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[DYNAMIC ROCK MUSIC]

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♪ ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> Bill: HOW ARE YOU DOING?

HEY, THANK YOU.

MWAH!

WELCOME BACK.

HI, THANK YOU.

[CHEERING]

I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WOW.

WE'RE BACK.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE PUTTING ON

A HAPPY FACE.

THANK YOU.

WOW.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THAT HELPS ALL OF US A LOT

BECAUSE IT'S A NEW YEAR, A NEW

SEASON, A LOT OF NEW THINGS

HAPPENING.

WE HAVE A NEW PRESIDENT IN THREE

DAYS.

IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY.

TAKE A DEEP BREATH.

OH, WAIT, WE'RE IN L.A.

DON'T TAKE A DEEP BREATH.

WE HAD A LITTLE FIRE OUT HERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD ABOUT

THAT, LOCAL STORY.

I'LL TELL YOU THIS.

I'LL NEVER ONCE AGAIN MAKE FUN

OF REDNECKS WHO HAVE THEIR HOMES

ON WHEELS.

I MEAN, L.A. PEOPLE, THEY CANNOT

DRIVE IN FIRE, AM I RIGHT?

DID YOU GET ENOUGH ALERTS ON

YOUR PHONE THAT MADE YOU SHIT

YOURSELF?

"EVACUATE NOW!"

I'M LIKE, "I THINK I JUST DID."

[APPLAUSE]

I KID, FIRE.

L.A. IS A VERY UNIQUE PLACE.

WOULDN'T YOU AGREE?

EVEN OUR MILLIONAIRES ARE

HOMELESS.

ANYONE HERE FROM

THOSE PEOPLE ARE PISSED.

THE HYDRANTS RAN OUT OF WATER.

IT'S LIKE A DRAG SHOW RUNNING

OUT OF GLITTER.

I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY WHO DIDN'T

EITHER LOSE THEIR HOUSE OR

HAD TO BUG OUT OF THEIR HOUSE.

FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO SENT ME A

TEXT "STAY SAFE," THANK YOU SO

MUCH.

'CAUSE I WAS ABOUT TO RUN RIGHT

TOWARD THE FLAMES.

AND THEN I SAW YOUR TEXT

AND DIDN'T.

IT WAS VERY HELPFUL.

T HEY, THEY DON'T --

WE'RE NOT DOWN.

DOWN BUT NOT OUT.

WE WILL REBUILD.

I KEEP HEARING THAT.

AND WE WILL.

WHAT ELSE ARE WE GOING TO DO?

QUIT?

NO, WE BUILT.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY

CONSIDERING TRUMP WANTS TO

DEPORT ALL THE GUYS WHO WORK

WITH HAMMERS.

AND NOW, STREET LUNATICS ARE

SETTING MORE FIRES, WHICH IS

YOU'RE ENDANGERING THE LOOTERS.

YEAH, LOOTERS.

[APPLAUSE]

I TELL YOU, A THING LIKE THIS

BRINGS OUT, YOU SEE THE BEST AND

THE WORST IN PEOPLE.

THE BEST ARE FIREFIGHTERS WHO

SAVED OUR ASS.

[CHEERING]

THE WORST...

ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE

LOOTING, CAUSING NEW FIRES.

SOME OF THEM I THINK WERE SET

ORIGINALLY.

ONE ARSONIST ADMITTED, HE SAID I

ENJOY CAUSING CHAOS AND

DESTRUCTION.

AND TRUMP SAID FINE,

RUN THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.

OH, YES.

WE'RE JOKING.

GENTLE HUMOR.

THAT'S WHAT I DO, RIGHT?

GENTLE HUMOR.

WE HAVE A NEW PRESIDENT AND DON,

I JUST WANT TO SAY

LOOK, THINGS HAVE BEEN SAID.

AND WHAT IT REALLY IS

IS SOME OF THE WRITERS HERE.

THEY DON'T WANT TO MAKE AMERICA

GREAT AGAIN, LIKE YOU AND ME.

[LAUGHTER]

I SAY GO, TEAM DISRUPTOR.

THEY ARE HAVING THE CONFIRMATION

HEARINGS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO

TRUMP WANTS IN HIS CABINET.

IT'S THE SAME HEARING EVERY DAY.

WITH EVERY DIFFERENT PERSON.

THE DEMOCRAT WILL GET UP THERE

AND SAY "IF TRUMP WANTED YOU TO

BREAK THE LAW, WILL YOU?"

AND THEY SAY THE SAME THING.

"I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU.

I DON'T WANT TO RUIN THE

SURPRISE."

THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL ONE IS

PETE HEGSETH.

YOU LIKE PETE?

PETE'S UP THERE.

[LAUGHTER]

DEFENSE SECRETARY.

APPARENTLY SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE

COMPLAINED ABOUT HIM HAVING A

DRINKING PROBLEM THAT HE HAS

PROMISED, IF HE'S CONFIRMED, TO

STOP DRINKING.

[LAUGHTER]

AND IF HE IS NOT CONFIRMED, HE'S

GOING TO GET DRUNK AND FUCK YOUR

GIRLFRIEND.

BUT THE INAUGURATION IS MONDAY.

THEY'VE GOT EVERYTHING GOING ON.

CHURCH SERVICE, SWEARING-IN,

LUNCHEON, PARADE, THREE BALLS,

WHICH IS THREE MORE THAN

MERRICK GARLAND HAD.

AND ONE MORE VERY IMPORTANT

STORY, FOR ALL THE KIDS

WATCHING, TIKTOK,

OOF, IT'S GONE AS OF SUNDAY.

YOU'RE GOING TO NEED A NEW TIME

SUCK.

OOH.

THEY SAY A LOT OF THE KIDS ARE

GOING TO RETURN TO FACEBOOK.

WOW.

EVEN ONLINE THEY'RE MOVING BACK

IN WITH THEIR PARENTS.

ALL RIGHT, WE'VE GOT A GREAT

SHOW.

WE HAVE LARRY WILMORE AND ERIN

PERRINE.

BUT FIRST, HE'S A CIVIC LEADER

AND FOUNDER OF THE REAL ESTATE

COMPANY CARUSO WHO IN '22 RAN

FOR MAYOR HERE, RICK CARUSO.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

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LOOK AT THAT.

RICK, HOW ARE YOU DOING?

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

[APPLAUSE]

GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE.

CAN I TELL YOU OF ALL THE GUESTS

I'VE HAD IN THIS OPENING SPOT,

WE ADVERTISE DURING THE WEEK.

SOME PEOPLE SEE WHO IS GOING TO

I'VE NEVER HAD MORE PEOPLE SAY

"OH, GOOD."

WANT TO SEE THIS GUY

BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED HERE.

PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY

DON'T KNOW, YOU RAN AGAINST THE

CURRENT MAYOR AND LOST BY NOT

TOO MUCH.

HE STARTED RUNNING AS A

REPUBLICAN, WHICH IS WHAT YOU

ARE.

AND THEN RAN AS AN INDEPENDENT

AND THEN AS A DEMOCRAT.

[LAUGHTER]

YOU'RE RUNNING OUT OF PARTIES TO

LEAVE.

>> Rick: WHICH IS PROBABLY A

GOOD THING.

>> Bill: I JUST WANT TO START

THERE BECAUSE I THINK IT SAYS A

LOT ABOUT A ONE-PARTY STATE AND

I WOULD SAY THIS IF IT WAS ANY

RUN PARTY RUNNING ANYTHING, I

DON'T THINK IT'S HEALTHY.

YOU HAD TO PUT A "D"

BY YOUR NAME

EVEN TO BE IN THE RACE.

WOULD YOU COMMENT ON THAT?

>> Rick: TEN YEARS AGO I LEFT

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND BECAME

AN INDEPENDENT.

WHEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT

RUNNING FOR MAYOR, I DID TURN TO

THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

SO I DID THAT BEFORE I RAN.

THE REALITY IS, WE'VE GOT

A SYSTEM IN THIS COUNTRY

THAT'S A CLOSED LOOP.

AND WE'VE GOT TO GET OUT OF THAT

CLOSED-LOOP SYSTEM.

YOU SAW IN MY RACE, THE

DEMOCRATIC PARTY WAS HORRIFIED

THAT I WAS GETTING CLOSE.

BIDEN FLEW OUT THE CAMPAIGN

FOR HER.

HARRIS FLEW OUT A COUPLE TIMES.

NANCY PELOSI.

THEY SHOULD HAVE JUST FILLED UP

AIR FORCE ONE AND DONE IT ALL AT

THEN AT THE VERY END, WHEN WE

WERE TIED, THEY FINALLY

CONVINCED OBAMA TO COME IN AND

ENDORSE HER.

SO IT WAS JUST AN AMAZING

PROCESS TO WATCH, HOW KEEPING

THE OLD GUARD, KEEPING THE

CAREER POLITICIAN WAS MORE

IMPORTANT THAN DOING WHAT I

COULD ARGUE IN THE BEST INTEREST

OF THE PEOPLE.

[APPLAUSE]

>> Bill: THE BIG CONTROVERSY

HERE IS, COULD IT HAVE GONE

I SAY YES.

>> Rick: COULD WHAT HAVE GONE

BETTER?

>> Bill: HANDLING THE FIRE.

>> Rick: OH, OF COURSE.

>> BILL: LOTS OF

PEOPLE WHO SAY, I DON'T WANT TO

STEP ON MY EDITORIAL AT THE END

OF THE SHOW WHICH IS WHAT THIS

IS ABOUT, BUT THAT'S MY VIEW.

IS FIRE BAD?

YES.

IS IT INEVITABLE HERE?

YES, IT IS.

BUT I THINK WE COULD HAVE DONE

BETTER.

I KNOW THAT'S YOUR POINT OF

VIEW.

TELL ME WHAT YOU WOULD'VE DONE.

>> Rick: TO PUT IT IN CONTEXT

FOR A MINUTE.

I WAS FORTUNATE AS A YOUNG MAN I

WAS A COMMISSIONER WITH TOM

BRADLEY, WORKED FOR HIM.

WORKED FOR DICK REARDON, AND

JIMMY HUNT.

FOR TOM BRADLEY AND DICK REARDON

I WAS THE HEAD OF THE POWER

HEAD OF WATER AND POWER.

I KNOW WHAT GOOD LEADERSHIP

LOOKS LIKE.

THOSE THREE WERE GOOD LEADERS.

TO KNOW THERE'S A FIRE COMING

AND THAT YOU'RE IN FIRE SEASON,

WE HAD A FIRE THREE WEEKS AGO IN

MALIBU.

SIX YEARS AGO, WE HAD A FIRE IN

FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW THE

BRENTWOOD AREA, IT'S 15 MINUTES

FROM WHERE THE PALISADES FIRE

WAS.

THERE IS 40-YEAR-OLD VEGETATION

BETWEEN BRENTWOOD AND THE

PALISADES AND AT THAT TIME I

SAID IF THAT FIRE TRAVELS, IT'S

GOING TO COME THROUGH AND WIPE

OUT THE PALISADES.

I'M SO SAD THAT I WAS RIGHT.

IT WAS PREDICTABLE, BILL.

WHAT'S PREDICTABLE IS

AND THEN OF THE TOP OF IT, TO

HAVE A MAIN RESERVOIR OUT OF

SERVICE DURING PEAK FIRE SEASON,

THAT IS BORDER NEGLIGENCE.

AND SO WE'VE GOT TO GET TO

THE BACKSTORY OF THIS.

BUT YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE GOOD

BUSINESS DECISIONS.

RUNNING THIS CITY IS RUNNING

A BUSINESS FOR THE BENEFIT OF

THE RESIDENTS.

WHAT EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE BEEN

SAYING, WE HAD ALL THE ALERTS

ABOUT THE FIRE STORM OR THE

WINDS COMING IN.

WHY WASN'T MORE DONE?

WHY DIDN'T WE MAKE SURE THE

RESERVOIRS WERE ALL TOPPED OFF?

SHOULD NEVER RUN OF WATER

LIKE THAT.

>> Bill: WE HAD A FIRE WHEN

TRUMP WAS PRESIDENT, HE SAID,

"YOU'RE NOT RAKING."

WE ALL DID JOKES ABOUT IT.

WE'VE GOT TO GET OVER THIS

THING.

IS HE WRONG USUALLY?

YEAH.

BUT I REMEMBER WHEN HE TOOK

IVERMECTIN OR SOMETHING AND

THEN IVERMECTIN, WHICH WON THE

NOBEL PRIZE.

THAT BECAME SNAKE OIL?

NO, JUST BECAUSE TRUMP SAYS IT

DOESN'T MEAN IT'S AUTOMATICALLY

DID HE HAVE A POINT?

>> Rick: OF COURSE HE DID.

OF COURSE HE DID.

WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING,

NOW WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY,

UNDERGROUND THE POWER LINES.

WHEN EVERYBODY STARTS TALKING

ABOUT REBUILDING, YES WE NEED TO

REBUILD QUICKLY AND YES WE NEED

TO GET PEOPLE BACK IN THEIR

HOMES BUT WE ALSO NEED TO BE

SMART ABOUT IT, BECAUSE THE

PALISADES, JUST LIKE ALTADENA,

AND GOD BLESS THE FAMILIES THERE

TOO, THE PALISADES IS GONNA

REMAIN IN A FIRE ZONE.

DON'T BUILD THE SAME DAMN THING.

>> Bill: YOU KNOW WHAT THEY

DID IN SACRAMENTO?

GOATS.

>> Rick: GOATS WORK.

>> Bill: FUCKING GOATS.

YOU PUT THEM ON THE HILLSIDE AND

THE EAT THE VEGETATION.

AND THEY'RE CHEAP.

THEY WORK CHEAP.

AND THEY GIVE GREAT MILK.

[APPLAUSE]

I'VE HEARD PEOPLE CRITICIZE YOU

AND SAY WHEN YOU RAN FOR MAYOR,

YOU DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THE FIRES.

WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT WAS THE

HOMELESS.

THEN I READ, MORE THAN HALF THE

FIRES HERE ARE CAUSED BY

HOMELESS.

THE CONNECTION IS HUGE.

>> Rick: FIRST OF ALL, THAT'S

WRONG.

ONE OF THE VIDEOS THAT I MADE

DURING THE CAMPAIGN, I DID TALK

ABOUT THE HOMELESS, BUT I MADE A

VIDEO IN THE CAMPAIGN SAYING THE

FIRE DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO BE

FULLY FUNDED.

AND IF I AM MAYOR,

IT WILL BE FULLY FUNDED.

>> Bill: DON'T THE HOMELESS

START A LOT OF THE FIRES?

>> Rick: THE HOMELESS DO,

BUT THINK ABOUT THIS.

WE'RE THE SECOND LARGEST CITY IN

WE ARE A WORLD-CLASS CITY.

WE HAVE FIELDS OF MOTHBALLED

EQUIPMENT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE

THE MONEY TO START IT UP.

WE HAVE TEN TIMES THE CALLS FOR

SERVICE TODAY THAN WE DID IN THE

'60s BUT WE HAVE LESS FIRE

STATIONS.

NONE OF IT MAKES SENSE.

WE HAVE POLITICAL LEADERS THAT

DON'T PRIORITIZE THE SAFETY

AND LIVABILITY OF OUR CITY, AND

THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE JOB.

[APPLAUSE]

>> Bill: SHOULD PEOPLE BE ASKED

TO DEFEND THEIR OWN HOME, OR?

YOU SEE THIS A LOT WHERE THERE

IS A BLOCK, THIS IS NOT JUST HIS

FIRE, OTHER ONES, WHERE MOST OF

THE HOUSES ARE GONE AND ONE

OF THEM ISN'T BECAUSE ONE GUY

GOT UP ON THE ROOF WITH A HOSE.

>> Rick: NOT A GOOD IDEA.

>> Bill: NO?

I WAS GONNA DO IT.

WHY?

NO.

>> Rick: IN YOUR UNDERWEAR SO

YOUR CLOTHES DON'T CATCH ON

IT'S DANGEROUS.

THIS FIRE WAS INCREDIBLY

DANGEROUS.

I HAVE BEEN IN THE PALISADES.

I'VE SEEN IT.

YOU CAN'T EVEN GET YOUR HEAD

AROUND IT.

IT IS SO BAD, SO SAD.

IT LITERALLY LOOKS LIKE THE AREA

HAS BEEN CARPET BOMBED.

AND THAT FIRE CAME THROUGH SO

QUICKLY.

>> Bill: BUT IN THE PALISADES,

YOUR AREA DID NOT BURN.

>> Rick: MY DAUGHTER LOST HER

>> Bill: WHAT DID YOU DO

DIFFERENTLY THERE?

>> Rick: WE BUILT IT

DIFFERENTLY.

THAT WHOLE VILLAGE THAT WE BUILT

IS BUILT WITHOUT ANY COMBUSTIBLE

WE KNEW WE WERE BUILDING IN A

FIRE AREA, SO WE DESIGNED IT TO

THE HIGHEST LEVELS TO WITHSTAND

IT, AND THEN --

>> Bill: WE DO THAT WITH

EARTHQUAKES.

WHY CAN'T WE DO IT WITH FIRE?

>> Rick: WE COULD DO IT.

WE DID IT.

THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH BEING

YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED.

WE HAD THIS RAPID RESPONSE TEAM,

AND THE RAPID RESPONSE TEAM, THE

MINUTE THE HIGH WIND ADVISORY

WENT OUT, WE'VE GOT COMPANIES

WITH RETARDANT AND WE'VE GOT

FIREFIGHTERS THAT HELPED TO

REDUCE THE RESOURCES THE CITY

HAS TO PUT ON US THAT WE CAN

>> Bill: YOU CALL THEM RAPID

RESPONSE.

PEOPLE CALL THAT A PRIVATE

>> Rick: IT'S PRIVATE.

>> Rick: OF COURSE IT'S GOOD.

BY US HAVING OUR TEAM, IT FREED

UP L.A. FIRE DEPARTMENT TO TAKE

CARE OF OTHER --

>> Bill: BUT NOT EVERYBODY CAN

AFFORD THE PRIVATE FIRE

DEPARTMENT.

>> Rick: WELL, NO.

BUT HERE'S WHAT I WOULD TELL

YOU.

IF WE HAVE A FULLY FUNDED FIRE

DEPARTMENT THAT HAS MORE

RESOURCES, YOU WOULDN'T NEED THE

[APPLAUSE]

CAN I JUST SAY ONE OTHER THING?

PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT HOW CARUSO

SHOULDN'T HAVE SAVED HIS

DOWNTOWN VILLAGE.

THAT DOWNTOWN VILLAGE INCLUDED

EIGHT HOMES THAT WE SAVED.

IT INCLUDED ALL THE RETAILERS

AND THE RESTAURATEURS.

HUNDREDS OF JOBS ARE SAVED.

WE ARE GOING TO REOPEN IT.

PEOPLE GET THEIR BUSINESSES

BACK.

WHAT'S NOT BEING TALKED ABOUT

NOW ARE THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE

THAT LOST THEIR JOBS THAT HAVE

NO SUPPORT SYSTEM.

THE GARDENERS, POOL MEN, SERVICE

PEOPLE, DELIVERY PEOPLE,

PEOPLE, THE DELIVERY PEOPLE,

EVERYBODY THAT WORKS,

EVERYBODY IS GOING TO HAVE THEIR

JOB BACK THAT HAS THEIR

BUSINESSES IN OUR VILLAGE.

THAT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO

GET HELP TO THOSE THAT NEED HELP

THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT

THERE.

>> Bill: WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT

IDIOTS?

I MEAN, I READ THERE ARE PEOPLE

WHO WERE SENDING OFF THOSE

THINGS WHERE YOU PUT CANDLE

INSIDE.

BECAUSE IT'S BEAUTIFUL TO WATCH

IT GO UP IN THE SKY, AND ALSO

FIREWORKS.

LOOK, I DON'T THINK CALIFORNIA

NEEDS A LOT MORE REGULATIONS.

BUT FIREWORKS?

I THINK IT'S SAFER IF WE SHOT

OFF GUNS LIKE THEY DO IN THE

MIDDLE EAST, IF YOU WANT TO

CELEBRATE.

REALLY.

OR JUST HAVE THE CITY SET OFF

ONE FIRECRACKER THING,

FIRE SHOW.

BUT IT CAUSES FIRES.

>> Rick: I AGREE.

AND THERE'S TALK THIS WAS CAUSED

BECAUSE OF FIREWORKS THE WEEK

BEFORE AND IT SMOLDERED.

I HAVE ZERO TOLERANCE FOR THAT.

ZERO TOLERANCE.

>> Bill: YOU SOUND LIKE YOU'RE

GOING TO RUN AGAIN.

ARE YOU?

>> Rick: SOMEBODY TOLD ME

LAST NIGHT INSTEAD OF RUNNING

AGAIN, JUST RUN.

I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU, I DON'T

KNOW.

I AM WIRED TO RUN TOWARDS THE

PROBLEM RATHER THAN AWAY FROM

IT.

>> Bill: YOU JUST TOLD ME TO

GET OUT OF THE HOUSE!

>> Rick: I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M

GOING TO DO YET, I REALLY DON'T.

IT'S NOT A POLITICAL ANSWER

BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I WANT TO

FOCUS ON THE REBUILDING.

I WANT TO CALL PEOPLE OUT THAT

ARE DYSFUNCTIONAL.

I WANT TO CALL PEOPLE OUT THAT

I WANT TO DO WHATEVER I CAN TO

CUT THE RED TAPE.

I WANT PEOPLE TO BUILD THEIR

HOMES AND GET THIS COMMUNITY

BACK UP AND RUNNING.

THERE IS TIME FOR ME TO DECIDE

IF I'M GOING TO RUN OR NOT.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU, I AM JUST

HONORED THAT I CAN AT LEAST HELP

WE'VE GOT TO GET A LOT OF PEOPLE

INVOLVED.

AND THIS PROBLEM IS TOO BIG FOR

POLITICS, AND I'VE GOT ZERO

PATIENCE, AND EVERYBODY SHOULD

HAVE ZERO PATIENCE, FOR

POLITICS.

AND THIS IDEA THAT THE FEDERAL

AID IS GOING TO COME WITH

CONDITIONS.

>> Bill: YEAH, THAT'S BULLSHIT.

>> Rick: BULLSHIT.

NO.

>> Bill: I APPRECIATE IT.

I'LL SEE YOU DOWN THE ROAD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

LET'S MEET OUR PANEL.

♪ ♪

BULLSHIT.

YOU HEARD THAT.

ALL RIGHT, HERE THEY ARE.

HE'S A PRODUCER, ACTOR,

COMEDIAN, WRITER, AND HOST OF

THE PODCAST "LARRY WILMORE:

BLACK ON THE AIR,"

LARRY WILMORE IS BACK WITH US.

AND SHE'S A REPUBLICAN

STRATEGIST AT AXIOM STRATEGIES

AND FORMER COMMUNICATIONS

AND DONALD TRUMP,

ERIN PERRINE.

ERIN, GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE.

YOU'RE NOT FROM HERE?

YOU LIVE IN D.C.?

LARRY, YOU WERE HERE.

HOW WAS YOUR FIRE?

DID YOU FIGHT OR FLIGHT?

>> Larry: I FOUGHT IT WELL.

I PUT THE HOSE IN MY HAND

AND WENT AFTER IT.

>> Bill: AND THEN THE FIRE

CAME.

>> Larry: WE ARE COMEDIANS.

WE HAVE TO MAKE JOKES.

PEOPLE WERE GOING AFTER THE

LOOTERS.

LOOTERS GOTTA LOOT.

THAT'S THEIR JOB.

CRIMINALS HAVE TO COMMIT CRIMES.

EVEN IN THIS SAD SITUATION.

BUT I AM FROM PASADENA.

MY FATHER LIVED THERE.

GREAT GRANDMOTHER,

HIS FATHER.

DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

ALTADENA, IT'S SAD WHAT HAPPENED

THERE.

WHEN I SAW THE CRITICISM,

WHICH WAS CRAZY ABOUT PALISADES,

RICH PEOPLE LOSING THEIR HOMES.

THIS IS A WORKING-CLASS

NIGHTMARE TOO.

SO MANY WORKING CLASS FAMILIES.

THEIR, WHAT YOU CAN CALL WEALTH,

WAS IN THEIR HOMES.

HOW ARE PEOPLE GOING TO REBUILD?

THEY DON'T HAVE FUNDS TO

EVEN JUST TO RELOCATE IS

TERRIBLE.

I HAVE MANY FRIENDS THAT LOST

THEIR HOMES AND IT HAPPENED LIKE

I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE

IT WAS PRETTY SCARY.

>> Bill: YOU'RE A STRATEGIST,

YOU SHOULD ANSWER THIS ONE.

THE FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING,

THIS IS GOING TO CHANGE.

I WAS TALKING TO RICK ABOUT IT.

WE'VE BEEN A ONE-PARTY STATE FOR

QUITE A WHILE NOW.

NOT THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD

REPUBLICANS IN THE PAST.

BUT FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS AT

LEAST.

IT'S JUST ONE PARTY.

WILL THIS CHANGE THAT?

I SEE THINGS THAT I NEVER SAW.

WE WILL SHOOT LOOTERS ON-SITE?

WHERE THE SIGN IT USED TO BE

"IN THIS HOUSE, WE BELIEVE."

THEY TOOK THAT ONE DOWN

AND PUT UP

"SHOOT LOOTERS ON-SITE" SIGN.

>> Larry: EVERYTHING IS

UPSIDE DOWN.

YOU HAVE BLACK PEOPLE

PEOPLE LOOKING AT THE

PALISADES, SAYING WHAT VERDICT

WERE THEY MAD ABOUT?

IT'S UPSIDE DOWN.

>> Erin: THERE'S AN

OPPORTUNITY NOW FOR A POLITICAL

SHIFT IN CALIFORNIA AND YOU'VE

BEEN SEEING IT A LITTLE BIT.

THIS NOVEMBER ELECTION WITH L.A.

DISTRICT ATTORNEY GASCON LOSING

TO NATHAN HOCHMAN WHO WAS AN

ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL UNDER

GEORGE W. BUSH.

YOU'VE SEEN WHERE PROGRESSIVE

POLICIES ARE BEING PUSHED AWAY

IN CALIFORNIA.

IN 2020, HOUSE REPUBLICANS,

CALIFORNIA AND NEW YORK ARE

CONSIDERED THE MAJORITY MAKERS.

IN THE HOUSE.

YOU PICK UP THOSE SEATS TO GET

YOU INTO THE SPEAKERSHIP.

CALIFORNIA IN 2020 REALLY HELPED

LEAD THE CHARGE TURNING SEATS TO

REPUBLICANS TO BRING IN A HOUSE

REPUBLICAN MAJORITY.

'22 WE SLIPPED A LITTLE BIT.

'24, THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO

STAY COMPETITIVE.

IF YOU LOOK AT A STATE LIKE

CALIFORNIA, PURELY POLITICALLY,

YOU'RE LOOKING AT A

45% DEMOCRAT REGISTRATION, 24%

REPUBLICAN REGISTRATION, AND

ABOUT 21% NO PARTY REGISTRATION.

YOU HAVE ABOUT AN 84%

REGISTRATION RATE IN THIS

BECAUSE OF THE POLITICAL

REALIGNMENT THAT YOU'VE SEEN IN

THE UNITED STATES OVER THE LAST

DECADE, DEMOCRATS HAVE BECOME

THE HIGHER PROPENSITY TURNOUT

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

IT MEANS IN AN OFF-CYCLE YEAR,

NONPRESIDENTIAL, MIDTERM YEARS,

YOUR SPECIAL ELECTIONS, RECALL

ELECTIONS, WHERE IT'S NOT A

LEARNED PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR.

MOST PEOPLE, IF THEY VOTE, THEY

WILL GENERALLY VOTE ONE OF FOUR.

THEY WILL VOTE IN A PRESIDENTIAL

THESE PEOPLE ARE MORE HARDWIRED

TO VOTE REGULARLY.

YOU ALREADY HAD A REGISTRATION

DEFICIT OF NEARLY TWO TO ONE

WITH REPUBLICANS.

EVEN IF YOU ADD IN THE

NONREGISTERED FOLKS, YOU'RE

GOING TO SEE THAT'S ALMOST

IDENTICAL TO DEMOCRAT

REGISTRATION IN THE STATE.

GETTING OUT A LOW PROPENSITY

VOTER, GIVES YOU, GENERALLY THE

NATIONAL ELECTION WITH

DONALD TRUMP, THAT WAS THE SHIFT

THEY WERE GOING AFTER LOW

PROPENSITY VOTERS, THOSE WHO

DON'T REGULARLY BEHAVE IN THAT

FASHION.

IN ORDER TO DO IN CALIFORNIA,

THAT YOU'VE GOT TO CATCH

POLITICAL LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE.

A CANDIDATE WITH MONEY WHO CAN

RAISE MONEY AND SOMEONE WHO CAN

TAKE THAT COALITION OF

REPUBLICANS, NONREGISTERED, AND

PULL FROM DEMOCRATS IF YOU WANT

TO BE A REPUBLICAN WHO WINS.

IT'S A COMPLETE PARTY

REALIGNMENT.

>> Bill: PEOPLE ARE PISSED.

THIS IS WHY WE NEED PEOPLE OTHER

THEY KNOW FACTS AND STUFF.

[APPLAUSE]

WE NEED THIS MIXTURE.

>> Larry: EVEN, KAREN BASS,

I HAVE

TO GIVE HER A LITTLE BIT OF

THE FIRST BLACK PERSON EVER TO

BE TOLD TO COME BACK FROM

AFRICA.

>> Bill: THAT'S A GREAT LINE.

THAT'S A GREAT LINE.

IF YOU'RE WATCHING THIS TONIGHT,

IT'S JANUARY 17TH.

YOU MAYBE WATCHING IT LATER

AND TRUMP IS ALREADY PRESIDENT.

IT SEEMS LIKE THE MOOD IS VERY

DIFFERENT THAN THE FIRST TIME.

THERE'S PEOPLE WHO ARE MAD THAT

ANYBODY IS WORKING WITH THEM.

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE MAD

THAT CARRIE UNDERWOOD IS SITTING

-- SINGING AT THE INAUGURATION.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE

APPLAUSE FOR CARRIE UNDERWOOD.

>> Erin: I DON'T KNOW WHY

EVERYBODY IS SO SHOCKED THAT A

COUNTRY MUSIC STAR IS SINGING

"GOD BLESS AMERICA"

AND THE PRESIDENTIAL

INAUGURATION.

DONALD TRUMP WON AND HE WON

THE FACT THAT HE WON THE FIRST

TIME MADE PEOPLE REALLY ANGRY.

THE SECOND TIME THEY ARE EVEN

MORE UPSET AND NOW YOU'RE NOT

CELEBRATE.

LET NORMAL BE NORMAL.

LET A COUNTRY MUSIC SINGER SING

AT THE INAUGURATION.

THAT'S NORMAL.

>> Bill: ANY SINGER.

I GET IT ABOUT DONALD TRUMP

AND THE THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE

I DON'T EITHER.

BUT YOU CAN'T HOLD THIS HOSTAGE

TO EVERY OTHER PART OF LIFE

WOULD BE MY VIEW.

THERE WAS A PICTURE OF HIM

AT JIMMY CARTER'S FUNERAL.

THERE IS TRUMP MAKING OBAMA

LAUGH.

I MEAN, A HATE CRIME!

[APPLAUSE]

>> Larry: I ONLY WANT THE

TRANSCRIPTS.

THAT'S ALL I WANT.

IN MY MIND, TRUMP WAS LIKE MAYBE

WHEN YOU SAID I HAD A SMALL

DICK, IT'S TRUE, IT'S TRUE.

>> Bill: I DON'T THINK HE SAID

>> Larry: AND THEN OBAMA IS

LIKE, I REALLY AM FROM KENYA.

>> Erin: CIVILITY ISN'T

WEAKNESS AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT

WE'VE ALL FORGOTTEN.

THERE'S ONLY FOUR LIVING PEOPLE

WHO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE TO

UNITED STATES.

BARACK OBAMA AND DONALD TRUMP

ARE TWO OF THOSE PEOPLE.

IF THEY CAN SIT NEXT TO EACH

OTHER, AFTER EVERYTHING THESE

TWO MEN HAVE SAID ABOUT EACH

OTHER.

>> Bill: LET'S NOT FORGET.

WHEN THEY LOSE.

TRUMP DIDN'T GO TO ANYBODY'S

>> Erin: NANCY PELOSI IS NOT

GOING TO HIS.

>> Bill: STILL HASN'T CONCEDED

THOSE ELECTIONS.

>> Erin: DONALD TRUMP DID

CONCEDE THE 2020 ELECTION.

>> Erin: HE DID.

FIND THE TAPE, 100%.

I KNOW FOR SURE.

>> Bill: WHERE IS THE TAPE?

WHERE IS IT?

WHERE IS IT?

WHERE IS IT?

>> Larry: HE DID NOT.

HE DID NOT CONCEDE IT.

>> Erin: HE SAID HE LOST,

HE DID.

>> Larry: HE CONCEDED HE WASN'T

PRESIDENT.

>> Erin: LISTEN,

I SAW.

HERE'S THE THING, WHY IS IT THAT

IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T WANT TO GO,

DONALD TRUMP DIDN'T WANT TO GO,

OKAY.

IF CARRIE UNDERWOOD DOES WANT TO

SING, IT'S THE SAME IDEA IN

REVERSE.

>> Larry: I HAVE TO DISAGREE.

IF YOU'RE THE FORMER PRESIDENT

YOU SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN

THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER.

[APPLAUSE]

IF NANCY PELOSI DOESN'T WANT TO

GO AT THIS POINT, THAT'S

DIFFERENT THAN THE PRESIDENT.

IT'S THE LEAST YOU CAN DO.

AS THE EX-PRESIDENT, THAT'S THE

LEAST YOU CAN DO IS SHOW UP FOR

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

>> Erin: IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE

ALL GOING TO BE THERE THIS TIME.

>> Larry: YES, THE OTHER SIDE,

EXACTLY.

OF COURSE TRUMP IS GOING TO BE

HE WON.

>> Bill: THEY WERE AT

JIMMY CARTER'S FUNERAL AND WHEN

JIMMY CARTER, AND I REMEMBER

FROM WHEN HE WAS PRESIDENT, THE

THING ABOUT HIM WAS,

HE DID NOT PLAY.

HE DIDN'T PLAY THE GAME.

HE WAS TRULY AN OUTSIDER.

I THOUGHT, TRUMP IS THE ONLY GUY

SINCE WHO'S KIND OF THE SAME

WAY.

LIKE, I DIDN'T COME HERE TO MAKE

FRIENDS.

THAT WAS JIMMY CARTER'S MANTRA.

AND BY THE WAY, IT WORKED.

NOBODY LIKED HIM.

I THOUGHT HE WAS QUITE THE GOOD

PRESIDENT.

TRUMP IS SIMILAR IN THAT WAY

TOO.

TRUMP IS KIND OF ANTIWAR.

HE WANTS TO GET OUT OF WARS,

WHICH IS SORT OF A SWITCH FROM

WHAT WE USED TO THINK OF.

WE WOULD THINK REPUBLICANS WERE

THE HAWKS.

>> Larry: JIMMY CARTER, HE WAS

A MICROMANAGER, HE WANTED TO DO

EVERYTHING.

TRUMP'S PROBLEM IS HE WANTS TO

GET CREDIT FOR EVERYTHING.

THE YIN AND THE YANG.

THE QUALITY YOU TALK ABOUT TRUMP

IS THE REASON WHY HIS WIN

ENCOMPASSES SO MANY DIFFERENT

PEOPLE.

HE'S NOT AN IDEOLOGUE.

HE'S MORE OF A FIGUREHEAD

FOR A MOVEMENT.

THAT TYPE OF THING.

I THINK THAT'S WHY IT EASIER FOR

PEOPLE WHO DON'T NECESSARILY

HAVE AN IDEOLOGY OR IN THE

MIDDLE SAY YEAH, I LIKE WITH

THAT GUY SAYS.

>> Erin: THE IDEOLOGICAL

REALIGNMENT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

TRUMP HAS BROUGHT IN MORE LOW

PROPENSITY VOTERS AND YOU'RE

TALKING ABOUT THE SIMILARITIES

OF JIMMY CARTER AND HOW THEY

HAVE THIS MENTALITY OF, I'M NOT

IN THIS TO MAKE FRIENDS.

THEY ARE ALSO MORE LIKELY AT

THIS POINT TO REPRESENT THE SAME

KIND OF VOTERS BECAUSE OF THE

POLITICAL REALIGNMENT THAN

BECAUSE OF THE SHIFT IN THE

DEMOCRATIC PARTY NOW TO MORE

ELITES AND THE REPUBLICANS TO

MORE THE BLUE-COLLAR WORKING

CLASS VOTER, THAT COMPARISON IS

A FAIR ONE, GIVEN THE

IDEOLOGICAL BREAKDOWN OF THE

>> Bill: I FIND IT SO

INTERESTING, FOR MOST PEOPLE'S

LIVES, MOST OF US, NOT ALL AND

NOT EVERY TIME, WHEN WE CHANGE

PRESIDENCIES, YOU MIGHT NOT EVEN

KNOW IT.

YET PERCEPTION, WE ARE IN SUCH A

STATE OF ANXIETY THAT WHEN IT'S

THE REPUBLICAN, EVERYTHING IS

DIFFERENT AND VICE VERSA.

I KNOW WHEN BIDEN, AND BEFORE

THAT, OBAMA WAS PRESIDENT,

ALL THE RIGHT-WING SITES

WOULD SELL SURVIVAL PRODUCTS,

SURVIVAL PRODUCTS,

LIKE PREPPER SEEDS,

AND EMERGENCY FOOD.

BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO

RAT FUCK THE UNIVERSE SO BADLY

THAT YOU NEEDED TACTICAL VESTS

AND GAS MASKS.

NOW THAT THE SHOE IS ON THE

OTHER FOOT, LIBERALS ARE DOING

THIS.

I SAW THIS ARTICLE.

THERE IT IS.

SHOULD YOU BE PREPPING FOR

WITH THE LIBERAL PREPPER KIT IS

A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE WHAT'S IN

THE LIBERAL KIT?

I THOUGHT YOU WOULD.

FOR EXAMPLE, YOU HAVE ALL-GENDER

TAMPONS.

THERE'S A CAMOUFLAGE

NPR TOTE BAG.

YOU HAVE PREPPER SEEDS

THAT COME IN INDICA AND SATIVA.

THAT'S IMPORTANT.

DEHYDRATED CHARDONNAY.

YES, THAT I THINK IS VERY --

YOU HAVE AN SOS BEACON THAT

FLASHES IN MORSE CODE

"WE ARE LOW-KEY LOST."

OH, A MASK FOR WHEN YOU'RE BY

YOURSELF ALONE IN THE MIDDLE

OF THE WOODS.

WILL

OF COURSE, YOU GOTTA HAVE

TOILET PAPER WITH TRUMP'S FACE

ON IT.

[LAUGHTER]

GAYDAR.

[LAUGHTER]

OH, IMPORTANT.

A SATELLITE PHONE ON YOUR

PARENTS' PHONE PLAN.

AND OF COURSE A PORTABLE

AM RADIO SO YOUR NANNY

CAN LISTEN TO THE MEXICAN

STATIONS.

ALL RIGHT.

SO JOE BIDEN IS LEAVING OFFICE.

HE GAVE HIS FAREWELL SPEECH.

I THOUGHT IT WAS AN INTERESTING

THEME AND I THOUGHT IT WAS THE

RIGHT ONE.

HE HEARKENED BACK TO EISENHOWER

WHO VERY FAMOUSLY WHEN HE WAS

JOHN F. KENNEDY CAME IN, WARNED

ABOUT THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL

COMPLEX.

THAT'S A LONG TIME AGO, AND WE

STILL HAVEN'T LISTENED, BECAUSE

THAT ONLY GETS WORSE.

BUT BIDEN'S THING WAS THE TECH

INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX.

NOW WE'VE GOT TWO INDUSTRIAL

COMPLEXES, AND I COULD ADD THE

PHARMACEUTICAL, MEDICAL ONE.

OH, WE'RE LOUSY WITH COMPLEXES.

BUT BIDEN SAID TODAY AN

OLIGARCHY IS TAKING SHAPE OF

EXTREME WEALTH, POWER, AND

INFLUENCE THAT LITERALLY

THREATENS OUR ENTIRE DEMOCRACY.

BASIC RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS AND A

FAIR SHOT FOR EVERYONE TO GET

AHEAD.

OBVIOUSLY WE'VE SEEN --

WE ARE ABOUT TO SEE IT AT THE

INAUGURATION: BEZOS, MUSK, AND

ZUCKERBERG ARE ALL ON THE DAIS.

>> Larry: TIM COOK I THINK TOO.

>> Bill: AND THE GUY FROM

TIKTOK.

WE'LL GET TO THAT.

THESE ARE ALL THE MOST POWERFUL

MEN IN THE WORLD BECAUSE WE

WANT TO STICK IT TO THE

I DON'T THINK JOE BIDEN IS

WRONG.

HE TALKED ABOUT BACK IN THE DAY,

100 YEARS AGO, I REMEMBER

READING JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER AT

ONE POINT WAS WORTH 2% OF GDP IN

THIS COUNTRY, AND THEY DID

SOMETHING ABOUT IT,

THEY DID, THEY CREATED ANTITRUST

AND THEY BROKE UP STANDARD OIL.

I DON'T SEE US DOING THAT WITH

THIS GROUP.

SHOULD WE?

>> Erin: THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A

LARGE CONVERSATION AROUND,

ESPECIALLY ON CAPITOL HILL,

REGULATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA

COMPANIES AND HOW YOU'RE GOING

TO DO THAT IN ORDER TO NOT STEP

ON THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

BUT I FIND IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR

JOE BIDEN TO CREDIBLY HOLD

ARGUMENT ABOUT THE TECH

INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX WHEN IT HAS

SO SERVED DEMOCRATS UP UNTIL

THIS POINT.

HE TALKS ABOUT THE FACT THAT

THERE IS EXTREME WEALTH AND THAT

THIS NEEDS TO BE BROKEN UP.

DEMOCRATS DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM

WITH THAT EXTREME WEALTH WHEN

$1 BILLION WAS RAISED BY

KAMALA HARRIS IN UNDER 100 DAYS

TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO FUEL HER TO

THE PRESIDENCY.

NOBODY MINDED EXTREME WEALTH

THEY DIDN'T MIND EXTREME POWER

WHEN JOE BIDEN WAS ABLE TO

UNILATERALLY PARDON HIS SON FOR

OVER A DECADE OF ALLEGED OR

CONVICTED CRIMES.

AND THEY DIDN'T MIND EXTREME

INFLUENCE WHEN BOTH THE BIDEN

WHITE HOUSE AND THE BIDEN

CAMPAIGN WERE PRESSURING THESE

SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES TO

SUPPRESS CONVERSATIONS, STORIES,

THE HUNTER BIDEN LAPTOP STORY,

PEOPLE PUSHING BACK ON COVID

THAT THEY DIDN'T LIKE.

WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION ON

THE OVERALL MERITS OF REGULATION

WHEN IT COMES TO SOCIAL MEDIA

COMPANIES AND THE UBER WEALTHY,

IF YOU WANT TO, BUT JOE BIDEN

TO CARRY THAT ARGUMENT.

>> Larry: A DISTINCTION WOULD

BE THAT KAMALA, IT TOOK

A BILLION PEOPLE TO GIVE HER

I'M BEING FACETIOUS, OF COURSE.

BUT FOR TRUMP, IT TOOK ONE GUY

TO GIVE HIM A LOT OF MONEY.

NOW HE HAS A LOT OF INFLUENCE.

ELON MUSK.

THAT WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT

OF MONEY THAT HE, THEN, AS THE

STOCK WENT UP, HE REALIZED

TENFOLD.

HE PROFITED OFF OF THAT.

BUT THIS PERSON HAS INFLUENCE ON

A LOT OF PEOPLE.

I MEAN, IT IS KIND OF --

I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING WHERE

IT'S KIND OF RIDICULOUS FOR US

TO NOW THINK PEOPLE WITH POWER

AND MONEY MAY HAVE UNDUE

INFLUENCE?

WHOA, WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE.

MORE CONCERN IS THAT IT'S IN THE

HANDS OF A FEW PEOPLE THAT HAVE

DIRECT INFLUENCE, IT SEEMS LIKE

EVEN MORE NOW THAN EVER.

>> Bill: WE DON'T KNOW HOW

MUCH MONEY THEY HAVE BECAUSE OF

THE CITIZENS UNITED RULING IN

2010, WHEN OBAMA WAS AT THE

STATE OF THE UNION AND SAID

"THERE'S AN UNDUE INFLUENCE."

AND ALITO WAS IN --

NO, NO.

>> Erin: JOE BIDEN RECEIVED

THE MOST MONEY IN HISTORY

IN THIS ELECTION CYCLE.

YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY REPUBLICANS

ARE FED UP AND VOTERS ARE FED

UP?

THEY ARE LIKE WAIT, IT'S OKAY

FOR YOU BUT NOT FOR ME?

IT'S A JOKE.

>> Bill: MONEY DOESN'T EVEN

MATTER THAT MUCH ANYMORE.

>> Erin: IT DOES.

>> Bill: YOU NEED SOME MONEY.

TRUMP WAS OUTSPENT BOTH TIMES.

AND HE WON.

>> Erin: IT'S VERY TRUE, BUT

MONEY MAKES IT EASIER TO GET

YOUR MESSAGE OUT IN POLITICS.

TELEVISION ADS MATTER.

AS MUCH AS VOTERS SAY THEY DON'T

LIKE NEGATIVE ADS, IT MOTIVATES

PEOPLE THE MOST.

YOU NEED THE MONEY.

TO GET THAT MESSAGE OUT.

>> Bill: I TAKE YOUR POINT

ABOUT FREE SPEECH.

ZUCKERBERG, THE CYNICAL PEOPLE

ARE SAYING, MAYBE THEY ARE

ON FREE SPEECH.

TO BE CYNICAL ABOUT IT.

ABOUT ZUCKERBERG.

>> Erin: THERE'S NO REASON ALL

OF A SUDDEN WE SHOULD THINK HE'S

THIS GRAND PROTECTOR OF THE

FIRST AMENDMENT AND THIS TRUTH

SEEKER WHEN HE HAS A LONG

HISTORY OF, AGAIN, SUPPRESSING

REPUBLICANS AND TRYING TO BE THE

ARBITER OF TRUTH.

>> Bill: HE SAID, HE'S TALKING

ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED WHEN BIDEN

WAS PRESIDENT.

HE SAID "THEY WOULD CALL US AND

SCREAM AT US TO TAKE DOWN TRUE

INFORMATION."

HE SAID "THEY PUSHED US AND SAID

ANYTHING THAT SAYS VACCINES

MIGHT HAVE SIDE EFFECTS," WHICH

IS NOT EVEN CONTROVERSIAL.

EVERYTHING HAS SIDE EFFECTS.

"YOU BASICALLY NEED TO TAKE IT

DOWN."

IT'S POSSIBLE I THINK, HE'S A

FAIRLY YOUNG GUY AND HE GOT

TAKEN THE FIRST TIME AROUND AND

HE'S LIKE, BECAUSE I THINK HIS

BASIC INSTINCT TO BEGIN WITH WAS

A FREE-SPEECH GUY.

NOW HE'S LIKE, "YEAH, YOU KNOW

WHAT?

I SHOULD HAVE GONE WITH MY GUT."

>> Larry: HE PROBABLY GETS

PRESSURE FROM THE PEOPLE HE

FEELS HE'S ALIGNED WITH.

I DON'T KNOW WHY PEOPLE ARE

BELIEVING ANYTHING ON FACEBOOK

HONESTLY.

I THINK THE THING THAT SHOULD

PROTECT US FROM DISINFORMATION

AND MISINFORMATION ON

SOCIAL MEDIA SHOULD BE OUR

BRAINS AND OUR COMMON SENSE.

THAT SHOULD BE THE THING.

>> Bill: GOOD LUCK WITH THAT,

LARRY.

>> Erin: A LITTLE BIT, THAT'S

WHAT X IS TRYING TO DO WITH

COMMUNITY NOTES.

THEY ARE TRYING TO SAY, INSTEAD

OF SOMEBODY ELSE DECIDING WHAT

THE TRUTH IS ON SOMETHING,

WE CAN ALL COME TOGETHER AS A

COMMUNITY AND BE ABLE TO PUT

FORWARD THE FACTS TO GET

SOMETHING CHANGED TOGETHER

INSTEAD OF ONE PERSON BEING THE

ARBITER.

A GOOD EXAMPLE WAS THIS WEEK ON

TWITTER, X, SORRY, A

BUFFALO BILLS PLAYER APPARENTLY

THERE WAS A TWEET THAT SAID HE

WAS TRASH TALKING LAMAR JACKSON

AHEAD OF OUR PLAYOFF GAME THIS

WEEKEND.

IF ANYBODY HAS SEEN MATT MILANO,

THE MAN HAS BARELY SAID THREE

WORDS TO A REPORTER IN HIS

ENTIRE CAREER.

BILLS MAFIA PUT A NOTE ON IT.

>> Bill: WHERE ELON DOESN'T

HAVE A LEG TO STAND, HE DOES THE

SAME THING.

SOMEBODY SAYS SOMETHING HE

DOESN'T LIKE.

THAT THING WITH DON LEMON.

DON LIMITED WAS QUESTIONING.

GOODBYE.

HERE'S THE THING THAT ZUCKERBERG

AND THE PEOPLE IN HIS CAMP ARE

GOING TO HAVE TO ANSWER FOR

MORE.

HE WAS TALKING THIS WEEK ABOUT

HOW, HE SAID "SOON AI CAN DO THE

JOB OF MOST MID-LEVEL CODERS."

KIND OF BRAGGING ABOUT THIS.

MY QUESTION IS, AND THEN WHAT

JOB DO MOST MID-LEVEL CODERS DO?

I ALSO SAW THE GUY FROM NVIDIA,

THE COMPANY THAT MAKES ALL THE

CHIPS THAT GO INTO MAKING AI

WORK.

BASICALLY THE SAME THING,

BRAGGING THAT AI CAN DO THIS JOB

AND THIS JOB AND THIS JOB.

BILL WHITAKER SAID THE RIGHT

QUESTION, OF COURSE, WHAT ARE

THESE PEOPLE GOING TO DO?

AND A TOTAL BULLSHIT ANSWER.

"I THINK THIS IS REALLY GOING TO

CREATE MORE JOBS."

NO, IT'S NOT.

YOU'RE DOING IT BECAUSE YOU WANT

TO DO IT.

I DON'T THINK THESE GUYS ARE IN

THEY HAVE MORE MONEY THEY COULD

IT'S JUST FUN, IT'S FUN TO PUSH

THE BOUNDARIES IN THE FIELD THAT

YOU'RE GOOD AT, BUT THEY DON'T

GIVE A FUCK WHAT THE

REPERCUSSIONS OF AI TAKING

EVERYBODY'S JOB.

[APPLAUSE]

>> Larry: IT'S ALMOST LIKE

THEY ARE MAKING THE MIGRANT

"AI IS JUST TAKING THE JOBS

COLLEGE GRADUATES DON'T WANT TO

DO."

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

PEOPLE WANT TO BE ENGINEERS.

THESE ARE FIELDS PEOPLE HAVE

ABILITIES IN.

A LOT OF GENIUS ABOUT HOW TO DO

THINGS COME FROM THE WAY PEOPLE

THINK DIFFERENTLY AND ALL THAT

STUFF.

AI TAKES OVER THAT, THAT'S A

WHOLE SWATH OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR

PEOPLE TO BE CREATIVE ABOUT THE

FUTURE THAT GOES AWAY.

>> Bill: DO YOU THINK THEY'RE

TRYING --

[LAUGHTER]

>> Larry: THANK YOU.

I DO WHAT I CAN.

>> Bill: DO YOU THINK THEY

WANT TO GET RID OF TIKTOK?

AS OF NOW, THIS IS FRIDAY,

JANUARY 17, AS OF NOW TIKTOK WAS

-- GOES AWAY ON SUNDAY.

THE KIDS ARE GOING TO FREAK OUT.

TRUMP.

LET'S PUT THIS ON THE TABLE.

TRUMP USED TO BE ON THIS PAGE.

LET'S GET RID OF TIKTOK.

THEN A BIG DONOR FROM TIKTOK

CAME ALONG AND GAVE A LOT OF

MONEY TO DONALD TRUMP AND

SUDDENLY, COINCIDENTALLY,

I'M SURE.

>> Larry: ALSO INFLUENCERS ON

TIKTOK ALSO SUPPORTED TRUMP.

SO HE GOT LOVE FROM TIKTOK.

>> Bill: SO NOW HE MIGHT SAVE

TIKTOK AND THEN BE A HERO TO THE

HE JUST LUCKS INTO EVERYTHING.

>> Erin: FOR REPUBLICANS AND

FOR CONGRESS, WHEN THEY PASSED

THE TIKTOK BAN LEGISLATION,

IT WASN'T ABOUT BANNING TIKTOK.

THAT WAS NEVER THE GOAL.

THE GOAL WAS TO GET THE CHINESE

INVESTMENT THAT IS TIED TO THE

CCP OUT OF THE BUSINESS BECAUSE

THEY DIDN'T WANT ANY OF TIKTOK

HAVING TO REPORT OR HAVE ACCESS

TO THE INSIDE OF AMERICANS'

CELL PHONES.

THE FACT THAT HE IS SAYING HE

MIGHT SAVE TIKTOK, IT'S BECAUSE

HE'S GOING TO GET ANOTHER

INVESTOR TO COME IN POSSIBLY AN

BUY IT.

I HEARD KEVIN O'LEARY PUT IN A

$20 BILLION BID.

KEVIN O'LEARY FROM SHARK TANK.

>> Erin: YES.

HE DOESN'T WANT TO END TIKTOK.

>> Bill: YOU MAKE THAT KIND OF

MONEY ON "SHARK TANK"?

I'M ON THE WRONG KIND OF SHOW.

WHAT DID HE MAKE HIS MONEY IN?

HE'S GOT 20 BILLION?

>> Erin: OR HE'S PUT TOGETHER

A TEAM.

I THINK IT'S AN INVESTMENT

GROUP.

IT'S NEVER BEEN ABOUT BANNING

THE APP.

IT'S ABOUT GETTING CHINESE

INFLUENCE OUT OF AMERICANS'

CELL PHONES.

>> Larry: THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE

THE CELL PHONES?

WE WANT TO GET THEM?

>> Erin: YEAH.

OH, YEAH.

IF YOU TAKE ONE OPPORTUNITY

AWAY.

IT'S BETTER THAN LEAVING ALL THE

OPPORTUNITIES ON THE TABLE.

>> Bill: I UNDERSTAND THAT.

WE'VE RUN OUT OF TIME.

I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE PEACE

PLAN THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING

INTO EFFECT, WHICH IS A GREAT

THE KIDS HAVE BEEN INDOCTRINATED

BY TIKTOK INTO, IN MY VIEW,

THINKING THE WRONG WAY OR

CERTAINLY IN A SHALLOW WAY ABOUT

THE PALESTINIAN CONFLICT.

BUT I THINK THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN

THINKING THAT ANYWAY.

I DON'T THINK THEY NEEDED THE

CHINESE TO MAKE THEM STUPID.

I DON'T THINK THE CHINESE ARE

UPSET ABOUT THEM BEING STUPID

BUT I DON'T THINK THEY NEED

THEIR HELP.

ANYWAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE GOT TO GO TO "NEW RULES."

[APPLAUSE]

OKAY!

NEW RULE: REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMEN

HAVE TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION:

DO YOU REALLY NOT KNOW HOW

TO SPELL "MILITARY"?

[LAUGHTER]

OR DOES YOUR STAFF JUST

ALL HATE YOU?

OR IS YOUR STAFF MADE UP OF

INCOMPETENT GEN Z POST-GRADS

WHO LEARNED NOTHING IN COLLEGE?

[APPLAUSE]

I'M KIDDING.

THE ANSWER IS D,

"ALL OF THE ABOVE."

NEW RULE:

I'VE GOT A LOT ON MY PLATE.

STOP TRYING TO MAKE ME CARE

ABOUT BLAKE LIVELY.

SHE MADE A MOVIE I DIDN'T SEE

WITH A GUY I NEVER HEARD OF

AND SHE SAYS HE'S MEAN

AND HE SAYS SHE'S MEAN.

IF I WANTED TO TUNE OUT

WHILE YOU TALK ABOUT SOMEONE

I'D GET MARRIED.

HERE'S THE ONLY THING I THINK

WHEN I HEAR "JUSTIN BALDONI."

ISN'T HE THE GUY WHO SHOT

THE HEALTH INSURANCE GUY?

NEW RULE: YOU HAVE TO ADMIT

THAT, OF ALL THE THOUSANDS OF

PHOTOS OF JOE BIDEN TAKEN OVER

HIS FOUR YEARS IN OFFICE,

NONE CAPTURES THE ESSENCE OF

HIS PRESIDENCY AND THE BURDEN OF

OFFICE MORE THAN THIS ONE

ENTITLED...

"WHY DID I COME IN HERE AGAIN?"

[APPLAUSE]

NEW RULE: NOW THAT STARBUCKS

HAS CHANGED ITS POLICY TO

REQUIRE ALL PATRONS TO BUY

SOMETHING IN ORDER TO STAY

IN THE SHOP, THEY HAVE TO

EXPLAIN WHY THAT WASN'T

THE POLICY TO BEGIN WITH.

WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?

WHERE THEY SIT AROUND IN CAFES

FOR HOURS HAVING INTERESTING

CONVERSATIONS?

THIS IS AMERICA, WHERE WE REFUEL

AND HEAD STRAIGHT BACK TO THE

MACHINE.

[APPLAUSE]

THERE'S NO CAFE CULTURE HERE.

YOU'RE LUCKY IF WE GET OUT OF

THE CAR.

NEW RULE: THE FRENCH WOMAN

WHO WAS SCAMMED BY SOMEONE

WHO USED...

[LAUGHTER]

WHO USED AI TO CONVINCE HER

THAT BRAD PITT WAS IN LOVE

WITH HER BUT THAT BRAD NEEDED

MONEY FOR KIDNEY SURGERY BECAUSE

ANGELINA HAD FROZEN ALL OF HIS

ASSETS, SO SHE GAVE HIM --

[APPLAUSE]

SO SHE GAVE HIM $850,000

AND DIVORCED HER HUSBAND.

THIS LADY MUST NOW BE SET UP ON

A DATE WITH THE REAL BRAD PITT.

NOW, I KNOW THAT MIGHT BE

DIFFICULT, BUT I THINK WITH THE

CONNECTIONS IN THE BUSINESS

I DO HAVE AND WITH A LITTLE

FUNDING, I CAN GET IT DONE,

SO WHAT I'M GOING TO NEED

FROM YOU IS A WIRE TRANSFER FOR

$850,000.

THAT WILL GET ME STARTED.

AND FINALLY, NEW RULE...

WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO MUCH

ABOUT THE WEATHER, BUT WE DO

NEED A BETTER PLAN FOR

PUTTING OUT A BURNING CITY

THAN WAITING FOR RAIN.

AMERICA IS SO PARTISAN NOW THAT

EVEN WHEN THERE'S A DISASTER

OF ANY KIND, SO MANY PEOPLE

CHOOSE TO DEFEND THEIR OWN TEAM

EVEN OVER DEATH.

A LOT OF DEMOCRATS IN THIS

ONE-PARTY STATE THIS WEEK

WENT RIGHT TO "DON'T BLAME

POLITICIANS, YOU CAN'T DO

ANYTHING ABOUT THE WIND."

WHICH IS EXACTLY HALF TRUE.

THE WIND PART.

YES, FIRE IS A TOUGH FIGHT

OUT HERE, AND YES,

GLOBAL WARMING ABSOLUTELY

MAKES IT WORSE.

BUT THAT'S LARGELY OUT OF OUR

CONTROL.

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?

PASS A BALLOT MEASURE

TO MAKE SURE THE CHINESE STOP

BURNING COAL?

IT'S ALSO, YES, UNDENIABLY TRUE

THAT L.A. IS BUILT IN A STUPID

PLACE TO BUILD A CITY,

BUT WHEN IT'S NOT ON FIRE,

IT'S REALLY QUITE LOVELY.

AND IT'S MY HOME.

AND STUPID AS ITS ORIGIN MAY BE,

IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

AXIOS RAN A STORY ON HOW GETTING

THE WATER OUT OF THE HYDRANTS

IN PACIFIC PALISADES WAS MORE

COMPLICATED THAN IT SEEMS.

I'M SURE IT IS.

I'M SURE IT'S VERY COMPLICATED.

THAT'S WHY I PAY 13% OF MY

INCOME IN THIS STATE EVERY YEAR

TO PEOPLE WHO I ASSUMED WERE

WORKING ON THINGS LIKE THIS.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

WHEN ASKED WHY SO MANY OF THE

HYDRANTS IN THE PALISADES

RAN OUT OF WATER,

GOVERNOR NEWSOM SAID,

"THE LOCAL FOLKS ARE TRYING TO

FIGURE THAT OUT."

YEAH, YOU GOTTA DO THAT BEFORE

THE FIRE.

[APPLAUSE]

AT LEAST IN THE PALISADES,

THE HYDRANTS WERE STILL THERE.

300 OTHER ONES AROUND THE CITY

ARE JUST GONE, STOLEN FOR PARTS.

ONE OF THE THREE RESERVOIRS

FOR THE PALISADES WAS OFFLINE

AT THE ONE TIME OF YEAR WHEN

IT WAS MOST NEEDED.

L.A.'S MAYOR, KAREN BASS,

THE NERO OF AMERICAN POLITICS,

WAS FIDDLING IN GHANA WHILE THE

CITY BURNED AND LATER PLACED

THE BLAME ON "EIGHT MONTHS OF

NEGLIGIBLE RAIN AND WINDS

THAT HAVE NOT BEEN SEEN IN L.A.

IN AT LEAST 14 YEARS."

YEAH, THAT'S NOT THAT LONG

A TIME.

MAYBE LOOK IN THE HISTORY BOOKS

TO SEE HOW OUR ANCESTORS

HANDLED IT BACK IN 2011.

THE MAYOR SAID ABOUT CUTS TO THE

FIRE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET,

"THERE WERE NO REDUCTIONS THAT

WERE MADE THAT WOULD HAVE

IMPACTED THE SITUATION."

THE FIRE CHIEF HERE HAD

A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TAKE.

SHE SAID "WE ARE SCREAMING TO BE

PROPERLY FUNDED,"

AND "YES, THE BUDGET WAS CUT

AND IT DID IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO

PROVIDE SERVICE."

AND BY THE LOOKS OF ALL THE

FIRE ENGINES IN THE BONEYARD

OUT OF SERVICE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T

FIX THEM, SHE'S RIGHT.

[APPLAUSE]

EXPOSED POWER LINES KEEP CAUSING

FIRES AND KEEP NOT GETTING

BURIED UNDERGROUND.

BECAUSE IT'S EXPENSIVE.

I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY,

"DO YOU WANT TO PAY MORE TAXES

TO FUND THIS?"

NO, I WANT YOU TO USE THE

EXORBITANT TAXES YOU ALREADY

COLLECT TO PRIORITIZE IT.

[APPLAUSE]

THE POWER LINES THAT CUT THROUGH

TOPANGA WEREN'T UPGRADED BECAUSE

IT ENDANGERED AN HERB,

THE MILK VETCH, WHICH SOUNDS

LIKE SOMETHING THEY SERVE AT

PASSOVER.

I MEAN, TALK ABOUT NOT SEEING

THE FOREST FOR THE TREES.

YOU KNOW WHAT THE ABSOLUTE WORST

THING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT IS?

WILDFIRES!

A 2022 STUDY FOUND THAT THE

SMOKE FROM JUST THE TWO IN 2020

WIPED OUT 18 YEARS OF CARBON

REDUCTION IN THE STATE,

WHICH MEANS WE SUFFERED THE PAIN

OF DRIVING THOSE EARLY MODEL

PRIUSES FOR NOTHING.

CALIFORNIA IS THE PLACE

THAT SPENDS MONEY AND GETS

NOTHING, WHICH IS WHY YOU MAY

HAVE NOTICED WHEN THE FIRES

BROKE OUT, NO ONE ESCAPED BY

HIGH-SPEED RAIL.

WE HAVE THE HIGHEST MARGINAL

TAX RATE IN AMERICA, HIGHER THAN

ALMOST ALL OTHER STATES,

AND SOON GREENLAND.

WHAT IS INCLUDED FOR THAT?

BREADSTICKS?

BECAUSE IT CLEARLY

DOESN'T COVER FIRE.

THAT'S GOVERNMENT'S JOB:

PROTECT US FROM CRIME,

VIOLENCE, THEFT, FIRE.

I'M NOT SAYING ALABAMA WOULD

HAVE DONE BETTER WITH FIRES BY

FIGHTING THEM WITH PRAYER

IN SCHOOL,

BUT LOOK ME IN THE EYE

AND TELL ME ANYONE COULD

WE JUST GOT OUR ASS KICKED

BY FIRE, SOMETHING NEANDERTHALS

FOUGHT TO A TIE.

THE GOOD NEWS IS, OUR FIRE CHIEF

IS A LESBIAN.

AM I AGAINST A LESBIAN

OF COURSE NOT.

DO I THINK A LESBIAN

OF COURSE I DO.

AND MAYBE SHE'S THE BEST PERSON

FOR THE JOB, OR MAYBE THEY

REALLY WANTED A LESBIAN IN THAT

JOB AND SHE'S JUST THE BEST

LESBIAN FOR THE JOB,

AND WITH ESSENTIAL SERVICES,

THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

CROWLEY'S OFFICIAL BIO SAYS

"CHIEF CROWLEY LEADS A DIVERSE

DEPARTMENT.

CREATING, SUPPORTING AND

PROMOTING A CULTURE THAT VALUES

DIVERSITY, INCLUSION AND EQUITY

WHILE STRIVING TO MEET

AND EXCEED THE EXPECTATIONS OF

THE COMMUNITIES."

WELL, YOU DIDN'T EXCEED

MY EXPECTATIONS.

WHICH WAS THAT THE WHOLE CITY

BUT IT'S TELLING THAT

DIVERSITY IS MENTIONED TWICE

BEFORE WE GET TO "WHILE."

"WHILE" STRIVING TO MEET

EXPECTATIONS.

NOW, CAN YOU DO TWO THINGS

AT ONCE?

YES, BUT IT MATTERS

WHERE YOUR HEAD IS.

DEPUTY CHIEF KRISTINE LARSON

SAID THIS.

>> YOU WANT TO SEE SOMEBODY THAT

RESPONDS TO YOUR HOUSE,

YOUR EMERGENCY,

WHETHER IT'S A MEDICAL CALL OR A

FIRE CALL, THAT LOOKS LIKE YOU.

>> Bill: WHICH WOULD SOUND

KIND OF RACIST IF A SOUTHERN

SHERIFF SAID IT.

SO...

WE SHOULD BE SENDING WHITE

FIREFIGHTERS TO WHITE HOUSES

AND BLACK ONES TO...

WHO TEACHES PEOPLE THIS

BULLSHIT?

NO ONE CARES WHAT SOMEONE

LOOKS LIKE WHEN THEY'RE

PULLING YOU OUT OF A BURNING

HOUSE.

[APPLAUSE]

LARSON ALSO SEEMS TO BELIEVE

THAT IF A FEMALE FIREFIGHTER

CAN'T PICK UP A MAN,

IT'S HIS FAULT.

SHE SAID, "HE GOT HIMSELF

INTO THE WRONG PLACE IF I HAVE

TO CARRY HIM OUT OF A FIRE."

WELL, TELL THAT TO THESE GUYS.

'CAUSE WHO PAYS THE HIGHEST

PRICE WHEN POLITICIANS DON'T

PRIORITIZE BASIC SERVICES?

THE FIRST RESPONDERS,

OUR HEROES, WHO EVERY TIME,

GO ABOVE AND BEYOND,

BECAUSE WE LEAVE IT ALL

TO THEM.

NOW, IS WOKENESS THE MAIN REASON

OF COURSE NOT.

BUT IT'S ALSO NOT WRONG

TO ASSOCIATE SOME OF THE

UNFORCED ERRORS OUR GOVERNMENT

MADE WITH THE THINGS NORMIES

SEE AS HALLMARKS OF

UBER-PROGRESSIVE POLITICS:

QUESTIONABLE BUDGET PRIORITIES,

HIGH TAXES THAT GET YOU NOTHING,

MAKING EVERYTHING ABOUT IDENTITY

POLITICS, VIRTUE-SIGNALING

OVERSEAS INSTEAD OF TENDING TO

THE NUTS AND BOLTS AT HOME.

CALI HAS NO SHORTAGE OF SAFETY

COMMISSIONS AND AGENCIES AND

BUREAUCRATS AND REGULATORS, AND,

OF COURSE, SIGN LANGUAGE

INTERPRETERS WHO COMMUNICATE

WITH THEIR FACE.

[APPLAUSE]

BUT COMMON SENSE?

WE BETTER GET SOME OF THAT BACK

SOON, BECAUSE WILDFIRES IN

CALIFORNIA ARE LIKE BOOB JOBS

IN A STRIP CLUB.

INEVITABLE, AND THEY'RE ONLY

GOING TO GET BIGGER.

ALL RIGHT, THAT'S OUR SHOW.

MY SPECIAL "IS ANYONE ELSE

SEEING THIS,"

YOU'VE GOT TO SEE IT.

IT'S ON HBO AND STREAMING ON

I WANNA THANK

LARRY WILMORE, ERIN PERRINE,

AND RICK CARUSO.

NOW GO WATCH "OVERTIME"

ON YOUTUBE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH,

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

♪ ♪