- 'Sup you beautiful bastards.
Welcome back to the Philip DeFranco Show.
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The first thing that we're gonna talk about today
and I want you to listen up because this may save your life.
We need to talk about the copter apocalypse.
So the story starts out with 19-year-old, Logan Schneider,
at his family's cherry orchard in Washington State.
And he's just riding around on his tractor,
blowing cherries, which sounds way more fun
than it actually is.
I got excited.
Turns out it's just a process to dry off the fruits
after recent rainfall.
He's in the middle of (beep) nowhere,
he can see in all directions
so he is wearing noise-canceling headphones.
What's gonna sneak up on him?
Except, silly, silly Logan.
He forgot the first rule of blowing cherries,
watch out for helicopter sneak attacks!
With Logan hearing two thumps, then looking up
and just seeing this massive
black monster coming straight at him.
Are we children?
We're less than a minute into the show,
and (beep) jokes, okay.
But yeah he sees this massive BBC, big beautiful copter,
heading straight toward him.
Teeth spinning, tree shaking, tearing up
through high voltage power lines.
He's got no time to run
and the next thing he knows the chopper is literally
on top of him in the tractor.
But miraculously, he somehow survives the crash.
With him feeling a sharp pain in his back
which he said was actually the helicopter's nose
pinning him down, but it does so in such a way
that he's somehow able to free himself
by pushing off the steering wheel and slipping out.
But it also doesn't end there because it turns out
the helicopter pilot is still alive too,
with him trapped in his harness amid the wreck
as Logan explains.
- I heard him screaming and I looked
and I saw him sitting roughly about here,
upside down, hanging
and that's when the fire was everywhere.
- So now Logan's running against the clock racing
to save this guy before the flames engulf him.
This absolute BAMF moves through the fire, reaching in,
unclipping the pilot who made it out in one piece.
Though, not coming out fully unscathed,
both of them sustaining non-life threatening injuries.
With Logan suffering second degree burns,
also having some damage where he is having
to wear a back brace right now.
But also to make the situation even more random,
it turns out for some reason that Logan
and the pilot share the same birthday.
And as it turns out, Logan had actually been planning
to enroll in aviation school,
though, there noting that the incident
has not changed his mind.
With him also adding,
- [Interviewer] Did you go out
and play the lottery that day?
- I did actually, I won two bucks.
I feel like I always have somebody watching over me,
like God's watching over me, protecting me.
And that you never know when
it could be your last moment, basically.
- So I guess the moral of this story
is there's no reason to be scared of anything.
Statistically, there are norms but you never know
what life's gonna throw at you.
You can live a life of eating right, exercise,
and looking both ways before you cross the street,
not jumping outta airplanes
and a (beep) helicopter outta nowhere
can just crash land on you.
It's all chaos,
we're a second away from not existing at all moments.
So I guess, just enjoy life.
That's the lesson I'm gonna take from this random story.
Then in what feels like the now never ending flow
of the dark side of social media fame,
we should talk about Valkyrae.
And if you don't know,
she's this massive content creator and streamer.
And in a recent interview with Anthony Padilla,
he asks her what's the craziest thing
that's ever happened with a fan.
And unfortunately, her answer is not a fun one.
And while she never used the word stalker,
you can be your own judge.
Saying that this man, I'm not gonna call them a fan,
but this man flew from out of state
and went to the 100 Thieves compound.
Which is kind of just the headquarters for her organization.
She gets warned that this guy was looking for her.
People at 100 Thieves end up calling the police.
With the guy then going back to the airport,
but seemingly he had no intentions to actually get back
on the plane, with Valkyrae explaining,
- Ended up staying at the airport for multiple days
and recording videos of himself saying like,
"I'm not leaving until Rae picks me up."
Like, "I know that she wants to see me."
And it's like really, really crazy.
- And then she goes on to say she's never interacted
with this person, but in his videos,
he kept saying that she wanted him there
and they should go to Coachella together.
And adding that she thinks that he may have
been struggling with mental health issues.
But the whole thing reminded her of just how vulnerable
you can be as a public figure and online creator.
- Seeing the videos, him recording himself,
really reminded me, anyone could watch you.
Anyone could watch you and build some
sort of para-social mindset,
with any streamer or content creator that they watch.
And it's dangerous.
- And unfortunately, this feels like more and more
of the norm, whether it be online creators,
of course, the mainstream people.
Just in the last little bit,
like we talked about the Amouranth situation.
There was Ariana Grande having someone arrested
a second time for breaking into her home.
A man accused of stalking Taylor Swift
was also arrested earlier this month.
The (beep) David Beckham's situation's bizarre,
there's this wild report about an alleged stalker claiming
that David Beckham's sperm had fused with her eggs.
With a report saying that she ended up getting hit
with a restraining order after she went
to his daughter's school claiming to be her mom.
What the actual (beep) is happening right now?
And so that's why with this story, of course, yes,
I'd love to know your thoughts in general
but also I think it's important to highlight
the really dark side of para-social relationships
we see from content creation.
We should also today talk about big emergency number news.
We all know if there is an active shooting
or McDonald's is outta the McRib, you call 911.
But starting tomorrow,
you've also got another option, 988.
With that meant to be a new alternative
to the 10 digit national suicide prevention hotline.
So if you're feeling suicidal
or you're having any other mental health crisis,
you can call or text that quick memorable number
just like you would with 911
and get connected to a trained professional.
Which is something that many say we desperately need
right now because the mental health crisis in the US
was worsening even before the pandemic
and COVID only intensified that.
Yo, someone dies from suicide roughly every 11 minutes.
It's the second leading cause of death
for those age 10 to 14 and 25 to 34.
And currently, the majority of people experiencing
a mental health emergency turn to 911,
which can then lead to them dealing with law enforcement
who aren't trained for that,
or ending up in an emergency room waiting hours
or days for care.
So you have this woman who's taking calls for the hotline
and contemplated suicide herself telling NBC.
- I think just that the mere existence of it
as a mental health crisis helpline is going to do a lot
because it's saying, "We are making mental health
as important as 911 emergencies."
It's just gonna normalize mental health support.
You don't feel shame for calling 911.
You shouldn't feel shame for calling 988.
- [Philip] You've also got
the Secretary of Health & Human Services
saying at a recent press briefing,
"988 won't be a busy signal and 988 won't put you on hold.
You will get help."
But some are skeptical whether the lifeline
can actually deliver on that promise.
Saying however well meaning it is,
if there aren't enough resources to respond
to a large volume of calls, people could be left stranded.
Or because ever since the original hotline was launched
in 2005, call centers have gotten barely any federal funding
with some being forced to shut down.
Which is why recently,
you had this employee at the only call center left
in North Carolina saying that any calls
that they can't take will be bounced
to other parts of the country, and adding,
- Are you ready for 988?
- No, we don't have the funds for operational staff yet.
Our concern is that the youth won't wait to be transferred,
or that someone who's done something to end their life
like taking the pills that they would die
because we can't get them routed
to the emergency services that they need.
- [Philip] And as it stands right now
there are over 200 crisis centers across the US,
with a 2021 report finding that the current hotline
is able to respond to just 85% of calls,
56% of texts and 30% of chats.
And here's the thing,
if 988 does what it is supposed to do,
get more people aware of the lifeline then the influx
of calls and texts are going to skyrocket.
With health officials predicting they will at least double
in the first year after it launches.
But there is some hope here because earlier this year,
Congress began appropriating funds to support call centers
in preparation for tomorrow.
With HHS saying that more than $400 million
have gone towards them so far,
and they're bolstering associated services
like a sub-network for Spanish speaking callers.
But yeah, I guess the main point of the story
is you now know about 988.
And if you use that because you're going through something
and it saves your life, I saved a life.
I am a hero.
That's the real reason I'm talking about this story, my ego.
Also, if you're looking for a way to remember about 988,
let's try and come up with some jingles together.
♪ If you're having a mental break ♪
♪ Call 988 ♪
(Philip giggles)
I was actually, I was gonna do several of 'em
but I think we crushed it on the first one.
But also, I'm a big believer in
the group can come up with a better idea.
So give me your best 988 jingle.
I'll end next Monday's show with the best of them,
because why not?
It's random and for a good cause.
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And then finally, today we need to talk about this story
that's become a major flashpoint in the post-Roe
abortion debate.
So the situation starts when the Indianapolis Star broke
a story on July 1st about a 10 year old girl
in Ohio who became pregnant after being raped
and had to travel to Indiana to get an abortion.
With this, because reportedly
just hours after Roe was struck down,
Ohio banned all abortions after six weeks
with no exceptions for rape or incest.
And you had Indianapolis based OB-GYN,
Dr. Caitlin Bernard telling the Star
that she had received a call from the child abuse doctor
in Ohio that had seen the girl who, exactly three days
after the ruling, was six weeks and three days pregnant.
With that story then beginning to spread on social media,
prompting outrage for many abortion supporters
including president Biden himself.
Who directed even more attention to the story
after referencing it in a speech about abortion rights.
But on the other side of this,
we saw tons of pro-birth conservatives beginning
to cast down on the story,
saying that Dr. Bernard did not give documented details
and there did not appear to be a criminal complaint
connected to the allegation.
Though, there we saw many noting
that there are numerous reasons why such documents
would be hard to come by,
especially when it comes to the rape of a minor.
Saying it could include the family's desire
to keep the story under wraps,
the fact that it is illegal for many official reports
to be disclosed publicly until they become part
of legal proceedings and health laws
that protect medical records from public view.
With in fact, Bernard herself even citing
those medical record protections
when asked to corroborate her story by reporters.
But still, with that at the time,
we saw conservative politician
after conservative politician saying this story was a lie.
This including Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost
who is the top prosecutor in the state,
who told reporters earlier this week
that there was not a whisper of evidence
to support the story and that it was
more likely than not a fabrication.
As well as Ohio Representative Jim Jordan
calling the story another lie.
And it wasn't just the lawmakers.
We saw many conservative commentators
and outlets using their platforms to claim
that this story was a lie.
This including some of the most prominent
and highly watched Fox News hosts like Tucker Carlson
and Jesse Watters who both suggested the story was a hoax.
With also other media organizations owned
by the right wing Murdoch family echoing that narrative.
Such as the New York Post,
publishing an article titled,
"Activist Tale of a 10-year-old Rape Victim's Abortion
Looks Like a Lie."
Then you had the Columbus Dispatch first reporting
that a 27 year old man had been arrested
after police said that he had confessed
to raping the child on at least two occasions.
And on Wednesday, the man who was currently being held
on a $2 million bond was arraigned at a Columbus court,
where he was charged with felony rape
of a child under 13 years old
for which he could face life in prison.
And in a video of the arraignment on Wednesday,
a Columbus police detective testified
that the suspect had indeed admitted
to raping the girl twice
and that the girl herself had identified him as her rapist.
The officer also confirming that the abortion
had taken place on June 30th,
one day before the article was published in the Star.
Despite conservatives repeatedly claiming
that there was no evidence for this story,
the police had actually been referred
to the case by child services
which had been contacted by the girl's mother on June 22nd.
Also very notably here, the prosecutor said
that the girl had only recently turned 10,
meaning she may have actually been nine
when she was impregnated.
And so we ended up seeing shortly after that
as many of the conservatives who spread the narrative
that this was all a lie, quickly backtrack.
Ohio Attorney General Yost doing a full 180 saying
that his heart aches for the pain suffered
by this young child.
He also claimed the girl didn't actually have
to leave Ohio to get an abortion
because the state's medical emergency exemption
would apply to her situation.
Though, you've got people saying it's unknown exactly
what part of the law he's referring to
and saying even if that is true,
it's obviously unclear to medical providers
who would've otherwise not made this poor girl
cross state lines.
We also had others pointing to Jim Jordan saying he took it
a step further that he literally deleted his first post
without issuing any kind of apology
or a remark correcting it.
With people saying he was trying to act like he was
on the right side all along.
Meanwhile, Watters, the Fox News host
who previously called the story of hoax,
bizarrely tried to take credit
for putting pressure on the investigation.
The New York Post also quietly changing
the title of their article.
But beyond all that, we saw many conservative figures
trying to change the narrative,
or, as some would call it distract.
With many of them now trying to focus
on the fact that an ICE spokesperson said that the suspect
in the case was an undocumented immigrant.
Others also shifting focus to Dr. Bernard
with the Attorney General of Indiana even telling Fox News
he intended to investigate her,
implying that she failed to report
the abortion to the state.
And even though documents obtained
by the media have now confirmed
that she reported the procedure
within the three day timeframe for patients under 16,
the AG's office says its review remains open.
Which is also why we've seen a number
of people condemning those conservatives.
This including the lengths of Hasan Piker
who put out a series of tweets reading
"A 10-year-old was raped in Ohio,
had to get an abortion in Indiana.
Republicans, including the Ohio AG,
collectively cast out on the story.
The rapist was caught, turns out he might be undocumented.
Now they quickly switch the attack onto immigrants
and the Indiana abortion provider."
And going on to say, "These people are (beep) monsters.
If there was any justice in this world,
every single person that's engaging
in this barbaric media campaign would be cursed
for seven generations, never feeling a moment
of comfort their entire lives."
But that's also not where the messiness with this story ends
because on Thursday, a Telemundo reporter went to the home
of the man who had admitted to raping the 10-year-old.
And the woman who opened the door did not give her name
but said she was the girl's mother.
But the woman there seeming to confirm
that the child lived in the same house as the suspect
but added emotionally that the girl was fine
and that everything they are saying against him is a lie.
But they're also telling the reporters
that she did not file charges against the man.
And with that very notably,
the woman did not dispute that the abortion occurred
or any of the other details surrounding the matter.
And with this, you have plenty of people noting
that there are many reasons
why she might be lying about this.
This including conservative commentator
and analyst, Jorge Bonilla, who speculated
in a Twitter thread,
"This could be a situation where the confessed rapist
is in a relationship with the mother
or is a relative of the family."
And adding there, that he "saw many such cases while working
as a court interpreter."
With him also going on to say that
"The mother's distressed defense of the rapist suggests
that A, she is also here illegally and fears deportation,
B, the defendant is the family's sole source of income.
C, there is a likelihood of other children in the home.
D, mom is exposed to removal of the children
under dependency proceedings (failure to protect)."
Now, one other thing I wanna note here
because you may have seen headlines swirling around
saying that Dr. Bernard's official report to the state
about the abortion listed the approximate age
of the father as 17.
But there is some reports of note of the fact
that she gave an approximate age
indicates she didn't know the actual age
and thus was required to make her best guess.
As it turns out, it's actually often the case in situations
of abuse where there are unknowns about the perpetrator.
So right now it's unclear why she put that age,
or if it was based on any information that she had.
So obviously, there are a lot of questions with this case
but for now, we're gonna have to wait to see
how all of this plays out.
Though notably here, law enforcement officials
who testified during the arraignment said
that they're going to test the suspect's DNA
with that of the aborted fetus.
So that is very likely the next information we will get
and would give us some pretty solid answers.
But also with the whiplash and disinformation
around this story, you have a lot of people saying
it emphasizes the heart of the issue here.
That these cases and responses to them
are emblematic of post-Roe America.
But ultimately with this story, that's where we are,
obviously more information could come out.
But based off of what we're seeing now,
I'd love to know your thoughts.
And there's a lot of different aspects
so maybe just go with what feels most important
with this story to you.
But ultimately, that is where that story
and today's show ends.
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