Rebel News Podcast - Off The Cuff Declassified - John Cardillo - May 25⧸2018

00:00:00.000 Today on Off the Cup Declassified, Harvey Weinstein surrenders to the NYPD.

00:00:04.900 A poll says the majority of Americans agree with President Trump on MS-13.

00:00:10.100 NFL players are becoming more insufferable and is Amazon buying on us at home?

00:00:21.860 Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and most likely soon-to-be convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein

00:00:29.500 turned himself in at the New York City Police Department's first precinct at about 7.30

00:00:34.180 a.m. Eastern this morning.

00:00:35.720 Weinstein is turning himself in for charges stemming from the complaint of a woman named

00:00:40.440 Lucia Evans about incidents that happened going back as far as 2004.

00:00:46.260 Now, luckily, New York State has a long statute of limitations on these types of sex crimes

00:00:51.160 and this type of sexual predation.

00:00:53.100 Weinstein apparently forced her to perform oral sex on him. 1.00

00:00:57.100 Now, we know the Weinstein story.

00:00:58.420 We give credit where due, Ronan Farrow broke that story and did an outstanding job profiling

00:01:04.940 Weinstein's decades, decades of brutal sexual assaults on women.

00:01:11.180 We just saw Bill Cosby convicted, convicted of rape.

00:01:15.520 His sentencing is happening sometime in September and now new allegations against Morgan Freeman.

00:01:22.340 The Weinstein case, however, raises really, really troubling questions.

00:01:26.260 Weinstein was investigated more than a few times by various law enforcement agencies,

00:01:32.780 those out in L.A. and Hollywood, ones in Europe, in the U.K., actually the same as Kevin Spacey,

00:01:40.800 which we'll get into in a moment.

00:01:42.780 But the NYPD Special Victims Unit had a very solid case on Weinstein, yet Manhattan District

00:01:50.100 Attorney Cyrus Vance wouldn't prosecute.

00:01:52.620 Well, it turns out that Cy Vance received money for his campaign, he's a Democrat,

00:01:58.820 from Weinstein's lawyer, from many associates of Weinstein.

00:02:02.480 New York City and New York State Democratic parties benefit, they benefit greatly from guys like Harvey Weinstein

00:02:10.380 and associates of Harvey Weinstein, people in the movie industry, dependent on Harvey Weinstein

00:02:16.540 to stay very rich, people that Harvey Weinstein made very wealthy.

00:02:21.480 Now, this is incredibly troubling.

00:02:23.460 Look, we know there's money in politics.

00:02:25.260 We know it.

00:02:26.340 I have no problem with it.

00:02:28.060 It's the way our system works.

00:02:29.460 It makes the world go round.

00:02:31.000 But I do have a problem when money creeps into the criminal justice system.

00:02:35.420 Now, money shouldn't influence politics.

00:02:37.000 But the stark reality of the world is that money does.

00:02:39.900 Money does, in fact, influence politics.

00:02:42.380 There is, you know, you're never going to change that.

00:02:45.260 People can scream and yell about campaign finance reform.

00:02:47.640 Guys like John McCain, who have taken a gazillion dollars from the defense industry.

00:02:51.680 I always find it beautifully hypocritical when a John McCain cries about campaign finance reform

00:02:57.020 because he is one of the worst culprits in D.C.

00:03:00.580 But this is about Harvey Weinstein.

00:03:02.120 It is very, very troubling when money creeps into criminal justice.

00:03:07.440 Type races.

00:03:08.820 I've, I obviously, you watch the show, you know I interface with law enforcement around

00:03:12.540 the country and I dabble in helping candidates with their messaging.

00:03:15.860 And I've helped quite a few candidates for sheriff.

00:03:18.480 They're small races, but it's a passion of mine.

00:03:20.840 I love law enforcement and it's very important to me to get the right people elected.

00:03:25.540 And the last few people I worked with would only take money from either family.

00:03:31.500 One of them was from a very wealthy family.

00:03:33.040 They took zero outside donations.

00:03:35.840 They completely self-funded the race.

00:03:37.860 They and their dad put all the money into the race.

00:03:41.320 Or from large donors, individual donors who are very wealthy, but who they know socially.

00:03:46.760 And so there was a sheriff in a much larger county I knew.

00:03:49.860 And his key donor base were some very high net worth individuals, all retired or had sold

00:03:56.780 their companies.

00:03:58.140 And they really had no need for a local sheriff.

00:04:01.980 In other words, they were so wealthy.

00:04:04.040 We're talking about nine figure.

00:04:05.360 And in some cases they were billionaire net worth.

00:04:07.640 And they were retired.

00:04:10.180 They had sold off large auto dealerships and financial firms and they were squeaky clean.

00:04:15.660 These were not people that were going to get in trouble.

00:04:17.600 It wasn't even going to be about a DUI because they all had drivers and things of that nature.

00:04:21.980 And so these were people who donated because really what they wanted was just to be able

00:04:27.420 to get a little car that's a special deputy or something like that, or be able to once

00:04:32.260 in a while go out and use the sheriff's department's gun range, which most sheriff's departments

00:04:36.580 here in Florida will open them to the public to use every now and again.

00:04:40.080 So they weren't asking for any special favors.

00:04:41.940 So it was a really ethical way for large money donors, rather, I'm stumbling over my words,

00:04:48.780 for large money, high money donors who have involvement with law enforcement.

00:04:53.400 Many of these people also set up nonprofits like 501c3s that can legally, it's the way you

00:04:59.960 can absolutely legally do it, it's encouraged, they would donate large amounts of money.

00:05:03.240 And those 501c3s in turn would donate things to the sheriff's departments, new vehicles,

00:05:07.840 bulletproof vests, better firearms, training seminars, things of that nature.

00:05:12.240 So all good came from their involvement.

00:05:15.040 These weren't, you know, mid-level business people, small business owners that were running

00:05:19.840 kind of shady businesses, and they needed the local sheriff on the take.

00:05:22.840 And so in that instance, I said, okay, you know, this is also really clean, and I'll work

00:05:26.640 with these candidates.

00:05:28.140 That, to me, is okay.

00:05:31.020 But when you have a series of donors in a particular industry, entertainment, that has for decades

00:05:41.380 upon decades, look, I bartended and waited tables in college in New York City, and if

00:05:46.720 you know anything about the bartending and restaurant scene, bar and restaurant scene in

00:05:51.320 New York City, the staff, the joke is, you know, oh, you're bartending here, what audition

00:05:57.240 are you going on?

00:05:57.880 And it was just, everybody's an actor, everybody's a model, everybody's a singer, everybody's

00:06:02.540 a writer.

00:06:03.640 I wasn't that.

00:06:04.400 I was a guy just waiting to go into the New York City to graduate college and go into

00:06:08.480 the police academy.

00:06:09.280 I was an anomaly.

00:06:10.340 You know, I was like, I was the 1% of the 1% in that world.

00:06:14.080 And you would hear the stories.

00:06:15.860 I mean, these are good-looking guys and girls that work there, and a lot of the girls would

00:06:20.320 just tell me, you know, man, well, that guy was such a creep.

00:06:22.420 He pinned me down on the couch.

00:06:23.940 Some of the girls were like, yeah, what are you going to do?

00:06:25.400 You know, yeah, did you have sex with him?

00:06:26.900 I had no choice if I wanted the job.

00:06:28.500 It's just, it was so commonplace.

00:06:32.500 And the guys that I worked with, it wasn't just the homosexual advances from those in 0.94

00:06:37.760 the entertainment industry.

00:06:38.560 The women, the women, the casting directors, the producers, the directors would be all over 1.00

00:06:43.240 them.

00:06:43.720 It's really an immoral business in many respects.

00:06:47.180 And so this has been going on since the beginning of the entertainment industry, sexual predation.

00:06:53.780 I do believe that pedophilia was commonplace.

00:06:59.300 That's not from crazy conspiracy theories like Pizzagate.

00:07:02.720 It's from my time working on those cases, working alongside the National Center for Missing

00:07:07.520 and Exploited Children, consulting on shows in Hollywood, seeing how this all works.

00:07:13.120 Now, I told you the story about Kevin Spacey that I'll tell you again in a moment, but back

00:07:17.540 to Weinstein and the topic at hand.

00:07:19.340 And so these donations that went to Cyrus Vance had, via the New York State Democratic

00:07:27.500 Party, the New York City Democratic Party, or direct contributions to Manhattan DA, Cyrus

00:07:31.820 Vance's campaign accounts, seem to have had an impact on his office's decision to have

00:07:39.240 previously prosecuted Harvey Weinstein.

00:07:41.720 I will never, we will never be able to prove that.

00:07:43.880 That's my opinion, but the reason it's my opinion is that the New York City Police Department

00:07:49.880 Special Victims Unit is probably the best in the world at what they do.

00:07:54.440 I would argue they're better than the FBI because of the amount of cases they handle.

00:07:59.460 New York City's population is so big and rapes, sexual assaults tend to be local and state

00:08:05.240 offenses.

00:08:06.220 They simply handle many, many more of these cases than does the FBI.

00:08:11.260 And they have more experience, the more you handle, the more experienced you are, the

00:08:15.040 more often you testify in court, the more attuned you become, the more experienced you

00:08:20.180 become, the nuances of that testimony.

00:08:22.440 You're required to conduct and attend more in-service trainings where you're learning about

00:08:27.400 the latest advances in DNA technology, in psychology of victims, psychology of offenders.

00:08:32.840 And so the New York City Police Department Special Victims Unit is far and away the best in

00:08:36.280 the world at what they do.

00:08:37.200 LA's is pretty damn good too.

00:08:38.680 So they're nipping at their heels, they might be equal, I'm partial to the NYPD for obvious

00:08:44.140 reasons.

00:08:45.200 And they had a very good case.

00:08:47.140 I spoke to some detectives in that unit that I know, two of whom I worked with on the street,

00:08:52.100 their personal friends.

00:08:53.300 And they all tell me much the same that I was told by very close friends in the LADA's office

00:08:59.260 about the Michael Jackson case.

00:09:01.280 We know this guy is guilty, but the victims are either paid off or terrified, and the

00:09:07.240 damn prosecutors won't try to make these cases. 1.00

00:09:11.460 Something's up, but hey, we're just the cops.

00:09:13.800 All we do is rest.

00:09:16.220 You know, the prosecutors don't want to prosecute.

00:09:18.620 That's our system.

00:09:19.420 Everybody's watched Law & Order.

00:09:21.100 It is what it is.

00:09:22.040 And so what it leaves you with, what it leaves you with are traumatized victims and really

00:09:28.160 frustrated cops, really, really frustrated investigators.

00:09:32.000 And so that was the way this Weinstein investigation was going until Ronan Farrow's expose blew the

00:09:39.180 lid off of it, completely blew the lid off of it.

00:09:42.240 And Cyrus Vance, the Manhattan DA's office, could no longer, they could no longer help push

00:09:48.740 this thing off.

00:09:49.460 They could no longer push this thing off.

00:09:52.340 Now you had special victims units detectives whose credibility, I can't remember one case.

00:09:59.140 Now I bring you stories of police misconduct when it's warranted, but I mean when I say

00:10:03.640 this, I look back, I called friends, and just from my own anecdotal recollections, I can't

00:10:09.840 remember one instance where a New York City special victims unit detective was discredited on

00:10:15.340 the stand or their evidence didn't hold up because they meet these victims.

00:10:19.460 And I worked those cases, not with SVU, but with child pornography and pedophilia and

00:10:26.440 some other things.

00:10:27.300 And when you meet the victims, all you want to do is do it right.

00:10:33.460 You want to cross every T, you want to dot every I. 0.86

00:10:36.380 You want to make sure that you don't miss a thing because you want justice for them.

00:10:42.140 You can't go out and kill the bad guy, which many cops would want to do.

00:10:46.440 These are some pretty brutal predators.

00:10:48.580 But you want to have them sitting in a cell for the rest of their lives.

00:10:52.900 If they murdered, hopefully you'll get them the death penalty.

00:10:55.560 But you want to leave every stone flipped over several times.

00:11:02.080 You want to dig three, four, five feet deeper into every hole.

00:11:06.380 You want to do everything, right?

00:11:08.540 Then do it again.

00:11:09.640 Then go an extra 15 miles because you really want these bad guys in jail.

00:11:13.460 And that's exactly what SVU did over the years on Harvey Weinstein.

00:11:17.900 The district attorney's office wouldn't prosecute the cases.

00:11:21.940 Now with the spotlight on them, they are.

00:11:24.800 Because the New York City district attorney's office is a political entity.

00:11:27.180 And typically, politicians, whether they be president of the United States, senators, congresspeople,

00:11:33.740 down the local school board, and often elected sheriffs, elected prosecutors, district attorneys,

00:11:39.000 state attorneys, attorneys general, they don't like political or financial hot potatoes.

00:11:45.460 So they tend to blow them off until spotlight is on them.

00:11:50.620 And when that spotlight is on them, well, they can no longer blow those cases off.

00:11:54.140 And that's exactly what Farrah's expose did to Cy Vance's office.

00:11:57.860 Now, the prosecutor that's on the case is a female prosecutor. 1.00

00:12:02.260 And we'll put her name out there because I don't want it like naming prosecutors for security reasons,

00:12:07.120 their own safety.

00:12:08.240 But let it suffice to say, she's been in the office for a few decades. 0.51

00:12:11.200 She is apolitical.

00:12:12.800 She is an outstanding prosecutor.

00:12:15.540 I've crossed paths with her.

00:12:16.540 I have a couple of friends that had major cases with her.

00:12:19.020 They said she is one of the best they've ever worked with.

00:12:22.620 And one of my friends who is, you've seen him on the show, actually, Rob O'Donnell.

00:12:29.080 He was an incredibly talented homicide detective in the NYPD, now retired.

00:12:33.640 And now he does law enforcement analysis on this show and others.

00:12:38.580 A good, good friend.

00:12:39.560 And Rob and I were talking about this particular prosecutor.

00:12:41.840 And he basically said Weinstein is effed because she's that thorough, that good at what she does.

00:12:47.740 And when you combine now, the Special Victims Unit detectives have a particular vendetta against Weinstein

00:12:54.200 because they know what he's gotten away with.

00:12:56.800 You have this incredibly talented, successful, high conviction rate prosecutor and a monster spotlight

00:13:03.780 shown on the Manhattan DA's office.

00:13:06.340 Now, I have to agree with my buddy Rob, I think Weinstein is, well, effed.

00:13:11.740 That all being said, the problem still exists in Hollywood.

00:13:15.440 Weinstein is just one, you know, symptom of the total disease.

00:13:20.920 One symptom that's presenting, that's been discovered, and that's now being excised of the total disease.

00:13:28.280 We've got Morgan Freeman now being accused.

00:13:31.940 We've got Bill Cosby convicted.

00:13:35.500 Kevin Spacey.

00:13:36.360 Now, Kevin Spacey is under investigation by multiple agents, Los Angeles and the UK right now.

00:13:42.260 I'm guessing others.

00:13:43.280 And I've told you the story before, but back in 2009, when I was doing this work,

00:13:48.220 I was also consulting a consulting producer on an NBC show that eventually did get launched.

00:13:55.380 I didn't make anywhere near the money I thought I would.

00:13:58.280 So, yes, I cut myself a bad deal, but no, it took many, many years,

00:14:02.380 and I only had a deal for a certain amount of episodes, but it was fun.

00:14:06.320 But one of the producers on it, one of the executive producers and I,

00:14:10.800 were talking about these types of crimes, and we were strategizing.

00:14:13.940 I'll never forget this.

00:14:14.620 We were sitting at the Ritz-Carlton, Marina Del Rey, myself,

00:14:17.440 and these two very, very well-known executive producers.

00:14:19.620 I won't put their names out there, but they're good guys.

00:14:22.640 They were family men.

00:14:23.500 They're good guys.

00:14:24.120 They didn't get involved in the Hollywood scene and all those trappings.

00:14:27.620 And they really, quite frankly, thought those people were, like, nuts.

00:14:31.160 These guys were very atypical for Hollywood power players.

00:14:34.160 They were, like, coaching their kids' baseball games and going on family vacations

00:14:37.400 when these other lunatics were having orgies. 0.95

00:14:39.500 And somehow, Kevin Spacey's name came up in another movie,

00:14:43.940 and one of them said, I don't know how that guy's not rotting in prison

00:14:46.440 for what he's done to kids.

00:14:48.080 And the other one goes, tell me about it.

00:14:49.760 And I said, really?

00:14:50.480 I said, you know, he always seemed a little creepy.

00:14:51.960 And they said, it's an open secret.

00:14:55.340 I said, why is the guy not sitting in prison?

00:14:57.580 They said, you know, same reason Michael Jackson isn't.

00:14:59.880 The payoffs and the intimidation and families who are more absorbed

00:15:04.760 in making their kids famous than they are in a scandal in Hollywood

00:15:08.100 and being shut down.

00:15:08.960 So I gave a call to a friend of mine who was a prosecutor

00:15:12.260 in the L.A. County District Attorney's Office.

00:15:14.660 And he said, believe me, because I couldn't sit there

00:15:16.860 and not notify law enforcement.

00:15:19.300 And he worked.

00:15:20.380 I think a friend of mine was another consulting producer on his projects.

00:15:24.520 And he worked with child sex victims and putting away pedophiles.

00:15:30.360 And I called him up and I said, hey, I got this heads up on this actor.

00:15:33.920 I don't know if it's true or not.

00:15:34.940 And he says, oh, God, because I can't tell you how much information

00:15:38.180 we have on that guy, but that it's your typical Hollywood case.

00:15:42.140 The victims are intimidated or they're afraid or they're, you know,

00:15:45.900 we don't know, but we feel money was exchanged and quiet settlements.

00:15:49.700 But now that's all coming to light.

00:15:52.120 The show House of Cards fired Kevin Spacey.

00:15:54.720 He won't be on the last season.

00:15:56.060 And he's now under criminal investigation in both Los Angeles

00:15:59.440 and in the U.K. for many incidents of both sexual predation

00:16:04.280 on adults and underage minors, as it should be, as it should be.

00:16:09.240 And I hope he's convicted.

00:16:10.680 Now, again, all of the things I was told back in 2009 were opinion and hearsay.

00:16:16.700 But the sources were very, very credible.

00:16:19.480 So do we know conclusively that Kevin Spacey

00:16:23.200 is a child sexual predator and a sexual predator?

00:16:26.820 No, the evidence hasn't been presented in court.

00:16:29.120 But am I comfortable saying that if I were still active in law enforcement

00:16:34.400 based on the sources, based on their credibility,

00:16:38.620 is an investigation warranted as is happening in Los Angeles and the U.K.?

00:16:43.820 Absolutely.

00:16:44.900 Do I feel an arrest will be made?

00:16:46.540 Absolutely.

00:16:47.660 Do I feel a prosecution will go down?

00:16:49.520 Now, because of the spotlight shown on all these people,

00:16:52.340 very, very optimistic about that.

00:16:54.080 And that's all a very, very good thing.

00:16:57.820 Look, Hollywood is not all of a sudden going to become moral.

00:17:02.120 But if we can make the bad guys think twice,

00:17:05.640 if we can get them to at least consider,

00:17:10.920 hey, I'm going to be publicly shamed and spend a long time in jail,

00:17:15.920 if I continue down this path,

00:17:18.080 well, then maybe, just maybe,

00:17:19.800 we can save a few victims from some heartache.

00:17:24.080 I'm going to tell you something that's going to shock you.

00:17:37.500 Now, despite Nancy Pelosi defending the divinity and dignity of MS-13 gang members, 0.94

00:17:44.120 yes, she did,

00:17:45.320 a new poll, a Harvard-Harris poll,

00:17:48.160 shows, that's going to blow your mind,

00:17:49.960 that a majority of Americans agree with President Trump,

00:17:53.300 me, many others, agree with you,

00:17:56.520 that MS-13 gang members are, in fact, animals.

00:18:00.160 Now, yes, Nancy Pelosi said

00:18:02.500 that MS-13 gang members

00:18:05.860 have divinity and dignity.

00:18:09.800 Her quote was, verbatim,

00:18:11.800 quote, does he not believe in the spark of divinity,

00:18:15.600 the dignity and worth of every person?

00:18:18.840 Calling people animals is not a good thing.

00:18:22.320 And God, I hope the Democrats go down this path in November in 2020.

00:18:29.660 President Trump, of course, said these people aren't,

00:18:32.360 these aren't people, these are animals.

00:18:34.700 And he said that, you remember we profiled this,

00:18:38.580 we went deep into this on the show,

00:18:40.380 he said that in a direct response

00:18:42.300 to Fresno, California County Sheriff Margaret Mims,

00:18:45.900 who was frustrated,

00:18:48.300 inventing to President Trump

00:18:49.720 that with California's sanctuary state policy,

00:18:54.280 she can't even notify ICE,

00:18:56.260 Immigration and Customs Enforcement,

00:18:58.200 about violent, raping, murdering, kidnapping,

00:19:02.700 MS-13 gang members in her jails.

00:19:05.140 Sheriff's control jails in counties.

00:19:07.280 And she was venting and frustrated.

00:19:09.060 And the president basically said,

00:19:11.460 in all paraphrase,

00:19:12.720 I hear you, Margaret.

00:19:14.120 I hear your frustration.

00:19:15.640 These aren't people, these are animals.

00:19:17.580 And he said it in that context.

00:19:19.600 And Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer,

00:19:21.780 all of them had to jump on the bandwagon

00:19:24.380 and defend MS-13.

00:19:28.700 Schumer said, quote,

00:19:29.940 when all of your great-great-grandparents

00:19:32.080 came to America, they weren't animals.

00:19:33.680 And these people aren't either.

00:19:36.200 So not only is Chuck Schumer

00:19:37.800 comparing our ancestors to MS-13 gang members,

00:19:41.100 he's defending MS-13,

00:19:42.220 because anyone,

00:19:43.540 anyone who can hear

00:19:45.600 understood the president's comments in context.

00:19:49.460 I refuse, I fail to believe,

00:19:53.200 that Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer did not.

00:19:55.420 So either they're liars,

00:19:56.980 they're filthy liars,

00:19:58.060 or they're defending MS-13.

00:19:59.540 Either way, they lose.

00:20:00.980 Well, new poll shows that a majority of Americans

00:20:04.980 think it's fair to characterize MS-13 gangbangers

00:20:08.140 as animals.

00:20:09.860 This from Newsmax via Story in the Hill.

00:20:12.660 The Harvard Caps-Harris survey

00:20:14.740 found 56% of adults think the word was acceptable,

00:20:19.900 while 44% said it was unfair.

00:20:22.540 And this is a Harvard-Harris poll.

00:20:25.420 It's not a right-leaning poll.

00:20:27.400 You can bet your bottom dollar

00:20:28.960 that the sample leaned Dems.

00:20:34.160 Now, 52% went a step further.

00:20:38.340 They added that comments,

00:20:40.100 any comments which dehumanize MS-13,

00:20:43.580 are acceptable.

00:20:44.720 Over 50% agree they're animals,

00:20:49.080 54% and 52% would like to see MS-13 dehumanized.

00:20:53.840 The breakdown in the poll is 37% Democrat,

00:20:57.120 32% Republican,

00:20:58.740 five points higher in the Democrat sample,

00:21:02.260 and 29% Independent, 2% other.

00:21:05.920 Now, many of those independents lean left.

00:21:08.480 So a majority left-leaning survey,

00:21:11.020 still more than half think MS-13 are animals.

00:21:16.000 There is scientific proof right there.

00:21:18.980 A scientific poll

00:21:20.120 inducted within polling standards and norms

00:21:23.480 by Harvard University.

00:21:25.600 Harvard University

00:21:27.000 shows that the Democratic Party leadership

00:21:29.680 is now so far left,

00:21:32.120 they're out of touch with their own party's base

00:21:33.860 on issues like this.

00:21:37.060 MS-13, they kill for sport.

00:21:39.460 And at the roundtable

00:21:42.420 President Trump held earlier this week

00:21:44.260 in Long Island,

00:21:45.900 ICE Director Tom Homan said,

00:21:48.500 and I say every day,

00:21:49.660 I wish Tom Homan wasn't retiring,

00:21:51.440 he defended President Trump.

00:21:53.940 He said that President Trump

00:21:54.760 didn't go far enough.

00:21:55.600 And Director Homan said,

00:21:56.720 quote,

00:21:57.280 I told the President yesterday,

00:21:59.520 I know he's taking a lot of hits

00:22:00.660 for the comment,

00:22:01.440 the animals comment,

00:22:02.620 but if you actually think about it,

00:22:04.340 what I said yesterday,

00:22:05.920 that animals kill to survive.

00:22:07.880 MS-13 kills for sport.

00:22:11.420 It terrorized.

00:22:12.840 Homan told that to Fox and friends.

00:22:14.720 He also said something very similar

00:22:15.920 in the room with the President

00:22:18.020 and various law enforcement leaders

00:22:19.640 and sadly, tragically,

00:22:22.260 the families of those two young girls

00:22:23.780 killed by MS-13.

00:22:25.840 Now, the comment that Sheriff Mims

00:22:28.460 made to President Trump

00:22:30.420 for him to then respond

00:22:32.580 with the animals comment was this,

00:22:34.200 quote,

00:22:34.420 There could be an MS-13 gang member

00:22:36.720 I know about.

00:22:37.800 If they don't reach a certain threshold,

00:22:39.880 I cannot tell ICE about it.

00:22:43.300 End quote.

00:22:44.460 Meaning, if they're not in the jail

00:22:45.960 for murder or human trafficking

00:22:48.660 or drug trafficking,

00:22:50.380 because if it's drug trafficking

00:22:51.500 or human trafficking

00:22:52.680 or theft of a federal facility,

00:22:56.760 in those instances,

00:22:59.040 Sheriff Mims could hand them off

00:23:00.640 to the FBI,

00:23:01.920 to the DEA,

00:23:02.800 if it's weapons trafficking

00:23:03.700 to the ATF,

00:23:04.960 then when they're in the custody

00:23:05.900 of one federal agency,

00:23:07.460 that federal agency,

00:23:08.420 of course,

00:23:08.740 can notify its sister federal agency,

00:23:11.960 its brother federal agency,

00:23:13.520 ICE.

00:23:14.480 But if they're in there

00:23:15.580 for a DWI

00:23:16.380 or a shoplifting

00:23:17.840 or a simple assault

00:23:20.300 and they're an MS-13 gang member,

00:23:22.480 in those instances,

00:23:24.680 according to California

00:23:25.680 Sanctuary State Policy,

00:23:27.400 Sheriff Mims

00:23:28.020 would not be able

00:23:29.560 to notify ICE

00:23:30.520 that they had an MS-13

00:23:31.680 illegal alien gang member

00:23:33.220 in custody.

00:23:34.380 And I agree with her.

00:23:36.100 I agree with her.

00:23:37.680 It's disgraceful.

00:23:39.400 Director Homan went on

00:23:40.380 to say,

00:23:40.820 quote,

00:23:41.040 the rhetoric right now

00:23:42.120 against this president

00:23:43.060 and those

00:23:44.340 that protect MS-13,

00:23:46.960 well,

00:23:47.280 I wish they,

00:23:48.180 those who protect MS-13,

00:23:49.740 felt as strong

00:23:50.480 about the attacks

00:23:51.360 that these same people

00:23:52.560 make on ICE officers

00:23:53.860 and border patrol agents.

00:23:55.740 And he's right.

00:23:56.340 When have Chuck Schumer

00:23:59.060 and Nancy Pelosi

00:24:00.540 ever,

00:24:02.560 when have they ever defended

00:24:04.140 police,

00:24:05.520 the federal agents

00:24:06.400 who are attacked

00:24:07.420 by MS-13 gang members

00:24:09.140 when they conduct their raids,

00:24:10.580 when have they ever,

00:24:11.580 as vehemently,

00:24:12.320 as passionately,

00:24:13.800 defended their dignity,

00:24:15.880 their divinity,

00:24:16.980 their honor?

00:24:18.040 They haven't.

00:24:19.440 When I tell you

00:24:20.300 the Democratic Party

00:24:21.040 hates America,

00:24:22.380 it's not rhetoric,

00:24:23.620 it's not speculation,

00:24:24.720 it's their own words.

00:24:27.740 It's their own statements.

00:24:30.180 We don't make this stuff up.

00:24:32.740 We don't stay at us

00:24:34.320 on the right.

00:24:35.880 We don't exist in a vacuum.

00:24:38.760 I had a very long talk

00:24:40.160 this week

00:24:41.000 with members

00:24:42.100 of the Nassau County

00:24:42.960 Police Department

00:24:43.580 and a couple of members

00:24:44.920 of the Suffolk County

00:24:45.620 Police Department.

00:24:46.680 These are the two counties,

00:24:47.760 if you don't know the geography,

00:24:48.720 most of you do,

00:24:49.340 but they border New York City

00:24:50.720 to the east.

00:24:51.460 They comprise Long Island

00:24:52.580 along with Brooklyn and Queens.

00:24:54.720 And many, many men

00:24:56.600 and women of the NYPD

00:24:57.480 go to work in those departments

00:24:58.600 because in terms

00:24:59.620 of policing jobs,

00:25:01.920 very, very high paid.

00:25:03.880 A patrol cop there

00:25:04.920 makes six figures

00:25:06.220 and with overtime

00:25:07.640 closer to $200,000

00:25:09.140 in many instances.

00:25:11.740 These are very well-paid agencies,

00:25:14.180 very well-equipped,

00:25:15.760 well-run,

00:25:16.460 and so the waiting list

00:25:17.460 is very long

00:25:18.500 to get into those agencies.

00:25:20.620 And typically,

00:25:21.500 many of those candidates

00:25:23.300 are NYPD cops.

00:25:25.220 And they told me

00:25:26.600 that the MS-13 problem

00:25:28.380 is off the charts.

00:25:29.260 Yesterday, we spoke about it.

00:25:30.720 10,000 MS-13 gang members

00:25:32.320 in the U.S.

00:25:32.900 officially made members,

00:25:34.520 according to Director

00:25:35.300 Tom Holman of ICE.

00:25:36.560 2,000 on Long Island.

00:25:38.960 And we've heard about

00:25:39.920 the sensational cases,

00:25:41.160 the Mickens

00:25:41.600 and Cuevas families,

00:25:42.720 the families that were

00:25:43.460 sitting on the corners

00:25:44.520 of President Trump

00:25:45.380 and Representative Pete King

00:25:46.620 on Long Island.

00:25:47.180 But they were just telling me

00:25:48.500 about the routine crime

00:25:49.500 and how MS-13,

00:25:51.240 and I was mistaken

00:25:52.200 about something.

00:25:53.380 MS-13's activity

00:25:54.460 on Long Island

00:25:55.020 is very different

00:25:55.660 than it is in California.

00:25:57.160 It's not about

00:25:57.960 controlling the drug trade.

00:25:59.380 It's about sheer violence.

00:26:03.540 Rape, kill, control. 1.00

00:26:05.000 Rape, control, kill. 1.00

00:26:06.240 It's about that.

00:26:07.400 It's about controlling neighborhoods.

00:26:08.960 It's not even about the revenue.

00:26:12.520 A lot of it is sex trafficking,

00:26:14.120 but for the gratification

00:26:15.260 of the members

00:26:15.940 and the dehumanization,

00:26:17.780 the degradation

00:26:18.260 of the young victims.

00:26:20.580 Many, I would argue

00:26:22.220 the majority,

00:26:23.440 of their sex traffic victims

00:26:24.840 are underage.

00:26:26.880 These gangs are brutal.

00:26:29.220 They are demonic.

00:26:31.400 And that's who Nancy Pelosi,

00:26:32.880 Chuck Schumer,

00:26:33.340 and the Democrats

00:26:33.800 are protecting

00:26:34.400 because they think

00:26:35.600 that they're pandering

00:26:36.720 to a liberal base

00:26:37.740 when they defend

00:26:39.080 raping, murdering gangbangers

00:26:41.000 in their minds.

00:26:42.580 They don't believe it,

00:26:43.700 but they believe that

00:26:44.660 their base

00:26:45.820 is going to look

00:26:46.460 at these guys

00:26:46.960 and say,

00:26:47.400 oh, look at them.

00:26:48.240 They, everybody

00:26:49.100 has good in them.

00:26:51.040 No, they don't.

00:26:52.180 I learned that

00:26:53.000 on the street.

00:26:54.000 They don't.

00:26:55.160 Some people

00:26:55.680 are just defective.

00:26:58.460 Person who shoplifts,

00:27:00.380 kid who grew up

00:27:01.440 with drug addict parents

00:27:03.940 who gets in some trouble

00:27:05.080 and steals a car

00:27:06.120 and does a petty larceny,

00:27:08.580 uses drugs,

00:27:09.480 maybe sells

00:27:10.180 small amounts of drugs.

00:27:12.680 They're somebody

00:27:13.660 you can rehabilitate.

00:27:15.080 They probably

00:27:16.000 have good in them,

00:27:16.960 but they're emotionally damaged.

00:27:18.700 They're traumatized

00:27:19.580 from a bad childhood

00:27:20.460 and they're lashing out.

00:27:23.480 But you can see it

00:27:24.340 in the level

00:27:24.860 of the crimes

00:27:25.560 they commit.

00:27:26.440 They're minor.

00:27:27.580 They're typically apprehensive

00:27:29.040 when they commit those.

00:27:30.040 When you arrest them,

00:27:30.700 they're very nervous

00:27:31.360 and they're shaking

00:27:32.020 and they're apologizing.

00:27:33.880 They just,

00:27:34.700 they're begging

00:27:35.600 for a little guidance,

00:27:37.280 a little direction

00:27:38.080 and a little structure.

00:27:40.340 And I never went too hard

00:27:41.460 on those people

00:27:42.460 when I was in law enforcement.

00:27:44.340 I saw where they were coming from

00:27:45.420 and those are the people

00:27:46.440 you try to help out.

00:27:48.000 Even, you know,

00:27:48.860 I had a couple of cases

00:27:49.600 where even the store owners

00:27:50.500 who were ripped off

00:27:51.160 felt bad for you.

00:27:52.400 And they were like,

00:27:52.940 oh, I don't want to see

00:27:53.460 that kid go to jail.

00:27:54.360 They had a terrible life.

00:27:55.340 They got 25 bucks

00:27:56.900 worth of stuff.

00:27:57.820 Got my stuff back

00:27:58.540 when you arrested them.

00:27:59.320 I don't want to press charges.

00:28:01.100 And so what you do

00:28:01.660 is you try to get them

00:28:02.440 into some kind of program

00:28:03.380 or you try to get them

00:28:04.100 a social worker,

00:28:04.880 you know,

00:28:05.120 and most of the time

00:28:06.720 it falls through the cracks.

00:28:08.620 But those aren't the people

00:28:09.560 I'm talking about.

00:28:11.020 I'm talking about

00:28:11.840 the MS-13 gang members

00:28:13.020 who lure teenage girls

00:28:14.560 into wooded areas,

00:28:15.980 brutally gang rape them

00:28:16.900 and then beat them

00:28:17.800 to death with baseball bats

00:28:19.380 and then hack up their bodies 0.70

00:28:20.500 with machetes.

00:28:22.100 There are no good

00:28:23.020 in those people.

00:28:24.000 They should be put down

00:28:24.680 like rabid dogs.

00:28:26.400 But our system

00:28:27.140 doesn't allow for that

00:28:27.980 because we're a civilized society.

00:28:30.060 And so we have to

00:28:31.100 put them behind bars.

00:28:32.440 And the Democrats,

00:28:34.720 rather than being concerned

00:28:36.440 about putting them

00:28:37.080 behind bars,

00:28:38.100 going at them

00:28:38.740 as aggressively

00:28:39.460 as we can,

00:28:41.140 letting law enforcement

00:28:41.980 use every tool,

00:28:43.200 every law

00:28:43.800 at their disposal,

00:28:45.500 the Democrats

00:28:45.980 are worried about

00:28:46.720 their divinity,

00:28:48.980 their dignity.

00:28:50.080 Let's read Nancy Pelosi's

00:28:50.960 statement again

00:28:51.420 about Donald Trump.

00:28:53.380 Quote,

00:28:53.620 does he not believe

00:28:54.720 in the spark of divinity,

00:28:57.100 the dignity

00:28:57.600 and worth

00:28:58.140 of every person?

00:28:59.760 Calling people animals

00:29:00.660 is not a good thing.

00:29:02.040 End quote.

00:29:02.820 I truly believe

00:29:03.740 Nancy Pelosi is sick.

00:29:05.200 He doesn't seem well.

00:29:06.080 She doesn't seem mentally well.

00:29:07.180 She's an older woman.

00:29:07.900 She doesn't seem all there

00:29:08.800 because very few things

00:29:10.760 can explain

00:29:11.880 a statement

00:29:12.580 as idiotic as this

00:29:13.800 and is as idiotic 0.98

00:29:15.460 as Chuck Schumer's.

00:29:16.820 Very few things.

00:29:18.160 These,

00:29:18.380 these people are

00:29:19.200 completely delusional

00:29:21.600 and clueless.

00:29:23.860 Even worse,

00:29:24.780 they're dangerous.

00:29:26.160 But I'm very,

00:29:27.320 very encouraged

00:29:27.760 to see

00:29:28.200 that a majority

00:29:28.880 of Americans,

00:29:29.600 54% of Americans,

00:29:31.320 even with

00:29:31.880 a plus five

00:29:33.020 and I'd venture

00:29:33.560 in the independence

00:29:34.340 a plus seven,

00:29:35.180 eight

00:29:35.460 Dem sample,

00:29:37.560 54% of Americans

00:29:38.700 agree with the

00:29:39.140 animal's comment,

00:29:39.860 52%

00:29:40.840 agree with

00:29:42.280 using any words,

00:29:43.840 any methods

00:29:44.420 to dehumanize

00:29:45.580 MS-13.

00:29:46.640 And I think

00:29:47.880 this is just

00:29:48.380 further evidence,

00:29:49.380 albeit anecdotal,

00:29:50.740 that Democrats

00:29:52.140 are in for a rude

00:29:53.340 awakening

00:29:53.920 in the November

00:29:55.420 midterms.

00:29:56.320 I think their

00:29:57.260 blue wave

00:29:57.920 is now a trickle

00:29:59.220 and if they

00:30:00.840 keep down this path,

00:30:01.780 the Republicans

00:30:02.300 might pick up seats

00:30:03.260 in both houses.

00:30:04.140 Can NFL players

00:30:17.300 be any more

00:30:18.400 insufferable?

00:30:20.100 Huddled,

00:30:20.700 spoiled brats 1.00

00:30:21.540 who want to prove

00:30:22.760 again and again

00:30:23.580 that they hate America

00:30:24.320 and have contempt

00:30:25.160 for the very patriotic

00:30:26.080 fans who watch

00:30:27.240 the NFL.

00:30:27.880 This from the Hill.

00:30:29.240 NFL players

00:30:30.080 reportedly

00:30:30.660 already

00:30:31.380 discussing

00:30:32.560 new forms

00:30:33.780 of protest

00:30:34.320 after National

00:30:35.100 Anthem rule.

00:30:35.640 Now you know

00:30:35.860 the NFL

00:30:36.220 has instituted

00:30:36.880 a rule

00:30:37.220 that if you're

00:30:38.220 going to be

00:30:38.600 on the sidelines

00:30:39.320 for games,

00:30:40.520 if you're not a

00:30:40.900 player,

00:30:41.340 if you're the

00:30:41.620 team doctor,

00:30:42.340 if you're a

00:30:42.600 trainer,

00:30:44.120 affiliated with

00:30:44.700 the team,

00:30:45.200 if you're a

00:30:45.820 visitor with a

00:30:46.400 VIP sideline

00:30:47.280 pass,

00:30:47.980 you must stand

00:30:48.840 for the National

00:30:49.420 Anthem.

00:30:50.520 Must stand

00:30:51.180 for the National

00:30:51.640 Anthem and if

00:30:52.140 you don't want

00:30:52.680 to,

00:30:53.900 you go to the

00:30:54.820 locker room or

00:30:55.500 you go somewhere

00:30:56.040 else.

00:30:57.020 And the

00:30:57.420 players now

00:30:58.120 are already

00:30:59.700 starting to

00:31:02.080 whine and

00:31:02.640 cry. 0.75

00:31:04.340 NBC's Craig

00:31:05.100 Melvin

00:31:05.540 pulled the

00:31:06.540 Today Show

00:31:07.020 yesterday,

00:31:08.020 quote,

00:31:08.460 I talked to

00:31:09.200 a former

00:31:09.620 NFL player

00:31:10.360 who has

00:31:10.760 said that

00:31:11.260 players are

00:31:11.860 already talking

00:31:12.520 about other

00:31:13.740 ways in which

00:31:14.980 they can

00:31:15.800 protest.

00:31:17.460 Ridiculous.

00:31:18.220 Other journalists,

00:31:19.060 including NFL

00:31:19.700 media reporter

00:31:20.580 Jim Trotter,

00:31:22.400 said he's also

00:31:23.080 hearing some of

00:31:23.800 the same.

00:31:24.300 Trotter tweeted,

00:31:25.360 quote,

00:31:25.600 while admittedly

00:31:27.020 a small sample

00:31:27.920 size,

00:31:28.400 some players

00:31:29.040 are telling me

00:31:29.780 they're considering

00:31:30.960 staying in the

00:31:31.920 locker room or

00:31:32.480 making a different

00:31:33.400 on-field gesture

00:31:35.080 simply because they

00:31:36.560 feel this new

00:31:37.260 policy is a direct

00:31:38.200 challenge to them.

00:31:39.860 Before today,

00:31:40.960 they hadn't thought

00:31:42.100 about demonstrating

00:31:42.940 an 18.

00:31:43.580 I don't believe

00:31:44.020 that.

00:31:45.040 I don't believe

00:31:46.020 that.

00:31:46.480 I think that the

00:31:47.700 NFL players are

00:31:48.560 big spoiled

00:31:49.100 brats and I'm

00:31:51.640 sick of them.

00:31:52.220 Now,

00:31:52.320 Robert Klemko,

00:31:53.240 who's an NFL

00:31:53.900 writer for Sports

00:31:54.600 Illustrated,

00:31:55.660 tweeted something

00:31:56.120 similar.

00:31:56.600 He said,

00:31:56.900 quote,

00:31:57.060 what I'm hearing

00:31:57.420 from players,

00:31:58.640 those who weren't

00:31:59.260 planning demonstrations

00:32:00.100 for next season

00:32:00.980 are now back in

00:32:01.880 the conversation

00:32:02.720 discussing ways to

00:32:04.540 skirt the new

00:32:05.400 rules,

00:32:06.260 quote,

00:32:06.460 unquote,

00:32:06.980 just to spite

00:32:07.700 the NFL.

00:32:08.780 Well,

00:32:08.960 that's pretty

00:32:09.380 disgusting because

00:32:10.160 you're not

00:32:10.360 spiting the NFL.

00:32:11.600 You're spiting

00:32:12.460 the fans.

00:32:14.200 You're spiting

00:32:14.960 the fans.

00:32:16.320 Now,

00:32:16.640 if you remember

00:32:17.040 this week,

00:32:17.820 a couple of days

00:32:18.280 ago,

00:32:18.500 the league unveiled

00:32:19.120 a new policy.

00:32:20.180 He'll explain it.

00:32:20.820 Outlawing,

00:32:21.560 outlawing,

00:32:22.060 not going to jail,

00:32:23.440 the hill tends

00:32:26.220 to engage in a

00:32:26.820 little bit hyperbole

00:32:27.680 and outlawing

00:32:29.160 kneeling during

00:32:29.660 the national anthem.

00:32:30.520 Teams will be fine

00:32:31.340 if their players

00:32:31.900 disobey the new

00:32:33.320 rules.

00:32:34.440 The NFL commissioner,

00:32:35.340 Roger Goodell,

00:32:35.900 said,

00:32:36.160 quote,

00:32:36.340 we believe today's

00:32:37.180 decision will keep

00:32:38.060 our focus on the

00:32:38.980 game and the

00:32:40.000 extraordinary athletes

00:32:41.300 who play it and

00:32:42.860 our fans who enjoy

00:32:44.600 it,

00:32:44.840 which is the most

00:32:46.460 important thing.

00:32:48.320 The fans are the

00:32:49.220 revenue.

00:32:49.620 Now,

00:32:49.760 Goodell is a pretty

00:32:51.180 left-leaning guy

00:32:52.060 himself.

00:32:52.760 I suspect Goodell did

00:32:53.780 this because attendance

00:32:54.780 was down,

00:32:56.200 TV viewership was

00:32:57.620 down,

00:32:58.260 and most importantly,

00:33:00.640 merchandising sales

00:33:02.360 were down.

00:33:04.080 Teams depend on

00:33:04.900 those big TV

00:33:06.080 revenue share

00:33:06.780 checks.

00:33:08.000 They depend on

00:33:09.100 them.

00:33:09.280 We're talking a

00:33:10.120 ton of money.

00:33:12.620 And merchandising

00:33:13.420 sales directly

00:33:14.720 affect the bottom

00:33:15.540 lines of the team,

00:33:16.580 bottom lines of the

00:33:17.280 teams and the

00:33:18.160 players.

00:33:19.220 Remember,

00:33:19.800 if you buy a

00:33:20.440 New York Jets

00:33:21.680 branded jersey,

00:33:22.740 a Miami Dolphins

00:33:23.200 branded jersey,

00:33:24.000 the team's making

00:33:24.540 money,

00:33:25.380 that jersey has a

00:33:26.040 player's name on

00:33:26.580 the back,

00:33:27.240 the team and that

00:33:28.120 player are making

00:33:28.700 money.

00:33:29.560 And so this affected

00:33:31.020 everybody's bottom

00:33:31.980 line,

00:33:32.500 which is why the

00:33:33.280 players are morons.

00:33:34.900 Why they're morons.

00:33:37.600 But professional

00:33:38.160 sports has really

00:33:39.900 gone too far

00:33:41.080 left.

00:33:42.100 It simply has.

00:33:43.840 And professional

00:33:44.500 sports commentary

00:33:45.660 has gone too far

00:33:47.580 left.

00:33:48.360 Story from Fox

00:33:49.200 News Media about

00:33:49.980 ESPN.

00:33:50.680 I cannot watch

00:33:52.120 ESPN anymore.

00:33:53.600 And I'm not the

00:33:53.920 world's biggest

00:33:54.280 sports fan,

00:33:54.740 but I enjoy it.

00:33:55.480 And some mornings

00:33:56.360 instead of throwing

00:33:56.940 on Fox News or

00:33:58.980 talk radio,

00:33:59.520 I would throw on

00:34:00.160 ESPN Sports

00:34:00.920 Center just to see

00:34:02.140 what was going on

00:34:02.780 in sports.

00:34:03.300 And one or two

00:34:03.760 days a week just

00:34:04.460 to catch up,

00:34:05.300 stay abreast of

00:34:05.920 it,

00:34:06.660 especially during

00:34:07.980 the championship

00:34:08.480 seasons.

00:34:10.460 And ESPN,

00:34:12.940 I can't even

00:34:13.440 watch it anymore.

00:34:14.640 It is,

00:34:14.980 it is just slid

00:34:16.260 so far left.

00:34:18.080 Now,

00:34:18.900 ESPN's president,

00:34:20.840 John Skipper,

00:34:22.080 apparently had

00:34:23.000 some issues.

00:34:24.300 The story starts,

00:34:25.540 the story,

00:34:26.100 how a weakened

00:34:26.540 ESPN became

00:34:27.380 consumed by

00:34:27.980 politics starts.

00:34:30.120 John Skipper

00:34:30.680 was furious.

00:34:31.380 this in the

00:34:32.280 Fox News media

00:34:32.900 section.

00:34:33.840 One of his

00:34:34.160 star anchors,

00:34:34.860 Jameli Hill,

00:34:35.420 had sent a tweet

00:34:36.220 calling President

00:34:37.020 Donald Trump

00:34:37.800 a quote-unquote

00:34:38.920 white supremacist.

00:34:40.860 Mr. Trump's

00:34:41.620 supporters

00:34:42.300 called for her

00:34:43.360 to be fired.

00:34:44.520 Prominent black 1.00

00:34:45.400 athletes defended

00:34:46.400 the anchor who

00:34:47.060 herself is

00:34:47.500 African-American.

00:34:48.880 Sitting in his

00:34:49.480 office last

00:34:50.460 September,

00:34:51.740 Mr. Skipper,

00:34:52.540 then ESPN's

00:34:53.660 president,

00:34:54.340 lit into Ms.

00:34:55.040 Hill,

00:34:55.660 according to

00:34:56.200 people familiar

00:34:56.940 with the meeting.

00:34:58.040 If I punish

00:34:58.600 you,

00:34:58.820 he told her,

00:34:59.600 I'd open us

00:35:00.140 up to protests

00:35:00.840 and come off 0.80

00:35:01.560 as racist.

00:35:02.580 If I do

00:35:03.040 nothing,

00:35:03.820 that will fuel

00:35:04.420 a narrative

00:35:04.840 among conservatives

00:35:05.680 and a faction

00:35:07.060 within ESPN

00:35:07.900 that the network

00:35:08.920 had become

00:35:10.120 too liberal.

00:35:11.880 Mr. Skipper

00:35:12.720 goes to spare

00:35:13.980 Ms. Hill,

00:35:15.100 Mr. Trump

00:35:15.720 weighed in on

00:35:16.340 Twitter,

00:35:17.300 saying,

00:35:17.960 ESPN is paying

00:35:19.400 a really big

00:35:20.540 price for its

00:35:21.180 politics,

00:35:22.220 parentheses,

00:35:22.880 and bad

00:35:23.200 programming.

00:35:24.400 People are

00:35:25.200 dumping it in

00:35:26.160 record,

00:35:26.760 capitalized

00:35:27.400 record numbers.

00:35:30.200 ESPN is

00:35:31.300 paying a really

00:35:32.080 big price for

00:35:32.740 its politics

00:35:33.240 and bad

00:35:33.640 programming.

00:35:34.100 People are

00:35:34.340 dumping it

00:35:34.680 in record

00:35:35.280 numbers.

00:35:37.460 Apologize

00:35:37.980 for the

00:35:38.280 untruth,

00:35:39.500 meaning calling

00:35:40.200 him a white

00:35:41.360 supremacist.

00:35:42.080 Now, Fox

00:35:42.820 goes on to

00:35:43.300 say the

00:35:43.560 president's

00:35:44.120 tweet was

00:35:44.520 hyperbolic,

00:35:45.240 but it tapped

00:35:45.620 into real

00:35:45.940 anxiety at

00:35:47.000 ESPN.

00:35:49.900 ESPN has

00:35:50.600 become unwatchable.

00:35:52.180 It had

00:35:52.800 become unwatchable

00:35:54.540 for me a

00:35:55.880 while back.

00:35:56.760 This piece is

00:35:57.480 actually very

00:35:57.920 good.

00:35:59.200 It says that

00:35:59.700 people at the

00:36:00.340 network had

00:36:01.140 approached Skipper,

00:36:01.940 the then

00:36:02.200 president,

00:36:02.720 saying that

00:36:03.100 there was a

00:36:03.460 problem with

00:36:04.080 balance internally,

00:36:06.340 meaning the

00:36:07.020 political balance.

00:36:08.980 Linda Cohn,

00:36:10.380 one of ESPN's

00:36:11.480 most prominent

00:36:11.820 female anchors, 0.81

00:36:12.520 gave an

00:36:12.740 interview,

00:36:13.420 radio interview,

00:36:14.080 in April 2017,

00:36:16.360 opining that

00:36:17.360 ESPN's politics

00:36:18.780 were pushing

00:36:19.980 viewers away.

00:36:21.960 She also said the

00:36:22.360 network had paid,

00:36:23.620 overpaid for NBA

00:36:24.340 rights.

00:36:25.480 This guy Skipper

00:36:26.160 called to berate

00:36:26.800 her on both

00:36:27.280 counts,

00:36:27.840 but she was 0.91

00:36:28.260 right.

00:36:29.600 But she was 0.91

00:36:30.260 right.

00:36:31.060 The network is

00:36:31.900 too far left.

00:36:33.580 I have friends

00:36:34.140 who are diehard

00:36:34.640 sports fans.

00:36:35.840 A couple of the

00:36:36.220 guys that I,

00:36:37.080 my neighbors,

00:36:37.920 my closest

00:36:39.020 friends,

00:36:39.440 diehard sports

00:36:40.040 fans,

00:36:40.700 we're together a

00:36:41.180 few nights a

00:36:41.600 week.

00:36:41.760 And they are

00:36:45.700 conservative guys

00:36:46.900 and patriotic

00:36:47.660 guys.

00:36:48.220 They love NFL

00:36:49.220 football.

00:36:50.620 And so they

00:36:50.920 made the decision

00:36:51.520 that they're too

00:36:51.940 addicted to NFL

00:36:52.580 football to give

00:36:54.680 it up.

00:36:55.400 They hate what

00:36:56.200 the players are

00:36:56.680 doing.

00:36:57.220 They switch the

00:36:59.140 channel when the

00:36:59.800 players are kneeling

00:37:00.300 during the anthem.

00:37:01.180 They watch the

00:37:02.220 games because they

00:37:02.820 just love the

00:37:03.680 sport.

00:37:04.860 They will not go

00:37:06.380 near ESPN.

00:37:07.540 They will not

00:37:08.240 turn ESPN on

00:37:10.300 at home.

00:37:11.280 They won't buy

00:37:12.620 merchandise.

00:37:14.640 They tend to

00:37:16.100 not patronize

00:37:17.680 the sponsors.

00:37:19.120 I mean,

00:37:19.300 these guys are,

00:37:19.760 you know,

00:37:20.060 kind of really

00:37:20.520 into this,

00:37:21.020 that place their

00:37:22.280 ads before or

00:37:23.460 after the anthem.

00:37:25.300 And so people

00:37:26.480 are rebelling in

00:37:27.560 different ways,

00:37:28.340 but universally

00:37:29.580 the fans are

00:37:31.520 not in favor

00:37:32.700 of what the

00:37:34.420 players are doing

00:37:35.280 here.

00:37:36.020 And when you

00:37:36.740 have a network

00:37:37.120 like ESPN

00:37:37.740 cheering it on,

00:37:39.340 well,

00:37:39.560 they all start

00:37:39.960 to lose sight

00:37:40.440 of what the

00:37:40.760 game's about.

00:37:42.100 No one tunes

00:37:43.000 in to the

00:37:44.040 Super Bowl,

00:37:44.500 the NBA

00:37:44.840 championships,

00:37:45.600 the World

00:37:45.860 Series,

00:37:46.340 the Stanley

00:37:46.780 Cup,

00:37:47.680 the Masters.

00:37:49.100 No one,

00:37:49.640 no one tunes

00:37:50.640 in any of

00:37:51.380 that.

00:37:52.240 Wimbledon,

00:37:53.240 US Open,

00:37:54.620 NASCAR,

00:37:55.180 the Winston

00:37:55.480 Cup,

00:37:56.080 the,

00:37:56.280 the Tona

00:37:57.000 500.

00:37:57.980 We don't tune

00:37:58.720 in to those

00:37:59.220 events if you're

00:37:59.880 a sports fan.

00:38:01.700 You watch

00:38:02.440 players politicize.

00:38:05.080 We don't care

00:38:06.000 about their

00:38:06.360 ideologies.

00:38:07.120 We want to

00:38:08.020 watch them

00:38:08.260 play the

00:38:08.600 game.

00:38:09.680 We don't

00:38:10.280 care about

00:38:10.680 Hollywood's

00:38:11.920 ideology.

00:38:12.840 We just want

00:38:13.660 them to act

00:38:14.180 in movies.

00:38:15.180 And these

00:38:15.940 people have

00:38:16.520 become so

00:38:17.040 self-important.

00:38:18.840 They've lost

00:38:19.440 sight of that.

00:38:20.500 They're so used

00:38:21.240 to being

00:38:21.500 celebrated,

00:38:22.300 to being

00:38:22.500 swooned over,

00:38:23.840 that they lost

00:38:24.340 sight of that.

00:38:25.180 And that's

00:38:25.640 really,

00:38:26.020 really tragic.

00:38:27.880 Now,

00:38:28.340 with Hollywood,

00:38:28.840 we expect that

00:38:29.400 it was

00:38:29.560 institutionally

00:38:30.180 left,

00:38:30.500 but sports

00:38:30.940 never really

00:38:31.740 was.

00:38:32.920 Now,

00:38:33.080 ESPN

00:38:33.600 appears to

00:38:34.200 be paying

00:38:34.480 the price.

00:38:35.020 They've

00:38:35.200 laid off

00:38:35.520 600 employees

00:38:37.120 over the

00:38:38.260 past several

00:38:39.020 years.

00:38:40.640 ESPN's

00:38:41.120 relationship

00:38:41.560 with,

00:38:42.360 and I'm

00:38:42.600 sorry,

00:38:42.780 I have

00:38:42.940 terrible

00:38:43.340 allergies.

00:38:43.860 I told

00:38:44.100 you all

00:38:44.320 this week.

00:38:44.820 It's

00:38:44.940 terrible

00:38:45.760 South

00:38:46.500 Florida,

00:38:47.080 overcast,

00:38:47.840 damp weather.

00:38:48.600 it is

00:38:49.460 just

00:38:49.720 wreaking

00:38:50.480 havoc

00:38:51.200 on

00:38:51.940 allergies.

00:38:53.580 Terrible,

00:38:54.120 terrible,

00:38:54.400 terrible,

00:38:54.740 terrible.

00:38:55.460 But ESPN

00:38:55.980 is having

00:38:56.240 problems

00:38:56.560 with parent

00:38:56.960 company.

00:38:57.620 Because look,

00:38:58.300 people at

00:38:58.920 Disney,

00:38:59.340 the powers

00:38:59.640 that be

00:38:59.880 at Disney

00:39:00.260 are smart

00:39:00.900 people,

00:39:01.660 make a lot

00:39:02.040 of money.

00:39:02.700 They know

00:39:03.180 that America

00:39:03.820 does not

00:39:04.360 want these

00:39:05.200 insane

00:39:05.780 left-wing

00:39:06.420 politics.

00:39:07.860 A woman 0.57

00:39:08.100 named

00:39:08.300 Janine

00:39:08.520 Edwards,

00:39:08.900 a long-time

00:39:09.320 ESPN

00:39:09.660 reporter,

00:39:10.560 who retired

00:39:10.920 in December,

00:39:11.480 said,

00:39:11.700 I think the

00:39:12.160 morale there

00:39:12.620 is probably

00:39:13.060 as bad

00:39:13.700 as I've

00:39:14.040 seen in

00:39:15.000 my 22-year

00:39:17.140 tenure.

00:39:18.600 it's

00:39:21.380 not

00:39:23.100 rocket

00:39:24.560 science

00:39:24.940 to understand

00:39:25.520 why.

00:39:26.780 Americans

00:39:27.160 are sick

00:39:27.800 of having

00:39:29.120 liberalism

00:39:29.860 shoved

00:39:30.380 down their

00:39:30.820 throats.

00:39:31.760 Obama

00:39:32.120 worked overtime

00:39:32.860 for eight

00:39:33.260 years to do

00:39:33.840 it.

00:39:34.340 Americans

00:39:34.640 are sick

00:39:35.100 of it.

00:39:36.080 I think

00:39:36.440 these NFL

00:39:36.840 players who

00:39:37.340 want to

00:39:37.560 find other

00:39:38.160 forms of

00:39:38.680 protest,

00:39:39.100 and one

00:39:39.320 of the

00:39:39.480 forms of

00:39:39.860 protest

00:39:40.320 they say

00:39:41.140 they'll

00:39:41.320 engage in

00:39:41.820 is staying

00:39:42.360 in the

00:39:42.640 locker room.

00:39:43.240 Well,

00:39:43.340 that's what

00:39:43.560 the NFL

00:39:43.800 told you

00:39:44.280 to do,

00:39:44.980 but that's

00:39:45.260 hardly

00:39:45.480 protest.

00:39:46.120 Stay in

00:39:46.360 the

00:39:46.480 locker room.

00:39:46.920 Who

00:39:47.020 cares?

00:39:48.040 But

00:39:48.240 I think

00:39:49.420 if the

00:39:49.620 NFL

00:39:49.980 continues

00:39:50.920 going down

00:39:51.340 this road,

00:39:52.080 I think

00:39:52.280 if ESPN

00:39:52.860 and other

00:39:53.600 networks like

00:39:54.160 it continue

00:39:54.620 going down

00:39:55.080 this road,

00:39:55.640 they're going

00:39:56.320 to see

00:39:56.620 bigger hits

00:39:57.200 in their

00:39:57.440 bottom line.

00:39:58.500 Americans

00:39:58.960 are done.

00:39:59.700 They had

00:39:59.920 eight years

00:40:00.480 of radical

00:40:01.340 progressivism.

00:40:02.280 They're over

00:40:02.900 it.

00:40:03.200 They're done

00:40:03.640 with it.

00:40:04.020 They're watching

00:40:04.400 the economy

00:40:04.860 get better.

00:40:05.840 America

00:40:06.100 gets stronger.

00:40:06.980 In many

00:40:07.460 respects,

00:40:08.140 Trump's

00:40:08.440 presidency

00:40:08.820 is an

00:40:09.260 apolitical

00:40:10.340 presidency.

00:40:11.420 He's not

00:40:12.020 a conservative

00:40:12.580 ideologue.

00:40:13.320 He's a

00:40:13.520 problem

00:40:13.860 solver.

00:40:14.320 Americans

00:40:15.560 are slowly

00:40:16.700 becoming

00:40:17.580 very comfortable

00:40:18.540 with that.

00:40:19.980 They're starting

00:40:20.360 to love

00:40:20.800 and respect

00:40:21.280 America again.

00:40:22.680 They're starting

00:40:22.980 to understand

00:40:23.500 the concept

00:40:24.120 of American

00:40:24.600 exceptionalism.

00:40:25.780 I think

00:40:26.540 that the

00:40:27.020 more these

00:40:27.420 institutions

00:40:28.000 move left,

00:40:29.560 the more

00:40:29.920 Americans are

00:40:30.660 going to move

00:40:31.060 away from

00:40:31.800 them with

00:40:33.060 their viewership

00:40:33.880 and their

00:40:34.800 wallets.

00:40:47.080 Amazon.com

00:40:48.280 continues to

00:40:49.120 get creepier.

00:40:50.520 Now look,

00:40:51.580 we know that

00:40:52.120 Donald Trump

00:40:52.540 is at war

00:40:52.920 with Amazon

00:40:53.400 over post office

00:40:54.320 rates and

00:40:54.980 a multitude

00:40:55.840 of other

00:40:56.780 things.

00:40:57.840 And Amazon

00:40:58.420 to me

00:40:59.160 has,

00:41:00.180 well,

00:41:00.720 you know,

00:41:00.980 they're pretty

00:41:01.320 left-leaning.

00:41:02.080 Jeff Bezos

00:41:02.580 bought the

00:41:03.020 Washington Post

00:41:03.760 which doesn't

00:41:05.520 like conservatives

00:41:06.360 all that much.

00:41:08.080 There was a

00:41:08.400 big move

00:41:08.900 earlier this

00:41:09.480 year when

00:41:09.800 Amazon.com

00:41:11.400 won a very

00:41:12.140 lucrative

00:41:12.520 nine-figure

00:41:13.240 contract

00:41:13.980 to store

00:41:14.880 on an

00:41:15.140 Amazon

00:41:15.380 cloud some

00:41:16.100 of our

00:41:16.340 Department

00:41:16.660 of Defense's

00:41:17.340 most secretive

00:41:18.700 data.

00:41:20.200 Yeah,

00:41:20.660 and this

00:41:21.060 happened back

00:41:21.580 in March.

00:41:23.040 Here from

00:41:23.260 Daily Caller,

00:41:24.380 the U.S.

00:41:24.640 Department

00:41:24.880 of Defense

00:41:25.320 is set to

00:41:25.880 start transferring

00:41:26.660 and this

00:41:26.920 happened.

00:41:27.920 The March

00:41:28.360 story is

00:41:29.900 set to start

00:41:30.240 transferring top

00:41:30.920 secret data

00:41:31.440 to Amazon's

00:41:32.180 secret cloud

00:41:33.040 storage platform

00:41:34.180 after a military

00:41:35.120 command awarded

00:41:36.240 tech giant

00:41:37.340 a large contract.

00:41:38.480 Now,

00:41:38.780 a couple of

00:41:39.400 things have

00:41:39.720 happened since

00:41:40.800 the original

00:41:41.560 overarching contract

00:41:42.980 was supposed

00:41:43.740 to be about

00:41:44.160 $950 million.

00:41:46.220 Since Donald

00:41:47.040 Trump's war

00:41:48.240 with Amazon,

00:41:49.520 only a part

00:41:50.760 of that has

00:41:51.740 been solidified,

00:41:52.620 about $65 million

00:41:55.020 worth.

00:41:56.080 However,

00:41:57.080 Amazon.com

00:41:57.940 is still getting

00:41:58.740 a lot of

00:41:59.760 sensitive U.S.

00:42:01.040 military information.

00:42:03.220 Excuse me,

00:42:04.040 and I'm never

00:42:04.860 a fan of that

00:42:05.580 information being

00:42:06.160 managed by

00:42:06.640 private contractors.

00:42:07.600 We saw what

00:42:08.060 happened when

00:42:09.080 Booz Allen

00:42:09.640 Hamilton,

00:42:10.280 the consulting

00:42:10.760 firm,

00:42:11.660 let Edward

00:42:12.260 Snowden

00:42:12.900 near our

00:42:14.440 sensitive

00:42:15.000 information.

00:42:16.180 But a

00:42:16.680 really,

00:42:17.400 really creepy

00:42:18.260 story out

00:42:19.880 of Portland.

00:42:21.580 A Portland

00:42:22.220 family,

00:42:22.860 this is from

00:42:23.720 KIRO

00:42:24.780 panel 7

00:42:25.960 up in

00:42:27.120 Portland,

00:42:27.500 Oregon area,

00:42:28.640 a Portland

00:42:29.560 family contacted

00:42:30.880 Amazon to

00:42:32.160 investigate after

00:42:33.420 they say a

00:42:34.980 private conversation

00:42:36.160 in their home

00:42:36.920 was recorded

00:42:38.240 by Amazon's

00:42:39.820 Alexa,

00:42:41.160 the voice

00:42:41.540 controlled smart

00:42:42.260 speaker.

00:42:43.300 That's not bad

00:42:44.340 enough.

00:42:45.160 The recorded

00:42:45.880 audio,

00:42:47.040 this family

00:42:47.440 alleges,

00:42:48.300 was then sent

00:42:49.560 to the phone

00:42:50.800 of a random

00:42:52.020 person in

00:42:53.660 Seattle,

00:42:54.980 Washington,

00:42:55.560 because that

00:42:57.520 person happened

00:42:59.120 to have been

00:42:59.580 in the

00:42:59.900 family's

00:43:00.340 contact list.

00:43:01.540 Now that is

00:43:02.300 really scary.

00:43:03.080 I don't have

00:43:03.400 an Amazon

00:43:03.680 device in my

00:43:04.320 house,

00:43:04.540 but here's

00:43:04.760 my phone.

00:43:05.620 I've got

00:43:06.080 hundreds and

00:43:06.720 hundreds of

00:43:07.180 contacts,

00:43:07.940 so many that

00:43:09.380 I've met over

00:43:09.840 the years in

00:43:10.340 business,

00:43:10.960 in law

00:43:11.940 enforcement.

00:43:14.140 Half of

00:43:14.660 those people,

00:43:15.300 I don't know,

00:43:16.480 I don't speak

00:43:17.260 to,

00:43:17.760 I'm just too

00:43:18.780 lazy to go

00:43:19.240 to my phone

00:43:19.720 and purge

00:43:20.160 those contacts.

00:43:21.240 It would be

00:43:22.200 weird.

00:43:24.720 It would be

00:43:25.120 scary.

00:43:25.840 It would be

00:43:26.000 creepy.

00:43:26.480 really

00:43:27.280 inappropriate

00:43:27.760 if a

00:43:28.780 private

00:43:29.140 conversation

00:43:29.820 I had

00:43:30.240 in my

00:43:30.540 home

00:43:30.980 was sent

00:43:32.380 to one

00:43:32.740 of those

00:43:33.000 people.

00:43:33.500 What if I

00:43:34.140 was talking

00:43:34.660 about those

00:43:35.220 people?

00:43:35.560 What if I

00:43:35.820 wasn't being

00:43:36.240 flattering of

00:43:36.880 those people?

00:43:37.840 This is

00:43:38.440 really creepy.

00:43:41.040 So the

00:43:41.560 woman named 0.95

00:43:43.180 Danielle,

00:43:44.020 this family

00:43:44.520 asking Amazon

00:43:45.240 to investigate,

00:43:45.860 they don't

00:43:46.000 want to use

00:43:46.320 their last

00:43:46.780 name.

00:43:47.380 They don't

00:43:47.520 want their

00:43:47.760 photos out

00:43:48.380 there,

00:43:48.560 which is

00:43:48.740 why I

00:43:49.000 tend to

00:43:49.220 believe

00:43:49.420 their story.

00:43:50.560 These

00:43:50.680 people aren't

00:43:51.020 putting their

00:43:51.380 names and

00:43:51.760 faces out there

00:43:52.320 looking for

00:43:52.680 a payday.

00:43:53.760 They'd quote,

00:43:54.260 my husband

00:43:54.660 and I would

00:43:55.100 joke and I'd

00:43:55.680 say, I bet

00:43:56.060 these devices

00:43:56.700 are listening

00:43:57.260 to what

00:43:57.580 we're saying.

00:43:58.860 Well,

00:43:59.080 Danielle,

00:44:00.220 seems like

00:44:00.900 you're right.

00:44:01.320 Now,

00:44:01.420 they say

00:44:01.680 every room

00:44:02.120 in their

00:44:02.360 home was

00:44:03.380 wired with

00:44:04.120 the Alexa

00:44:04.580 devices to

00:44:05.360 control the

00:44:06.540 heat and

00:44:07.100 the lighting

00:44:07.600 and the

00:44:08.000 security system.

00:44:08.920 You know,

00:44:09.040 that's how

00:44:09.320 they market

00:44:09.900 this,

00:44:10.280 an all-inclusive

00:44:11.360 home electronic

00:44:13.260 solution,

00:44:13.840 security,

00:44:14.280 heat,

00:44:14.560 light,

00:44:14.820 AC,

00:44:15.200 all that

00:44:15.540 stuff.

00:44:16.500 But Danielle

00:44:17.560 said two

00:44:18.460 weeks ago,

00:44:18.940 their love

00:44:19.260 for Alexa

00:44:19.700 changed with

00:44:20.280 an alarming

00:44:20.600 phone call.

00:44:21.720 The person

00:44:22.240 on the other

00:44:22.660 line said,

00:44:23.360 unplug your

00:44:24.540 Alexa devices

00:44:25.440 right now,

00:44:26.060 you're being

00:44:26.440 hacked.

00:44:27.560 That person

00:44:28.680 was one of

00:44:30.180 her husband's

00:44:31.100 employees

00:44:32.100 calling from

00:44:33.740 Seattle.

00:44:34.160 So the

00:44:34.340 random person

00:44:35.120 that the

00:44:36.080 message was

00:44:36.480 sent to

00:44:36.940 was one

00:44:37.800 of the

00:44:38.560 family,

00:44:39.140 the husband's

00:44:39.920 employees.

00:44:41.380 Goes on to

00:44:42.040 say, quote,

00:44:42.420 we unplugged

00:44:42.940 all of them

00:44:43.520 and he

00:44:44.240 proceeded to

00:44:44.820 tell us,

00:44:45.240 the employee,

00:44:45.840 that he

00:44:46.040 had received

00:44:46.540 audio files

00:44:47.700 of recordings

00:44:48.680 from inside

00:44:50.000 our house.

00:44:51.480 At first,

00:44:52.180 my husband

00:44:52.520 was like,

00:44:53.040 no,

00:44:53.340 you didn't.

00:44:54.460 And the

00:44:54.980 guy who got

00:44:55.980 the message

00:44:56.340 said,

00:44:56.820 you sat

00:44:57.380 there talking

00:44:57.920 about hardwood

00:44:58.620 floors.

00:44:59.080 And we

00:44:59.340 said,

00:44:59.680 oh,

00:44:59.880 gosh,

00:45:00.600 you really

00:45:01.060 did hear

00:45:01.460 us.

00:45:02.960 Danielle

00:45:03.140 listened to

00:45:03.560 the conversation

00:45:04.200 when it was

00:45:04.580 sent back to

00:45:05.060 her and she

00:45:05.340 couldn't believe

00:45:05.880 someone 176

00:45:07.500 miles away

00:45:08.000 too.

00:45:09.080 She said she

00:45:09.540 felt invaded.

00:45:10.300 It was an

00:45:10.500 invasion of

00:45:10.900 privacy and

00:45:12.100 she's never

00:45:12.460 plugging that

00:45:12.940 device in

00:45:13.380 again because

00:45:13.860 she can't

00:45:14.300 trust it.

00:45:14.820 Now,

00:45:17.100 he called

00:45:17.940 Amazon and

00:45:18.940 an Alexa

00:45:19.320 engineer

00:45:19.740 investigated,

00:45:20.480 quote,

00:45:20.780 Amazon,

00:45:21.380 she says,

00:45:22.540 quote,

00:45:22.920 that Amazon

00:45:23.440 told her,

00:45:23.900 they said,

00:45:24.300 our engineers

00:45:24.880 went through

00:45:25.300 your logs and

00:45:26.420 saw exactly

00:45:27.160 what you told

00:45:27.680 us.

00:45:28.180 They saw

00:45:28.880 exactly what

00:45:29.640 you said

00:45:29.940 happened and

00:45:30.420 we're sorry.

00:45:31.820 He apologized

00:45:32.420 like 15 times

00:45:33.600 in a matter of

00:45:34.280 30 minutes and

00:45:34.860 he said,

00:45:35.100 we really

00:45:35.580 appreciate you

00:45:36.420 bringing us to

00:45:37.040 our attention.

00:45:38.160 Our attention.

00:45:38.760 This is something

00:45:39.240 we need

00:45:39.920 to fix.

00:45:41.840 Now,

00:45:42.700 we heard about

00:45:44.540 that in that

00:45:45.780 other data

00:45:46.480 breach.

00:45:48.480 I forget

00:45:49.060 how breached

00:45:49.360 that data.

00:45:49.840 I don't know

00:45:50.040 if it was

00:45:50.280 Snowden or

00:45:50.740 that reality

00:45:51.320 winner weirdo

00:45:52.180 or,

00:45:52.780 but we

00:45:54.060 learned that

00:45:54.460 the CIA

00:45:54.820 was using

00:45:55.480 devices or

00:45:57.460 had the

00:45:58.060 ability to

00:45:58.940 backdoor

00:45:59.880 into devices

00:46:00.500 to spy on

00:46:01.080 Americans.

00:46:01.600 So you've

00:46:01.780 got Amazon,

00:46:02.980 very left

00:46:03.540 leaning,

00:46:04.220 and you guys

00:46:04.880 watch me,

00:46:05.360 you know I

00:46:05.740 am not a

00:46:06.140 conspiracy

00:46:06.620 theorist,

00:46:07.700 you know

00:46:08.060 that,

00:46:08.900 but we know

00:46:09.300 that the NSA

00:46:09.780 spied on

00:46:10.260 American

00:46:10.540 citizens.

00:46:11.480 You have

00:46:11.660 companies like

00:46:12.140 Amazon that

00:46:12.760 are very

00:46:13.040 left leaning

00:46:13.460 that have

00:46:13.860 these lucrative

00:46:14.320 contracts with

00:46:15.400 government agencies

00:46:16.000 like the

00:46:16.360 DOD.

00:46:17.420 Do we really

00:46:18.200 believe that

00:46:20.000 a device like

00:46:20.840 Alexa,

00:46:21.260 and this is all

00:46:21.560 I'm going to

00:46:21.820 say,

00:46:22.960 do we really

00:46:23.560 believe that a

00:46:24.120 device like

00:46:24.580 Alexa couldn't 1.00

00:46:25.700 be used to

00:46:26.900 spy?

00:46:27.220 Of course it

00:46:27.600 could.

00:46:28.440 I mean,

00:46:28.680 it's a big

00:46:29.400 gigantic microphone.

00:46:30.640 It's almost

00:46:30.800 like a joke,

00:46:31.880 like a comedy

00:46:32.800 movie.

00:46:33.220 Hey, I'm putting

00:46:33.600 a bug in your

00:46:34.060 house and it's

00:46:34.460 like one of

00:46:34.700 those old brick

00:46:35.180 cell phones.

00:46:35.700 Of course those

00:46:37.320 things could be

00:46:38.380 turned on to

00:46:39.100 listen remotely.

00:46:40.140 I mean,

00:46:40.280 that's pretty

00:46:40.720 rudimentary

00:46:41.480 technology,

00:46:42.460 which is why I

00:46:43.280 don't have one.

00:46:43.920 I would never

00:46:44.600 have one.

00:46:45.800 All right,

00:46:45.920 but I'm also a

00:46:46.620 guy who puts

00:46:47.280 black electrical

00:46:48.820 tape over the

00:46:49.700 webcams when I'm

00:46:50.740 not using them

00:46:51.280 and I shut down

00:46:52.500 the lens cap on

00:46:53.440 the camera here

00:46:54.920 in the studio.

00:46:56.180 I, at home,

00:46:57.040 I like to cover

00:46:57.980 the cameras on

00:46:58.640 my machines for

00:46:59.540 the simple reason

00:47:00.080 that you just

00:47:00.480 never know.

00:47:01.140 I might one day

00:47:01.640 just by accident

00:47:02.280 and I'm not

00:47:03.040 thinking of

00:47:03.360 government spying on

00:47:04.240 me.

00:47:04.320 I just might

00:47:04.660 leave Skype

00:47:05.420 connected one

00:47:06.680 day by accident

00:47:07.460 or I might

00:47:08.840 leave YouTube

00:47:09.820 connected one

00:47:10.660 day by accident.

00:47:12.000 If I was

00:47:12.300 streaming something,

00:47:14.640 Periscope,

00:47:15.240 who knows?

00:47:16.480 So I like to

00:47:17.120 know when my

00:47:18.000 cameras are

00:47:18.500 exposed.

00:47:19.240 Now, I,

00:47:20.120 but I am

00:47:21.380 concerned about

00:47:22.720 the breaches

00:47:23.660 and privacy of

00:47:25.060 these large data

00:47:25.740 companies.

00:47:26.800 If these devices

00:47:27.640 make your life

00:47:28.140 easier, use them.

00:47:29.420 If they don't,

00:47:30.400 don't.

00:47:30.700 If you're concerned,

00:47:31.360 don't use them.

00:47:31.840 If you're not

00:47:32.120 concerned and you

00:47:32.700 love them, use them.

00:47:33.620 I don't believe

00:47:34.600 in conspiracy

00:47:35.100 theories.

00:47:35.520 Really, really

00:47:36.040 don't.

00:47:36.380 That's not my

00:47:36.800 thing.

00:47:37.360 And I don't

00:47:37.720 think that the

00:47:38.820 government cares

00:47:39.520 about the

00:47:39.900 average person

00:47:40.640 and that they'll

00:47:41.780 proactively use

00:47:42.720 this.

00:47:43.080 But do I think

00:47:44.080 that the

00:47:45.620 government would,

00:47:46.560 would, if they

00:47:48.280 could, collect all

00:47:49.700 of our communications

00:47:50.480 and store them?

00:47:51.120 And we found

00:47:51.480 out they can

00:47:51.980 with the NSA.

00:47:52.860 Do I think

00:47:53.380 they would do

00:47:53.940 that just as

00:47:55.300 an exercise?

00:47:56.520 Absolutely.

00:47:57.680 Absolutely.

00:47:58.120 And nothing

00:48:00.060 good comes from

00:48:00.700 that.

00:48:01.200 We have a

00:48:01.540 constitution.

00:48:02.760 We have a

00:48:03.460 right not to

00:48:04.240 be surveilled.

00:48:06.320 Bigger problem

00:48:07.000 is these are

00:48:08.080 private companies.

00:48:09.340 So why are

00:48:10.360 private companies

00:48:11.060 doing it to

00:48:11.580 us?

00:48:12.020 And are we

00:48:12.280 giving them

00:48:12.940 too many

00:48:13.480 permissions to

00:48:14.780 invade our

00:48:15.200 privacy?

00:48:15.780 And I think

00:48:16.220 the answer is

00:48:16.840 yes.

00:48:17.640 And it's

00:48:18.240 going to be

00:48:18.440 very interesting.

00:48:19.020 I'm going to

00:48:19.160 be doing more

00:48:19.680 of these things.

00:48:20.400 This is the

00:48:20.660 world I worked

00:48:21.220 in for a

00:48:21.600 long time.

00:48:23.040 Part and

00:48:23.520 parcel of law

00:48:24.080 enforcement,

00:48:24.960 online safety,

00:48:25.660 security,

00:48:26.080 when I was

00:48:26.400 tracking the

00:48:26.780 bad guys.

00:48:27.360 And privacy,

00:48:28.940 personal protection,

00:48:30.460 rather protection

00:48:31.540 of your personal

00:48:32.120 information,

00:48:32.740 what they call

00:48:33.000 PII,

00:48:33.980 personally

00:48:34.300 identifiable

00:48:34.900 information,

00:48:35.720 was always

00:48:36.240 something that

00:48:36.640 we kept top

00:48:37.160 of mind.

00:48:37.900 How do we

00:48:38.200 bridge that

00:48:38.600 gap of engaging

00:48:39.880 in effective

00:48:40.440 investigations and

00:48:42.120 enforcement while

00:48:43.160 protecting the

00:48:44.240 identities of

00:48:44.780 people?

00:48:45.480 And it saddens me

00:48:47.000 to see that some

00:48:47.840 of these companies

00:48:48.500 don't seem to be

00:48:49.720 taking this

00:48:50.140 seriously.

00:48:51.380 They're just

00:48:51.940 collecting all

00:48:52.520 these mass amounts

00:48:53.180 of data.

00:48:53.660 But if this is

00:48:54.160 true, if Amazon

00:48:54.980 collects it,

00:48:55.880 devices are

00:48:56.380 recording all

00:48:57.460 of our

00:48:57.720 communications,

00:48:58.880 this is really,

00:48:59.860 really, really

00:49:00.640 troubling.

00:49:01.620 It needs to be

00:49:02.300 looked into and

00:49:03.300 something needs

00:49:03.780 to be done

00:49:04.080 about it.

00:49:25.880 you know,

00:49:47.420 you know,

00:49:48.220 you know,

00:49:48.620 it's really

00:49:49.400 amazing.

Rebel News Podcast - May 25, 2018

Off The Cuff Declassified - John Cardillo - May 25⧸2018

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