- 'Sup you beautiful bastards.
Hope you've had a fantastic Wednesday.
Welcome back to the Philip DeFranco show.
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And the first thing that we're gonna talk about today
is the kidnapping of a 16 year old girl named Carol Sanchez.
According to reports, she and her mother had come down
from Upstate New York to visit family.
On Monday night they were out walking in the Bronx.
Then at around 11:20 pm, the New York police department
said that four men in a sedan,
they pulled up next to them on the street.
And in this grainy surveillance footage
released by police,
you can see two of the men grabbing Sanchez
and dragging her inside the car.
You can also see Sanchez's mother struggling
with the kidnappers before being pushed down.
The car then drives away
and you can briefly see Sanchez's mother get up
to chase after it.
And according to reports,
a woman in the area heard Sanchez's mother screaming,
which continued for nearly 10 minutes.
She went outside to check on her,
she found her sobbing and screaming.
And then together with a neighbor,
they helped Sanchez's mother and called 911.
And then, about 12 hours later,
New York authorities issue an Amber Alert.
According to that alert,
authorities feared Sanchez might be in imminent danger
of serious bodily harm and/or death.
Notably here, that alert was also met with some controversy.
This in part because 12 hours is actually a pretty long time
to wait for an Amber Alert to be issued.
Which, is why we saw New York City's public advocate,
Germaine Williams, say,
"Across our country and across the Bronx, across the city,
"black girls in particular are disappearing
"and no one seems to care.
"We do want to know why the Amber Alert took so long."
And adding, "I know for a fact the type of response
"that often comes too often depends on what
"that person look like, no more.
"We love our children, it shouldn't take 11-12 hours
for an Amber Alert."
And so you have this story blowing up.
Yes, it's for a number of reasons.
One, you have this kidnapped girl.
Two, their accusation of racial bias.
Yesterday, surprisingly, what we ended up actually seeing
was Sanchez alive, unharmed and free.
According to a local ABC reporter,
people first spotted Sanchez being dropped off
at a park near where she was kidnapped.
After that, she then walked up to the police
at the crime scene and she was reunited with her family.
Meanwhile you had people watching all this unfold
on the street.
People just stunned that she's reappeared.
You had one guy describing the situation, saying
that he was looking at the missing poster,
"and then we walked up the block,
"she was crossing the street to the cop car,
"and I was like, Yo, that's her right there."
Right, so Carol reportedly talks with police,
and as far as what happened, was she able to get away,
all of this attention, did it make the kidnappers nervous?
No, and according to sources in this interview with police,
Sanchez admitted that the kidnapping was staged,
saying that the idea for it stemmed
from a difficult relationship
with her overprotective mother.
Also saying that she had been trying to run away
and one of the big reasons police think
she might have done all of this,
is reportedly Sanchez's family
was considering moving back to Honduras
where they're originally from.
But Sanchez wanted to stay in the United States.
Also more specifically, according to the New York Post,
Sanchez reportedly
wanted to stay with her 23 year old boyfriend,
who, the Post reports, is a Crips gang member
who has once been arrested for murder.
Police also believe that he might have been one
of the kidnappers.
As far as what happens next,
you have police still looking for the men
who kidnapped Sanchez.
Also saying they're considering charging Sanchez herself
with a crime.
And personally, I'm of the mindset,
of unless there's another crazy aspect to this story,
yes, charge all of them.
I mean, if all of this is accurate, there was time wasted,
police resources wasted. (sighs)
It's already hard enough to get people to care
about an Amber Alert more than complaining
that the noise scared them or they're memeing it.
But also, I haven't been sleeping great lately,
maybe I'm just a little more bothered than usual.
I'd love to know your thoughts on this story.
Would you like to see charges, yes or no?
For no, is it because she's young, she's under 18.
Any and all thoughts, of course, I'd love to see
in those comments down below.
And then, let's talk about the update
around Tekashi 6ix9ine.
Tekashi 6ix9ine, real name Daniel Hernandez,
if you don't remember, was arrested about 13 months ago.
He ended up getting hit with nine charges
including gun possession, attempted murder,
and gang activity.
Initially pleaded not guilty.
And then in January of this year,
he switched to guilty
and then it came out that he was working the government.
And so he ends up being a key witness in other trials
where you have these other guys being found guilty.
And according to reports, he was initially facing a minimum
of 47 years, though, that was before his plea deal.
There's been the question of, well,
how many years would he actually serve?
And ultimately, the news came down today,
Daniel Hernandez was sentences to two years in prison
and five years of probation.
Though, when I say two years,
it's actually just 11 more months
since they're considering the 13 months
he's already been there as time served.
Now Tekashi's lawyers were hoping
to get time served as a sentence.
But ultimately, the judge said, quote,
"In my judgment, your conduct is too violent
"and selfish to make 13 months reasonable."
But also noting, "Your cooperation was impressive.
"It was game-changing, it was complete and it was brave."
The judge also, at one point,
noted that he enjoyed the snitching memes,
because sure, why not?
Yeah, ultimately that's where we are for now
and we'll have to wait and see what happens
over these 11 months.
And also, what the hell it looks like when he's out.
I imagine there are a number of people
not happy that he turned government witness.
Yeah, for now we'll have to wait and see,
and of course I pass the question off to you,
what are your thoughts around this?
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It's really good, I recommend you check it out
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We had KSI taking an expensive taste test.
We had Rich Brian going undercover
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Then HiHo Kids gave us Kids Meet a Former Member
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We got an Uncut Gems Roundtable.
And a final bit of awesome today
is I wanted to give a shout out
to old friend of the show, William Haynes.
He's launching a Patreon today
for his channel People Be Like.
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Also, this push would have normally been connected
to a podcast, which we already shot out.
But we've been advised by my legal team
to not air that due to contract
and stuff in the past stuff.
So I think we can try again, be more careful in 2020,
but I definitely wanted to give him a shout out.
And if you wanna see the full versions
of everything I just shared,
the Secret Link of the Day, really anything at all,
links, as always, are in the description down below.
And then, even if it's brief I wanna talk about
this news involving Adam Driver.
And it's not that it appears that he's just continuing
to crush it off the heals of "BlacKkKlansman,"
with "The Report" on Amazon, "Marriage Story" on Netflix,
he's closing out the latest "Star Wars" trilogy.
But rather, it's connected to an interview
that he was doing earlier this month.
And specifically, we're talking about he sat down
with NPR, Fresh Air.
He was being interviewed by Terry Gross
and then reportedly he walked away from the interview.
And initially when the reason was explained,
there were a number of rude comments about it.
And some writing, you don't walk out on Terry Gross.
But there was also a swelling of support for Driver.
And just to be clear, I am definitely in that camp.
I relate to it very much, though probably on a lesser scale.
According to the Daily Beast, Adam Driver walked out
after expressing displeasure at the idea
of listening to a clip of himself singing "Being Alive"
from the musical "Company".
Which is something that his character does
in the movie "Marriage Story".
Now a big thing to note about Adam Driver,
and I'll say, I was unaware of this
until this report came out.
Adam hates watching himself.
So much so, that Michael Showman,
who did a profile on Driver in October of 2019,
described it as a phobia, because it's that intense for him.
To the point that Driver recalled feeling nauseous
during a premiere of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens".
That he hid out in a greenroom during a screening
of "BlacKkKlansmen".
And according to at least one source in these reports,
this is something that NPR was aware of.
Which makes sense, because one,
Adam Driver actually did a Fresh Air interview
back in 2015, and there's a back and forth
between Driver and Gross, where he makes it clear
that he doesn't want to listen to clips of himself.
And two, according to the Daily Beast,
according to one source, Gross' team was aware
that Driver prefers not to listen to recordings of himself.
Though they also note that they encouraged him
to remove his headphones while any clips played back.
With Danny Miller, Fresh Air's producer
also reportedly saying in an email,
we don't really understand why he left.
We were looking forward to the interview,
Terry thinks he's a terrific actor.
And so with all that said, really as far as my reaction,
I get it.
I can't fault Driver here.
Genuinely, my least favorite part of this job
is watching back clips of myself talking.
So much so that even with how fast I naturally talk,
I watch the clips back at 1.5 to 1.75x.
I mean, I genuinely hate it
and what I do is so much smaller and a lot less vulnerable
than what people like Driver are doing.
Which, going online today, it appears he's not an outlier.
Seeing reactions from people like Jameela Jamil,
saying, "Seeing so many snide tweets about this.
"If the man has anxiety or a phobia,
"then let him do whatever he needs to do.
"Being a famous actor doesn't mean you don't
"have mental health needs just like everyone else.
"He wasn't rude to anyone, he was just anxious."
Or Rahul Kohli tweeting, "This is a real thing.
"Acting is about finding the truth in your character,
"in their words and in their actions.
"It's your job to play those truths to your audience."
But then adding, "No matter how good you are,
"there's always one person who sees the lie.
"You."
Sam Nicolai tweeting,
"I don't know if this makes sense to non-actor folk,
"but we really do experience incredible anxiety
"watching ourselves on film.
"Singing is even more personal.
"I completely get this."
And finally you ha the likes of Monica Lewinsky
essentially welcoming Adam Driver to the club, saying,
"Good for Adam Driver.
"I also walked out on "Fresh Air" 20 years ago.
"Same with an onstage interview last year.
"Self-care is always an okay choice,
"especially if the interviewer has violated an agreement."
But ultimately, that's the story, and of course,
I'd love to know your thoughts on this.
You think that Driver was in the wrong,
he should have gotten over it?
No, NPR was in the wrong?
Maybe you're somewhere in the middle,
just kind of an unfortunate incident
that probably could have been avoided
with better communication.
Yeah, any and all thoughts you have
I'd love to see in those comments down below.
And then, let's talk about something
regarding US political news.
And no, it's not the Trump impeachment,
which everywhere else has it covered right now.
As we're recording this video, the House is debating it.
And I feel like everyone understands what's gonna happen.
Trump's gonna be impeached in the House,
all of this dies in the Senate.
But with that said, I wanna close out today's show
with something that this whole impeachment proceeding
will affect, and that is the election.
Right, this is building up
to probably one of the most consequential elections
in your lifetime.
I mean, other than 2016.
Which, by the way, if you are of voting age
and you are not registered to vote yet, fix that.
After today's show or right now, go to vote.org.
There you can register to vote,
you can get your absentee ballot,
you can election reminders.
Also, very important, check your registration.
And part of the reason I'm saying that last one,
specifically, is important, is thanks to this news
coming out of Georgia.
A federal judge has now given
the Secretary of State's office in Georgia
the okay to take over 300,000 registered voters
off the list.
Which is about 4% of Georgia's registered voters.
Now these voters were reportedly removed from the registry
because they were considered inactive.
When the office of the Secretary of State of Georgia
announced this plan over a month ago,
they said these updates are required
by federal and state low in order to ensure
that the state has the most up-to-date voter information.
And that is true, these kinds of updates are required
by all states.
But as the Atlanta Journal-Constitution pointed out,
Georgia has generally stricter rules than others.
Noting that it is one of the nine use it or lose it states
which allows for voters to be removed
if they have not voted in a certain amount of time.
The Secretary of State's announcement broke down
what makes a voter inactive.
Explaining that over 108,000 people on the list
filed a change of address showing they had moved
to a different county or state.
Over 84,000 had election mail returned as undeliverable.
And then finally,
what has become the most controversial element
of the list is the over 120,000 people
who have no contact with their county election officials
since prior to the 2012 election.
Meaning those people have not voted,
updated their registration, signed a petition
or requested a ballot since then.
And in a statement,
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said,
"Election security is my top priority.
"Accurate and up-to-date rolls
"are vital to secure elections.
"But at the same time I want to ensure
"that anyone potentially affected by this routine process
"has notice and opportunity to update their information."
Right, and with this they said
that anyone can search the list
of registrations subject to cancellation.
With the list of names officially going through yesterday
at 309,000.
Now Georgia isn't the only state
to make a recent move like this.
Just a few days ago in Wisconsin,
a judge ordered 234,000 voters be wiped from the list.
Though the Attorney General there is working to appeal this.
Though, of course, it's important to note,
in Georgia specifically, that this is a much more sensitive
and polarizing issue.
This in part
because the highly contested 2018 Gubernatorial race
that gained a lot of national attention.
You had democrat Stacey Abrams losing
to republican Brian Kemp, losing by just 1.4%.
A number of Abrams supporters calling it a stolen election.
This because she and many others believe
that voter suppression and purges at the hands of the GOP
played a heavy role in the outcome.
Specifically when it came to Kemp,
who was Secretary of State at the time,
overseeing the state's elections and not recusing himself.
And you know, Kemp is actually being investigated
for potential voter suppression.
With the Secretary of State also being asked
to provide documentation for it as well.
So because of the past and also because Georgia's governor,
Secretary of State, and many other officials
are republican.
Some see this as an effort to sort of maintain control.
And so we've seen a number of democratic politicians
condemning this.
People like presidential candidate Bernie Sanders saying,
"To Republican officials in Georgia and Wisconsin
"who are too cowardly to engage in free and fair elections,
"I say, get out of politics and get another job."
With senator and former candidate Kamala Harris
also saying, "Hundreds of thousands of voters
"are set to be purged from voter rolls
"in Wisconsin and Georgia
"This is a shameful attempt at voter suppression
"by GOP lawmakers to rig the system in their favor.
"We have to fight this."
Now with this story, what I'll say as far as my opinion,
one, I personally think that the use-it-or-lose-it policy
is stupid.
I feel like getting people to vote in this country
is so hard that there's no reason to penalize people
for past inaction.
Two, I will say I have concerns about people being removed
in general.
This because remember I said there were 309,000 names
that were taken off the list?
There are actually 4,000 more names that were on that list
when it was put out in October.
But according to reports,
the notifications and other outreach efforts,
including text messages to voters
from four democratic presidential candidates,
appear to have saved about 4,000 voter registrations
from cancellation.
With several voters saying
in court documents filed by Fair Fight
that their names shouldn't have appeared
on the state's cancellation list.
With one noting, "I voted in the 2016 presidential election
"and have lived at my address for over 18 years.
"I do not understand why I was included on the list
"of voters who are inactive and might be removed
"from the rolls."
So seeing examples like that, that's concerning.
But also three other things important to note,
if people are kind of talking about targeted bias,
at the very least, according to an analysis
by the AJC, the cancellation list doesn't show racial
disparities with a number of black and white voters
roughly matching their proportion
of the state's registered voters.
So of course, that's only one applicable trait
of potential voters.
And so with this story,
the final thing that I want to hit on,
and I'm not gonna go after anybody.
And instead, I will reiterate, go to vote.org.
If you've moved or you haven't voted for a long time,
check your registration.
If you're not registered to vote, take a moment to fix that.
Voting is a right, but it is also a privilege
that many in this world do not have.
Do not waste your opportunity in whatever little way
to throw out into the world
and say what you want to see more of.
And going into a national election,
I don't care if you're a democrat in Texas
or a republican in California, you're like, ahh,
it feels like I'm just wasting my time with a national vote.
And to your point, and I will say
that's why I personally think
the electoral college is idiotic.
But there's also many more local things
that you can vote for that more directly affect your life.
So get in there and vote.
And also to help get this message out there.
So I can use her name and thumbnail for this video,
I wanna mention briefly, Ariana Grande,
who tweeted that she was just 1,000 voter registrations away
from breaking the all-time record of voters
registered on a tour.
This, because she partnered
with an organization called Headcount.
Who say in the past 15 years,
they've registered over 500,000 voters
at various concerts and festivals as well as online.
Ultimately I say, good on her
and others getting people involved
because more people need to be involved.
And that is where I'm going to end today's show.
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