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and let's just jump into it starting with,
meet Ohio bus driver Jackie Miller.
- How much more do you think anybody can freaking take?
Shut your mouth.
I don't wanna hear another goddamn word outta your mouth.
- Right, so late last month,
she was driving a school bus full of junior high students
when she smelled perfume
which she said brought back memories from a month prior
when a student sprayed perfume triggering her allergies
and causing an asthma attack with her reportedly
warning them to please not spray it again.
But this time she apparently had enough
of these kids bullshit so she just stopped the bus,
marched down the aisle and the rest was caught on camera
by one of the students.
- I'm done with it.
I'm gonna start kicking some fucking serious ass.
Do you hear me?
- [Student] Yes.
- My foot's gonna be so far up your god damn ass
it's gonna dangle out your god damn nose.
God dang it, I can fucking smell it.
- [Student] I didn't spray anything.
- I'm allergic to this shit.
- [Student] Open a window.
I didn't spray anything.
- I'm done with it.
I'm ready to walk off this god damn bus right now
and let you people walk the fuck home.
Somebody needs to come up on this bus
and seriously kick some fucking ass.
- So the video,
which I linked down to below 'cause these are just snippets,
it goes absolutely viral prompting Miller to resign.
But aside from the school statement
condemning her outbursts,
you actually had a ton of people supporting her.
People all across the country rallying behind her,
calling themselves team bus driver.
In just a week and a half have raised
over a hundred thousand dollars for her retirement fund.
And so with this of course
the question I gotta pass off to you, who's team ya on?
Are you a team bus driver or do you think she went too far?
And then we've got massive news to talk about
with that six-year-old that shot his teacher
which in case you missed it,
we've been talking about this
since it happened back in January.
A six-year-old brought a gun to school
in Newport News, Virginia and shot his teacher,
25 year old Abigail Zwerner
with Abigail having since filed a lawsuit
for 40 million dollars accusing the school administration
of negligence because one,
they had been repeatedly warned that the child
had a firearm throughout the day and didn't act.
And two, they didn't act despite knowing
that the child has a history of random acts of violence
and that is putting it lightly.
In a previous show we went
through the list of alleged incidents
and it's wild that it got to this point.
And as far as the boy who shot the teacher,
we knew that he wasn't gonna get charges
with the Newport News Commonwealth's attorney
saying they weren't pursuing charges
because he's just too young to understand.
Which led to the bigger question of, okay,
is something gonna happen with the parents?
And boom, the other shoe has now dropped
with a grand jury indicting the boy's mother
on one charge of felony child neglect
and a misdemeanor charge of recklessly leaving
a loaded firearm so as to endanger a child.
The mother's attorney saying she'll be turning herself
in later this week and to expect more details then.
And this notably after the boys family had previously said
that they keep the gun locked up
and outta reach of children.
The police having yet to officially confirm
how the boy got the gun or whether it was secured
as the family claimed.
And Abigail's attorney saying
that they welcome these charges
but more people beyond the mother
were responsible for the situation.
Specifically saying "there were failures
in accountability at multiple levels
that led to Abby being shot and almost killed.
Today's announcement addresses, but one of those failures.
Our lawsuit makes clear that we believe the school division
violated state law and we are pursuing this in civil court.
We will not allow school leaders to escape accountability
for their role in this tragedy."
And while yeah, you could say
that those lawyers are chasing money.
I also think rightfully so.
If everything alleged is as it seems,
how are they not responsible?
This appears to be the definition of negligence.
And then in entertainment news and online drama news,
we should talk about the massive creator
and streamer that is Jidion.
That's 'cause Jidion yesterday tweeted out
that there's a warrant for his arrest in Houston.
And as for why,
he claimed that it was for a prank video that he made
with a creator by the name of Damii
that was posted back in February titled,
"My College Professor Rejected Me,"
with appearing to film on Valentine's Day
and interrupting a professor's class
so Damii could give her flowers and a heart balloon
even though she clearly does not want them there.
They keep interrupting her, following her around,
kind of causing chaos until she says.
- Baby.
- UHPD is about to be your Valentine.
Out the door.
Take this.
I don't know who you are.
- Just please, please, please.
- Seriously, I'm not kidding.
- No just take it, just take, just take.
- I'm calling security now.
- And as this thing keeps going,
she threatens to call the police
with the whole incident moving outside
as they bother her while she's on the phone
either with security or the police
but the video also ends before any officers get there
so it's unclear if they actually responded.
As far as Jidion,
he has given people interesting updates
saying the warrant is specifically for criminal trespassing.
He was also taunting
the Houston Police Department on Twitter tweeting,
"I'm back and in Houston
and ain't nothing HPD can do about it.
10K likes in 10 minutes.
I'll take a pick in front of the HPD."
Then posting a photo holding a sign that's the same
as his caption saying L plus ratio.
Also with this you had some people saying
that he was faking it, right?
That there was no actual warrant.
He is just doing it for clout.
So we actually contacted officials
in Harris County where Houston's located
but they couldn't give further details
though even with that,
we did find an active misdemeanor warrant
against him for criminal trespass
on the Harris County Sheriff's Office website.
And with this,
I will say this story is a late edition, right?
Everything we've heard so far,
it's from one side we're trying to confirm the validity
of the warrant and everything happening.
But what I will say is whether or not
Houston police are actively looking for him,
there is a conversation to be had
about YouTube pranks getting outta hand.
And I'm not talking about like,
just disrupting classes, right?
There was a YouTuber just last week
that's known for pranks
who was filming out at a mall who got shot,
with the YouTuber Tanner Cook reportedly saying,
"I was playing a prank and a simple practical joke
and this guy didn't take it very well."
With a guy that shot him being charged
with aggravated malicious wounding,
use of a firearm in the commission of a felony
and discharging a firearm within a building.
While Cook is absolutely lucky, he's still alive.
With the Washington Post reporting that on Friday,
a top prosecutor reviewed the video
of the YouTube prankster.
Reportedly at that time they could not rule out
charging Cook with a crime.
And Cook's father reportedly responding to this news
by saying, "if you're going to bring charges against my son,
go bring charges against TV celebrities and prank shows
and everybody else,
all the videos of people getting punked on social media,
let's make it so no one can do that anymore."
The prosecutor also adding,
"in the footage Cook approaches the shooter
in the malls food court area, gets close to him,
and follows him for approximately 60 to 90 seconds.
Then saying the person told Cook to stop several times
and tried to walk away
but then shooting Cook in the abdomen.
With the prosecutor noting,
"you don't know the recipient of this type of prank,
where they are or what their trauma might be.
They may receive it as being a threat,"
but also adding, "nothing that I am saying
absolves a shooter for what he did."
But as far as how all this is gonna shake out
or even with the Jidion situation,
we're gonna have to wait and see.
And of course in the meantime
I'd love to know your thoughts.
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And then in business news,
we need to talk about weight loss and health
'cause there's so much going on right now,
some exciting, some concerning,
which makes absolute sense because it is a massive industry.
In 2022, reportedly there were 76 billion dollars in sales
in the diet industry with that number reportedly
including a range of things like weight loss,
medical programs, diet foods, gym memberships.
Most recently there's been a huge focus
on drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy,
which is also part of the reason we're seeing former titans
in this industry changing things up,
actively trying not to become
the Blockbuster of their world.
Weight Watchers, for example,
their memberships have just been dwindling.
Last year only having 3.5 million members
down from 5 million in 2020.
And so what did Weight Watchers do?
They bought and acquired a pharmaceutical based
clinical subscription service
meaning they'll be able to offer
telehealth options for these medications
to their existing millions of customers
and their over 20 million former customers.
And the stock market absolutely loved this news
with Weight Watcher shares jumping over 50% today.
There's a very big news that I know
has left some people divided
especially regarding the the controversies around Wegovy.
But then on the other bit of weight loss news,
we're seeing headlines like losing weight might kill you
and that because there was this shocking revelation
from a study published just yesterday
looking at around 19,000 adults in the US and Australia.
So I think a key thing to keep in mind
is that most of the people in this
were over the age of 70, though some were just over 65,
but they found that for older adults,
weight loss is actually associated
with higher mortality rates.
With 'em saying that goes for all starting weights,
even people who were obese at the beginning of the study.
With weight loss even as small as 5%
found to increase the risk of death
especially in older men.
And all of this reportedly controlling
for health issues from the start,
excluding people who had conditions
like cardiovascular disease, dementia,
physical disabilities or chronic illness.
But before you start requesting
some daddy DeFranco's double cheeseburgers,
there are a few caveats, right?
Other factors may have affected the results
such as changes in activity level, diet quality,
and the intentionality of the weight loss.
And that last thing is especially important
because it's possible that the reason
mortality rose for some people is that their weight loss
wasn't actually on purpose, right?
It's kind of been joked about in the past
that there's a certain age where when you lose weight
people aren't like congratulations.
They're like, oh shit, are you okay, right?
And that's because weight loss can be an early sign
for conditions like cancer and dementia
or stem from a reduced appetite
due to inflammation and hormones.
So the correlation here might not necessarily be causation.
Plus the study didn't find any link
between weight gain and mortality,
meaning you can't just lower your risk of death
by putting on more pounds.
So just something to keep in mind though
for an elder that comes across this video, I just gotta say,
don't use this as an excuse to change up your lifestyle.
That is a discussion between you and your doctor.
And then in international news,
tens of thousands of junior doctors in the UK
walked off the job today
and we're already seeing the massive impact, right?
And this after just one month ago
some 60,000 junior doctors briefly went on a strike
canceling around 175,000 appointments.
But this new demonstration's gonna be longer,
lasting four days until 7:00 AM on Saturday.
And some saying this could be
the most disruptive demonstration
in the history of the NHS with health services bosses
estimating some 350,000 operations and appointments
have to be canceled with other staff
also having to be drafted for emergency services,
critical care and maternity care which hey,
underlines just how essential these junior doctors are
to the NHS.
They're practically the backbone,
making up almost half of all NHS doctors.
Yet, according to the doctor's trade union,
newly qualified medics make just over 14 pounds per hour
which is why they're asking for a 35% raise
to make up for inflation.
But just like last time,
the government's Health Secretary says, hey,
this demands just unaffordable.
Though saying he's willing to negotiate
if the strike's called off.
But I really don't see that happening
because the whole point of this demonstration is to say,
hey, we understand things cost,
but the government continues down this road of inaction,
or they listen to our demands and they meet us,
either way, there is a very real cost.
And over these next four days
we're gonna give you a little preview of that.
And I'll also add, like is often the case,
I'm on the side of the workers here.
Like for people in the healthcare industry, teachers,
pretty much anyone that got like a pat on the back
and they were praised as a hero during the pandemic,
how do you not,
just how are you not furious every fucking day?
How everyone thanked you said, we loved you, you're heroes.
And then the moment, the moment things got less scary,
everyone was like, we can treat you like shit again.
You have enough, don't be greedy.
It's just a reminder that everything,
which of course includes people's feelings,
either it's temporary, it's conditional,
and you gotta look out for you.
Which is also, I think anything bad that happens
during this strike that they're gonna try
and put on these people that are just trying to get
a wage that makes sense,
that shouldn't fall at their feet,
that should fall at the feet of the government.
And then the situation, the Civil War in Myanmar,
it's giving us new horrific extremes by the day,
Since the military overthrew the elected government
back in February of 2021,
it's been embroiled in a war against a patchwork
of opposition militias across the country.
And today, one of those militias held a gathering
to celebrate the opening of an office in the northwest
when suddenly a fighter jet swoops in.
It reportedly dropped one or more bombs
directly on the crowd decimating the crowd.
And while the wounded were being carted away,
a helicopter swooped in and sprayed gunfire
at the survivors with a rebel saying
that several of the deceased were resistance fighters
but claiming most were civilians.
With photos in social media showing
burned and mutilated bodies
as well as flattened buildings and vehicles,
with witnesses in independent media reporting
at least 100 dead including at least 30 children
making this the deadliest attack since the coup.
Now with this to also give you key background,
this internal conflict isn't new in Myanmar.
The government has battled armed ethnic groups
since declaring independence from Britain back in 1948.
But since the military repressed peaceful protest
following the coup,
pro-democracy forces have allied
with some of those ethnic groups
to resist the military's rule
and they've put up this extraordinarily united front.
What we've seen in response
is the military going on this ruthless terror campaign
to squash the rebels
and slaughtering civilians in the process
with airstrikes like the one we talked about today,
actually being commonplace on top of soldiers
burning down villages and raping women.
Each day, each week, each month,
there's another horror story.
Like last month you saw the regime reportedly massacring
at least 22 people including monks at a Buddhist monastery.
Now, back in October,
they bombed an outdoor concert killing at least 80 people
including the musicians.
With it being estimated that over 3000 civilians have died
since the coup two years ago.
And that's in addition to things
like 1.4 million people being displaced from their homes
and nearly a third of the country
in need of humanitarian aid according to the UN.
So in response to all this,
human rights advocates have pushed for a ban
on aviation fuel sales to the regime.
And many western nations have followed through
with arms embargoes.
With the US and Britain recently imposing sanctions
on companies and individuals who sell jet fuel
to the military which is an absolutely key thing
to take away and significant
because the military there
especially relies on its air power
since the rebels have little defense against it
and ground troops are vulnerable to mines and IEDs.
Right from the beginning of the coup to January this year,
there's been a reported 600 air attacks
by the military at a minimum,
but they will still be getting supplies
because China and Russia.
They're continuing to supply the military there
with supplies and aircraft.
And that's where today's show is gonna end.
Thank you for being a part of another one of my daily dives
in the news.
My name's Philip DeFranco, you've just been filled in.
I love your faces and I'll see you tomorrow.