John & Ken Show Hour 1 (08/18)
The John Kobylt Show
Premiere Networks
4.3 • 799 Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2023
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
John is solo today. Steve Gregory comes on the show for a live report from Maui on the aftermath of the wildfires that devastated the island. Assemblyman Vince Fong comes on the show to talk about Newsom’s new announcement regarding CHP involvement in enforcing the law after all these smash and grabs. More on the Hawaii fires.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:04.7 | KFI, AM 640. |
| 0:06.5 | You're listening to the John and Ken show On Demand on the IHeart Radio app. |
| 0:12.7 | Ken is away today. |
| 0:14.8 | And let's plunge right in. |
| 0:17.2 | Steve Gregory has been in Maui all week. |
| 0:19.7 | Today's his final day reporting on the aftermath of a horrific fire. |
| 0:24.3 | They killed over 100 people. |
| 0:26.6 | One of the stories today is the head of the Maui Emergency Management Agency resigned yesterday. |
| 0:33.9 | His name Herman Undyah. |
| 0:36.6 | He was the guy who said he did not regret not turning on the sirens to try to alert people that there was an emergency and that they ought to get out of town in Lahaina. |
| 0:48.8 | Let's get Steve to talk about that and everything else. |
| 0:52.0 | Hey, John. So Mr. Undaya was the subject of a story that came out early Wednesday morning |
| 0:57.8 | about his lack of qualifications to be the head of the Maui's emergency management agency. |
| 1:03.7 | And at that press conference that afternoon, he defended his position. |
| 1:07.5 | So the news story talks about how I didn't have experience before taking a job. |
| 1:11.6 | And that's not true. |
| 1:12.6 | Before taking a job, I was a member of the cabinet. |
| 1:15.6 | I was deputy director of the Department of Housing Human Concerns, as well as the mayor's chief of staff for 11 years. |
| 1:21.6 | And so during that time, I was reported, I oftentimes report to the emergency operations centers and I have done |
| 1:30.3 | this on numerous numerous occasions also during the time we went through numerous |
| 1:35.3 | trainings as well and so to say that I am not not qualified I think is incorrect in to that, when I applied for this position, |
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