August 10, 2026 • 37 mins
Hour 1 - Two more violent street takeovers took place in Los Angeles today, yet despite the ransacking of a nearby AutoZone and a vehicle being set ablaze, no arrests were reported in either case, authorities said. No injuries or arrests were reported. A couple hours later, another large takeover was reported in the Gramercy Park community of South Los Angeles.
In the days since he charged a Los Angeles police officer with a crime for capturing evidence of his co-workers’ racist remarks, Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman has been the subject of withering criticism from Mayor Karen Bass, former cops and even some of his own prosecutors.
Rich McHugh joins the show to talk about a California mom's fight to strengthen DUI laws.
Plus, Jackie, the Big Bear bald eagle, has passed away.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is Monks and Merril, hosted by Michael Monks and
Chris Merrill.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
This is Monks and Merrill.
Speaker 3 (00:10):
Demand j merrow, damn.
Speaker 4 (00:16):
I this is Monks and Meryl.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
So excited to have you on the radio.
Speaker 4 (00:22):
Hosted by Michael Monks and Chris Merrill.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
On k f I am six.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Back after it. Good news. I think it's gonna cool
off a little bit this week. I'm very excited about that. Yeah,
I'm seeing some good news in the forecast. Finally, the
high temperatures are going to drop a little bit.
Speaker 4 (00:40):
Still a little muggy. It's muggy, little humid out there.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Even when the temperatures drop it by this weekend it
should be feeling normal, maybe even a little below normal.
I did a I did a quick jet set over
the weekend to the Midwest and it was sticky like
August and Midwest always is disgusting. Yeah, And I came
back and I thought, it's not a whole lot better here.
I mean it's not it's not like it was in
the West, but it's not a while. It's definitely sticky,
definitely feeling like we talked about this on Friday while
(01:05):
you were out suspended and we discussed how the al
Nino is bringing in all this humidity. Yeah, and we're
not out of the woods, even though the forecast may
improve in the near term as far as summer goes.
On Friday, we talked a lot about the sea rising.
We're gonna have the coast batter. We might see a
significant rainfall. That's a hoax. Very strange temperatures coming up.
(01:27):
If you miss Friday's show, you can always get the podcast.
It's Meryl Free, the Friday Edition. Get in there and
listen to all his terrifying climate change nonsense.
Speaker 4 (01:35):
Welcome back, Buddy, missed you, well, it's the same La.
He'll be happy to know.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
While you were go a lot of Shenanigans, a lot
of tom Fullery engaged in by the very fine young
people we're bringing up here in this region, just taking
over the streets and wrecking autozones.
Speaker 5 (01:51):
We're announcing new video tonight of looters ransacking an AutoZone
store in East LA. This is one of two autozones
hit by burglars overnight. This one is at a Olympic
Boulevard and Atlantic Avenue. You can see in this video
people going in and out of the store. Some of
them walking out with armloads of merchandise, many with their
faces covered. Windows and doors were already boarded up from
(02:11):
another break in the night before that also happened during
a street takeover. The manager says the store will be
closed at least two to three days while wiring in
electrical systems will have to be repaired. Employees won't be
paid while the store is closed.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
Oh you kidding?
Speaker 3 (02:26):
So far?
Speaker 4 (02:26):
No word on any arrest.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
The same place got hit twice, That's what it sounds like.
They're in East LA and always needed air freshman, real
bad or what I was telling you before we came
on the air that this second story came out from overnight.
This morning, police responded to the area Firestone Boulevard and
Ryerson Avenue in Downey. This is just before four o'clock
this morning. Think about that a possible street takeover. And
(02:50):
while responding, there was an additional call of about twenty
people burglarizing an AutoZone store on Firestone, that's according to
the down A Police they say. In addition to arresting
four suspects, officers also discovered that a burglar had occurred
at the adjacent Spirit Halloween store. Okay, I know, all right,
(03:12):
I kind of understand. Well, it's like two things that
represent the decline of civilization all at once. You've got
kids gone awry, yeah, running a muck, but also a
spirit Halloween.
Speaker 4 (03:23):
Or something else used to be there.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
I understand. I'm trying to think of why someone would
would jack one of these places. Like I understand to
a degree, the autoparts are there's some value in there,
although in most cases it's not like you're robbing the
autoparts store and going, I'm gonna need calipers for an
eighty seven oldsmobile. That's the wrong set. So what are
they taking? How are they selling it? Because I'm sure
(03:47):
they're fencing it somewhere, right, they're taking this stuff and
they're fencing it. Otherwise they're stealing like armorroll and floor mats.
That doesn't make any sense to me. But thank goodness,
we've got we've got officers that are putting a stop
to this. I saw that story in La I saw
how they saw. Oh my goodness, we've got a massive
street takeover. We've got people breaking into the AutoZone two
(04:08):
nights in a row because now evidently that's what you
do every night, and the LAPD is on top of it.
They've rounded everyone up and everyone is now behind bars
facing justice. I think you read the wrong story. No arrest,
no arrest in East la at all. Now there you go.
But one in Downey that apparently happened this morning. They
say they arrested four people. I bet they did, which
(04:29):
is good, it's great. But the fact that this large
of a scene can take place, and you would have
that many targets to at least question, we didn't. They
didn't get anybody, didn't do any of it. They didn't
get anybody. And remember we were told by the local
government that they were going to crack down there. We're
gonna put a stop to these these takeovers. And I
you know, if we were to ask, I'm one hundred
(04:50):
percent sure they would say, we're investigating. Just because you
don't see anything happening doesn't mean nothing's happening. We're investigating this,
we're pulling footage from the crime, and we're doing this,
and we're doing that. But but no, I don't see it.
I don't see any of that. I don't see the
crime declining. I don't see the investigations. I don't see
(05:10):
the arrests I don't see the trials. I don't see
anything that makes it look like it's getting better. And
you know who else doesn't see it is the other criminals.
The people who went out on night two didn't see
anything being done about Night one, which, in their minds
is basically the city condoning the behavior. They've been condoning
all kinds of behavior like this for a long time.
Wish is why they do what they do. There are
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no consequences. It gives the sense that it is a
lawless place. They did get some stuff. You know, I
don't know what part you were referencing moments ago when
you talked about caliper.
Speaker 4 (05:45):
Oh, yeah, the caliper. I don't know what a caliper is.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
Yeah, it's part of your break system. Oh nice, I
probably need it squeezes the pads under your I go
in and I talk to somebody and they're like, oh,
you need a caliper then, yeah, okay, whatever. I don't
think you would. You would just take it to a
mechanic and say my breaks are bad, and they would
say we got Oh I could replace the caliper. Oh okay,
these guys got a caliber tool. These these guys apparently
(06:08):
got away. You're gonna use a sea clamp on that.
I have a very fine sea clamp. Okay, good, an
old school I like this. They took car batteries, or
at least they emptied shelves that typically hold these items.
Speaker 4 (06:19):
Is the way case. Batteries are hard to haul away.
Car batteries are heavy.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
Windows, That makes sense, and those could be usable for
folks that engage in this type of car windows. Yeah, okay,
registers computers. They stole wiring in parts of the electrical
system or damage and and really the heartbreaking part is
not only have you ransacked and damaged a business to
the fact that it has to be closed for two
maybe three days. You heard in the report there, the
(06:43):
employees don't get paid for that.
Speaker 4 (06:46):
Now. I don't know what those employees' financial situation is,
but I can't imagine. The wages for hourly workers at
AutoZone are great. You know, God bless you for going
to work twenty twenty five bucks an hour or something
like that. Probably need the entirety of your paycheck, yeah,
of course, and now you're going to be out these days.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
I have an idea. Okay, we've ever seen those lane markers.
They're kind of raised like little bumps. Yea, they have
those a lot in the Northwest. But you see those
all these places where they've got these street takeovers. How
do we start installing those? They're cheap, yeah, right, And
if you've got a bump, you're not doing burnouts. I
can't do donuts when my car keeps running into these
these raised little street markers. It feels like a simple
(07:26):
solution to some of these things. Their deterrence talked about
some of those opportunities. Remember there was one a couple
months ago now in downtown LA that ended up with
the storming of this high end apartment tower down the seat.
I broke into the lobby, and then you heard some
city officials say, we're going to look at some of
the infrastructure and maybe put up some ballards and that
sort of thing. But yeah, okay, so you find the
(07:46):
hot spots and you do that. But what's why not
you'd have to do it to so many intersections because
these folks would just okay, well, then do the next one.
I mean, this is what we're reporting. It happened in EASTLA.
There was another one by the way in Gramercy Park,
and then this happening in down overnight early this morning,
another AutoZone hit and four people arrested. I mean, I'm
glad that Downy police actually took somebody into custody on
(08:08):
like what happened in the area of East LA. According
to LAPD, nobody taken into custody there. But all right,
I looked it up here. I don't think the Sheriff's department.
I don't think these are the ones that you would use.
But they are approved by hell trans They're bot dots,
raised pavement markers, bots dots, they're called. They're ninety two
cents apiece. Are These don't sit up as high as
(08:28):
what I would like to say. I'd like to see
them sit up a little bit higher. These are just smaller,
but just the same whatever it takes to stop the burnouts,
because if you stop the burnouts, all right, if if
if somebody's not doing donuts in a particular area, that
means they're not going to the area, which means crowds
are not following them to the area, which means we
don't have mobs of people robbing the stores nearby in
(08:49):
that area. You see, It's it's not even just about stopping. Oh,
we have to stop them from doing the burnouts. Oh,
but we'll still have crowds. But you won't have crowds
because there's nothing to see.
Speaker 3 (08:59):
Right.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
So, if the event is that people are doing these
burnouts and then you've got these massive crowds that are following,
if we can stop the burnouts, we.
Speaker 4 (09:06):
Stop the crowds.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
We stop the crowds, We stop the mobs, We stop
the mobs, We stop.
Speaker 4 (09:10):
People from stealing floor mats and calipers.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
Well, I mean, La County says the takeovers in areas
that the Sheriff's Department patrols the two well they say
they're down thirty three percent from twenty twenty four to
twenty twenty five, and fifty three percent from twenty twenty
four to the first quarter of this year. And they
say it's because not only do they have extra patrols out,
but they have put in some physical barriers. Okay, good,
more of that at popular intersection. They're not expensive. It's
(09:35):
a much cheaper solution. Can you get them an AutoZone?
Maybe that's what happened. You think they were stealing those
the bots dots maybe, And it's not like there aren't
laws on the books targeting folks who break these laws. Drivers, organizers,
promoters could face fines up to one thousand dollars.
Speaker 4 (09:49):
We heard from DA Nathan Hawkman side I.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
Can sell the crap I stole an AutoZone for more
than one thousand dollars. The districts Attorney's officers say has
said reckless driving speed exhibition can bring up the ninety
days in jail. But who cares what laws are on
the books and what consequences are on the books. If
nobody will ever face any justice for it. You nailed
it man, that's the problem. There was another wild scene
outside the Federal Detention Center in downtown LA, where they
(10:12):
often keep suspected illegal immigrants, another big protest. It turned
violent according to police, who characterized this event as violent
protesters attacking and innocent federal officers. Officer, but there are
those who say the video is painting a different story.
We'll get receipts next.
Speaker 4 (10:31):
As Monks and Merrill continues on this Monday, Welcome to
the week.
Speaker 1 (10:35):
You're listening to Monks and Merrill on demand from KFI
KM six Forting for stimulating talk.
Speaker 4 (10:44):
Welcome back to the work week. So glad to have
you with us on this afternoon.
Speaker 2 (10:48):
I just got the news that July has been declared
the hottest month on record for the contiguous United States.
Don't touch it. Lies?
Speaker 4 (10:55):
Why there's much lies really leaning into this.
Speaker 2 (10:57):
They said that these heat domes that people have had
causing above average temperatures covered the entire contiguous United States,
all states ranking in the warmest third of their July
temperature records, and none ranking near or below average. Yeah,
I mean you can tell here. This is why we
got We got to get rid of this. Noah and
the National Weather Service, they just keep spreading these lies.
(11:19):
Listen to this. Researchers have found the climate changes making
extreme heat events more common and more intense.
Speaker 4 (11:23):
Are you done?
Speaker 3 (11:27):
Hey?
Speaker 2 (11:28):
Was that video you sent me this morning of the
people chasing the ice agent into the parking garage? You know,
there's always video from these protests, and they're often very
one sided. I've been on the scene of different types
of protests in La even here at this site where
this happened.
Speaker 4 (11:41):
This is outside of these This is.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
Where you got sprayed, right, Yeah, I did harber spray
last summer. It was tear gas. Actually, that was the
first time you and I worked together. Yeah, Yeah, it
was fun. It's been all downhill since. Listen, I was
in a war zone of my own in the studios.
Speaker 4 (11:55):
Yeah, grateful that you were in. The air conditioning was well.
Speaker 2 (11:58):
Listen that somebody said that air conditioner at seventy four
and you know how upsetting that can be.
Speaker 4 (12:02):
Yeah, it's true.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
But this is an area, the Federal Detention Center in
downtown LA, where folks still do continue to gather. They
don't get the sizeable crowds that they had last year
at this time, but there are people who are still
committed to going down there. Are they rabble rousers? Are
they the people who just the protest djure? Are they
just showing up and going what are we protesting today? Guys? Exactly?
What I have found is that there are people who
have genuine feelings about whatever that issue is, and they
(12:27):
just want to stand up and speak out against it.
But you also do tend to see the same type
of people, even the same exact people. That's their social
event exactly, and they know how to get the crowd going.
They're the ones that are looking for the burning way mow,
the tossing things onto the one oh one. Those sorts
of things. Are people who want to bait law enforcement
into attacking them. One, it's very lucrative because the city
(12:49):
will always settle their lawsuits, sometimes to the tune of
six seven figures. Yeah, so it's a cottage industry here
in La Get rich quick scheme if you will, if
you've got time to This is the hobby. Like some
people play pickleball, some people go and protest things. Yeah,
like this is their social event without this is their identity, right,
(13:09):
completely their identity, and they believe they're, you know, waging
a worthy crusade. Now, in this case, you showed me
a video that some one of these people had posted
an X which honestly didn't make them look very good
the protesters in my opinion. Now, I know, if you're
going in there with a bias and you're like, yeah,
stick it to the man. You probably looked at this
protest and thought it was wonderful. But it did show
(13:30):
some behavior by the ice agent that I can't say
I was really excited about either. Yeah, he kind of
grabbed a woman from behind with a gun in his hand,
and I don't know what precipitated that. Yeah, one of
the there's a podcast with a Twitter account called here
in La h e ars and listening in LA it's
it has the worst politics that you can imagine, just
(13:51):
every leftistulousness closed the prison imagine. They're completely delusional about
what LA is supposed to be. They characterize this as
a drunk ICE agent who pulled a gun on Angelino's
and then seemingly wants to kidnap a woman. They say,
he goes to a parking garage still brandishing his weapon,
and then this is their words, lapd come out of
(14:12):
the back of garage and instead of arresting him, treat
protesters like they are the problem, like they are the danger,
like it's perfectly okay to do whatever to concerned citizens. Okay.
The police have also issued a statement, and the police
said that there were a bunch of hoodlums who followed
an ICE agent into a parking garage and they were
confronting him.
Speaker 3 (14:33):
And.
Speaker 2 (14:36):
These protesters are really scary, they said. The demonstrators that
then suddenly and deliberately attacked the employees and struck them
multiple times. Six minute video that was posted that we
were talking about. Though, the man identified by witnesses as
a federal officer was holding a woman from behind. He
does release her and then retreats toward the detention center
where are the protesters then follow There's no evidence that
(14:56):
he's intox Kidd. Although this podcast says, look, there are
other videos that we've posted. In these other videos, he's
having difficulty with coordination, there's still nothing that says he's drunk.
So I don't know that he was drunk or not.
I did see him pointing a weapon, but I also
saw him pull his gun when he had protesters. He's
(15:17):
demonstrators that were after him. Like okay, well you obviously
made him feel threatened. Yeah, he's a federal agent. They
pull their guns. That's part of what they do. Neither
side looked good to me, exactly, because that's what happens
when tensions boil over. I mean, if you go down
there with the intention of riling up the opposition, at
some point the opposition may be riled up.
Speaker 4 (15:37):
You're going to get your way. You only have so
much that you can take.
Speaker 2 (15:39):
You know, it can be high stakes like that where
people have weapons, or can be in a grocery store
where somebody in line is yelling about how slow everything is,
just keeps yelling. Is making everybody uncomfortable, and finally you
you want to turn around and tell him to shut
the hell out. Hey, yeah, you know, try to buy
some cellary. Calm down, Yeah, comma comment. We're all here, yes, exactly,
so we've all experience that. Probably you can feel it,
(16:01):
but you can literally physically feel it. But this is
intentional again, this is their social activity exactly. It was
characterized to get people down there. Is what I learned
from the scuttle butt online is that there's an emergency
protest downtown.
Speaker 4 (16:12):
No, I don't know what the catalyst was.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
I don't know if there was somebody in particular that
they were protesting being held there emergency protests, and it
happened very late.
Speaker 4 (16:20):
I mean, this is like Saturday night. Okay, think about that.
You live in Los Angeles, California, and it's Saturday night
and you've.
Speaker 2 (16:25):
Got two things to do in protest downtown or you
go loot an autopart store, I can go street take over.
Speaker 4 (16:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (16:31):
Either way, you're breaking the law. So the police have there.
We've died, I suppose. I don't know. This did make
the news all over here in La ABC seven KTLA
both reporting two people were arrested, but not.
Speaker 4 (16:44):
The people that were after him.
Speaker 2 (16:45):
These were other protesters that the police were then trying
to push back, and then they were like, hey, let's
try to egg the police out exactly. That's what keeps happening.
So even though you already had a pretty tense, scary
moment with this guy was described as a nice agent,
we don't know. Sometimes he makes up border patrol and
ICE and there is technically a difference. But some federal agent,
you know, got into a bit of a scuffle with
(17:07):
with some folks. And then separately, the protesters continue to
bait the police because they give dispersal orders, and that's
when it gets hot, because the folks know that the
police are going to start maybe using crowd control devices
or what they call less lethal munitions, and that's a
chance pepper spray. That's your chance to really be a victim.
(17:29):
When it gets hairy like that, the horses are out.
Let me see the I did see the ICE is.
ICE agents are all supposed to start wearing body cameras
by the end of August, although the acting ICE director,
David Ventrez, how you say his name, he said that
the news reports were a bit misleading the API report
(17:51):
that ICE would release body camera footage only when doing
so serve the agency's best interest. He says, no, that's
a mischaracterization. Our policy is that we're going to export
the release of footage following serious bodily injury or death
in custody. And then ICE ationans are all supposed to
start wearing cameras. Does that mean that the guys that
are wearing T shirts and jeans and then what do
they call those baklavas of the masks, right, are they
(18:13):
gonna start wearing cameras too. Well, we don't actually be
able to identify somebody, it seems like they would want to.
It's how I feel about police body cameras. How I
understand that you feel like by having to wear these,
you're being accused of something you haven't done, but it
can often protect you as well. It's great for us
as citizens to have police wearing body cams so we
can know whether use is a force is especially deadly.
(18:35):
Uses of force are justified, but can also protect police
from accusation of racism or violence that.
Speaker 4 (18:43):
You know they say was unwarranted.
Speaker 2 (18:45):
I've said this before. I think body cameras protect good
people from bad cops and they protect good cops from
bad lawyers.
Speaker 4 (18:50):
That's weird because doesn't that fly in the face of
your take on the flocks.
Speaker 2 (18:54):
You know, it's funny you say that, but I guess
we could probably apply that the other way too, Like
I'm for all of it.
Speaker 4 (19:00):
You just want cameras everywhere everywhere?
Speaker 2 (19:01):
I'm if you want to go all in, if you
want to go full or wellyan start microchipping people.
Speaker 4 (19:06):
Yeah, let's do that.
Speaker 2 (19:07):
It's fine.
Speaker 4 (19:07):
My cat's microschip. Do you never hear them say anything
about it?
Speaker 2 (19:10):
Therefore we're just gonna say no rights. Then it's like, okay,
this is the new society. No right, but don't tiptone
pretend that we have rights and then start putting up
cameras to follow people around.
Speaker 4 (19:19):
We're gonna do another flock story this week.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
No, yep, you wanted to do uh, you want to
do uh historic preservation today, We're doing more flock stories. Fine,
if you're lucky, I might throw in some more AI too. Fine.
Speaker 4 (19:32):
I'm just glad to have you back.
Speaker 2 (19:34):
I missed you. I can't I felt uncomfortable because I
kept mentioning your name more than once. Yeah, it's the
week and my wife and I had this little vacation.
I was like, Michael would say this. Michael said that
Michael would think this is funny. She's like a little
uncomfortable with how close you're doing.
Speaker 4 (19:49):
Oh no, I'm uncomfortable.
Speaker 2 (19:51):
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International cyber hackers are knocking out major institutions across the country,
footing here in California. The Verizon outage, though, was a
major disruptor. That wasn't even terrorism. Who is the most
vulnerable if the next attack comes from actual professional mayor
do wells from overseas. You're going to find that out next.
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Speaker 1 (20:15):
You're listening to Monks and Meryll on demand from KFI AM.
Speaker 2 (20:22):
We need to get to this breaking news. Well, I
saw Debora jumping up and down over there. What's I'm
gonna read this? From the OHI Raptor Center. She was
freaking out because this just came in, and it came
in during our newscast. So we had played a report
from our Island, Gonzales that indicated the bad news yesterday
that Jackie the bald Eagle from Big Bear, the mother
of all those little Eaglitz was, you know, really not
(20:44):
improving at the pace that folks would have liked.
Speaker 4 (20:47):
But as of.
Speaker 2 (20:49):
Seven minutes ago, the OHI Raptor Center has announced it
is with profound sadness that we share that patient two
six five one nine passed away in the early hours
of this morning, following more than three weeks of intensive
medical care.
Speaker 4 (21:04):
So, Jackie, you know there are people who feel really
bad about this. I'm not mocking anything. You're mocking.
Speaker 2 (21:13):
I'm playing the most gentle kind, animal loving music.
Speaker 1 (21:17):
They're it.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
You're a horrible time you can play it. You're the
guy that goes to a funeral home and saying I
don't like this him. Yeah, this just came in.
Speaker 6 (21:24):
Yeah, And so I'm so sad.
Speaker 3 (21:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (21:26):
So I just as Michael said, we just uh, we
just played a voicer from Eileen over the weekend, just
talking about the condition. And then thank you to Ginny Harmon,
who is an avid Big Bear Bald Eagle lever, and
she just sent me a message and said Jackie passed
away and I was running around like a crazy person.
Speaker 2 (21:47):
To well, somebody needs to call Amy King because I
don't need her, you know, bottle deep and sadness. I
saw her on the way out today when she came
on Gary and Channon to chat about this worsening condition
for Jackie called the eagle. And I know that you
know any loved those eagles, So I wonder what happens now,
because look, this is nature. She had a great run.
(22:11):
Jackie did. Brought a lot of joy to a lot
of people, but seem very famous she did. I mean,
I would say most famous eagle since Sam. Okay. There
were times where I would be doing the Michael Monks
Report show on Saturday night. Okay, so I'd be sitting
in this studio seven thirty at night on a Saturday,
(22:31):
meaning that it's even later on the East Coast, and
they had fans all over the country and maybe around
the world. Anytime it was time to watch for pips,
you know, the little baby eaglets clicking at the eggshells. Yeah,
I mean the YouTube stream would have tens of thousands
of people watching it on Saturday night.
Speaker 4 (22:48):
People loved these you.
Speaker 2 (22:50):
Know what else, people loved the condors from like twenty
years ago. But nobody watches condoors anymore. Remember when we
had live streaming condors?
Speaker 4 (22:56):
Were they having babies?
Speaker 3 (22:58):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (22:59):
Really?
Speaker 4 (22:59):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (23:00):
You remember that.
Speaker 4 (23:00):
Trends come and go.
Speaker 2 (23:01):
Debra. You remember the condors when we had the condo io. Yeah,
that means we'll move on.
Speaker 6 (23:08):
I'm not moving on. I'm really sad you moved on
from the condors. I know, but this is now. This
is now. It's sad.
Speaker 4 (23:15):
The OHI Raptor Center has set.
Speaker 2 (23:17):
Over the past several days, Jackie's condition continued to deteriorate.
Despite intensive treatment and the combined efforts of our veterinary
team and consulting specialists. She remained critically ill, receiving oxygen therapy,
supportive treatment, and around the clock monitoring in our intensive
care unit. Throughout her time at OHI Raptor Center. Every
decision was guided by the available medical evidence, her welfare,
(23:39):
and our responsibility to do what is in her best interest.
So does Jackie Lyon state somewhere now? I mean, I
don't think they just toss her in the trash.
Speaker 4 (23:47):
What do you do?
Speaker 6 (23:48):
God, No, Michael, They're not going to toss Jackie. And
let me tell you what's going to happen should go.
Speaker 2 (23:53):
Back to nature because if this were nature, that would
be food for another animal. Everybody wants to be you
want be all Nature's protect nature. This is not natural.
I just want to who's telling Shadow, because that's what
I was. Shadow doesn't have Facebook. Shadow moved on for
the past few weeks. You have to assume that whatever
his natural instinct is is that she's gone. Yeah, he
(24:16):
hasn't seen her in weeks as far as he's no,
she's been dead for a month and lost. I mean
that was his life partner for a long time. It's
Jackie in Shadow. Yeah, I understand. You know it's not
like wedding Regis and Kathy Lee where you just swap
one out and you know this is different. It's not
how Shadow looked at it. Shadow moved on real fast,
(24:36):
took no time. You think it will just be Ryan
Seacrest Shadow and Ryan Seacrest Shadow just replaced them like
this Shadow and Ryan. Is that what's gonna happen?
Speaker 6 (24:47):
I don't think so.
Speaker 2 (24:47):
What do you know what they're gonna do with the
no Jackie?
Speaker 6 (24:50):
No, I'm working on it, but I do think that
there's probably going to be a big memorial probably out
in Big Bears.
Speaker 3 (24:56):
What.
Speaker 4 (24:56):
I'll tell you what's gonna happen.
Speaker 3 (24:58):
What.
Speaker 2 (24:58):
It doesn't matter what they do with that bird. It's
not going to be good enough. It doesn't matter what
they do. They could cremate it, and somebody's gonna go,
you can't cremate Jackie. They could bury it and they go,
you should have done something else. It doesn't matter what
it is, it's not going to be good enough. People
are going to be mad at the O High Raptor Center.
(25:19):
I don't think somebody you're mad. I mean the way
they were talking about it. They're like blood transfusions on
this bird. I know, I know, but they had to
stop doing that because it wasn't working.
Speaker 4 (25:29):
No no, and now she's dead. No no, they hit
their cap with.
Speaker 2 (25:34):
Okay, that's the American healthcare system. I'm sure the friends
of Big Bear have a very comprehensive health insurance program
for all you and I have because did you see
the gofundmes for this bird? Yeah, more than anything you
and I have got. I mean you think of how
many babies she's had, and you never heard her talk
about debt associated with that, none of it.
Speaker 4 (25:53):
So don't make a joke at it a lot of maternity.
Speaker 2 (25:55):
Don't make a joke out of the spineacle. It's too soon.
It's the matter with you. Jackie the bald eagle has
died at the OHI Raptor Center after weeks of being
in their care. We saw the video early on. I
want to be careful how I characterize it. It sounded
like you were being very cavalier there she was, you know.
Original reports were suggesting that she was in a little
bit of a scuffle with some sub adult eagle ats
(26:18):
some younger eagles, and there was a fight. But there's
also suggestions that she was sick before that she was
taken to old name. Again, that's nature, because if you've
got a weak bird, it makes sense that the other
birds attack the weakest. So if the bird was sick,
then that would be it would follow logic.
Speaker 6 (26:35):
Okay, I have an update from our very own Ginny Harmon,
who really is the one that broke this for us.
So again, thank you to Jenny Harmon, who does our traffic.
Speaker 4 (26:44):
I was going to say, when you want breaking news,
turn to traffic.
Speaker 6 (26:46):
Sure exactly. She says that OHI is saying that her
remains have been transferred into the care of the California
Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
Oh good, they'll be lost by the morning. The California
bureaucracy no idea where Jackie is by tomorrow morning. Misplaced.
We'll have statements from the Governor's office. Yeah, I was
really hoping that Jackie remains would end up in California
government bureaucracy. Oh that's terrible news. That's actually the worst
(27:18):
news of all. Oh god, Well, here's what we'll do. Yeah,
we have a segment coming up. We got a live
guest coming up, so we won't be able to play
any of your talkbacks, but we'll take some of your
remarks about Jackie and we'll sprinkle them in for the
duration of this Now, people are not happy with the
memorial broadcast, and up next we'll be joined live to
(27:41):
discuss the situation brewing in the Federal Prosecutor's office here
in LA and some folks who are upset about one
of the prosecutors and some allegations around his behavior.
Speaker 4 (27:50):
And the HR Department who does the hiring over there.
Speaker 2 (27:53):
We'll get into that as Monks and Merrill continues on
this very now sad Monday in southern California.
Speaker 1 (28:00):
To Monks and Meryl onto the air from kf I
AM six farding.
Speaker 4 (28:05):
Available anywhere on the I Art Radio.
Speaker 2 (28:09):
Mario's filling on the desk, eating at the memo that
we have sad news and so he's still rocking with
it with the party music as we come back.
Speaker 4 (28:16):
Very inappropriate, Mario. That was a request from Shadow himself.
Speaker 2 (28:24):
Obviously, we are all in a state of mourning here
in Burbank, as we learned just moments ago that Jackie
the bald eagle from Big Bear has passed away. The
OHI Raptor Center did report that the fourteen year old
eagle who we have watched on a live cam for
many years now as she birthed eggs, some successfully, some unsuccessfully,
but just became a part of our lives.
Speaker 4 (28:45):
Maybe too much. So you're talking a lot about this.
I want to give it its due.
Speaker 2 (28:50):
We have got a lot of comments from our listeners,
both pro and anti Jackie, frankly, and we'll get to
some of those as the show goes on. Maestro the Movies,
A trivia to John Williams coming to the Hollywood Bull
September fourth, fifth, and sixth, David Newman leading the LA
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Harry Potter, Jaws, Jurassic parkin Moore on the Bulls Big Screen.
(29:13):
Tickets on sale now Hollywood Bowl dot Com. We're gonna
give a pair of tickets away to that one, And
I got to tell you, I think this is going
to be the hottest giveaway that we've had in a while,
because that is a great show. Good times. The Federal
Prosecutor's Office here in Los Angeles has hired Sean Lewis,
and Bill of Sale's former legislative chief of staff. He'll
work with law enforcement agencies and promote the office publicly.
But Lewis has three DUI convictions and remains on probation
(29:37):
what and now faces misdemeanor charges stemming from an alleged
drunken confrontation, and that has some folks upset about the hiring.
Rich McHugh is a reporter with News Nation and joins
US Live now. Rich, who are the folks who are
upset about this hiring in Bill of Sale's office?
Speaker 3 (29:54):
Hi, guys, thanks for having me. So I've been covering
the DUI laws in California for the past two years
because when I first did, I met a woman named
Jennifer Levy. She lost her son, Bron Levy, who was
eighteen at the time, in twenty twenty five. He was
(30:14):
killed by an alleged repeat drunk driver in Manhattan Beach.
They'd moved out of the Palisades because their house burned down,
and she's been fighting for change in California. It's trying
to get laws a law passed to strengthen the DUI
laws there, which are some of the weakest in the country.
I had to look this up in my reporting, and
(30:35):
so she brought this story to my attention. She sent
it to me. I thought it was actually a joke.
I was like, wait a minute, one of the top
prosecutors in the state is hiring somebody who's got three
DUI convictions, was out on you on one of them,
was still on approbation, I believe, and was charged again
(30:57):
in May with battery and that's pending. And I thought
it was I thought it was not true.
Speaker 2 (31:04):
She's upset.
Speaker 3 (31:04):
She says this can't be true, like this cannot be
the message that we are sending to the state. When
she's like, I've been working for a year and a
half to try and strengthen these laws and this this
is just a punch in the gut. And it's the
wrong message for California. It's I spoke with her at
length about it. But I have a sound by it.
(31:26):
I believe you guys have a sound by yea.
Speaker 2 (31:28):
Unfortunately it's a file. I can't read the file type
whatever it is. I've never seen it before, so I
can't open that. But what what is it that she
was saying though, rich Well, she.
Speaker 3 (31:36):
Was saying like, look, this is this is a number one.
This is not the message that we're going.
Speaker 2 (31:40):
To send, she said. I was incredulous.
Speaker 3 (31:42):
I couldn't believe it.
Speaker 2 (31:43):
I thought, this can't be real.
Speaker 3 (31:46):
You know, she's not attacking the person. She's attacking the appointment.
Speaker 2 (31:50):
This is office.
Speaker 3 (31:51):
Because the message this is giving victims family law enforcement,
every person asks to take DUI seriously, what the message
he's sending when you have an appointment that this person
who has a string of duys is not is not
in line with that. And I've asked, you know, the
US Attorney's Office for comment that nobody's responding on this story,
(32:15):
and that usually tells me that you know, they're trying
to figure it out themselves, or they didn't think this
would get media attention. But you know, it raises a
lot of questions as someone in my you know, as
a reporter, you know this is this is a US
attorney's office, right These are these are these are important
legal matters that that office is handling, and I don't know.
(32:37):
To me, I'd love to hear from I'd love to
hear from them on this, and I'd love to hear
from the person himself on why he's why he should
be qualified for this job.
Speaker 2 (32:47):
Rich with the uy News Nation reporter and is joining
us live on the phone now. Rich, it looks like
there is a long professional relationship between Lewis and first
Assistant US Attorney Bill Sale, who is the chief of
that office right now. What do we know about that
past relationship?
Speaker 3 (33:04):
Well, you know, I'm not from California, so I'm less
less of an expert on the working ins and outs
of that. I do know that they've worked together when
he was I believe, a speaker, and so they've known
each other for a while. Clearly but the d wise
go back to twenty thirteen. It seems around that same
(33:25):
time when they would have started working together. To me,
this should be colorblind and it should be almost agnostic
of whether you know the person or not. It seems
to be disqualifying, especially for an office like That's my
personal take. But yeah, you know, I.
Speaker 2 (33:42):
Mean, we keep hearing about merit and everything else, and
then this sounds like it's not the best person for
the job. All right, Rich, Thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (33:48):
Rich.
Speaker 2 (33:49):
Rich mqu of NewsNation, thanks so much. Rich, a great
job diving into that. That's bizarre, isn't it.
Speaker 4 (33:55):
Well, it certainly flies in the face of I think
a lot of the messages that Bill O.
Speaker 2 (33:58):
Saley puts out. I mean, they've gotten this tough on
crime message. They've gone into areas of Los Angeles that
have many of us have felt have been ignored for
a long time, whether it's MacArthur park or checking out
the homeless, fraud and that sort of thing. Very interesting choice.
But I mean, if he was his buddy for a
long time, you know, I guess even tough on crime
guys are not immune to the occasional oversight of you know,
(34:21):
this is a pal of mine that we used to
work together and like to have him around. But the
guy obviously has something difficult, so weird to me, I'm
surprised they haven't spoken on it. Well, they just said, well,
you have to talk to our spokesperson. We get that
sometimes when we contact their office try to get an interview.
So yeah, but it sounds like nobody is saying that bizarre.
Of course, that's not the sadest story of the day.
Jackie the bald Eagle dead at the age of fourteen,
(34:45):
and she fourteen or she's twelve. I thought she was
fourteen fourteen. It's a good long run for a bald eagle.
But I feel like you've been really flippant about this.
I'm not flipping. Are very upset, Oh they're not.
Speaker 7 (34:57):
I've been listening over the years I when breaking news
comes in with celebrity dying. This is probably the first
time where I do not care at all. I just
started laughing when Michael said I throw it away.
Speaker 4 (35:12):
I didn't I question whether they would just throw her away.
Oh my god.
Speaker 1 (35:18):
I feel like and mean.
Speaker 7 (35:21):
On one hand, I am real sad about Jackie, and
on the other hand, most.
Speaker 2 (35:26):
Has me cracking up.
Speaker 4 (35:29):
At his irreverence. Oh my god, all right, we'll get
through this together.
Speaker 2 (35:36):
Wow.
Speaker 4 (35:36):
I can't believe just how flippant you are about the.
Speaker 3 (35:38):
I'm not being much.
Speaker 4 (35:40):
Everybody's upset, and we deal with it in our own way.
We all cope.
Speaker 2 (35:44):
Yeah, but I don't think it's I don't think it's okay.
Speaker 6 (35:46):
I mean, you know what, Who am I to say
how one should grieve? Right, I guess?
Speaker 4 (35:51):
But his grieving is very rude. Well it is, show
some respect.
Speaker 2 (35:56):
We're gonna get to some more of your comments throughout
the remainder of the show, which, because this is now
a Jackie the Bald Eagle memorial show, We've got a
lot of content to get to over the next two hours.
But we will sprinkle it in, just as her remains
will be sprinkled over. Big Bear.
Speaker 4 (36:09):
Is that what the plant is?
Speaker 6 (36:10):
We don't know the planet they lost what they should
have lost there? They did not lose three and wildlife.
Speaker 2 (36:16):
They handed Jackie's dead body over to the state government
in California. Guess how long before she ends up in
a file cabinet.
Speaker 6 (36:22):
Michael, You know what, you're a very positive guy.
Speaker 2 (36:24):
Usually I live in California.
Speaker 4 (36:26):
I used to be very sunny. But California has a
way of just sitting on your chest.
Speaker 2 (36:30):
Man.
Speaker 4 (36:30):
Okay, So a bird died. Meanwhile, millions, and I mean
millions of people are eating chicken wings. I mean we
speak now, Debora, I said before, A chicken is a bird.
Speaker 2 (36:46):
So we're eating birds and crying over the death of
one bird. There not Deborah, I'm not eating This is
why I respect Deborah. Deborah doesn't harm animals.
Speaker 1 (36:57):
I do not.
Speaker 2 (36:58):
That's right. She doesn't eat meat. She doesn't wear leathers.
Speaker 6 (37:00):
Well, you wear leather. I call myself a hypocritical vegan Meryll.
Speaker 4 (37:04):
Yeah, I've been very much.
Speaker 2 (37:04):
She comes in here in an eagle feather scarf tomorrow,
then we will know exactly.
Speaker 4 (37:08):
No, we're hers. I will not part lies. Emphasis on lies.
Speaker 6 (37:13):
That is incorrect.
Speaker 4 (37:14):
Months there's always.
Speaker 2 (37:14):
One guy at the table who says, well, what about
the massacres in Sri Lanka? Honey, that's true, there is
I'm so leather first dead.
Speaker 4 (37:23):
Oh my god, So you guys can stop talking about it.
Speaker 2 (37:27):
How about the little guy, the little kid who in
Columbia that's bury under town of concrete.
Speaker 4 (37:33):
That's true. Why don't we talk about that instead of
a stupid bird.
Speaker 6 (37:37):
I'm talking about both. How's that.
Speaker 4 (37:38):
Let's let her talk about both.
Speaker 2 (37:41):
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Back after it. Good news. I think it's gonna cool
off a little bit this week. I'm very excited about that. Yeah,
I'm seeing some good news in the forecast. Finally, the
high temperatures are going to drop a little bit.
Speaker 4 (00:40):
Still a little muggy. It's muggy, little humid out there.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Even when the temperatures drop it by this weekend it
should be feeling normal, maybe even a little below normal.
I did a I did a quick jet set over
the weekend to the Midwest and it was sticky like
August and Midwest always is disgusting. Yeah, And I came
back and I thought, it's not a whole lot better here.
I mean it's not it's not like it was in
the West, but it's not a while. It's definitely sticky,
definitely feeling like we talked about this on Friday while
(01:05):
you were out suspended and we discussed how the al
Nino is bringing in all this humidity. Yeah, and we're
not out of the woods, even though the forecast may
improve in the near term as far as summer goes.
On Friday, we talked a lot about the sea rising.
We're gonna have the coast batter. We might see a
significant rainfall. That's a hoax. Very strange temperatures coming up.
(01:27):
If you miss Friday's show, you can always get the podcast.
It's Meryl Free, the Friday Edition. Get in there and
listen to all his terrifying climate change nonsense.
Speaker 4 (01:35):
Welcome back, Buddy, missed you, well, it's the same La.
He'll be happy to know.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
While you were go a lot of Shenanigans, a lot
of tom Fullery engaged in by the very fine young
people we're bringing up here in this region, just taking
over the streets and wrecking autozones.
Speaker 5 (01:51):
We're announcing new video tonight of looters ransacking an AutoZone
store in East LA. This is one of two autozones
hit by burglars overnight. This one is at a Olympic
Boulevard and Atlantic Avenue. You can see in this video
people going in and out of the store. Some of
them walking out with armloads of merchandise, many with their
faces covered. Windows and doors were already boarded up from
(02:11):
another break in the night before that also happened during
a street takeover. The manager says the store will be
closed at least two to three days while wiring in
electrical systems will have to be repaired. Employees won't be
paid while the store is closed.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
Oh you kidding?
Speaker 3 (02:26):
So far?
Speaker 4 (02:26):
No word on any arrest.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
The same place got hit twice, That's what it sounds like.
They're in East LA and always needed air freshman, real
bad or what I was telling you before we came
on the air that this second story came out from overnight.
This morning, police responded to the area Firestone Boulevard and
Ryerson Avenue in Downey. This is just before four o'clock
this morning. Think about that a possible street takeover. And
(02:50):
while responding, there was an additional call of about twenty
people burglarizing an AutoZone store on Firestone, that's according to
the down A Police they say. In addition to arresting
four suspects, officers also discovered that a burglar had occurred
at the adjacent Spirit Halloween store. Okay, I know, all right,
(03:12):
I kind of understand. Well, it's like two things that
represent the decline of civilization all at once. You've got
kids gone awry, yeah, running a muck, but also a
spirit Halloween.
Speaker 4 (03:23):
Or something else used to be there.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
I understand. I'm trying to think of why someone would
would jack one of these places. Like I understand to
a degree, the autoparts are there's some value in there,
although in most cases it's not like you're robbing the
autoparts store and going, I'm gonna need calipers for an
eighty seven oldsmobile. That's the wrong set. So what are
they taking? How are they selling it? Because I'm sure
(03:47):
they're fencing it somewhere, right, they're taking this stuff and
they're fencing it. Otherwise they're stealing like armorroll and floor mats.
That doesn't make any sense to me. But thank goodness,
we've got we've got officers that are putting a stop
to this. I saw that story in La I saw
how they saw. Oh my goodness, we've got a massive
street takeover. We've got people breaking into the AutoZone two
(04:08):
nights in a row because now evidently that's what you
do every night, and the LAPD is on top of it.
They've rounded everyone up and everyone is now behind bars
facing justice. I think you read the wrong story. No arrest,
no arrest in East la at all. Now there you go.
But one in Downey that apparently happened this morning. They
say they arrested four people. I bet they did, which
(04:29):
is good, it's great. But the fact that this large
of a scene can take place, and you would have
that many targets to at least question, we didn't. They
didn't get anybody, didn't do any of it. They didn't
get anybody. And remember we were told by the local
government that they were going to crack down there. We're
gonna put a stop to these these takeovers. And I
you know, if we were to ask, I'm one hundred
(04:50):
percent sure they would say, we're investigating. Just because you
don't see anything happening doesn't mean nothing's happening. We're investigating this,
we're pulling footage from the crime, and we're doing this,
and we're doing that. But but no, I don't see it.
I don't see any of that. I don't see the
crime declining. I don't see the investigations. I don't see
(05:10):
the arrests I don't see the trials. I don't see
anything that makes it look like it's getting better. And
you know who else doesn't see it is the other criminals.
The people who went out on night two didn't see
anything being done about Night one, which, in their minds
is basically the city condoning the behavior. They've been condoning
all kinds of behavior like this for a long time.
Wish is why they do what they do. There are
(05:33):
no consequences. It gives the sense that it is a
lawless place. They did get some stuff. You know, I
don't know what part you were referencing moments ago when
you talked about caliper.
Speaker 4 (05:45):
Oh, yeah, the caliper. I don't know what a caliper is.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
Yeah, it's part of your break system. Oh nice, I
probably need it squeezes the pads under your I go
in and I talk to somebody and they're like, oh,
you need a caliper then, yeah, okay, whatever. I don't
think you would. You would just take it to a
mechanic and say my breaks are bad, and they would
say we got Oh I could replace the caliper. Oh okay,
these guys got a caliber tool. These these guys apparently
(06:08):
got away. You're gonna use a sea clamp on that.
I have a very fine sea clamp. Okay, good, an
old school I like this. They took car batteries, or
at least they emptied shelves that typically hold these items.
Speaker 4 (06:19):
Is the way case. Batteries are hard to haul away.
Car batteries are heavy.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
Windows, That makes sense, and those could be usable for
folks that engage in this type of car windows. Yeah, okay,
registers computers. They stole wiring in parts of the electrical
system or damage and and really the heartbreaking part is
not only have you ransacked and damaged a business to
the fact that it has to be closed for two
maybe three days. You heard in the report there, the
(06:43):
employees don't get paid for that.
Speaker 4 (06:46):
Now. I don't know what those employees' financial situation is,
but I can't imagine. The wages for hourly workers at
AutoZone are great. You know, God bless you for going
to work twenty twenty five bucks an hour or something
like that. Probably need the entirety of your paycheck, yeah,
of course, and now you're going to be out these days.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
I have an idea. Okay, we've ever seen those lane markers.
They're kind of raised like little bumps. Yea, they have
those a lot in the Northwest. But you see those
all these places where they've got these street takeovers. How
do we start installing those? They're cheap, yeah, right, And
if you've got a bump, you're not doing burnouts. I
can't do donuts when my car keeps running into these
these raised little street markers. It feels like a simple
(07:26):
solution to some of these things. Their deterrence talked about
some of those opportunities. Remember there was one a couple
months ago now in downtown LA that ended up with
the storming of this high end apartment tower down the seat.
I broke into the lobby, and then you heard some
city officials say, we're going to look at some of
the infrastructure and maybe put up some ballards and that
sort of thing. But yeah, okay, so you find the
(07:46):
hot spots and you do that. But what's why not
you'd have to do it to so many intersections because
these folks would just okay, well, then do the next one.
I mean, this is what we're reporting. It happened in EASTLA.
There was another one by the way in Gramercy Park,
and then this happening in down overnight early this morning,
another AutoZone hit and four people arrested. I mean, I'm
glad that Downy police actually took somebody into custody on
(08:08):
like what happened in the area of East LA. According
to LAPD, nobody taken into custody there. But all right,
I looked it up here. I don't think the Sheriff's department.
I don't think these are the ones that you would use.
But they are approved by hell trans They're bot dots,
raised pavement markers, bots dots, they're called. They're ninety two
cents apiece. Are These don't sit up as high as
(08:28):
what I would like to say. I'd like to see
them sit up a little bit higher. These are just smaller,
but just the same whatever it takes to stop the burnouts,
because if you stop the burnouts, all right, if if
if somebody's not doing donuts in a particular area, that
means they're not going to the area, which means crowds
are not following them to the area, which means we
don't have mobs of people robbing the stores nearby in
(08:49):
that area. You see, It's it's not even just about stopping. Oh,
we have to stop them from doing the burnouts. Oh,
but we'll still have crowds. But you won't have crowds
because there's nothing to see.
Speaker 3 (08:59):
Right.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
So, if the event is that people are doing these
burnouts and then you've got these massive crowds that are following,
if we can stop the burnouts, we.
Speaker 4 (09:06):
Stop the crowds.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
We stop the crowds, We stop the mobs, We stop
the mobs, We stop.
Speaker 4 (09:10):
People from stealing floor mats and calipers.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
Well, I mean, La County says the takeovers in areas
that the Sheriff's Department patrols the two well they say
they're down thirty three percent from twenty twenty four to
twenty twenty five, and fifty three percent from twenty twenty
four to the first quarter of this year. And they
say it's because not only do they have extra patrols out,
but they have put in some physical barriers. Okay, good,
more of that at popular intersection. They're not expensive. It's
(09:35):
a much cheaper solution. Can you get them an AutoZone?
Maybe that's what happened. You think they were stealing those
the bots dots maybe, And it's not like there aren't
laws on the books targeting folks who break these laws. Drivers, organizers,
promoters could face fines up to one thousand dollars.
Speaker 4 (09:49):
We heard from DA Nathan Hawkman side I.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
Can sell the crap I stole an AutoZone for more
than one thousand dollars. The districts Attorney's officers say has
said reckless driving speed exhibition can bring up the ninety
days in jail. But who cares what laws are on
the books and what consequences are on the books. If
nobody will ever face any justice for it. You nailed
it man, that's the problem. There was another wild scene
outside the Federal Detention Center in downtown LA, where they
(10:12):
often keep suspected illegal immigrants, another big protest. It turned
violent according to police, who characterized this event as violent
protesters attacking and innocent federal officers. Officer, but there are
those who say the video is painting a different story.
We'll get receipts next.
Speaker 4 (10:31):
As Monks and Merrill continues on this Monday, Welcome to
the week.
Speaker 1 (10:35):
You're listening to Monks and Merrill on demand from KFI
KM six Forting for stimulating talk.
Speaker 4 (10:44):
Welcome back to the work week. So glad to have
you with us on this afternoon.
Speaker 2 (10:48):
I just got the news that July has been declared
the hottest month on record for the contiguous United States.
Don't touch it. Lies?
Speaker 4 (10:55):
Why there's much lies really leaning into this.
Speaker 2 (10:57):
They said that these heat domes that people have had
causing above average temperatures covered the entire contiguous United States,
all states ranking in the warmest third of their July
temperature records, and none ranking near or below average. Yeah,
I mean you can tell here. This is why we
got We got to get rid of this. Noah and
the National Weather Service, they just keep spreading these lies.
(11:19):
Listen to this. Researchers have found the climate changes making
extreme heat events more common and more intense.
Speaker 4 (11:23):
Are you done?
Speaker 3 (11:27):
Hey?
Speaker 2 (11:28):
Was that video you sent me this morning of the
people chasing the ice agent into the parking garage? You know,
there's always video from these protests, and they're often very
one sided. I've been on the scene of different types
of protests in La even here at this site where
this happened.
Speaker 4 (11:41):
This is outside of these This is.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
Where you got sprayed, right, Yeah, I did harber spray
last summer. It was tear gas. Actually, that was the
first time you and I worked together. Yeah, Yeah, it
was fun. It's been all downhill since. Listen, I was
in a war zone of my own in the studios.
Speaker 4 (11:55):
Yeah, grateful that you were in. The air conditioning was well.
Speaker 2 (11:58):
Listen that somebody said that air conditioner at seventy four
and you know how upsetting that can be.
Speaker 4 (12:02):
Yeah, it's true.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
But this is an area, the Federal Detention Center in
downtown LA, where folks still do continue to gather. They
don't get the sizeable crowds that they had last year
at this time, but there are people who are still
committed to going down there. Are they rabble rousers? Are
they the people who just the protest djure? Are they
just showing up and going what are we protesting today? Guys? Exactly?
What I have found is that there are people who
have genuine feelings about whatever that issue is, and they
(12:27):
just want to stand up and speak out against it.
But you also do tend to see the same type
of people, even the same exact people. That's their social
event exactly, and they know how to get the crowd going.
They're the ones that are looking for the burning way mow,
the tossing things onto the one oh one. Those sorts
of things. Are people who want to bait law enforcement
into attacking them. One, it's very lucrative because the city
(12:49):
will always settle their lawsuits, sometimes to the tune of
six seven figures. Yeah, so it's a cottage industry here
in La Get rich quick scheme if you will, if
you've got time to This is the hobby. Like some
people play pickleball, some people go and protest things. Yeah,
like this is their social event without this is their identity, right,
(13:09):
completely their identity, and they believe they're, you know, waging
a worthy crusade. Now, in this case, you showed me
a video that some one of these people had posted
an X which honestly didn't make them look very good
the protesters in my opinion. Now, I know, if you're
going in there with a bias and you're like, yeah,
stick it to the man. You probably looked at this
protest and thought it was wonderful. But it did show
(13:30):
some behavior by the ice agent that I can't say
I was really excited about either. Yeah, he kind of
grabbed a woman from behind with a gun in his hand,
and I don't know what precipitated that. Yeah, one of
the there's a podcast with a Twitter account called here
in La h e ars and listening in LA it's
it has the worst politics that you can imagine, just
(13:51):
every leftistulousness closed the prison imagine. They're completely delusional about
what LA is supposed to be. They characterize this as
a drunk ICE agent who pulled a gun on Angelino's
and then seemingly wants to kidnap a woman. They say,
he goes to a parking garage still brandishing his weapon,
and then this is their words, lapd come out of
(14:12):
the back of garage and instead of arresting him, treat
protesters like they are the problem, like they are the danger,
like it's perfectly okay to do whatever to concerned citizens. Okay.
The police have also issued a statement, and the police
said that there were a bunch of hoodlums who followed
an ICE agent into a parking garage and they were
confronting him.
Speaker 3 (14:33):
And.
Speaker 2 (14:36):
These protesters are really scary, they said. The demonstrators that
then suddenly and deliberately attacked the employees and struck them
multiple times. Six minute video that was posted that we
were talking about. Though, the man identified by witnesses as
a federal officer was holding a woman from behind. He
does release her and then retreats toward the detention center
where are the protesters then follow There's no evidence that
(14:56):
he's intox Kidd. Although this podcast says, look, there are
other videos that we've posted. In these other videos, he's
having difficulty with coordination, there's still nothing that says he's drunk.
So I don't know that he was drunk or not.
I did see him pointing a weapon, but I also
saw him pull his gun when he had protesters. He's
(15:17):
demonstrators that were after him. Like okay, well you obviously
made him feel threatened. Yeah, he's a federal agent. They
pull their guns. That's part of what they do. Neither
side looked good to me, exactly, because that's what happens
when tensions boil over. I mean, if you go down
there with the intention of riling up the opposition, at
some point the opposition may be riled up.
Speaker 4 (15:37):
You're going to get your way. You only have so
much that you can take.
Speaker 2 (15:39):
You know, it can be high stakes like that where
people have weapons, or can be in a grocery store
where somebody in line is yelling about how slow everything is,
just keeps yelling. Is making everybody uncomfortable, and finally you
you want to turn around and tell him to shut
the hell out. Hey, yeah, you know, try to buy
some cellary. Calm down, Yeah, comma comment. We're all here, yes, exactly,
so we've all experience that. Probably you can feel it,
(16:01):
but you can literally physically feel it. But this is
intentional again, this is their social activity exactly. It was
characterized to get people down there. Is what I learned
from the scuttle butt online is that there's an emergency
protest downtown.
Speaker 4 (16:12):
No, I don't know what the catalyst was.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
I don't know if there was somebody in particular that
they were protesting being held there emergency protests, and it
happened very late.
Speaker 4 (16:20):
I mean, this is like Saturday night. Okay, think about that.
You live in Los Angeles, California, and it's Saturday night
and you've.
Speaker 2 (16:25):
Got two things to do in protest downtown or you
go loot an autopart store, I can go street take over.
Speaker 4 (16:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (16:31):
Either way, you're breaking the law. So the police have there.
We've died, I suppose. I don't know. This did make
the news all over here in La ABC seven KTLA
both reporting two people were arrested, but not.
Speaker 4 (16:44):
The people that were after him.
Speaker 2 (16:45):
These were other protesters that the police were then trying
to push back, and then they were like, hey, let's
try to egg the police out exactly. That's what keeps happening.
So even though you already had a pretty tense, scary
moment with this guy was described as a nice agent,
we don't know. Sometimes he makes up border patrol and
ICE and there is technically a difference. But some federal agent,
you know, got into a bit of a scuffle with
(17:07):
with some folks. And then separately, the protesters continue to
bait the police because they give dispersal orders, and that's
when it gets hot, because the folks know that the
police are going to start maybe using crowd control devices
or what they call less lethal munitions, and that's a
chance pepper spray. That's your chance to really be a victim.
(17:29):
When it gets hairy like that, the horses are out.
Let me see the I did see the ICE is.
ICE agents are all supposed to start wearing body cameras
by the end of August, although the acting ICE director,
David Ventrez, how you say his name, he said that
the news reports were a bit misleading the API report
(17:51):
that ICE would release body camera footage only when doing
so serve the agency's best interest. He says, no, that's
a mischaracterization. Our policy is that we're going to export
the release of footage following serious bodily injury or death
in custody. And then ICE ationans are all supposed to
start wearing cameras. Does that mean that the guys that
are wearing T shirts and jeans and then what do
they call those baklavas of the masks, right, are they
(18:13):
gonna start wearing cameras too. Well, we don't actually be
able to identify somebody, it seems like they would want to.
It's how I feel about police body cameras. How I
understand that you feel like by having to wear these,
you're being accused of something you haven't done, but it
can often protect you as well. It's great for us
as citizens to have police wearing body cams so we
can know whether use is a force is especially deadly.
(18:35):
Uses of force are justified, but can also protect police
from accusation of racism or violence that.
Speaker 4 (18:43):
You know they say was unwarranted.
Speaker 2 (18:45):
I've said this before. I think body cameras protect good
people from bad cops and they protect good cops from
bad lawyers.
Speaker 4 (18:50):
That's weird because doesn't that fly in the face of
your take on the flocks.
Speaker 2 (18:54):
You know, it's funny you say that, but I guess
we could probably apply that the other way too, Like
I'm for all of it.
Speaker 4 (19:00):
You just want cameras everywhere everywhere?
Speaker 2 (19:01):
I'm if you want to go all in, if you
want to go full or wellyan start microchipping people.
Speaker 4 (19:06):
Yeah, let's do that.
Speaker 2 (19:07):
It's fine.
Speaker 4 (19:07):
My cat's microschip. Do you never hear them say anything
about it?
Speaker 2 (19:10):
Therefore we're just gonna say no rights. Then it's like, okay,
this is the new society. No right, but don't tiptone
pretend that we have rights and then start putting up
cameras to follow people around.
Speaker 4 (19:19):
We're gonna do another flock story this week.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
No, yep, you wanted to do uh, you want to
do uh historic preservation today, We're doing more flock stories. Fine,
if you're lucky, I might throw in some more AI too. Fine.
Speaker 4 (19:32):
I'm just glad to have you back.
Speaker 2 (19:34):
I missed you. I can't I felt uncomfortable because I
kept mentioning your name more than once. Yeah, it's the
week and my wife and I had this little vacation.
I was like, Michael would say this. Michael said that
Michael would think this is funny. She's like a little
uncomfortable with how close you're doing.
Speaker 4 (19:49):
Oh no, I'm uncomfortable.
Speaker 2 (19:51):
Hey, if you're a Rise and customer, you got a
taste of it yesterday and that was just normal. LA criminals.
International cyber hackers are knocking out major institutions across the country,
footing here in California. The Verizon outage, though, was a
major disruptor. That wasn't even terrorism. Who is the most
vulnerable if the next attack comes from actual professional mayor
do wells from overseas. You're going to find that out next.
(20:11):
Monks and Meryl k I AM six forty were live
everywhere in the iHeartRadio.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
You're listening to Monks and Meryll on demand from KFI AM.
Speaker 2 (20:22):
We need to get to this breaking news. Well, I
saw Debora jumping up and down over there. What's I'm
gonna read this? From the OHI Raptor Center. She was
freaking out because this just came in, and it came
in during our newscast. So we had played a report
from our Island, Gonzales that indicated the bad news yesterday
that Jackie the bald Eagle from Big Bear, the mother
of all those little Eaglitz was, you know, really not
(20:44):
improving at the pace that folks would have liked.
Speaker 4 (20:47):
But as of.
Speaker 2 (20:49):
Seven minutes ago, the OHI Raptor Center has announced it
is with profound sadness that we share that patient two
six five one nine passed away in the early hours
of this morning, following more than three weeks of intensive
medical care.
Speaker 4 (21:04):
So, Jackie, you know there are people who feel really
bad about this. I'm not mocking anything. You're mocking.
Speaker 2 (21:13):
I'm playing the most gentle kind, animal loving music.
Speaker 1 (21:17):
They're it.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
You're a horrible time you can play it. You're the
guy that goes to a funeral home and saying I
don't like this him. Yeah, this just came in.
Speaker 6 (21:24):
Yeah, And so I'm so sad.
Speaker 3 (21:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (21:26):
So I just as Michael said, we just uh, we
just played a voicer from Eileen over the weekend, just
talking about the condition. And then thank you to Ginny Harmon,
who is an avid Big Bear Bald Eagle lever, and
she just sent me a message and said Jackie passed
away and I was running around like a crazy person.
Speaker 2 (21:47):
To well, somebody needs to call Amy King because I
don't need her, you know, bottle deep and sadness. I
saw her on the way out today when she came
on Gary and Channon to chat about this worsening condition
for Jackie called the eagle. And I know that you
know any loved those eagles, So I wonder what happens now,
because look, this is nature. She had a great run.
(22:11):
Jackie did. Brought a lot of joy to a lot
of people, but seem very famous she did. I mean,
I would say most famous eagle since Sam. Okay. There
were times where I would be doing the Michael Monks
Report show on Saturday night. Okay, so I'd be sitting
in this studio seven thirty at night on a Saturday,
(22:31):
meaning that it's even later on the East Coast, and
they had fans all over the country and maybe around
the world. Anytime it was time to watch for pips,
you know, the little baby eaglets clicking at the eggshells. Yeah,
I mean the YouTube stream would have tens of thousands
of people watching it on Saturday night.
Speaker 4 (22:48):
People loved these you.
Speaker 2 (22:50):
Know what else, people loved the condors from like twenty
years ago. But nobody watches condoors anymore. Remember when we
had live streaming condors?
Speaker 4 (22:56):
Were they having babies?
Speaker 3 (22:58):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (22:59):
Really?
Speaker 4 (22:59):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (23:00):
You remember that.
Speaker 4 (23:00):
Trends come and go.
Speaker 2 (23:01):
Debra. You remember the condors when we had the condo io. Yeah,
that means we'll move on.
Speaker 6 (23:08):
I'm not moving on. I'm really sad you moved on
from the condors. I know, but this is now. This
is now. It's sad.
Speaker 4 (23:15):
The OHI Raptor Center has set.
Speaker 2 (23:17):
Over the past several days, Jackie's condition continued to deteriorate.
Despite intensive treatment and the combined efforts of our veterinary
team and consulting specialists. She remained critically ill, receiving oxygen therapy,
supportive treatment, and around the clock monitoring in our intensive
care unit. Throughout her time at OHI Raptor Center. Every
decision was guided by the available medical evidence, her welfare,
(23:39):
and our responsibility to do what is in her best interest.
So does Jackie Lyon state somewhere now? I mean, I
don't think they just toss her in the trash.
Speaker 4 (23:47):
What do you do?
Speaker 6 (23:48):
God, No, Michael, They're not going to toss Jackie. And
let me tell you what's going to happen should go.
Speaker 2 (23:53):
Back to nature because if this were nature, that would
be food for another animal. Everybody wants to be you
want be all Nature's protect nature. This is not natural.
I just want to who's telling Shadow, because that's what
I was. Shadow doesn't have Facebook. Shadow moved on for
the past few weeks. You have to assume that whatever
his natural instinct is is that she's gone. Yeah, he
(24:16):
hasn't seen her in weeks as far as he's no,
she's been dead for a month and lost. I mean
that was his life partner for a long time. It's
Jackie in Shadow. Yeah, I understand. You know it's not
like wedding Regis and Kathy Lee where you just swap
one out and you know this is different. It's not
how Shadow looked at it. Shadow moved on real fast,
(24:36):
took no time. You think it will just be Ryan
Seacrest Shadow and Ryan Seacrest Shadow just replaced them like
this Shadow and Ryan. Is that what's gonna happen?
Speaker 6 (24:47):
I don't think so.
Speaker 2 (24:47):
What do you know what they're gonna do with the
no Jackie?
Speaker 6 (24:50):
No, I'm working on it, but I do think that
there's probably going to be a big memorial probably out
in Big Bears.
Speaker 3 (24:56):
What.
Speaker 4 (24:56):
I'll tell you what's gonna happen.
Speaker 3 (24:58):
What.
Speaker 2 (24:58):
It doesn't matter what they do with that bird. It's
not going to be good enough. It doesn't matter what
they do. They could cremate it, and somebody's gonna go,
you can't cremate Jackie. They could bury it and they go,
you should have done something else. It doesn't matter what
it is, it's not going to be good enough. People
are going to be mad at the O High Raptor Center.
(25:19):
I don't think somebody you're mad. I mean the way
they were talking about it. They're like blood transfusions on
this bird. I know, I know, but they had to
stop doing that because it wasn't working.
Speaker 4 (25:29):
No no, and now she's dead. No no, they hit
their cap with.
Speaker 2 (25:34):
Okay, that's the American healthcare system. I'm sure the friends
of Big Bear have a very comprehensive health insurance program
for all you and I have because did you see
the gofundmes for this bird? Yeah, more than anything you
and I have got. I mean you think of how
many babies she's had, and you never heard her talk
about debt associated with that, none of it.
Speaker 4 (25:53):
So don't make a joke at it a lot of maternity.
Speaker 2 (25:55):
Don't make a joke out of the spineacle. It's too soon.
It's the matter with you. Jackie the bald eagle has
died at the OHI Raptor Center after weeks of being
in their care. We saw the video early on. I
want to be careful how I characterize it. It sounded
like you were being very cavalier there she was, you know.
Original reports were suggesting that she was in a little
bit of a scuffle with some sub adult eagle ats
(26:18):
some younger eagles, and there was a fight. But there's
also suggestions that she was sick before that she was
taken to old name. Again, that's nature, because if you've
got a weak bird, it makes sense that the other
birds attack the weakest. So if the bird was sick,
then that would be it would follow logic.
Speaker 6 (26:35):
Okay, I have an update from our very own Ginny Harmon,
who really is the one that broke this for us.
So again, thank you to Jenny Harmon, who does our traffic.
Speaker 4 (26:44):
I was going to say, when you want breaking news,
turn to traffic.
Speaker 6 (26:46):
Sure exactly. She says that OHI is saying that her
remains have been transferred into the care of the California
Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
Oh good, they'll be lost by the morning. The California
bureaucracy no idea where Jackie is by tomorrow morning. Misplaced.
We'll have statements from the Governor's office. Yeah, I was
really hoping that Jackie remains would end up in California
government bureaucracy. Oh that's terrible news. That's actually the worst
(27:18):
news of all. Oh god, Well, here's what we'll do. Yeah,
we have a segment coming up. We got a live
guest coming up, so we won't be able to play
any of your talkbacks, but we'll take some of your
remarks about Jackie and we'll sprinkle them in for the
duration of this Now, people are not happy with the
memorial broadcast, and up next we'll be joined live to
(27:41):
discuss the situation brewing in the Federal Prosecutor's office here
in LA and some folks who are upset about one
of the prosecutors and some allegations around his behavior.
Speaker 4 (27:50):
And the HR Department who does the hiring over there.
Speaker 2 (27:53):
We'll get into that as Monks and Merrill continues on
this very now sad Monday in southern California.
Speaker 1 (28:00):
To Monks and Meryl onto the air from kf I
AM six farding.
Speaker 4 (28:05):
Available anywhere on the I Art Radio.
Speaker 2 (28:09):
Mario's filling on the desk, eating at the memo that
we have sad news and so he's still rocking with
it with the party music as we come back.
Speaker 4 (28:16):
Very inappropriate, Mario. That was a request from Shadow himself.
Speaker 2 (28:24):
Obviously, we are all in a state of mourning here
in Burbank, as we learned just moments ago that Jackie
the bald eagle from Big Bear has passed away. The
OHI Raptor Center did report that the fourteen year old
eagle who we have watched on a live cam for
many years now as she birthed eggs, some successfully, some unsuccessfully,
but just became a part of our lives.
Speaker 4 (28:45):
Maybe too much. So you're talking a lot about this.
I want to give it its due.
Speaker 2 (28:50):
We have got a lot of comments from our listeners,
both pro and anti Jackie, frankly, and we'll get to
some of those as the show goes on. Maestro the Movies,
A trivia to John Williams coming to the Hollywood Bull
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(29:13):
Tickets on sale now Hollywood Bowl dot Com. We're gonna
give a pair of tickets away to that one, And
I got to tell you, I think this is going
to be the hottest giveaway that we've had in a while,
because that is a great show. Good times. The Federal
Prosecutor's Office here in Los Angeles has hired Sean Lewis,
and Bill of Sale's former legislative chief of staff. He'll
work with law enforcement agencies and promote the office publicly.
But Lewis has three DUI convictions and remains on probation
(29:37):
what and now faces misdemeanor charges stemming from an alleged
drunken confrontation, and that has some folks upset about the hiring.
Rich McHugh is a reporter with News Nation and joins
US Live now. Rich, who are the folks who are
upset about this hiring in Bill of Sale's office?
Speaker 3 (29:54):
Hi, guys, thanks for having me. So I've been covering
the DUI laws in California for the past two years
because when I first did, I met a woman named
Jennifer Levy. She lost her son, Bron Levy, who was
eighteen at the time, in twenty twenty five. He was
(30:14):
killed by an alleged repeat drunk driver in Manhattan Beach.
They'd moved out of the Palisades because their house burned down,
and she's been fighting for change in California. It's trying
to get laws a law passed to strengthen the DUI
laws there, which are some of the weakest in the country.
I had to look this up in my reporting, and
(30:35):
so she brought this story to my attention. She sent
it to me. I thought it was actually a joke.
I was like, wait a minute, one of the top
prosecutors in the state is hiring somebody who's got three
DUI convictions, was out on you on one of them,
was still on approbation, I believe, and was charged again
(30:57):
in May with battery and that's pending. And I thought
it was I thought it was not true.
Speaker 2 (31:04):
She's upset.
Speaker 3 (31:04):
She says this can't be true, like this cannot be
the message that we are sending to the state. When
she's like, I've been working for a year and a
half to try and strengthen these laws and this this
is just a punch in the gut. And it's the
wrong message for California. It's I spoke with her at
length about it. But I have a sound by it.
(31:26):
I believe you guys have a sound by yea.
Speaker 2 (31:28):
Unfortunately it's a file. I can't read the file type
whatever it is. I've never seen it before, so I
can't open that. But what what is it that she
was saying though, rich Well, she.
Speaker 3 (31:36):
Was saying like, look, this is this is a number one.
This is not the message that we're going.
Speaker 2 (31:40):
To send, she said. I was incredulous.
Speaker 3 (31:42):
I couldn't believe it.
Speaker 2 (31:43):
I thought, this can't be real.
Speaker 3 (31:46):
You know, she's not attacking the person. She's attacking the appointment.
Speaker 2 (31:50):
This is office.
Speaker 3 (31:51):
Because the message this is giving victims family law enforcement,
every person asks to take DUI seriously, what the message
he's sending when you have an appointment that this person
who has a string of duys is not is not
in line with that. And I've asked, you know, the
US Attorney's Office for comment that nobody's responding on this story,
(32:15):
and that usually tells me that you know, they're trying
to figure it out themselves, or they didn't think this
would get media attention. But you know, it raises a
lot of questions as someone in my you know, as
a reporter, you know this is this is a US
attorney's office, right These are these are these are important
legal matters that that office is handling, and I don't know.
(32:37):
To me, I'd love to hear from I'd love to
hear from them on this, and I'd love to hear
from the person himself on why he's why he should
be qualified for this job.
Speaker 2 (32:47):
Rich with the uy News Nation reporter and is joining
us live on the phone now. Rich, it looks like
there is a long professional relationship between Lewis and first
Assistant US Attorney Bill Sale, who is the chief of
that office right now. What do we know about that
past relationship?
Speaker 3 (33:04):
Well, you know, I'm not from California, so I'm less
less of an expert on the working ins and outs
of that. I do know that they've worked together when
he was I believe, a speaker, and so they've known
each other for a while. Clearly but the d wise
go back to twenty thirteen. It seems around that same
(33:25):
time when they would have started working together. To me,
this should be colorblind and it should be almost agnostic
of whether you know the person or not. It seems
to be disqualifying, especially for an office like That's my
personal take. But yeah, you know, I.
Speaker 2 (33:42):
Mean, we keep hearing about merit and everything else, and
then this sounds like it's not the best person for
the job. All right, Rich, Thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (33:48):
Rich.
Speaker 2 (33:49):
Rich mqu of NewsNation, thanks so much. Rich, a great
job diving into that. That's bizarre, isn't it.
Speaker 4 (33:55):
Well, it certainly flies in the face of I think
a lot of the messages that Bill O.
Speaker 2 (33:58):
Saley puts out. I mean, they've gotten this tough on
crime message. They've gone into areas of Los Angeles that
have many of us have felt have been ignored for
a long time, whether it's MacArthur park or checking out
the homeless, fraud and that sort of thing. Very interesting choice.
But I mean, if he was his buddy for a
long time, you know, I guess even tough on crime
guys are not immune to the occasional oversight of you know,
(34:21):
this is a pal of mine that we used to
work together and like to have him around. But the
guy obviously has something difficult, so weird to me, I'm
surprised they haven't spoken on it. Well, they just said, well,
you have to talk to our spokesperson. We get that
sometimes when we contact their office try to get an interview.
So yeah, but it sounds like nobody is saying that bizarre.
Of course, that's not the sadest story of the day.
Jackie the bald Eagle dead at the age of fourteen,
(34:45):
and she fourteen or she's twelve. I thought she was
fourteen fourteen. It's a good long run for a bald eagle.
But I feel like you've been really flippant about this.
I'm not flipping. Are very upset, Oh they're not.
Speaker 7 (34:57):
I've been listening over the years I when breaking news
comes in with celebrity dying. This is probably the first
time where I do not care at all. I just
started laughing when Michael said I throw it away.
Speaker 4 (35:12):
I didn't I question whether they would just throw her away.
Oh my god.
Speaker 1 (35:18):
I feel like and mean.
Speaker 7 (35:21):
On one hand, I am real sad about Jackie, and
on the other hand, most.
Speaker 2 (35:26):
Has me cracking up.
Speaker 4 (35:29):
At his irreverence. Oh my god, all right, we'll get
through this together.
Speaker 2 (35:36):
Wow.
Speaker 4 (35:36):
I can't believe just how flippant you are about the.
Speaker 3 (35:38):
I'm not being much.
Speaker 4 (35:40):
Everybody's upset, and we deal with it in our own way.
We all cope.
Speaker 2 (35:44):
Yeah, but I don't think it's I don't think it's okay.
Speaker 6 (35:46):
I mean, you know what, Who am I to say
how one should grieve? Right, I guess?
Speaker 4 (35:51):
But his grieving is very rude. Well it is, show
some respect.
Speaker 2 (35:56):
We're gonna get to some more of your comments throughout
the remainder of the show, which, because this is now
a Jackie the Bald Eagle memorial show, We've got a
lot of content to get to over the next two hours.
But we will sprinkle it in, just as her remains
will be sprinkled over. Big Bear.
Speaker 4 (36:09):
Is that what the plant is?
Speaker 6 (36:10):
We don't know the planet they lost what they should
have lost there? They did not lose three and wildlife.
Speaker 2 (36:16):
They handed Jackie's dead body over to the state government
in California. Guess how long before she ends up in
a file cabinet.
Speaker 6 (36:22):
Michael, You know what, you're a very positive guy.
Speaker 2 (36:24):
Usually I live in California.
Speaker 4 (36:26):
I used to be very sunny. But California has a
way of just sitting on your chest.
Speaker 2 (36:30):
Man.
Speaker 4 (36:30):
Okay, So a bird died. Meanwhile, millions, and I mean
millions of people are eating chicken wings. I mean we
speak now, Debora, I said before, A chicken is a bird.
Speaker 2 (36:46):
So we're eating birds and crying over the death of
one bird. There not Deborah, I'm not eating This is
why I respect Deborah. Deborah doesn't harm animals.
Speaker 1 (36:57):
I do not.
Speaker 2 (36:58):
That's right. She doesn't eat meat. She doesn't wear leathers.
Speaker 6 (37:00):
Well, you wear leather. I call myself a hypocritical vegan Meryll.
Speaker 4 (37:04):
Yeah, I've been very much.
Speaker 2 (37:04):
She comes in here in an eagle feather scarf tomorrow,
then we will know exactly.
Speaker 4 (37:08):
No, we're hers. I will not part lies. Emphasis on lies.
Speaker 6 (37:13):
That is incorrect.
Speaker 4 (37:14):
Months there's always.
Speaker 2 (37:14):
One guy at the table who says, well, what about
the massacres in Sri Lanka? Honey, that's true, there is
I'm so leather first dead.
Speaker 4 (37:23):
Oh my god, So you guys can stop talking about it.
Speaker 2 (37:27):
How about the little guy, the little kid who in
Columbia that's bury under town of concrete.
Speaker 4 (37:33):
That's true. Why don't we talk about that instead of
a stupid bird.
Speaker 6 (37:37):
I'm talking about both. How's that.
Speaker 4 (37:38):
Let's let her talk about both.
Speaker 2 (37:41):
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