Sup you beautiful bastards
Hope you're having a fantastic Wednesday
Welcome back to the Phillip DeFranco Show
And let's just jump into it
And the first thing we're going to talk about today
By far one of the most requested stories today
And that is the story around McKayla Maroney
The two time Olympic medallist that we just talked about on Monday in connection to a different story
Came out today with her own #MeToo story
We've seen more and more women over the past few days
Using the #MeToo to share their stories of sexual harassment, sexual assault
And today McKayla Maroney shared her story of sexual abuse
And she said this was at the hands of Larry Nassar
Her former USA women gymnastics and Olympics team doctor
Maroney writing
Maroney then going on to say that she was not an expert
But here's what she thinks are the best next steps for everyone moving forward
To prevent things like this in the future
I'll link to her full statement down below
And so here let's talk about Larry Nassar
Now, if you're familiar with this controversy
You know about Larry Nassar, but just in case you don't
Nassar worked for USA gymnastics for 29 years
He is currently being sued by over 100 women
Who claim that he sexually assaulted them
Nassar is also facing 22 accounts of first degree criminal sexual conduct
There he faces a life sentence if convicted
He's also already plead guilty to child pornography charges
They found that included victims as young as 6 years old
This included 37,000 images and videos
They found a GoPro that contained Nassar allegedly molesting girls in a pool
As far as what the 'treatment' was
What the other gymnasts call the 'procedure'
Just hearing it from US Olympic gymnast Jamie Dantzscher
It-it-it will make you furious
He did touch my breasts...
...underneath my T-shirt
When he first did the 'procedure' we'll call it
I was either 13 or 14
He said that there is a procedure for a way to get my hips back in alignment
when he would put his fingers into me vaginally
And I don't know how I wasn't uncomfortable
But just being a kid, and being a little girl
And being in such an intense environment
Umm...I was so miserable because I felt like I got in trouble everyday for something else
I had no idea back then that he was doing something wrong
And I want you to remember that the alleged victims
Th-th-they were as young as 9 years old
He would gain the trust of these young girls
He would put his fingers inside of them
And move their leg to act like he was making them feel better
And then you remember, he was in this position for 29 years
Unchecked
Nonstop
Victims delivered right to his door
It's horrifying
And where I end up on this story is, I just wanna ask the question
Can we just throw this Nassar guy in a fire?
This is a monster who went unchecked for a decade
And I know I always lose some of you when I talk about it
What I think we should do with 'kid touchers'
With child molesters
But in my eyes, those aren't people
Those are just monsters
And so that's why I once again I'll say
If there was a list where you could sign up to curb stomp Nassar
I'm not only signing that paper
I'm cutting in line to make sure I'm up at the top
In my opinion, that kind of evil doesn't deserve the space that it's taken up
Hey, outside of my very strong feelings around this story
And the facts that we've been given
I'd love to know your thoughts here
And not just how do you feel about this story
But how do you feel about this story compared to the story we're hearing about actresses
Same? Different?
Obviously there's a big, big age difference here
I'd love to know your thoughts
But from that I wanna share some stuff I love today
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And then, very quickly
I wanna talk about some news around our industry
And this is an update around the CaseyNeistat, YouTube demonetisation situation
If you don't know what I'm talking about there, to oversimplify
YouTube was called out by myself and many other creators in the community
For demonetising people like Casey, but not for demonetising people like Jimmy Kimmel
And other late night hosts when talking about Tragedy
Casey was demonetised for simply talking about wanting to raise money for the victims of a tragedy
Meanwhile, Jimmy Kimmel had ads playing all over his content
Where he was talking about the tragedy and guns
Many people felt like this was a double standard
That YouTuber by themselves, if they're not apart of a corporation
They're just second-class citizens
YouTube came out saying that the ads on those videos were not sold by google
They were sold by Jimmy Kimmel's team, or the company that owns them
So essentially, even if they were profiting from those ads
It seemed like they were trying to kind of push the blame away
But they also added, quote
So then it's quiet for a little bit
And then Casey puts out a video titled "DEMONETIZED DEMONETIZED DEMONETIZED"
And he point out that his completely PC video of him conducting an interview got demonetised
And I feel like most people that watched that video went
"You know what, I think Casey made some really valid points"
He spoke about the situation in a way that doesn't come off as 'bitching'
Which is one of the reasons why so many us try not to talk about it
Some people, rather than seeing it as a critique of a business, they see it as whining
And then you have the "Gizmodos" of the world being dismissive about it
But Casey talks about it in a way of
'You need to do something about this. Not only because we're you're creators
but because we are what make you special'
When you think of communities around video
You don't really think of Facebook, even though they're touting these obviously very bloated view numbers
You think of YouTube and if you don't take care of those creators
Or at the very least just have better communication with those people
They're going to jump to other places
And I think that's a smart way to talk about it for YouTube to care
Because when you are a giant, giant company
Most likely you don't think with your heart, you think with your wallet
And so then I get confused when the BBC puts out a story with the headline
"YouTube star Casey Neistat attacks video site's leaders"
What video did he watch?
And the first part of the write up you even write
And so I if there is a point that I can try and get across in this is
If people are sharing their stories, they're talking about this
Please don't see this as other people whining
When you see the smaller creators complaining about this, concerned about this
You have Sky Williams putting out a video saying
'I'm being demonetised, I don't know what to do'
You have people concern about their livelihood
The sustainability of this business that they've helped build on YouTube
And you have larger creators like myself and Casey Neistat that are speaking on this
Because we get attention
And unfortunately a lot of YouTubers have been trained
That the only time we get a response, a reaction is when we say something publicly
We're sharing this concern because we are worried about the other creators on this site
We are worried about the longevity of the site in general
People like Casey and myself, we've insulated ourselves
Even if we only take into account big moves in the past year
Casey is insulated by his Beme deal
I'm insulated thanks to DeFrancoElite
And the note that I will end on is that I feel like YouTube is trying to be better
The A.I for their algorithm is learning but for most creators, it's not learning fast enough
For some of these creators, especially the smaller ones
It's like they're in a locked room
It's filling up with water, it's almost above their mouth
And you have someone saying
'Don't worry they're figuring out how to get some air holes in here'
It's great but you shouldn't be shocked when people are saying
'Where are those fucking air holes? Any time now'
That's where I'll end that one
Then let's talk about a update to a story that is most likely going to make you go "that took 6 months?"
Remember Dr. Dao from the United Airlines flight?
He was forcibly removed from his seat
Banged up, bloodied
Well according to a new report from Chicago Inspector General, Joseph Ferguson
Two of the four law enforcement personnel that were involved have been fired
And as far as the other two involved, one resigned and the other received a 2 day suspension
Dao - you might remember - was on the receiving end of a broken nose, a concussion, he lost two teeth
And there are reported details that this happened due to excessive force
The investigation finding that the officers
Mishandled a non threatening situation that resulted in the physically violent and forceful removal of Dr. Dao
Or I guess to paraphrase
This part of the investigation involved them watching the same video that millions of others people watched
Also according to the investigation
The employees made misleading statements and deliberately removed material facts from their reports
Which of course brings us to
How did this take 6 months?
We had the video and what they put in their reports 6 months ago
I mean it's great they're publicly acknowledging what the law enforcement personal did here
But it feels so obvious
But hey, I guess better late than never?
Then let's talk about President Trump in the news for a new controversy
Earlier this week, Donald Trump made comments about past presidents not making calls to the families of the fallen like he does
Without fully going into once again about how untrue that statement is
The backtracking, the re configuring of 'what I really meant was'
Let's move past that part, we talked about it yesterday
But the main take away for today is that he said he had no reached out to the families yet
He had written letters that were going to be sent or had been sent
And he planned to call
And now apparently the president has made those phone calls to the families
And the controversy today is around a phone call between President Trump and a widow, Myeshia Johnson
Her husband is La David Johnson who died 2 weeks ago in Niger
Reportedly, she was in a car travelling to meet her husbands remains when President Trump called
She reportedly spoke with him on speaker phone surrounded by family and Florida congress woman Frederica Wilson
And when the congress woman was later asked about the phone call she said this to reporters
I was in the car when President Trump called
He never said the word 'Hero'
He said to the wife
"Well I guess he knew what he was getting into"
She was then later asked by another reporter "Are you sure that's what he said?"
(Reporter): Are you sure you heard what he said, that the President said 'he knew what he was signing up for'
You heard that?
(Wilson): Yeah, he said that
Later when talking to the Washington Post she said that Trump
Initially in response to this a White House official did not confirm or deny that this happened but said
But this morning Trump took to Twitter to defend himself, tweeting
Then congress woman Wilson went on CNN and MSNBC this morning and she said
(Wilson): Well I don't know what kind of proof he could be talking about
Ahh..I'm not the only person that was in the car
I have proof too
Well I didn't hear the whole phone call, but I did hear him say
"I'm sure he knew what he was signing up for"
But it still hurts
And I'm gonna stop it right there because you may have noticed something
Congress woman Wilson initially said one thing and now has slightly changed it
Just so you remember she initially says
(Wilson): Well I guess he knew what he was getting into
(DeFranco): And now she says
(Wilson): I'm sure he knew what he was signing up for...but it still hurts
That's two different things:
One is I guess he knew what he was getting into
The other is I'm sure he knew what he was signing up for but it still hurts
It's one of the potentials of the job, but even going into it knowing that it doesn't make this hurt any less
That's a completely different statement
Now you can argue if that statement is accurate or not
In the past decade it's been reported that if you're in the army you're risk of death is 0.1%
Your risk of being injured in active duty 1%
But also keep in mind those numbers don't take into account job speciality
And I don't believe that there is really a "true risk assessment" for an individual
So as far as that I don't think it's a fair, accurate statement to say that
everyone going into the military thinks that they're going to die
Statistically in the past decade it's actually rare
You could even argue that it's not the time or place to say something like that
You just say 'Thank you so much for his service'
'America is greater because of men like David and I'm so sorry for your loss'
Right something more along the lines of that
But that said Wilson herself even said she didn't hear the entire conversation
But that said the Washington Post reported that the mother of Sergeant Johnson confirmed Wilsons claims
Cowanda Jones-Johnson saying she was in the car during the call and quote
She then declined to elaborate but when asked if Wilsons account of what happened was accurate she said yes
But ultimately where I end up on this story is I hate that we even have to talk about this
This family's already in pain
Now they're being thrust into the national spotlight
It feels like everyone's screaming and claiming stuff
You got Wilson being asked "do you think you're politicising this?"
She says " No I was asked a question and gave an answer"
And for me that seems like a little BS
You gave the answer but you excluded initially the first part where he says, you know
But it doesn't hurt any less
And you could also say Trump is politicising this
And other people say that 'Well no, he was just answering a question from that Rose Garden press conference'
But you could also argue yes he did because there was no reason to reference past presidents
What they did and what he's doing and how he does more
And once again I'm not saying that's a fact, I'm just saying that's Trump's claims
And now he's referencing that he has proof
But then the White House officials saying they don't comment on these private conversations
So was he was just referencing proof and not going to show it?
But at the same time you've got Johnson's mother confirming Wilson's account
But Trump has also dug in further
Telling the reporters, quote
And to this Wilson responded
I don't know
I will pass the question off to you
What is your take away from this story?
Just talking about all this for the past few days it just feels like I'm wearing a dirty shirt I can't take off
And then let's talk about the insane fires in Portugal and Spain
In Portugal, everything north of the Tagus river was declared 'a state of emergency'
That's about half of the country
Throughout the weekend and into Monday there were 145 fires in Portugal alone
By Monday 6000 fire fighters and 1800 vehicles were deployed to the region to combat the blazes
As of Monday night dozens of those were considered extremely serious
And from this Portugal had over 63 people injured and 41 dead
Although that number is expected to rise
Also of those 63 injured, 16 are in very critical condition
Spain has also suffered tragic loses
4 died in Spain so far, 2 of those found in a burned out vehicle on the side of the road
And as of right now it is currently unknown exactly how many houses and building have been destroyed
Luckily, and it feels weird using that in this story, but by Tuesday there was heavy rainfall that helped combat all the blazes
This is incredibly lucky and not only because this helps fight the fire
But reportedly this is the first significant rainfall in over 6 months for the region
This is actually the driest season in 87 years for Portugal
And on top of the extremely dry season Hurricane Ophilia had strong winds that helped fan the blaze
These winds were reportedly so strong that they actually managed to send ash and smoke all the way to London
Additionally the area is heavily forested with eucalyptus trees which has oils that make the extremely flammable
Portugal's Prime Minister saying to the press
But for many people that's not enough
Costa has been heavily criticised for his government responses to wild fire
Back in June, Portugal had huge fires that left over 64 dead and more than 130 injured
And after Costa promised to enact policies to combat and prevent fires
So many citizens are saying "Where are they?"
And today we saw Portugals interior minister resigning saying
And then he believed that her resignation is likely due to the fact she is blamed for the governments bad handling of fires and evacuations
Critics of hers pointing to her constant support of a system called SIRESP
And what that is, is a communication service in Portugal that is supposed to be used by emergency personal
It's essentially a second phone service in infrastructure, but reportedly it has never worked in a big emergency
It's supposed to allow uninterrupted communication between emergency personal during an emergency
Also help them evacuate inhabitants in danger zones quickly and effectively
But since 2010 the system has failed multiple times
More recently we looked at those June fires that left over 60 dead
But still the government refuses to cancel that contract
Meanwhile in Spain we're seeing a somewhat different situation
There we're seeing government officials saying that they believe that these were acts of terrorism
Galician President Alberto Nunez Feijoo saying
There are also reports that one man has been arrested for starting fires in Spain
However, that arrest was due to carelessness and not malicious intent
And so that's where we are right now, it is scary looking at that footage
My best wishes to those affected and if there really is a better way to deal with what we're seeing here, I really hope they implement it soon
And that's actually where I'm going to end today's show
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