- The truth about Andrew Tate's appeal now being denied.
Livvy Dunne fans have become a creepy security threat.
We are seeing travel nightmares, from Amtrak to air travel.
What the hell is happening in the House?
We've got all that and more to talk about
on today's "Philip DeFranco Show."
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Let's just jump into it.
Andrew Tate belongs in jail.
That according to a Romanian court
that denied his appeal yesterday
and upholding his 30 day arrest.
A little less than two weeks ago,
Tate, his brother, and two Romanian women
were arrested in a sex trafficking investigation,
initially being held for 24 hours,
and then that being extended to 30 days.
And now their appeal has been rejected.
And as for why, the "Associated Press"
reported that the judge said,
"the possibility of them evading investigations
"cannot be ignored, and that they could leave Romania
"and settle in countries that do not allow extradition."
So now Tate and has alleged crime crew
have to remain in custody while officials investigate.
But very big thing here.
This whole situation might not be done after 30 days.
Prosecutors can actually request
that their detention be further extended to 180 days.
Also, as far as some of the specifics with the appeal,
reportedly, one of the reasons Andrew Tate and his brother
tried to use right to appeal their 30 day detention,
was saying that they apparently have
small children in Romania, right?
Andrew has notably claimed in the past
that he has 10 kids with different women.
And so in response to the court's decision,
the Tate brothers' lawyer said he was disappointed
and that it felt excessive to keep the two locked up.
This also after previously saying that the prosecutors
had no evidence in their case against the Tates.
And further, arguing that Andrew's social media posts
cannot be used as evidence
because he is portraying a character online.
Essentially arguing that his Top G persona online
is so ridiculous, it's obviously a character.
He doesn't believe any of it.
But also that argument is to be expected
since a lot of the video online
appears to just be Andrew Tate snitching on himself.
But ultimately we're gonna have to see
where that argument lands,
and also just what happens from here.
Because as things stand now,
it appears that the act has not been dropped, right?
There are still cryptic posts
coming from Tate's Twitter account.
Also, following the judge's decision to reject the appeal,
we saw tweets like when Allah said,
"I test only those I love.
"I took the pain like it was an honor."
Which of course we saw some people supporting.
Others saying this is yet another example of Andrew Tate
trying to have some faith washing.
This because he recently adopted the faith,
and people have accused him
of trying to use that religion as a shield.
His account also tweeting,
"My whole life, everyone called me paranoid.
"They say I work too hard.
"They said it was impossible.
"They said I was worried about nothing.
"They said I was at war with an enemy that didn't exist.
"They said I was rushing for no reason.
"Today, they just say I was right."
But then this morning shifting gears
and joining the rest of the internet in mocking Logan Paul,
writing, "L-O-L, even in Romanian prison,
"they talk about Logan Paul being a scammer."
Though notably there, and it's easy to get confused
because Logan Paul has had just so many controversies
in such a short time period,
most of the internet over the last 24 hours
have been talking about Logan Paul
and his former pig, Pearl.
Remember that whole situation we talked about yesterday?
As well as Logan later in the day tweeting,
"The matrix is real.
"Pray you never become its target."
Which honestly, I have to say I hope is him
trying to joke or troll during this situation.
Because it is genuinely comical the number of people
who are saying the matrix is, it's attacking.
When often what we're just seeing,
are people having criticisms of actions
and people being held accountable.
Just like it appears we may be seeing with Andrew Tate.
But for now, we let the investigation continue.
And in the meantime,
I'd love to know your thoughts on these stories.
And then, have y'all heard about Livvy Dunne?
- [Crowd] Livvy, Livvy!
(crowd cheering)
- [Fan] Give us Livvy!
- Livvy, we want her!
- [Fan] Livvy, we want Livvy!
- We want Livvy!
- So that group of part of the future of America
were screaming for Olivia Dunne,
a gymnast at Louisiana State University.
She's a college athlete, specifically an LSU gymnast.
She is super famous, over 6 million on TikTok,
2.8 million on Instagram.
And her rise has helped create this massive frenzy,
not only for her, but her team
and even just other parts of college gymnastics.
For example, the LSU gymnastics team
had a meet in Utah on Friday,
one that Livvy didn't even compete in.
And you had a Utah sports reporter tweeting
that outside of the venue there was a massive line
of "teenage boys that are asking if Livvy is coming out,"
saying, "I've never seen anything like this."
And later adding, "LSU had to move its team bus
"so they didn't have to run into the group of boys."
And saying, "There were cops stationed in front
"to avoid them getting in."
And the mother of one of the gymnasts on the opposing team
even claiming that the crowd of fans harassed her daughter
saying things like, "You're not Livvy, but you'll do.
"Can we get a picture?"
And adding that they were rude and disrespectful.
Also, Kathy Johnson Clarke,
a sports commentator and former gymnast,
also saying she encountered the same group of boys
from the video we played earlier, and writing,
"They were screaming to me, are you Livvy's mom?
"Are you Livvy's mom?
"Very disturbing, creepy actually."
And saying, "To be clear, these are teenage boys
"and this should be a teachable moment.
"They were excited to see in person
"someone when they follow on social media,
"along with 4 million plus other obsessed fans,
"but they have no idea how to comport themselves
"during the competition or after."
And all this even leading to Livvy tweeting,
"I will always appreciate
"and love the support from you guys,
"but if you come to a meet,
"I want to ask you to please be respectful
"of the other gymnasts and the gymnastics community,
"as we are just doing our job."
And regarding some of those other gymnasts,
some on the Utah team spoke to the media.
One telling Fox 13 in Salt Lake City
that she can tell that all this screaming upsets Livvy,
that she's just trying to keep her head down,
with another adding, "She's just like us.
"She's another gymnast, another teammate.
"She's doing exactly the same thing.
"But when there's disrespectful comments,
"it's kind of a shame, especially when you're working hard
"to perform for those fans."
And the thing is, I think we're just gonna see more of this.
Because with how accessible social media is
at a very young age, and even now,
how easy it is to create content at such a young age,
and people that are blowing up are at such a young age,
more and more are still going to be
in high school and college,
especially when it comes to those in sports.
They have events that you know that they're going to,
so people are going to show up.
Especially with as of late,
more college athletes being so active on social media
because they can now take advantage
of their name, image, and likeness.
Which is also why you have an increasing number of people
saying that LSU Gymnastics and Livvy Dunne
need more security.
But for now, that's where we are.
And I'll pass the question off to you.
What are your thoughts
based off of what we're seeing in this situation?
And then, I promise we are not holding you hostage.
A concerning sentence to hear that would make you think,
wait, am I being held hostage?
But something an Amtrak conductor
actually had to say to passengers
when their train stalled in the middle of nowhere,
resulting in a 20 hour delay.
All right, so this Amtrak train
on its way from Virginia to Florida,
it's supposed to be an easy, uneventful trip.
Leave Lorton, Virginia at 5:30 Monday night,
reach Sanford, Florida at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday.
But then, things go a little off the rails.
(audience laughing)
I hate myself.
That's because the train had to be rerouted
after a freight train of 25 cars and two locomotives
was derailed in South Carolina.
Now luckily, that derailed train,
it didn't contain any hazardous materials, no one was hurt.
But the passenger train had to take a detour,
still heading south
until they had to stop in a wooded area in South Carolina
where they were stalled for hours
because the crew of the train reportedly timed out,
meaning that they could no longer legally operate the train.
So the passengers ended up just having to wait
for a new crew to arrive there in the woods
before they could get moving again.
With some of the passengers so freaked out,
they reportedly called the police
because they thought they were being held hostage.
That is, before the conductor,
and definitely not a terrorist who took over the train
in pursuit of secret gold in one of the cars,
assured them that they were fine.
- [Conductor] And once again,
for those of you that are calling the police,
we are not holding you hostage.
We are giving you all the information in which we have.
We are sorry about the inconvenience.
As soon as more information is available,
we will let you know shortly.
Thank you.
- An Amtrak representative also saying
the passengers were being provided with plenty of food
and regular updates.
But still, you had people saying it felt like we were,
with one passenger telling "NBC News,"
"The passengers were told
"they could not leave the train at any point."
But the good news is the train
did eventually make its way to Sanford
after a 20 plus hour delay.
And reportedly, Amtrak is working with the customers
to also give them refunds.
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And then the FAA literally had to ground
all domestic flights in the United States.
But the Federal Aviation Administration
explaining in statements
that the groundings were due to an overnight outage
of the agency's Notice to Air Missions systems, or NOTAM,
which is an absolutely crucial system
that provides realtime safety alerts to pilots
about everything from weather conditions
to airport construction.
And I really don't wanna undersell this.
This was massive,
with one former FAA official telling the "Washington Post"
that this national flight stoppage was the first of its kind
since 9/11, and adding, "This is unheard of,
"and then the action that the FAA had to take
"in grounding all the flights
"makes it even more significant."
But key thing here.
Unlike 9/11, the system failure doesn't appear
to be the result of some massive attack of some kind.
In fact, the White House explicitly saying
that there was no evidence of any sort of cyber attack.
President Biden also meeting
with Transportation Secretary, Pete Buttigieg,
with him later telling reporters,
"They don't know what the cause of it is.
"They expect in a couple of hours
"they'll have a good sense of what caused it
"and will respond at that time."
And adding that the White House
is directing the Department to investigate.
Now the good news is that at 9:00 a.m. Eastern time,
about two hours after the groundings,
the FAA announced that it was lifting the ground stop,
that all flights would gradually resume.
But the bad news
is that it still caused massive disruptions.
With as a recording this morning,
it being reported that more than 7,300 flights
within, into, or out of the U.S. were delayed,
while over 1,100 had been canceled entirely.
And notably, this is all coming as the air industry
is still recovering from the disaster
that was the holiday travel season.
Which is an interesting thing there.
Obviously, that was due to extreme weather conditions.
But of course, notably, while most airlines recovered,
Southwest infamously continued to struggle,
with them canceling around 16,700 flights
in a 10 day period.
That was about half of all U.S. cancellations
during that time.
And so now, with the FAA system failure
causing even more problems now,
there are a lot of people looking at certain airlines,
including Southwest.
Because, I mean, already it's being reported this morning
that Southwest was responsible
for nearly half of all the delays globally,
with American Airlines just underneath them,
accounting for 40%.
And while of course these delays and cancellations
are gonna add scrutiny
to how airlines are functioning right now,
because the failure happened with the FAA system here,
the federal government is also facing criticism.
This including from key politicians,
like Ted Cruz, the top Republican on the Senate committee
that oversees transportation,
who condemned the FAA's "inability to keep
"an important safety system up and running."
And saying, it's "completely unacceptable
"and just the latest example of dysfunction
"within the Department of Transportation."
With him adding that this highlights the need
for a competent, proven leader
with substantive aviation experience leading the FAA.
And actually to his point there,
this major failure did take place at a time
when the FAA does not currently have a permanent leader,
with the last administrator having stepped down
back in March.
Now that said, President Biden for his part
has nominated a candidate, but that person
didn't get a confirmation hearing in the Senate.
And just last week, Biden renominated the same guy,
but it's unclear if he will be approved
because top Republicans have voiced concerns
about his experience in aviation
and connection to a corruption investigation.
So you know, like most things government,
everything is either a clown show or a dumpster fire.
And then the thing in your kitchen is killing you.
And no, I do not mean the frozen,
pre-processed Hot Pocket in your fridge,
which is both cold and like lava when you eat it.
But rather, I'm talking about your gas stove,
which statistically if you live in the U.S.,
more than 40% of homes have.
And the reason for that are the chemicals involved.
When a gas stove is on, you're inhaling methane
and other chemicals like nitrogen dioxide,
carbon monoxide, and formaldehyde,
with studies showing that they jumpstart things
like childhood asthma,
increase the risk of respiratory problems,
and emitted planet warming gasses.
And it's not just like a teensy, little health risk.
One study last week estimated 12.7% of childhood asthmas
could be attributed to living in a household
with a gas stove, with some scientists even comparing it
to living with a smoker.
And when you consider that 40 million homes across the U.S.
cook with gas, that becomes alarming.
So then you get the question.
Well, why do we actually use gas?
There are electric stoves, induction stoves.
Well, as it turns out, the surprise answer,
it's not a surprise, capitalism.
That quirky, little girl capitalism doing her thang.
Starting in the 1930s, the natural gas industry
blanketed the American public with propaganda
from commercials and advertisements to slogans,
and even '80s rap.
♪ Cookin' with gas ♪
♪ We all cook better when we're cookin' with gas ♪
♪ Gas is so hot ♪
♪ It's not on when it's off ♪
♪ It's the only way to cook ♪
♪ That's what I was taught ♪
- Very dope, fresh, am I right?
But in recent years they've refined their efforts,
doing things like hiring PR firms
to oppose local bans on gas appliances.
Though that hasn't stopped some cities like New York,
Seattle and Los Angeles removing to ban them
in certain new homes and apartments.
Plus, and this is a key thing, listen up.
The federal government has also taken its own step
with last year's Inflation Reduction Act.
Because you may not know that includes cash
to help low and moderate income households
switch off their gas stoves.
A nearly $850 rebate for those
that make the switch to electric appliances,
plus an additional $500
to help cover the cost of converting.
With that, the American Gas Association,
who of course only want the best for you and only you,
it's not about them.
They say this could significantly drive up
the overall cost of housing.
But this is also happening as a commissioner
from the Consumer Product Safety Commission says
they're looking into tightening safety standards
around gas appliances.
Which we've seen infuriate both the gas industry
and Republicans on Capitol Hill,
with Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers,
who chairs the House Committee on Energy and Commerce,
questioning the research linking gas stoves to asthma.
But hey, in the meantime, if you wanna be a little safer,
if you go to Amazon,
you can get an electric griddle for $25.
You pair that with an air fryer,
which you can even get $40 air fryers on Amazon,
and you can make everything.
And I'm telling you to do this
without providing an Amazon affiliate link, like an idiot.
And then what are Republicans doing
with their newfound power in the House of Representatives?
Well, yesterday we saw the House GOP
voting to approve a resolution
that'll create a select subcommittee
to investigate what they said
is the weaponization of the federal government.
Which I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say,
I don't think they're referencing things,
how like people that Trump hated, like Comey and McCabe,
even though the odds are in the millions,
were both selected for severe IRS audits.
But that vote passed 221 to 211 entirely along party lines,
with all Democrats opposing.
Now what they're doing here
is actually quite significant for a few reasons.
First of all, it marks one of the first moves
that Republicans have made to fulfill their promise
of using their new power to probe what they claim
is an organized effort by the government
to silence conservatives.
So this is just the beginning.
We can expect to see a lot more from them.
And second, Democrats have said that this panel
represents an unprecedented break in protocol
for criminal inquiries and national security concerns.
And that's because this subcommittee will be given the power
to investigate literally any federal agency
that gathers information about Americans, including in cases
where there's an ongoing criminal investigation,
which totally goes against the DOJ's long-standing rule
of not giving out any info regarding any ongoing probes.
But beyond that,
the panel will also have the power to get access
to some of the most sensitive government secrets,
like intel about covert actions
that are usually only the jurisdiction
of Congressional intelligence committees.
And another reason the formation of this committee
is so notable
is that it's set to be led by Representative Jim Jordan,
a staunch supporter of Donald Trump,
who was heavily involved in the effort
to overturn the 2020 election
and even strategized with Trump
about how to disrupt the House certification.
And although the panel will be under the control
of the Judiciary Committee,
the eight Republicans and five Democrats
who will serve on it
do not need to be members of the Judiciary Committee.
And so as a result, you have some Democrats raising concerns
that this could result in a situation
where members of the committee
are able to interfere in investigations
that literally involve themselves.
With reports noting that the resolution
appears to allow Jordan to issue subpoenas to the DOJ
regarding its investigations into Trump's attempt
to overturn the election,
his mishandling of classified documents,
and other politicized matters.
With Jordan, for his part saying, he is only interested
in "protecting the First Amendment,"
and claiming that conservatives are being targeted
and asserting, "We don't want to go after anyone.
"We just want it to stop."
But you have Democrats arguing
this is just a transparent attempt
to meddle in ongoing investigations
and create further polarization.
This including Representative Dan Goldman,
who condemned the move, saying,
"The primary purpose of this special subcommittee
"is to interfere with the special counsel's
"ongoing investigation into a conspiracy
"to overturn the 2020 election."
And adding, "This is a shocking abuse of power.
"But it's not just the usual efforts
"by members on the other side of the aisle
"to once again do Donald Trump's dirty work.
"This time they're trying to protect themselves."
With that also echoed by Representative Jerrold Nadler,
the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee,
with him arguing that the goal of this panel was to
"enable the House Republicans to interfere
"with the free operation of businesses they do not like,
"to inhibit the fight against domestic terrorism,
"and to settle political scores on behalf of Donald Trump."
And meanwhile, you had Representative Jim McGovern
really putting things into perspective
and comparing this panel
to the infamous House Committee on Un-American Activities,
which was created during the Red scare McCarthy era
to demonize people suspected of supporting communism.
So if history is any indication of the present,
this isn't just gonna be a clown show,
I mean, we could be in for a wild fuckin' ride.
And that's just with this stuff.
I'm not even talking about the debt ceiling stuff.
While it's not the majority of them,
there are enough Republicans
with a burn it all down mentality
that the U.S. may actually default on debt.
Because yeah, there's all this talk from strategists
of like, okay, who is the American public gonna blame
if it actually happens?
But beyond that, look, the strategy element of it,
that's something that could affect
millions and millions of lives in a negative way.
But hey, that is where we are,
and we're gonna have to wait to see
how all of this plays out.
And then the stuff that's buried beneath this village
is causing a war between police and protestors.
A fever pitch was struck today in Lutzerath,
a German village that's been abandoned
by its residents for more than a year.
But for just as long, hundreds of climate protestors
have camped out there to block
what they see as humanity's collective suicide.
Because you see, Germany had planned to phase out coal
as early as 2030, a date many believe is not soon enough.
But when Russia brought an unjustified war to Ukraine,
it cut off natural gas supplies to Europe.
So Germany's coal fired power plants
have soared back to life,
generating 20% more electricity from coal
over the first half of 2022 than in the previous year.
And then in walks RWE, an energy company
that projected a 5 billion Euro profit last year.
And so in its effort to expand coal production
in Western Germany, it just bought the village
and got the state's approval to demolish it.
That way the entire community
can literally get swallowed up by the nearby coal mine,
and RWE can make some sweet, fat bucks
off that sweet, sweet black treasure
hidden underneath the village.
But none of that's gonna happen
until the protestors are gone.
And to that end, an army of police in riot gear showed up
to evict them, which you think would be simple.
You just handcuff 'em, you pull 'em out of there.
But these protestors are clever.
They erected barricades to keep the cops out,
created a whole tent city,
formed a human chain to stick together.
They even strung up ropes
connecting tree houses to one another
so they can crawl over the heads of the authorities.
You can also see them dangling from ropes out of windows,
and even wire stretched taught between buildings
like a circus act.
And today we ended up seeing the police moving in
to clash with the crowds on the ground,
without much success actually.
You see them dragging away a couple of men
as more watch angrily.
There's one guy appears to fight back,
striking an officer with what looks like a shoe.
Others using different tactics,
like firing off actual pyrotechnics horizontally
near the police.
But all of that, at least for now, ending in a stalemate,
with police and protestors
continuing to stare each other down as you're watching this.
And right now, there's an expectation,
and it's kind of a blind guess
if this is gonna go on for days or even weeks,
which also appears to be exactly
the activists' goal, all right?
Because interestingly, they're pinning their hopes
on a German law that prohibits the felling of trees
between February and September.
So in theory, if they hold out long enough,
they can delay the demolition, with one of them explaining.
"Nobody wants to be out there in the cold right now
"and defend the forest or village.
"But I think that people have realized
"that they have to do that
"in order to secure the future of future generations."
But that is where today's show ends.
Thank you for being a part
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But of course, as always, my name's Philip DeFranco.
You've just been filled in.
I love 'yo faces and I'll see you tomorrow.