Michael recaps the No Kings rally that drew tens of thousands of people to downtown LA and monitors the ongoing unrest as agitators and law enforcement continue to butt heads amid the ongoing demonstrations against immigration enforcement.
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This is Michael Monks Reports. I'm Michael Monks from KFI News.
We are with you for the next couple of hours
as we keep an eye on what's going down in
downtown Los Angeles. You probably have a general idea because
it has now been nine days of this in some capacity.
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We are about an hour away less than an hour
away now from the curfew taking effect again, and that
means most of downtown Los Angeles has to be clear.
If you don't live there, if you don't work there,
if you don't have business there, you gotta go. And
over the past several days, the Los Angeles Police Department
and the LA County Sheriff's Department and other law enforcement
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agencies have made it clear that they're serious about that,
because people have been arrested for failure to disperse and
people have been cited for curfew violations. But what has
happened today was thousands and thousands of people came to
downtown LA for what has been called the No Kings Protest,
a march, a rally against President Trump. And his military
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parade in Washington, d C. Today, and after that started
to disperse, perhaps some people from that rally headed down
to the federal building on Alameda Street where the detention
center is where some suspected illegal immigrants are being held.
And then some of the usual agitator types also showed up. Rocks,
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bricks and so forth have been hurled at law enforcement
and the scene has gotten spicy. It has definitely gotten
spicy over the past couple of hours. And to help
set the scene, let's hear from ABC's Alex Stone.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
They are clearing these streets right now. It was a
peaceful day of marching during the daytime. We were with
the marchers all day long. That has now changed here
tonight as they are continued going to load their weapons
and more munitions are being sent over from the Sheriff's department.
So they've been using another different types of gas. The
Sheriff's Department can use tear gas, the LAPD does not.
But a little while ago they used what was kind
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of like a pepper gas on the crowd. They got
everybody moving. It burned real bad. We got hit by it,
burned in the nose and in the mouth.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Right now, tons of cops. Tons of cops are on
Broadway and Second Street as they try to get these
folks to leave. The order has already come down that
it's time to go, but so far folks haven't listened. Again,
those folks who haven't listened have been cited or even arrested.
Hundreds of arrest have been made in recent days. Around
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this time now, a week ago, we were only on
the second day of these anti immigration enforcement protests, and
things did get a little bit out of hand, and
it seemed that there was a hands off approach by
local lawn enforcement. By the time Sunday rolled around, and
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Sunday night into Monday morning, when downtown was completely pulverized
and vandalized and looted, the mayor decided that it was
time to implement a curfew. And since then, while you
have had scenes unfold like what we're seeing right now
in the streets of downtown Los Angeles, you haven't seen
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the vandalism and the looting. How long is this curfew sustainable? Though?
We're going to talk a bit about that, and our
next hour will be joined by representatives from the Downtown
Los Angeles Residents Association to talk about the impact that
all of us is having. I'll tell you, outside of
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the protest area, it's an absolute ghost town. A lot
of stores, a lot of restaurants aren't even opening their
doors at this point. And how can you when it
looks and sounds like this. ABC's Matt Guttman is also
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on the scene there. Here's his report from after this
dispersal order has been ordered.
Speaker 4 (04:38):
Clearly, at some point the l a p D declared
this an unlawful assembly.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
We did not hear that.
Speaker 4 (04:44):
I don't think many members of the crowd heard that either,
and then they moved in with incredible swiftness.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
I haven't seen the.
Speaker 4 (04:52):
Move this quickly in the eight days that we've been
out here in the streets. Something happened, though I don't
know what that trigger was.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
See banks go off.
Speaker 4 (05:01):
That's the LA Sheriff's Department right up there on that bridge,
the sound grenades moving people off. That looks like a
smoke bomb, and you can see people scurrying away right there.
That's the Sheriff's Department moving in across the bridge trying
to clear it. There are always agitators and crowds like
this who crave that kind of interaction.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
With authority figures.
Speaker 4 (05:20):
I do think that there is a pretty broad array
of society here at grew out here because they are
upset about what's going on about the administration's policy.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Again, that's ABC's Matt Gutman. He got into a little
bit of a scuffle himself with law enforcement. We're going
to have that sound for you coming up in the
eight o'clock hour. He's very close to the skirmish line
and the police didn't like where he was standing, and
it was on live television when he himself was getting
pushed away. We'll have that at eight o'clock. As things
start to deteriorate again in downtown Los Angeles, I can
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emphasize what Matt Gutman said there. I was downtown today
covering the No Kings protests. Tens of thousands of folks,
maybe twenty thousand. The organization itself is estimated around two
hundred thousand people across southern California at the various No
Kings marches and protests and rallies and speeches and demonstrations.
I just got off the phone with them moments ago.
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That's their estimation. They say five million nationwide. Coming up
on our next segment will take you to that part
of the day's events. You can hear what that was
about and how it went. But those folks tend to be,
from my observation, typical traditional democrats or liberals, not really
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the agitator types that we've seen night after night engaging
with police like this and it. You may not agree
with their politics or whatever, but they're not the types
who are coming down to spray paint graffiti on the buildings.
They're not here to burn anything down. The signs and
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the messages were varied. It wasn't just about illegal immigration.
There was a lot of commentary about the president in general.
But what is happening now is what has been happening
night after night in downtown Los Angeles after the first
high profile illegal immigration bus started last Friday, and tonight
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Saturday night is no different. By the way, traffic and
absolute mess on the surface streets in downtown Because of this,
a lot of freeway entrants and exit ramps are closed,
So if you're heading anywhere tonight, be advised of that.
Coming up next, we're going to take you down to
the No Kings part of the event, while keeping an
eye on exactly what's happening as we speak right now,
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and in our next hour, I'll be joined again by
those Downtown Los Angeles Residents Association representatives to get their
perspective on what all of this has meant for an
already struggling part of LA. It's never really recovered after COVID,
and it is an absolute ghost town outside of these
protest areas. We'll get the perspective on what residents and
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business owners down there are feeling. That's coming up next
on Michael Monks Reports.
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We're with you till nine o'clock tonight and we are
watching live as Downtown LA continues for the ninth night
conflicts with police and demonstrators against federal enforcement of illegal
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immigration policy. A dispersal order has been issued, but there
are still folks on the ground there and a lot
of police are also there. Over the past week, many
many arrests have been made around this time for both
refusal to disperse and for curfew violations. We've got a
curfew order tonight. Again. These started on Monday. We're about
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forty minutes away from that curfew going into effect. Again.
If you were at the Dodgers game, you see that
LA is up one to nothing over San Francisco in
the bottom of the first and I believe you need
to hang onto your ticket stub if you're headed back
downtown to get home, or to go to Union Station,
or you're taking that Dodger shuttle somewhere, just to let
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the police know that you had a valid reason to
be downtown. Elsewhere, in sports, the Angels fell at Baltimore
six to five. UCLA Bruins baseball team knocked off Murray State,
this year's Cinderella team in the College World Series opening round.
The Bruins won six to four over the Racers, so
they'll face the winner of LSU and Arkansas in the
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Winner's Bracket of the College World Series. But our focus
right now outside of sports is on what is going
down and what has been going down in Los Angeles.
Earlier today, tens of thousand of people came to downtown
Los Angeles for what has been called the No Kings protest.
This is a reference to President Trump himself and the
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parade that he moderated and sat over presided over in Washington,
d C. Today was in honor of the United States
Army and it's two hundred and fiftieth anniversary. But critics
have said that that looked a lot like some sort
of military tribute to President Trump. So this No Kings
thing took place here, not just in the city of
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Los Angeles, but across southern California at various places. Organizers
of the event say across southern California about two hundred
thousand people participated, tens of thousands of them in the
downtown location. They say five million people took place. Excuse me,
took part in these events all across the country. Here's
a little bit of what it sounded like.
Speaker 5 (11:00):
Crop out, cut out.
Speaker 6 (11:06):
Now you know it will never do you know?
Speaker 2 (11:15):
I could love ever being a theay okay, okay okay.
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So mostly just very large crowd, a lot of different messages. Yes,
there were some expressions of support for illegal immigrants in
the community here in Los Angeles, but there were also
a lot of traditional democratic or liberal messages. These are
not the same folks that you tell to see agitating
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the police around this time of night every single night.
But this was a massive crowd and I walked among
it to cover it here earlier when our Tim Conway
was on from noon to two, when Neil Sevadra was on,
and you've got a sense of just the vastness of it.
But there was no violence really, just some you know,
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cheeky signs. And in fact, this type of protest is
often criticized by the leftists that get involved in the
vandalism and the police antagonization. They don't like that style
of protests. They see it as pointless. So right now though,
you've got a different crew, maybe some people who were
in the No Kings March, but certainly other people have
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shown up, and now you've got folks who refuse to leave.
And this is now strictly focused on the issue of
illegal immigration and the enforcement of those policies by federal
agents who have come into Los Angeles, and that includes
the deployment of the National Guard, which has been federalized,
and now the United States Marines who are there to
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protect the federal buildings. After the No Kings March, which
mainly centered around the Civic Center area, Los Angeles, City Hall,
County Building area Gloria Molina Grand Park. This made its
way back down to that federal building around Alameda Street,
and that's where it is believed suspected illegal immigrants are
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being held right now. ABC's Alex Stone was also on
the ground as this No Kings thing was unfolding.
Speaker 3 (13:33):
When from only a few people kind of milling about
to now few thousand people who are here in the
crowd outside of City Hall, they are saying, this is
about being peaceful today. We heard from the police chief
here in La a few minutes ago and he is
asking them that everybody remain calm as the day goes on.
So far, the crowd is saying that's exactly what they're
going to do. We've got the Sheriff's Department's actually the
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Ventura County Sheriff's Department that is on guard. They've got
the riot gear on to see what way this all
goes today. After everything that's been going on in the
last week here in LA with the ice raids and
the protests and the violence in the streets. Still the
Marines and the National Guard are on duty around federal
buildings all around La. But this crowd saying that they
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are going to be peaceful. The question will be about
tonight and what goes on.
Speaker 7 (14:21):
Then.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
There are a number of buildings in downtown LA that
are borded up as like our hurricane that you would
see in Florida.
Speaker 2 (14:27):
He's exactly right, and that's what downtown A looks like
right now. It's I mean, there are so many boarded
up buildings and these aren't vacant buildings. These are buildings
with otherwise vibrant businesses inside, or businesses hanging by a
thread anyway, that are now forced to not just shut down,
but to reinforce their security because of the madness that
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went on last Sunday night into Monday morning, with the
vandalism and the looting. All of the buildings in that
Civic center area in the fashion day strict Long Ala
me to every single wall is covered in graffiti right now,
a lot of anti Ice messaging, a lot of anti
Trump messaging, some anarchist symbols and the like. It just
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looks pitiful. And Downtown LA already looked pitiful. It's always filthy.
There is graffiti everywhere, but not like this. The filth
has mounted and it's hurting the businesses that are trying
to make it there. Right now, we're seeing more less
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lethals being fired at protesters. This is about a block
from Grand Central Market and I was at Grand Central
Market today having lunch and it was packed as these
No King's protesters kind of did a couple laps around
the Civic Center and then kind of enjoyed that section
of downtown LA. All the restaurants in Grand Central Market
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were hopping, but everything else, all the retail businesses, they
were closed. This is a very vulnerable economy in downtown LA.
Our next hour, we're going to focus more on what
it's like to be a resident and a business owner
in downtown Los Angeles under these circumstances. You'll want to
stick around for that. But I want to hear from
you too. You can join us by opening up the
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iHeartRadio app and click on that talkback button. My question
to you is, how does this end? What do you
think is the end? Because we've heard local and federal
officials call for the end of ice raids. I don't
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think that's likely. This was one of President Trump's top
issues that he ran on. His administration wants mass deportations,
and regardless of how you feel about illegal immigration. There
are a lot of immigrants here in Los Angeles, in
southern California without proper documentation, regardless of their circumstances, what
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motivated them to come, why they're here. There are many
sympathetic stories, but how will the administration feel about those
sympathetic stories? Will they halt these raids? And if they
don't end to the protest end, that doesn't seem likely either.
iHeartMedia excuse me, iHeartRadio app. Click on that talkback button
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and we'll play some of your comments coming up. And
up next, we're going to take you to Washington, d C.
If there's no King's rally was in response to the
military parade in Washington, d C? What was that thing?
We'll take you to the sites and sounds of what
happened in Washington, d C today and continue to monitor
live what's happening in downtown Los Angeles on Michael Monks Reports.
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News with you till nine o'clock tonight, and it is
another night here in Los Angeles. Dispersal order has been
issued for anti ice demonstrators to disperse. Many of them
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have not, and many many police are there in response.
We are about twenty three minutes away from the curfew
going into effect, and over the past several nights, this
first curfew came out on Monday, they haven't really messed around.
They are arresting people for failure to disperse. They are
citing people for curfew violations. I noticed that the strategy
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of the LAPD changed a little bit after the arrival
of the National Guard. I don't know if that's a coincidence,
but it seemed like the LAPD decided to get a
little tougher, that they needed to cut this stuff down earlier.
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And that's what's been happening day after day as these
protests have continued. I asked you before we went to
break to open up the iHeartRadio app, click on that
talkback button and tell me how you feel about what
you're seeing. But I have a question, how does this end.
I don't expect the immigration enforcement to stop, and I
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don't expect the protest to stop as long as those
raids and arrests are happening. So let us know how
you think this ends. Let's hear now from Scott.
Speaker 8 (19:33):
Yes, that's correct. So the federal government, yeah, is trying
to enforce illegal immigration of felons that.
Speaker 7 (19:39):
Are here illegally.
Speaker 8 (19:41):
But it's not just them. Also, the people we over
overwhelmingly voted for President Trump in the number one issue, right,
was a legal immigration, So nobody should be surprised and
this was the number one issue.
Speaker 2 (19:55):
I mean, that's exactly right. In fact, I think the
local officials that you hear from who are are very
sympathetic and supportive of illegal immigrants here, so much so
that they act policy to offer benefits and to protect them.
They did so last fall because of what they saw coming.
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La was not officially a sanctuary city until late last year.
It wasn't until President Trump had won the election. Folks
knew this was coming, and it has come, and it
has shaken the city to the core. A lot of
people here obviously did not vote for President Trump percentage wise,
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but a lot of people did, and certainly a lot
more people across the country did. And a lot of
places across the country don't have the influence in the
culture in the local atmosphere that LA has when it
comes to immigrants. So this is just a different environment
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for these types of enforcement to be going down. When
the guy who was selling the flowers on the curb
is picked up, when your taco stand isn't open anymore,
when the shops in the fashion district are all closed,
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it's just more visible in a way that it's not
in a lot of other places across this country. Let's
hear from someone else.
Speaker 9 (21:38):
The way this should end is we start electing people
who understand the complexity of these issues. Demonstrating down in
LA and destroying things does not help anything.
Speaker 2 (21:52):
Nor does.
Speaker 9 (21:55):
Going out and jailing migrants, immigrants who have been here
and just want to live a good life.
Speaker 2 (22:06):
That's what I mean. You know, you may have voted
for President Trump, you may be supportive of his immigration policy,
but is it all or nothing? Is it they all
have to go? I've heard from a lot of you
in the week's sense that yeah, the answer is yes,
they all have to go. But we heard President Trump
himself start to backtrack this week. Well maybe maybe not
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the farmers, maybe not the restaurants, not the hospitality industry.
When you hear that from the President does that change
your tune at all? Do you think that there should
be more precision in the execution of these raids. The
original message was we were targeting felons, people who have
committed crimes either here or elsewhere, or both, and the
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polling shows that Americans support that overwhelmingly. You have committed
a serious crime outside of you know, the violation of
crossing the border. If you committed a serious crime in Venezuela,
in Mexico or here in America and you're here illegally,
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you got to go. But the polling also shows that
Americans overwhelmingly disapprove of mass deportations. So as long as
these enforcement actions are going to be taking place, you're
going to see these protests, and they may be different
kinds of protests. They may be, you know, the calmer,
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more peaceful ones that we saw earlier this afternoon in
downtown La, the one that your mom might attend. But
you're also going to see this ongoing standoff with law
enforcement that we are seeing night after night. So what
was this No King's thing about. It was organized in
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response to the military parade that was described as being
in honor of the two hundred fifth anniversary of the
United States Army. Critics who organize these rallies across the
country say this is clearly a military tribute to President Trump,
which we do not do in America. Here are some
of the sites and sounds from Washington, d C. Today.
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Those are tanks rolling.
Speaker 10 (24:34):
Every other country celebrates their victories.
Speaker 2 (24:37):
It's about time America did too. That's what we're doing tonight.
Speaker 5 (24:43):
This country is celebrating the US Army, the longest service.
Here in Washington, d C. We can hear some of
the crowd cheering behind us. It is we still see
some folk kind of walking in the bleachers are not
pathed it. It is not a path to here by any needs.
But you certainly hear the crowd cheering and welcoming these
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soldiers that are in these takes right here rolling along
Constitution Avenue, Mister.
Speaker 11 (25:11):
President, on behalf of the United States Army, the Army
go to Knights. I would like to present to you
this flag which was flown over our nation's capital in
free fall during the Army's two hundred and fiftieth birthday celebrations.
Speaker 9 (25:35):
Thank you to the greatest, fiercest, and bravest fighting force
ever to stride the face of this earth.
Speaker 1 (25:45):
The United States Army, thank you very much.
Speaker 2 (26:13):
So there you have it. That was the big, beautiful
military parade in Washington, d C. Today. President Trump seemed
to enjoy it. By the way, it is his seventy
ninth birthday and it is Flag Day, so a very
patriotic day in Washington. Meanwhile, here in LA, the standoff
between anti immigration enforcement demonstrators and law enforcement continues on
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the streets of downtown LA. We will continue to monitor
and bring you the latest as it happens. We want
to hear from you as well. Open up that iHeartRadio app,
click on the talkback button, share your thoughts about what
you're seeing. But our direct question, if you care to
answer it, is how does this all end? I want
to play some of your comments again coming up. Reminder,
you got to keep it clean, no swear words. I
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don't have time to edit those things out, so just
just use your best judgment and use the right language.
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We're with you till nine o'clock and we are exactly
seven minutes away from curfew time in downtown Los Angeles,
and there is an ongoing standoff between anti immigration enforcement
demonstrators and local law enforcement LAPD, Sheriff's Office, and various
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other agencies. Keep in mind, we heard from local law
enforcement officials that they were going to be at like
one hundred and seventy percent staff today in preparation of
the large demonstration called the No Kings protest. Well, that
protest was huge, but there really wasn't any violence or
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any type of policing that was necessary in terms of
taking people into custody. Now it's the witching hour. It's
that time of night where these protesters get a little frisky,
and so do the law enforcement officials and the police
because there have been tear gas fired and less lethal
AMMO fired, some pushing and shoving, and we are seven
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minutes away from curfew and they have been enforcing this
curfew since the first one came out Monday. People have
been arrested, people have been cited for not dispersing and
for not leaving downtown. How does this stop, by the way,
how does this stop? How does this all end. The
immigration enforcement is going to continue, and as long as
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it does, the protest will write this is not sustainable
for downtown Los Angeles. That's my question to you tonight,
and I'd love to hear from you if you'll open
up the iHeartRadio app and click on the talkback button
and let us know. We're going to play your responses
throughout the evening. Let's hear now from John.
Speaker 9 (29:00):
Why do people say Trump overwhelmingly won the presidential election
when he got less than fifty percent of the vote.
Speaker 2 (29:10):
I think the president is known for his bluster, and
some of his supporters, you know, have adopted that it
was the first time he won the popular vote, and
the electoral college was a much bigger victory for him
than I think folks anticipated. So as long as Trump
is out there saying it was a landslide, it tends
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to penetrate for a lot of folks. But this election
that Trump won over Kamala Harris was mathematically a lot
closer than I think he would like to admit. But
he won, and this was one of his key priorities,
and it's happening, and folks knew what was going to happen.
And now we're living in the aftermath of this. Let's
hear now from Gary.
Speaker 7 (29:54):
Hey, Michael, this is Gary. I'm a huge fan of yours.
Speaker 2 (29:57):
Man, oh, thanks. You know, I think those.
Speaker 7 (30:00):
Raids on the farms, like Auxnard, the hospitality industry, I
think it was planned, and I think it was planned
that he retracted the intent to do that. It's political posturing.
He's done it on purpose.
Speaker 2 (30:16):
Gary, I'm a huge fan of yours. Two for listening,
Thank you so much for participating in our conversation tonight.
And Gary is referencing the remarks that President Trump made
in recent days that maybe we need to scale back
the immigration enforcement on the farms and the hospitality industry,
and what does that mean for the mass deportation that
he promised. All right, let's hear next from Steve Hey.
Speaker 6 (30:38):
Monks. Just my opinion, but I think our president is
doing his cosplay time of Vladimir Putin. He's always wanted
to be Vladdin, and now he said, let's just do it.
Speaker 2 (30:55):
Steve, thanks for listening, thanks for calling, and thank you
for saying, effet by censoring yourself, I'm able to play
your comment. Remember no profanity on our talkbacks. Appreciate all
of you participating tonight. Let's hear now from Brad.
Speaker 12 (31:12):
Okay, monks, I agree with you. You can't deport everybody.
But sixty years ago when I was in California, you
didn't come over willy nilly and set up taco stands,
fruit stands in every corner and circumvent the laws regulations
of any city just because you're wanting to have a
better life for your children. That's bs man. They've got
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to have some rules and regulations. You can't let this
thing go on like this.
Speaker 2 (31:37):
Appreciate your call, Brad. And I think that's how a
lot of people feel, is that the border was pretty
much open during the Biden administration, and a lot of
folks came here to places like Los Angeles where there
are a lot of safety nets for you, regardless of
your immigration status, and so a lot of promises are made,
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and now the rug is being pulled out from under them,
and now there's a pendulum that is swinging very quickly
in the other direction, and we are living amidst the
chaos of that extreme shift in policy. Let's hear from
another listener, Michael.
Speaker 10 (32:16):
Yes, it will end, just like everything else ended. The
nineteen sixty riots ended. Rodney King ended it all ended,
but it will come back in a different form at
a later date. The division in America is going to remain,
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and we just have to learn how to live with it.
Speaker 2 (32:37):
I think that was Drew. Thank you so much for
taking the time to call in. We do appreciate it.
And let's hear now from Robert.
Speaker 10 (32:46):
Hey, monks, I like that led Zeppelin intro coming into
your show man.
Speaker 3 (32:54):
You're growing on me.
Speaker 2 (32:57):
Later, Robert, you're growing on me too, and at the
risk of growing on you less. I got to give
full credit to our technical director, Raoul Cortes, who is
in the board operating room playing all that great music
for you today. He always, he always manages to hit
the right vibe for whatever we're talking about. Usually it's
alt rock, maybe a little yacht rock, but today I
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think it called for a little led Zeppelin. We'll see
what's coming up in our next hour. Vibe wise, we're
a minute away from curfew in downtown Los Angeles, and
I don't see these folks leaving yet. We are monitoring
this situation live. Coming up in the next hour. I've
got some I've got a clip from an ABC News
reporter who kind of got in the way of the
police and had to change exchange some words with them.
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We'll play that clip for you, and then I'll be
joined live by two representatives from the Downtown Los Angeles
Residents Association. What is it like living down there right now?
It's not looking good. It's a very strange situation in
downtown Los Angeles. And more of your comments too on
the iHeartRadio app. Click on that talkback button. How do
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We are with you for the next couple of hours
as we keep an eye on what's going down in
downtown Los Angeles. You probably have a general idea because
it has now been nine days of this in some capacity.
(00:28):
We are about an hour away less than an hour
away now from the curfew taking effect again, and that
means most of downtown Los Angeles has to be clear.
If you don't live there, if you don't work there,
if you don't have business there, you gotta go. And
over the past several days, the Los Angeles Police Department
and the LA County Sheriff's Department and other law enforcement
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agencies have made it clear that they're serious about that,
because people have been arrested for failure to disperse and
people have been cited for curfew violations. But what has
happened today was thousands and thousands of people came to
downtown LA for what has been called the No Kings Protest,
a march, a rally against President Trump. And his military
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parade in Washington, d C. Today, and after that started
to disperse, perhaps some people from that rally headed down
to the federal building on Alameda Street where the detention
center is where some suspected illegal immigrants are being held.
And then some of the usual agitator types also showed up. Rocks,
(01:34):
bricks and so forth have been hurled at law enforcement
and the scene has gotten spicy. It has definitely gotten
spicy over the past couple of hours. And to help
set the scene, let's hear from ABC's Alex Stone.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
They are clearing these streets right now. It was a
peaceful day of marching during the daytime. We were with
the marchers all day long. That has now changed here
tonight as they are continued going to load their weapons
and more munitions are being sent over from the Sheriff's department.
So they've been using another different types of gas. The
Sheriff's Department can use tear gas, the LAPD does not.
But a little while ago they used what was kind
(02:11):
of like a pepper gas on the crowd. They got
everybody moving. It burned real bad. We got hit by it,
burned in the nose and in the mouth.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Right now, tons of cops. Tons of cops are on
Broadway and Second Street as they try to get these
folks to leave. The order has already come down that
it's time to go, but so far folks haven't listened. Again,
those folks who haven't listened have been cited or even arrested.
Hundreds of arrest have been made in recent days. Around
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this time now, a week ago, we were only on
the second day of these anti immigration enforcement protests, and
things did get a little bit out of hand, and
it seemed that there was a hands off approach by
local lawn enforcement. By the time Sunday rolled around, and
(03:04):
Sunday night into Monday morning, when downtown was completely pulverized
and vandalized and looted, the mayor decided that it was
time to implement a curfew. And since then, while you
have had scenes unfold like what we're seeing right now
in the streets of downtown Los Angeles, you haven't seen
(03:26):
the vandalism and the looting. How long is this curfew sustainable? Though?
We're going to talk a bit about that, and our
next hour will be joined by representatives from the Downtown
Los Angeles Residents Association to talk about the impact that
all of us is having. I'll tell you, outside of
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the protest area, it's an absolute ghost town. A lot
of stores, a lot of restaurants aren't even opening their
doors at this point. And how can you when it
looks and sounds like this. ABC's Matt Guttman is also
(04:33):
on the scene there. Here's his report from after this
dispersal order has been ordered.
Speaker 4 (04:38):
Clearly, at some point the l a p D declared
this an unlawful assembly.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
We did not hear that.
Speaker 4 (04:44):
I don't think many members of the crowd heard that either,
and then they moved in with incredible swiftness.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
I haven't seen the.
Speaker 4 (04:52):
Move this quickly in the eight days that we've been
out here in the streets. Something happened, though I don't
know what that trigger was.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
See banks go off.
Speaker 4 (05:01):
That's the LA Sheriff's Department right up there on that bridge,
the sound grenades moving people off. That looks like a
smoke bomb, and you can see people scurrying away right there.
That's the Sheriff's Department moving in across the bridge trying
to clear it. There are always agitators and crowds like
this who crave that kind of interaction.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
With authority figures.
Speaker 4 (05:20):
I do think that there is a pretty broad array
of society here at grew out here because they are
upset about what's going on about the administration's policy.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Again, that's ABC's Matt Gutman. He got into a little
bit of a scuffle himself with law enforcement. We're going
to have that sound for you coming up in the
eight o'clock hour. He's very close to the skirmish line
and the police didn't like where he was standing, and
it was on live television when he himself was getting
pushed away. We'll have that at eight o'clock. As things
start to deteriorate again in downtown Los Angeles, I can
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emphasize what Matt Gutman said there. I was downtown today
covering the No Kings protests. Tens of thousands of folks,
maybe twenty thousand. The organization itself is estimated around two
hundred thousand people across southern California at the various No
Kings marches and protests and rallies and speeches and demonstrations.
I just got off the phone with them moments ago.
(06:12):
That's their estimation. They say five million nationwide. Coming up
on our next segment will take you to that part
of the day's events. You can hear what that was
about and how it went. But those folks tend to be,
from my observation, typical traditional democrats or liberals, not really
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the agitator types that we've seen night after night engaging
with police like this and it. You may not agree
with their politics or whatever, but they're not the types
who are coming down to spray paint graffiti on the buildings.
They're not here to burn anything down. The signs and
(06:55):
the messages were varied. It wasn't just about illegal immigration.
There was a lot of commentary about the president in general.
But what is happening now is what has been happening
night after night in downtown Los Angeles after the first
high profile illegal immigration bus started last Friday, and tonight
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Saturday night is no different. By the way, traffic and
absolute mess on the surface streets in downtown Because of this,
a lot of freeway entrants and exit ramps are closed,
So if you're heading anywhere tonight, be advised of that.
Coming up next, we're going to take you down to
the No Kings part of the event, while keeping an
eye on exactly what's happening as we speak right now,
(07:42):
and in our next hour, I'll be joined again by
those Downtown Los Angeles Residents Association representatives to get their
perspective on what all of this has meant for an
already struggling part of LA. It's never really recovered after COVID,
and it is an absolute ghost town outside of these
protest areas. We'll get the perspective on what residents and
(08:05):
business owners down there are feeling. That's coming up next
on Michael Monks Reports.
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We're with you till nine o'clock tonight and we are
watching live as Downtown LA continues for the ninth night
conflicts with police and demonstrators against federal enforcement of illegal
(08:38):
immigration policy. A dispersal order has been issued, but there
are still folks on the ground there and a lot
of police are also there. Over the past week, many
many arrests have been made around this time for both
refusal to disperse and for curfew violations. We've got a
curfew order tonight. Again. These started on Monday. We're about
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forty minutes away from that curfew going into effect. Again.
If you were at the Dodgers game, you see that
LA is up one to nothing over San Francisco in
the bottom of the first and I believe you need
to hang onto your ticket stub if you're headed back
downtown to get home, or to go to Union Station,
or you're taking that Dodger shuttle somewhere, just to let
(09:26):
the police know that you had a valid reason to
be downtown. Elsewhere, in sports, the Angels fell at Baltimore
six to five. UCLA Bruins baseball team knocked off Murray State,
this year's Cinderella team in the College World Series opening round.
The Bruins won six to four over the Racers, so
they'll face the winner of LSU and Arkansas in the
(09:47):
Winner's Bracket of the College World Series. But our focus
right now outside of sports is on what is going
down and what has been going down in Los Angeles.
Earlier today, tens of thousand of people came to downtown
Los Angeles for what has been called the No Kings protest.
This is a reference to President Trump himself and the
(10:10):
parade that he moderated and sat over presided over in Washington,
d C. Today was in honor of the United States
Army and it's two hundred and fiftieth anniversary. But critics
have said that that looked a lot like some sort
of military tribute to President Trump. So this No Kings
thing took place here, not just in the city of
(10:32):
Los Angeles, but across southern California at various places. Organizers
of the event say across southern California about two hundred
thousand people participated, tens of thousands of them in the
downtown location. They say five million people took place. Excuse me,
took part in these events all across the country. Here's
a little bit of what it sounded like.
Speaker 5 (11:00):
Crop out, cut out.
Speaker 6 (11:06):
Now you know it will never do you know?
Speaker 2 (11:15):
I could love ever being a theay okay, okay okay.
(11:41):
So mostly just very large crowd, a lot of different messages. Yes,
there were some expressions of support for illegal immigrants in
the community here in Los Angeles, but there were also
a lot of traditional democratic or liberal messages. These are
not the same folks that you tell to see agitating
(12:01):
the police around this time of night every single night.
But this was a massive crowd and I walked among
it to cover it here earlier when our Tim Conway
was on from noon to two, when Neil Sevadra was on,
and you've got a sense of just the vastness of it.
But there was no violence really, just some you know,
(12:23):
cheeky signs. And in fact, this type of protest is
often criticized by the leftists that get involved in the
vandalism and the police antagonization. They don't like that style
of protests. They see it as pointless. So right now though,
you've got a different crew, maybe some people who were
in the No Kings March, but certainly other people have
(12:44):
shown up, and now you've got folks who refuse to leave.
And this is now strictly focused on the issue of
illegal immigration and the enforcement of those policies by federal
agents who have come into Los Angeles, and that includes
the deployment of the National Guard, which has been federalized,
and now the United States Marines who are there to
(13:05):
protect the federal buildings. After the No Kings March, which
mainly centered around the Civic Center area, Los Angeles, City Hall,
County Building area Gloria Molina Grand Park. This made its
way back down to that federal building around Alameda Street,
and that's where it is believed suspected illegal immigrants are
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being held right now. ABC's Alex Stone was also on
the ground as this No Kings thing was unfolding.
Speaker 3 (13:33):
When from only a few people kind of milling about
to now few thousand people who are here in the
crowd outside of City Hall, they are saying, this is
about being peaceful today. We heard from the police chief
here in La a few minutes ago and he is
asking them that everybody remain calm as the day goes on.
So far, the crowd is saying that's exactly what they're
going to do. We've got the Sheriff's Department's actually the
(13:56):
Ventura County Sheriff's Department that is on guard. They've got
the riot gear on to see what way this all
goes today. After everything that's been going on in the
last week here in LA with the ice raids and
the protests and the violence in the streets. Still the
Marines and the National Guard are on duty around federal
buildings all around La. But this crowd saying that they
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are going to be peaceful. The question will be about
tonight and what goes on.
Speaker 7 (14:21):
Then.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
There are a number of buildings in downtown LA that
are borded up as like our hurricane that you would
see in Florida.
Speaker 2 (14:27):
He's exactly right, and that's what downtown A looks like
right now. It's I mean, there are so many boarded
up buildings and these aren't vacant buildings. These are buildings
with otherwise vibrant businesses inside, or businesses hanging by a
thread anyway, that are now forced to not just shut down,
but to reinforce their security because of the madness that
(14:50):
went on last Sunday night into Monday morning, with the
vandalism and the looting. All of the buildings in that
Civic center area in the fashion day strict Long Ala
me to every single wall is covered in graffiti right now,
a lot of anti Ice messaging, a lot of anti
Trump messaging, some anarchist symbols and the like. It just
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looks pitiful. And Downtown LA already looked pitiful. It's always filthy.
There is graffiti everywhere, but not like this. The filth
has mounted and it's hurting the businesses that are trying
to make it there. Right now, we're seeing more less
(15:35):
lethals being fired at protesters. This is about a block
from Grand Central Market and I was at Grand Central
Market today having lunch and it was packed as these
No King's protesters kind of did a couple laps around
the Civic Center and then kind of enjoyed that section
of downtown LA. All the restaurants in Grand Central Market
(15:59):
were hopping, but everything else, all the retail businesses, they
were closed. This is a very vulnerable economy in downtown LA.
Our next hour, we're going to focus more on what
it's like to be a resident and a business owner
in downtown Los Angeles under these circumstances. You'll want to
stick around for that. But I want to hear from
you too. You can join us by opening up the
(16:21):
iHeartRadio app and click on that talkback button. My question
to you is, how does this end? What do you
think is the end? Because we've heard local and federal
officials call for the end of ice raids. I don't
(16:42):
think that's likely. This was one of President Trump's top
issues that he ran on. His administration wants mass deportations,
and regardless of how you feel about illegal immigration. There
are a lot of immigrants here in Los Angeles, in
southern California without proper documentation, regardless of their circumstances, what
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motivated them to come, why they're here. There are many
sympathetic stories, but how will the administration feel about those
sympathetic stories? Will they halt these raids? And if they
don't end to the protest end, that doesn't seem likely either.
iHeartMedia excuse me, iHeartRadio app. Click on that talkback button
(17:28):
and we'll play some of your comments coming up. And
up next, we're going to take you to Washington, d C.
If there's no King's rally was in response to the
military parade in Washington, d C? What was that thing?
We'll take you to the sites and sounds of what
happened in Washington, d C today and continue to monitor
live what's happening in downtown Los Angeles on Michael Monks Reports.
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News with you till nine o'clock tonight, and it is
another night here in Los Angeles. Dispersal order has been
issued for anti ice demonstrators to disperse. Many of them
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have not, and many many police are there in response.
We are about twenty three minutes away from the curfew
going into effect, and over the past several nights, this
first curfew came out on Monday, they haven't really messed around.
They are arresting people for failure to disperse. They are
citing people for curfew violations. I noticed that the strategy
(18:36):
of the LAPD changed a little bit after the arrival
of the National Guard. I don't know if that's a coincidence,
but it seemed like the LAPD decided to get a
little tougher, that they needed to cut this stuff down earlier.
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And that's what's been happening day after day as these
protests have continued. I asked you before we went to
break to open up the iHeartRadio app, click on that
talkback button and tell me how you feel about what
you're seeing. But I have a question, how does this end.
I don't expect the immigration enforcement to stop, and I
(19:18):
don't expect the protest to stop as long as those
raids and arrests are happening. So let us know how
you think this ends. Let's hear now from Scott.
Speaker 8 (19:33):
Yes, that's correct. So the federal government, yeah, is trying
to enforce illegal immigration of felons that.
Speaker 7 (19:39):
Are here illegally.
Speaker 8 (19:41):
But it's not just them. Also, the people we over
overwhelmingly voted for President Trump in the number one issue, right,
was a legal immigration, So nobody should be surprised and
this was the number one issue.
Speaker 2 (19:55):
I mean, that's exactly right. In fact, I think the
local officials that you hear from who are are very
sympathetic and supportive of illegal immigrants here, so much so
that they act policy to offer benefits and to protect them.
They did so last fall because of what they saw coming.
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La was not officially a sanctuary city until late last year.
It wasn't until President Trump had won the election. Folks
knew this was coming, and it has come, and it
has shaken the city to the core. A lot of
people here obviously did not vote for President Trump percentage wise,
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but a lot of people did, and certainly a lot
more people across the country did. And a lot of
places across the country don't have the influence in the
culture in the local atmosphere that LA has when it
comes to immigrants. So this is just a different environment
(21:07):
for these types of enforcement to be going down. When
the guy who was selling the flowers on the curb
is picked up, when your taco stand isn't open anymore,
when the shops in the fashion district are all closed,
(21:28):
it's just more visible in a way that it's not
in a lot of other places across this country. Let's
hear from someone else.
Speaker 9 (21:38):
The way this should end is we start electing people
who understand the complexity of these issues. Demonstrating down in
LA and destroying things does not help anything.
Speaker 2 (21:52):
Nor does.
Speaker 9 (21:55):
Going out and jailing migrants, immigrants who have been here
and just want to live a good life.
Speaker 2 (22:06):
That's what I mean. You know, you may have voted
for President Trump, you may be supportive of his immigration policy,
but is it all or nothing? Is it they all
have to go? I've heard from a lot of you
in the week's sense that yeah, the answer is yes,
they all have to go. But we heard President Trump
himself start to backtrack this week. Well maybe maybe not
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the farmers, maybe not the restaurants, not the hospitality industry.
When you hear that from the President does that change
your tune at all? Do you think that there should
be more precision in the execution of these raids. The
original message was we were targeting felons, people who have
committed crimes either here or elsewhere, or both, and the
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polling shows that Americans support that overwhelmingly. You have committed
a serious crime outside of you know, the violation of
crossing the border. If you committed a serious crime in Venezuela,
in Mexico or here in America and you're here illegally,
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you got to go. But the polling also shows that
Americans overwhelmingly disapprove of mass deportations. So as long as
these enforcement actions are going to be taking place, you're
going to see these protests, and they may be different
kinds of protests. They may be, you know, the calmer,
(23:35):
more peaceful ones that we saw earlier this afternoon in
downtown La, the one that your mom might attend. But
you're also going to see this ongoing standoff with law
enforcement that we are seeing night after night. So what
was this No King's thing about. It was organized in
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response to the military parade that was described as being
in honor of the two hundred fifth anniversary of the
United States Army. Critics who organize these rallies across the
country say this is clearly a military tribute to President Trump,
which we do not do in America. Here are some
of the sites and sounds from Washington, d C. Today.
(24:20):
Those are tanks rolling.
Speaker 10 (24:34):
Every other country celebrates their victories.
Speaker 2 (24:37):
It's about time America did too. That's what we're doing tonight.
Speaker 5 (24:43):
This country is celebrating the US Army, the longest service.
Here in Washington, d C. We can hear some of
the crowd cheering behind us. It is we still see
some folk kind of walking in the bleachers are not
pathed it. It is not a path to here by any needs.
But you certainly hear the crowd cheering and welcoming these
(25:04):
soldiers that are in these takes right here rolling along
Constitution Avenue, Mister.
Speaker 11 (25:11):
President, on behalf of the United States Army, the Army
go to Knights. I would like to present to you
this flag which was flown over our nation's capital in
free fall during the Army's two hundred and fiftieth birthday celebrations.
Speaker 9 (25:35):
Thank you to the greatest, fiercest, and bravest fighting force
ever to stride the face of this earth.
Speaker 1 (25:45):
The United States Army, thank you very much.
Speaker 2 (26:13):
So there you have it. That was the big, beautiful
military parade in Washington, d C. Today. President Trump seemed
to enjoy it. By the way, it is his seventy
ninth birthday and it is Flag Day, so a very
patriotic day in Washington. Meanwhile, here in LA, the standoff
between anti immigration enforcement demonstrators and law enforcement continues on
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the streets of downtown LA. We will continue to monitor
and bring you the latest as it happens. We want
to hear from you as well. Open up that iHeartRadio app,
click on the talkback button, share your thoughts about what
you're seeing. But our direct question, if you care to
answer it, is how does this all end? I want
to play some of your comments again coming up. Reminder,
you got to keep it clean, no swear words. I
(26:57):
don't have time to edit those things out, so just
just use your best judgment and use the right language.
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We're with you till nine o'clock and we are exactly
seven minutes away from curfew time in downtown Los Angeles,
and there is an ongoing standoff between anti immigration enforcement
demonstrators and local law enforcement LAPD, Sheriff's Office, and various
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other agencies. Keep in mind, we heard from local law
enforcement officials that they were going to be at like
one hundred and seventy percent staff today in preparation of
the large demonstration called the No Kings protest. Well, that
protest was huge, but there really wasn't any violence or
(27:52):
any type of policing that was necessary in terms of
taking people into custody. Now it's the witching hour. It's
that time of night where these protesters get a little frisky,
and so do the law enforcement officials and the police
because there have been tear gas fired and less lethal
AMMO fired, some pushing and shoving, and we are seven
(28:15):
minutes away from curfew and they have been enforcing this
curfew since the first one came out Monday. People have
been arrested, people have been cited for not dispersing and
for not leaving downtown. How does this stop, by the way,
how does this stop? How does this all end. The
immigration enforcement is going to continue, and as long as
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it does, the protest will write this is not sustainable
for downtown Los Angeles. That's my question to you tonight,
and I'd love to hear from you if you'll open
up the iHeartRadio app and click on the talkback button
and let us know. We're going to play your responses
throughout the evening. Let's hear now from John.
Speaker 9 (29:00):
Why do people say Trump overwhelmingly won the presidential election
when he got less than fifty percent of the vote.
Speaker 2 (29:10):
I think the president is known for his bluster, and
some of his supporters, you know, have adopted that it
was the first time he won the popular vote, and
the electoral college was a much bigger victory for him
than I think folks anticipated. So as long as Trump
is out there saying it was a landslide, it tends
(29:32):
to penetrate for a lot of folks. But this election
that Trump won over Kamala Harris was mathematically a lot
closer than I think he would like to admit. But
he won, and this was one of his key priorities,
and it's happening, and folks knew what was going to happen.
And now we're living in the aftermath of this. Let's
hear now from Gary.
Speaker 7 (29:54):
Hey, Michael, this is Gary. I'm a huge fan of yours.
Speaker 2 (29:57):
Man, oh, thanks. You know, I think those.
Speaker 7 (30:00):
Raids on the farms, like Auxnard, the hospitality industry, I
think it was planned, and I think it was planned
that he retracted the intent to do that. It's political posturing.
He's done it on purpose.
Speaker 2 (30:16):
Gary, I'm a huge fan of yours. Two for listening,
Thank you so much for participating in our conversation tonight.
And Gary is referencing the remarks that President Trump made
in recent days that maybe we need to scale back
the immigration enforcement on the farms and the hospitality industry,
and what does that mean for the mass deportation that
he promised. All right, let's hear next from Steve Hey.
Speaker 6 (30:38):
Monks. Just my opinion, but I think our president is
doing his cosplay time of Vladimir Putin. He's always wanted
to be Vladdin, and now he said, let's just do it.
Speaker 2 (30:55):
Steve, thanks for listening, thanks for calling, and thank you
for saying, effet by censoring yourself, I'm able to play
your comment. Remember no profanity on our talkbacks. Appreciate all
of you participating tonight. Let's hear now from Brad.
Speaker 12 (31:12):
Okay, monks, I agree with you. You can't deport everybody.
But sixty years ago when I was in California, you
didn't come over willy nilly and set up taco stands,
fruit stands in every corner and circumvent the laws regulations
of any city just because you're wanting to have a
better life for your children. That's bs man. They've got
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to have some rules and regulations. You can't let this
thing go on like this.
Speaker 2 (31:37):
Appreciate your call, Brad. And I think that's how a
lot of people feel, is that the border was pretty
much open during the Biden administration, and a lot of
folks came here to places like Los Angeles where there
are a lot of safety nets for you, regardless of
your immigration status, and so a lot of promises are made,
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and now the rug is being pulled out from under them,
and now there's a pendulum that is swinging very quickly
in the other direction, and we are living amidst the
chaos of that extreme shift in policy. Let's hear from
another listener, Michael.
Speaker 10 (32:16):
Yes, it will end, just like everything else ended. The
nineteen sixty riots ended. Rodney King ended it all ended,
but it will come back in a different form at
a later date. The division in America is going to remain,
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and we just have to learn how to live with it.
Speaker 2 (32:37):
I think that was Drew. Thank you so much for
taking the time to call in. We do appreciate it.
And let's hear now from Robert.
Speaker 10 (32:46):
Hey, monks, I like that led Zeppelin intro coming into
your show man.
Speaker 3 (32:54):
You're growing on me.
Speaker 2 (32:57):
Later, Robert, you're growing on me too, and at the
risk of growing on you less. I got to give
full credit to our technical director, Raoul Cortes, who is
in the board operating room playing all that great music
for you today. He always, he always manages to hit
the right vibe for whatever we're talking about. Usually it's
alt rock, maybe a little yacht rock, but today I
(33:21):
think it called for a little led Zeppelin. We'll see
what's coming up in our next hour. Vibe wise, we're
a minute away from curfew in downtown Los Angeles, and
I don't see these folks leaving yet. We are monitoring
this situation live. Coming up in the next hour. I've
got some I've got a clip from an ABC News
reporter who kind of got in the way of the
police and had to change exchange some words with them.
(33:44):
We'll play that clip for you, and then I'll be
joined live by two representatives from the Downtown Los Angeles
Residents Association. What is it like living down there right now?
It's not looking good. It's a very strange situation in
downtown Los Angeles. And more of your comments too on
the iHeartRadio app. Click on that talkback button. How do
(34:04):
you think this all ends? We want to hear from you.
Join the conversation now you've got Michael Monks reports on
KFI AM six forty.
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