Hey there, and welcome back to the show.
You know, I'm sure you've heard
by now that the mandate for state
employees took effect today.
As of right now, any state employee who
can't provide proof of vaccination or
an approved exemption is out of a job,
including Washington State University
football coach Nick Rolovich.
Now this is contributing to staffing
shortages that already existed in Seattle.
Thousands of families are scrambling to
get their kids to and from school after
the district slashed 142 bus routes.
And fairies are on a reduced
schedule this week.
Some routes are now down to one vote,
leading to really long wait Times
Now the changes are temporary,
we hope, but the state doesn't know
when it will all go back to normal.
And so this is just one of the things
we are diving in today for hot topics
then joining me on the panel are new day
producer Suzie Wiley and KING5 weather
and traffic anchor Stephen Kilbreath.
Hey, thank you for being here.
Is this our first time on the show together?
I think it is.
Yeah we are so glad to have you.
So you're a dear friend and I
know because you and I have gone,
I you invited me to your family home,
which is on a little island, right?
And you've been going there for years.
So what does it mean when there are no
fairies or the ferry impact is hard?
Yeah,
so I grew up in Anacortes and on
Grimace Island. Is where this is,
so it's it's a county run ferry.
It's a 20 car ferry that goes back and
forth between Anacortes and the island.
But yeah, in a town like Anna Cortis
that relies on business from people that
are coming to take the state ferries out
to the islands and all that. You know,
it's part of the culture of the fairies,
and when they when they.
Down or they're not running,
it's just something you deal with.
I mean, if you live there full time,
you kind of expect that the fairies
are going to be down every once in
awhile and you just kind of reschedule
your life around those kind of things.
I mean, the people who complain about
it most like on the Facebook pages and
things are the are the people just
coming up for the weekend,
right? You know the non
non regular so
you expect it does sound like a
ripple effect though because of all
the businesses that are affected.
I don't know. I have this dream to
one day live on Bainbridge Island.
That's like my dream but I know
that it would be different.
So with the ferry situation
and then the buses Susie,
your kids are grown now right?
But they did take the bus is at some point
I can't even imagine the impact of
losing a bus and finding out sometimes
the night before that you can.
We already had this shortage all over
the country of school bus drivers,
so that that's a real big problem
and I think it makes it even harder
for parents to go back to work.
Yes, this is an issue, I mean,
especially because parents have
to be at work at a certain time.
So like me I can't change
the time I get here.
I have to be here at a certain time.
So it's very difficult,
and I know this is our school got
one day notice and so we've got.
I've seen other staff spending time
with kids outside because there's
no one to watch the kids now,
so everyone is doing extra work.
It's it's really really, really sad.
Our
school my son's in high school
and another one in middle school.
They still start at 7:30 in the morning
and so you know to catch the bus.
They'd have to be at 6:45
or something like that.
So I'm driving them both to
school and picking them up.
And then you have to deal
with all the other people.
In line to get to the school, it's
crazy time, do that, right?
Yeah, of course. Yeah fortunately
I can if I still work the morning show,
there's no way all right.
So we've got these snapping charges,
but also the supply chain
we're talking about this.
This has been a big issue.
It's been in the news, right?
But the cargo ships that can't get into Doc.
This is affecting businesses
across the country,
and so retailers are warning that holiday
shopping could get a little hairy.
So do you think this will impact
the way we give gifts this year?
Well, I wonder too.
I mean, there's this cynical part
of me that wonders if they're also,
I know it's going to be a problem.
Supply chain food and also products.
But also I wonder if they're also telling
you this retails telling you this to
start to get you to show up earlier,
shop early and often, right?
Am I just cynical?
I think you might be accurate.
I don't know if that's but,
but I think it's important also to to.
I mean, you know they they say you
have to mail things now two weeks
before and all that kind of stuff.
So I think it is smart to be
thinking about it then then.
Be me on December 23rd,
sitting there at the drugstore trying
to figure out what the gift
card that's when you give those
E gift cards and other kids.
Maybe that will be more gift cards.
I will meet. I will
probably do more gift cards,
but the toys kids need to have
toys under the tree, right? So?
I don't know, it might be conspiracy,
but I'll think about it mean time.
Speaking of toys, this,
you're holding the holiday gift
guide. I didn't get mine and
I'm excited about reading.
I would let you have that if
my kids weren't like when I left
the house, they're really good.
Where you going with that,
ma'am? We're going.
It's like the Toys R Us gift guide.
You remember that? Yeah,
we circle well, even I'm old enough to
remember this series, of course, yeah. The
big the big book. It was
like this thing, yeah, and
we'd sit down and just circle for
days and my mother and father would.
Yeah, no, not all those I do love
that aspect that it is very nostalgic.
Getting the toy gift guy
but I am not kidding y'all.
I went to go buy something on
Amazon the other day and they have
QR codes that you scan in there.
Yeah, so my kids figured out how to do that.
I had 79 things in my cart.
I love that 79.
I had to delete everything
before I could just buy my thing
that I was trying to buy but so
they don't know about the wish list yet.
Right do they? 'cause they they
can log in and then create a wish
one does. The other doesn't,
so it was. It was the little.
It was the five year old he
because it was all Legos.
I have to tell you you're in trouble
because I see a sticker here for some.
A Lego set that has 1200 pieces.
That's a lot of pain when you're stepping
on those horses
in a lot of pain is a lot
of pain in the pocketbook.
How expensive Legos are very
expensive, but I'm just thinking,
when you step on the pieces,
I don't know that I don't know that
Santa is going to be bringing that
particular gift, and neither is Mommy.
So there we have it. Sorry, little
ones, that's. Not going to happen.
Supply chain issue.
It's a good one. Alright,
so Steve and Susie.
Can you guys stick around for a little bit?
Sure OK, good because we
have more hot topics ahead,
including the return of Michael
Myers and something even scarier.
A meteorite crashing through a woman's
roof from space and landing on her pillow?
Crazy we're back with another
round of hot topics with Susie
and Stephen and producer Joseph.
He's also joined us so earlier we were
talking about the supply chain issues.
The guy at the top,
transportation secretary,
Pete Buddha judge,
has taken some heat for taking paternity
leave as the supply chain crisis progressed.
Now Buddha judge and his husband
Chasten welcomed twins mid August,
a baby boy and a baby girl who were
actually both born prematurely.
Now over the weekend.
Buddha judge defended.
His decision to take care of
his children and take time off.
As you might imagine,
we're bottle feeding
and doing it at all hours of
the day and night, and I'm not going to
apologize to Tucker Carlson or
anyone else for taking care of my
premature newborn infant twins. I
got to say here here on
that absolutely, and I am.
Apparently it's a lot of dads
came out speaking about their
experiences taking paternity leave,
which is only two weeks in a lot of cases,
which is. Not OK, yeah,
I took paternity leave but I I deferred
it 'cause you can do that as well.
So 'cause we were I was on the
radio at the time and and so I did.
I took a week off and then I was
able to take a couple more weeks off
before my wife at the time was able
to be done with her leave as well.
So it worked out really well for us,
but I think the time should
be there and should be more.
And you know that's great.
They were able to do that.
I mean, there's obviously other
people that can take care of crisis.
If there is something that needs
to be done. I mean,
it's not like he's probably not working.
I'm sure he is. Of course we also heard.
Judge reference TV host Tucker Carlson,
who made some comments that many
found to be mocking and homophobic.
He is gay and has.
Do you think that has to do a
lot with the fact that people
are being really harsh on him
taking this paternity leave?
Well, I don't think we can know that
for certain, but I think a lot of
folks in the LGBTQ community thought,
yeah, of course he's under extra
scrutiny because he is gay.
You know, there's not a lot of cabinet
members who are gay, so he's different,
and for him you know, yes,
it's paternity leave, but there's two.
Fathers, So what do they each
get two weeks to take care of?
Premature infants?
I mean, I think that's where
a lot of the people are,
just like this isn't fair,
but also some of the criticism is
there no one else in this department
to like take over his job you
built in redundancies at work?
Like if I take a day off,
I'm hoping Susie,
like you got my back right?
Love that we're talking about this.
I love that he didn't apologize, right?
But made it clear that this
is what he had planned.
It was best for his family
for so long as women.
When we took, we didn't get much,
but when we did take it,
we were criticized or we actually worried
that it would hurt us so we didn't
take maybe as much as we should have.
And I love the idea that we're now
thinking about families and some of
the some of the people were saying,
well, you don't need to breastfeed.
The man doesn't need to breastfeed.
So what does he need to do?
And I love that men slapped back yeah,
and said hey what we do is important
in taking care of our kids.
That bonding,
whether you take it right then
or you take it later.
I love that this topic came up.
And I love the response from people,
especially men.
Saying absolutely
it is a team effort.
Yeah, you cannot do it alone.
I know people out there do
have infants that are alone.
And I mean you need both parties.
And he's right. I love that he was
unapologetic about it, but
that's great that that we grow.
I mean things that we've always done.
Or, I mean, you know generations have
gone by where there's been two men who
had a baby who didn't get any time
off or something along those lines.
So at least you know it's progression
in the way that we should be going.
And that's what we should apply
for. Short event.
Had this conversation all right?
Moving on to a very interesting story,
a woman in British Columbia,
she considers herself lucky after
a meteorite came crashing through
her ceiling while she was sleeping.
So here are the photos from
global news in Canada.
The rock weighed 2 1/2 pounds and
landed just inches from her head.
She's lucky, Canadian research
puts the odds of that happening
at about one in 100 billion.
Lucky, blessed play the lottery.
Yeah yeah, that's what you need
to get the 4th to go through the roof,
yet not the bed. I thought about
that. That is a good
point. Good. It's a good ad
for the mattress, right?
It's very kind of closer
though. Yeah, what bedding is that?
Yeah, I love it.
And can it be sold on eBay right?
'cause I also after being
grateful I was alive.
I'd also be thicker like
on this space. Rock me some
money at least. Seriously,
it's gotta be worth a lot.
Oh my goodness,
talk about lucky I love it.
Lastly, now Halloween kills
the latest Michael Myers movie.
Killed it at the box office over the weekend.
It is the 12th movie in the series Hollywood.
I think running out of fresh ideas here,
we will keep loving.
Going back to this I don't know.
I don't like horror movies.
It's matter fact I hate horror movies. The
same Jamie heard
it's, I agree. Yeah,
I don't understand
why people pay money to go
scared themselves in the movies.
But I mean tons of people enjoy this stuff.
So I mean like you, do you
know it's awful?
I mean the baby idiots.
If they didn't make this
because it is money.
People just want to go see
this over and over. It's
the season right? I mean, there's the
nostalgia that everybody has the friends
reunion or all of the other things that are.
Coming back in this catalogue, even
all of the games and all of
that there's such nostalgia
for people you know of a certain
age that those are. I mean,
that's what they're just building down,
and so that's why I don't
know if there's a fresh idea.
'cause it seems like we just keep
going on with a lot of the same time,
not a horror I'm or I would
if there was a ROM Comic Con,
I would go to that or romantic
comedy comma I would go to that.
So that would be my that would be my thing.
Would be going to the Star Trek convention.
We would be there in a heartbeat.
Absolutely, I love. I still
love that. Jamie Lee Curtis just.
Unapologetic Lee, it just came on as.
An aging woman. She didn't.
There's no makeup but the hair is Gray
and as if Mike Myers did this to her,
you know, kind of like I've had it with him.
Yeah I am hoping that maybe I don't
know how this isn't a spoiler alert
I haven't seen it but I am hoping
that maybe she ends Mike Myers.
I let's finally end this guy poor lady.
I mean he's gonna need a Walker
to go around killing people soon.
Tell you what, all right?
You still get the job done
and people would still go to the movies.
They would still be scared.
Yeah, Oh my goodness.
Well, tell you it wasn't
scary having you on here.
No thank you for coming to chat
with us and Susie. Thank you.
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