --> 0:12:35.470 are so horrifying to me. They cut at the heart 0:12:35.530 --> 0:12:36.110 of what it means. 0:12:36.150 --> 0:12:40.010 Wait, wait, stop. Maybe. She was thinking about how horrifying 0:12:40.190 --> 0:12:42.700 ICE is and that sent her into the fugue state. 0:12:43.780 --> 0:12:47.580 That was the trigger, perhaps. Just recalling what was happening here. 0:12:48.750 --> 0:12:49.530 All right, play some more. 0:12:49.550 --> 0:12:52.270 The actions of the Trump administration on our streets are 0:12:52.309 --> 0:12:54.990 so horrifying to me. They cut at the heart of 0:12:55.050 --> 0:12:57.010 what it means to be an American, what it means 0:12:57.030 --> 0:13:01.290 to be an Angeleno. Immigration defense, represent LA, what this 0:13:01.370 --> 0:13:04.390 mayor cut to $ 0 in our city budget is one 0:13:04.410 --> 0:13:08.000 of the most important interventions that you can make to 0:13:08.050 --> 0:13:11.200 make sure Angelenos who are detained by ICE have the 0:13:11.240 --> 0:13:13.920 legal support they need to get out of detention and 0:13:13.940 --> 0:13:15.660 get back. You know what she's selling here? 0:13:16.500 --> 0:13:20.050 That we spend our tax money on a defense fund 0:13:20.150 --> 0:13:24.979 for illegal aliens. They're here illegally, and we're supposed to 0:13:25.020 --> 0:13:28.580 pay for their lawyers to get them through the process. 0:13:28.860 --> 0:13:32.719 That's what Rahman is selling here. She actually makes more 0:13:32.780 --> 0:13:36.330 sense when she is in fugue state. Because when she 0:13:36.370 --> 0:13:39.969 comes into reality, she says stuff that's like, no, I 0:13:40.010 --> 0:13:43.330 earned that money. Those people broke the law. Now you 0:13:43.350 --> 0:13:45.930 want me to, you're going to force me to give 0:13:45.970 --> 0:13:51.670 them my money. I really don't understand that. Can I 0:13:51.690 --> 0:13:55.740 keep my money for my family? Why do I have 0:13:55.770 --> 0:13:57.859 to pay for their lawyer? I didn't tell them to 0:13:57.900 --> 0:13:58.319 come here. 0:13:58.340 --> 0:14:01.360 Play some more. 0:14:02.750 --> 0:14:05.130 Into their families. It is one of the most important 0:14:05.170 --> 0:14:08.350 things that we can do to protect residents of the city. 0:14:08.650 --> 0:14:12.490 Here's something else. Ensure that our LAPD is not sharing 0:14:12.730 --> 0:14:18.080 data with ICE, with the use of flock cameras, with 0:14:18.410 --> 0:14:22.180 license plate searches that LAPD has done for ICE, as 0:14:22.220 --> 0:14:25.760 has been reported in the press, tear gassing of protesters. 0:14:26.460 --> 0:14:30.420 Stop, stop, stop. So we can't tear gas protesters? Can 0:14:30.440 --> 0:14:32.020 we go back to shooting them then? I mean, I 0:14:32.020 --> 0:14:38.790 don't understand. They spent some time yakking about officer-involved shootings. 0:14:38.930 --> 0:14:45.100 They want officers shooting suspects, shooting illegal alien criminals, but 0:14:45.120 --> 0:14:48.160 now you don't want the protesters to be tear gassed 0:14:48.540 --> 0:14:54.370 when they're trying to assault ICE agents, the LAPD was 0:14:54.450 --> 0:15:01.280 protecting the ICE agents because these protesters were throwing fireworks 0:15:02.420 --> 0:15:06.500 at the law enforcement officers. And remember the chunks of 0:15:06.520 --> 0:15:10.530 concrete that were being dropped from an overpass on the 0:15:10.530 --> 0:15:14.150 101 onto a law enforcement vehicle? Of course, this is 0:15:14.190 --> 0:15:18.790 where the moderators, somebody ought to, like, Somebody ought to 0:15:18.850 --> 0:15:20.910 tear gas them. Maybe it'll wake them up and they 0:15:20.930 --> 0:15:23.520 start paying attention. Because I would have jumped in and said, well, 0:15:23.560 --> 0:15:27.240 wait a second. You're screaming about LAPD's involvement with ICE. 0:15:27.740 --> 0:15:34.780 They're there to protect ICE agents when the illegal alien 0:15:34.880 --> 0:15:37.970 activists try to kill the ICE agents. And you don't 0:15:38.010 --> 0:15:44.190 want the police there? We would have a lot of 0:15:44.230 --> 0:15:51.270 police getting killed if Rahman is mayor. Murdered. On live TV. 0:15:52.530 --> 0:15:53.690 And she'd be justifying it. 0:15:55.210 --> 0:16:01.530 You're listening to John Kobelt on demand from KFI AM 640. 0:16:02.010 --> 0:16:04.270 If you run a business in this community, your next 0:16:04.340 --> 0:16:07.140 customers are already listening. And we're here to help you 0:16:07.160 --> 0:16:10.390 speak to them. 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You won't. 0:16:39.040 --> 0:16:41.980 You can't just get everything off of local news and TikTok, right? 0:16:42.040 --> 0:16:44.210 People are so quick to go to their podcasts nowadays, 0:16:44.260 --> 0:16:46.350 but this is a great way to get up-to-date news, 0:16:46.490 --> 0:16:49.350 be engaged in your community, to know what's happening locally. 0:16:49.370 --> 0:16:52.810 It's very unique and different. It's part of Southern California. 0:16:52.830 --> 0:16:54.190 It gets me through the day. 0:16:54.390 --> 0:16:54.650 KFI. 0:16:54.690 --> 0:16:54.760 AM640. 0:16:54.770 --> 0:16:55.770 More stimulating talk. 0:17:02.150 --> 0:17:06.450 KFI AM 640, more stimulating talk radio. John Cobell Show. 0:17:06.470 --> 0:17:09.850 We're on until 6. After 6 o'clock, whatever you missed. Oh, 0:17:09.869 --> 0:17:11.560 you missed a lot today. We had a good time today, 0:17:11.690 --> 0:17:11.980 didn't we? 0:17:13.160 --> 0:17:13.800 It was okay. 0:17:16.580 --> 0:17:17.879 Someone's in a fugue state. 0:17:18.220 --> 0:17:18.660 Wow. 0:17:18.900 --> 0:17:20.219 I don't remember what we talked about. 0:17:20.280 --> 0:17:21.280 It was okay. 0:17:21.500 --> 0:17:22.200 I don't remember. 0:17:22.260 --> 0:17:24.139 You must have been fun on a date. Did you 0:17:24.160 --> 0:17:25.830 have a good time tonight? It was okay. 0:17:26.090 --> 0:17:27.750 I don't remember what we talked about. 0:17:28.130 --> 0:17:33.119 Yeah. Well, we're going to have Karen Bass on the 0:17:33.160 --> 0:17:37.770 show on Tuesday, October 20th. Please remember that, 5 o'clock. 0:17:38.310 --> 0:17:39.910 You'll be here, Debra. 0:17:41.170 --> 0:17:42.949 I will be here. I will be in this crazy 0:17:42.970 --> 0:17:43.690 little room, though. 0:17:44.050 --> 0:17:48.210 Yes. We have a larger crazy room for the actual interview. 0:17:48.830 --> 0:17:52.470 Alex Villanueva, I'm going to interview him tomorrow on the 0:17:52.530 --> 0:17:56.919 live stream, 11.30 a.m. So, Alex Villanueva, he's running for L.A. 0:17:56.940 --> 0:17:59.320 County Sheriff. He used to be the sheriff. Then he 0:17:59.359 --> 0:18:02.460 lost an election to Robert Luna. Now Luna and Villanueva 0:18:02.540 --> 0:18:06.260 are meeting again. And I'll talk to Alex at 1130 tomorrow. 0:18:06.300 --> 0:18:10.370 He's always entertaining. And that will be available afterwards as well. 0:18:11.510 --> 0:18:16.030 Moistline is 877-MOIST-86, 877-MOIST-86, or the Talkback feature on the 0:18:16.130 --> 0:18:18.750 iHeartRadio app. I'm going to take a moment here. We 0:18:21.890 --> 0:18:25.909 mentioned this yesterday. This is a special warning to everybody 0:18:25.950 --> 0:18:30.570 at City Hall, including the mayor. There is a red 0:18:30.670 --> 0:18:37.930 flag alert. They're expecting fire conditions starting at 6 a.m. 0:18:37.970 --> 0:18:43.070 tomorrow morning through 10 o'clock Friday night. Sustained winds of 0:18:43.070 --> 0:18:45.879 20 to 40 miles an hour. Gusts of 40 to 0:18:45.880 --> 0:18:50.030 60 miles an hour. It's the Santa Ana's. Temperatures are 0:18:50.050 --> 0:18:52.690 going to peak around 85 to 95, depending on where 0:18:52.710 --> 0:18:55.110 you are. The humidity is going to be as low 0:18:55.170 --> 0:19:00.470 as 5%, generally 5 to 15, across most of the area. 0:19:01.410 --> 0:19:05.170 And Ryan Cattell with the National Weather Service in Oxnard said, 0:19:05.450 --> 0:19:08.650 high risk for any new fires to grow really fast. 0:19:10.950 --> 0:19:14.560 We got awakened, well, my wife was, my wife's up 0:19:14.560 --> 0:19:15.730 24 hours a day. 0:19:16.410 --> 0:19:16.860 Every day? 0:19:18.240 --> 0:19:21.980 Most days, yes. And if I happen to wake up 0:19:22.020 --> 0:19:23.660 in the middle of the night for any reason just 0:19:23.700 --> 0:19:27.580 to shuffle to the bathroom, she's up. She and the cat. 0:19:29.480 --> 0:19:34.020 They're both prowling around. And I was awake this morning 0:19:34.040 --> 0:19:35.980 at about 3.30. I have to go to the bathroom. 0:19:36.640 --> 0:19:39.830 And there's a figure at our bedroom window. And it's her. 0:19:39.850 --> 0:19:45.250 And she's looking outside. Because there's a of the helicopters overhead. 0:19:45.270 --> 0:19:48.550 And she goes, those are fire helicopters. You know, because 0:19:48.590 --> 0:19:52.820 she was on all the alert. on her phone. And 0:19:53.119 --> 0:19:56.159 I go, okay. Aren't you concerned? 0:19:56.520 --> 0:19:56.680 No. 0:19:59.220 --> 0:20:02.390 The moment there's a reason to be concerned, I'll be concerned. 0:20:02.630 --> 0:20:04.070 I do not do pre-concern. 0:20:04.880 --> 0:20:07.540 Oh, that's why you're going to be healthier than the 0:20:07.580 --> 0:20:10.710 rest of us. You're going to live longer than me, 0:20:10.770 --> 0:20:11.590 that's for sure. 0:20:11.609 --> 0:20:13.050 Oh, the way you're going. 0:20:13.109 --> 0:20:14.090 Oh, I'll be dead next week. 0:20:15.090 --> 0:20:17.109 You're going to just physically disintegrate one day. 0:20:17.130 --> 0:20:18.010 Probably on the air. 0:20:18.050 --> 0:20:18.890 You'd love that. 0:20:19.109 --> 0:20:20.990 And Ray would love that because he would say, good 0:20:21.010 --> 0:20:23.149 for business. My family wouldn't like it. 0:20:24.080 --> 0:20:26.400 You know how many times we'd replay that, though? Here's 0:20:26.440 --> 0:20:29.720 the actual moment that she physically disintegrates. 0:20:29.760 --> 0:20:32.180 Okay, I'm going to say right now, you're not allowed to. 0:20:32.720 --> 0:20:33.000 What? 0:20:33.340 --> 0:20:34.700 You're not allowed to replay that. 0:20:34.760 --> 0:20:38.930 Well, what are you going to do about it? That's 0:20:38.970 --> 0:20:46.460 the sound of Debra's brain frying from stress. Uh, so anyway, 0:20:46.480 --> 0:20:50.150 the question the LA times poses this afternoon is Los 0:20:50.230 --> 0:20:55.930 Angeles ready because, you know, we've heard that we still 0:20:55.970 --> 0:20:59.150 have half a fire department. Oh, by the way, the, the, the, the, 0:20:59.230 --> 0:21:03.830 the main water supply, the largest water main going to 0:21:03.850 --> 0:21:07.980 the Palisades that's busted. And they have this electronic sign 0:21:08.040 --> 0:21:17.389 flashing saying, Palisades residents, five-minute showers, no sprinklers, water main break. 0:21:18.530 --> 0:21:21.369 And we know that the reservoir is still not filled. 0:21:22.010 --> 0:21:24.489 So I'm thinking, oh, this is great. And we got 0:21:24.530 --> 0:21:27.780 winds 40 to 60 miles an hour, the gusts, and 0:21:27.840 --> 0:21:32.350 low humidity and hot temperatures. And all the crazy people 0:21:32.390 --> 0:21:35.240 running around that they won't keep in prison. In fact, 0:21:35.320 --> 0:21:39.280 is the original arsonist, is he free on bail? 0:21:39.820 --> 0:21:43.080 I believe so. Oh. 0:21:43.119 --> 0:21:47.020 Yes, that guy. Oh, so he's not in jail. He's 0:21:47.280 --> 0:21:55.770 awaiting his possible second trial. He's out on bail. Uh-oh. John. Well, 0:21:56.590 --> 0:21:59.870 he said he was upset last night. Upset New Year's 0:21:59.950 --> 0:22:03.520 Eve night. Because he couldn't get a date for New 0:22:04.420 --> 0:22:09.760 Year's Eve. Right? Girls that he knew, they were ghosting him. 0:22:10.520 --> 0:22:14.630 They were not responding to his calls. What happens? What 0:22:14.670 --> 0:22:18.250 happens if he's looking for a date tonight? And the 0:22:18.290 --> 0:22:20.830 girl doesn't answer. Or she hangs up. Says, get out 0:22:20.850 --> 0:22:24.080 of here, creep. Stop calling me. Oh, Jesus. Is he 0:22:24.100 --> 0:22:29.140 going to take out the rest of the Palisades? Um... 0:22:30.550 --> 0:22:34.290 This whole scenario led to this question in the debate 0:22:34.330 --> 0:22:38.949 last night. What page am I on? I'm on the 0:22:38.970 --> 0:22:42.490 wrong page. Ah, Bast is being asked about the 100 0:22:42.490 --> 0:22:44.550 fire engines that still need to be replaced. 0:22:44.950 --> 0:22:45.630 The L.A. 0:22:45.690 --> 0:22:48.960 Fire Department confirmed more than half of its fleet has 0:22:48.980 --> 0:22:53.660 aged out. Nearly 100 fire engines are due for replacement 0:22:54.280 --> 0:22:58.510 and have been for more than a year now. Knowing 0:22:58.550 --> 0:23:01.129 that it will take years to buy new fire trucks, 0:23:01.630 --> 0:23:04.050 how long will it take for us to be fully 0:23:04.109 --> 0:23:07.310 prepared for the next catastrophic wildfire? 0:23:07.369 --> 0:23:08.690 Mayor, you have 30 seconds. 0:23:08.730 --> 0:23:10.750 Well, first of all, I do think that we would 0:23:10.770 --> 0:23:14.469 be prepared today for the next catastrophic wildfire. Let me 0:23:14.560 --> 0:23:17.240 say that we have new leadership in the department and 0:23:17.300 --> 0:23:20.979 that new leader, Jaime Moore, has already implemented over 90 0:23:20.980 --> 0:23:25.359 percent of the recommendations from the internal report as well 0:23:25.560 --> 0:23:27.380 as the independent state report. 0:23:27.420 --> 0:23:30.780 Wait, wait, wait, wait. The recommendations. We're still short of 0:23:30.780 --> 0:23:35.919 100 fire engines. We're still only got half the firefighters 0:23:35.960 --> 0:23:38.810 we need. We still have little water in the reservoir. 0:23:39.230 --> 0:23:45.109 Now the water main is broken to the Palisades. How 0:23:45.170 --> 0:23:50.550 are they prepared? I don't get that. Everything is the same. 0:23:51.700 --> 0:23:55.630 You're going to have the same heat, same humidity, same winds, 0:23:56.470 --> 0:24:00.370 same lack of water. Remember, the fire hydrants are busted. 0:24:00.410 --> 0:24:02.149 Did they do any tests to see if those have 0:24:02.170 --> 0:24:03.770 been fixed? Play some more. 0:24:04.030 --> 0:24:06.649 As a matter of fact, we're preparing for what is 0:24:06.710 --> 0:24:10.970 a potential red flag day this Thursday. He has already 0:24:11.060 --> 0:24:14.659 reached out to the state for additional resources. He's planning 0:24:14.700 --> 0:24:18.560 to pre-deploy in the Palisades and other high-risk fire areas. 0:24:18.619 --> 0:24:22.619 What you're telling us is that... Those 100 fire engines 0:24:22.820 --> 0:24:25.960 that are due for replacement, they have already been replaced? 0:24:26.359 --> 0:24:26.800 No, no, no. 0:24:26.840 --> 0:24:27.960 I'm not saying that at all. 0:24:27.980 --> 0:24:30.859 But you're saying that we're going to be fully prepared. 0:24:31.240 --> 0:24:33.830 Yes, because some of them can still be used. And 0:24:33.869 --> 0:24:36.129 let me just say that voters have an opportunity to 0:24:36.170 --> 0:24:39.130 participate in this. There is a ballot initiative to provide 0:24:39.170 --> 0:24:43.510 the resources that the fire department actually needs. Because we 0:24:43.570 --> 0:24:48.090 have the same number of firefighters and fire stations that 0:24:48.130 --> 0:24:49.449 we did from many decades ago. 0:24:49.470 --> 0:24:50.100 Why is that? 0:24:50.130 --> 0:24:53.879 Before we had 3.8 million Angelenos. 0:24:53.920 --> 0:24:56.100 Why is that? And you've been mayor for four years. 0:24:57.859 --> 0:25:01.659 By the way, have you noticed the state of rot 0:25:01.840 --> 0:25:06.129 that Eric Garcetti left Los Angeles in? He was the 0:25:06.210 --> 0:25:10.810 mayor for, I think, nine and a half years. Because 0:25:10.850 --> 0:25:13.669 his second term was extended. They wanted to align the 0:25:13.710 --> 0:25:17.030 election cycles. And so he got an extra year and 0:25:17.050 --> 0:25:20.209 a half. Nine and a half years. 0:25:20.730 --> 0:25:22.930 These are a few of my favorite things. 0:25:25.010 --> 0:25:33.879 I mean, he just single-handedly destroyed the city. And a 0:25:33.980 --> 0:25:37.080 lot of it was neglect. What was he doing every day? 0:25:38.880 --> 0:25:44.010 What was he doing? What were his evenings like, yoga? 0:25:45.670 --> 0:25:47.300 John, by the way, because I know we have to 0:25:47.320 --> 0:25:49.520 take a break, I stand corrected. 0:25:49.740 --> 0:25:54.800 Jonathan Rinderknecht is not out. He remains in federal custody. 0:25:54.840 --> 0:25:58.650 His retrial is scheduled to start November 2nd. 0:25:59.109 --> 0:26:01.990