1 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:15,900 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:15,966 --> 00:00:21,900 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:21,966 --> 00:00:29,100 ♪ ♪ 4 00:00:29,166 --> 00:00:36,433 >> John: HI, THERE, STILL 5 00:00:36,500 --> 00:00:38,500 WELCOME TO THE SHOW, STILL ONLY 6 00:00:38,566 --> 00:00:40,566 TAKING PLACE HERE FOR FOUR MORE 7 00:00:40,633 --> 00:00:41,666 SHOWS. 8 00:00:41,733 --> 00:00:43,233 >> CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH. 9 00:00:43,300 --> 00:00:44,800 >> John: I THINK I LIKED IT 10 00:00:44,866 --> 00:00:47,900 BETTER WHEN YOU WERE SILENT. 11 00:00:47,966 --> 00:00:51,500 >> YOU KNOW WHAT WASN'T SILENT? 12 00:00:51,566 --> 00:00:56,100 WHEN YOU FUCKING BLEW ME UP. 13 00:00:56,166 --> 00:00:56,866 YOU REMEMBER THAT? 14 00:00:56,933 --> 00:00:58,033 >> John: I DO. 15 00:00:58,100 --> 00:01:00,500 BARCODING KIRK SCARED EVERYONE, 16 00:01:00,566 --> 00:01:05,066 AND THE HOUSE BEGAN THE 17 00:01:05,133 --> 00:01:07,433 INVESTIGATION OF THE IN SPIRIT 18 00:01:07,500 --> 00:01:08,733 INSURRECTION. 19 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:11,366 BUT WHEN JIM JORDAN STRUGGLED TO 20 00:01:11,433 --> 00:01:13,233 ANSWER A BASIC QUESTION. 21 00:01:13,300 --> 00:01:13,866 >> YES OR NO, DID YOU SPEAK TO 22 00:01:13,933 --> 00:01:14,866 PRESIDENT TRUMP ON JANUARY 23 00:01:14,933 --> 00:01:15,200 SIXTH? 24 00:01:15,266 --> 00:01:15,966 >> YEAH, I MEAN, I SPEAK -- I 25 00:01:16,033 --> 00:01:16,566 SPOKE WITH THE PRESIDENT LAST 26 00:01:16,633 --> 00:01:17,666 WEEK. 27 00:01:17,733 --> 00:01:18,533 I SPEAK WITH THE PRESIDENT ALL 28 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:19,100 THE TIME, I SPOKE WITH THE 29 00:01:19,166 --> 00:01:19,633 PRESIDENT ON JANUARY 6TH. 30 00:01:19,700 --> 00:01:20,233 I MEAN, I TALK WITH PRESIDENT 31 00:01:20,300 --> 00:01:21,166 TRUMP ALL THE TIME. 32 00:01:21,233 --> 00:01:23,366 >> ON JANUARY 6, DID YOU SPEAK 33 00:01:23,433 --> 00:01:26,433 WITH HIM BEFORE, DURING, OR 34 00:01:26,500 --> 00:01:30,400 AFTER THE CAPITOL WAS ATTACKED? 35 00:01:30,466 --> 00:01:33,200 >> UH, I'D HAVE TO GO -- I 36 00:01:33,266 --> 00:01:34,166 -- I SPOKE WITH HIM THAT 37 00:01:34,233 --> 00:01:34,933 DAY AFTER? 38 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:36,166 I THINK AFTER? 39 00:01:36,233 --> 00:01:36,900 I DON'T KNOW IF I SPOKE WITH HIM 40 00:01:36,966 --> 00:01:37,400 IN THE MORNING OR NOT. 41 00:01:37,466 --> 00:01:38,166 I JUST DON'T KNOW. 42 00:01:38,233 --> 00:01:39,433 I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND -- I 43 00:01:39,500 --> 00:01:40,200 MEAN, I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T 44 00:01:40,266 --> 00:01:42,100 KNOW WHEN THOSE CONVERSATIONS 45 00:01:42,166 --> 00:01:43,766 HAPPENED, BUT WHAT I KNOW IS, I 46 00:01:43,833 --> 00:01:46,800 SPOKE WITH HIM ALL THE TIME. 47 00:01:46,866 --> 00:01:47,566 >> John: OH, OKAY THEN! 48 00:01:47,633 --> 00:01:48,266 THAT SOUNDS REASONABLE! 49 00:01:48,333 --> 00:01:49,266 YOU SEEM TO BE EMPLOYING BOTH 50 00:01:49,333 --> 00:01:50,000 THE NERVOUS ENERGY AND DEEPLY 51 00:01:50,066 --> 00:01:50,800 SUSPICIOUS DENIALS NORMALLY 52 00:01:50,866 --> 00:01:58,866 RESERVED FOR WOODY ALLEN. 53 00:01:58,933 --> 00:01:59,800 WHY WOULDN'T I FIND THAT 54 00:01:59,866 --> 00:02:00,733 REASSURING? 55 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:01,600 BUT INSTEAD OF THAT, I'D LIKE TO 56 00:02:01,666 --> 00:02:02,433 BRIEFLY FOCUS ON AFGHANISTAN. 57 00:02:02,500 --> 00:02:03,100 THE U.S. WITHDRAWAL FROM THERE 58 00:02:03,166 --> 00:02:03,833 IS NEARLY COMPLETE, AHEAD OF THE 59 00:02:03,900 --> 00:02:04,600 AUGUST 31 DEADLINE SET BY THE 60 00:02:04,666 --> 00:02:05,600 BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. 61 00:02:05,666 --> 00:02:06,666 BUT MANY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT 62 00:02:06,733 --> 00:02:08,200 WHO'S BEING LEFT BEHIND. 63 00:02:08,266 --> 00:02:10,066 >> AS AMERICA ENDS ITS LONGEST 64 00:02:10,133 --> 00:02:11,200 WAR, THE TRANSLATORS LEFT BEHIND 65 00:02:11,266 --> 00:02:12,566 ARE BEGGING THE BIDEN 66 00:02:12,633 --> 00:02:14,366 ADMINISTRATION TO CUT THROUGH 67 00:02:14,433 --> 00:02:16,100 THE RED TAPE AND GRANT THEM 68 00:02:16,166 --> 00:02:20,600 SPECIAL VISAS TO COME TO THE 69 00:02:20,666 --> 00:02:21,700 U.S. 70 00:02:21,766 --> 00:02:22,833 TODAY, INDEPENDENT SENATOR 71 00:02:22,900 --> 00:02:23,433 ANGUS KING TOLD REPORTERS THE 72 00:02:23,500 --> 00:02:24,200 PRESIDENT'S HAIR SHOULD BE ON 73 00:02:24,266 --> 00:02:25,300 FIRE OVER THIS SITUATION. 74 00:02:25,366 --> 00:02:26,600 >> John: IT'S TRUE. 75 00:02:26,666 --> 00:02:27,866 THIS IS A SITUATION BIDEN'S HAIR 76 00:02:27,933 --> 00:02:28,800 SHOULD BE ON FIRE ABOUT -- BOTH 77 00:02:28,866 --> 00:02:29,566 METAPHORICALLY AND LITERALLY. 78 00:02:29,633 --> 00:02:30,933 IT'D FRANKLY BE A HUGE 79 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:32,933 IMPROVEMENT ON HIS CURRENT LOOK, 80 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:37,000 WHICH I'D DESCRIBE AS 81 00:02:37,066 --> 00:02:41,100 "BUSINESS GHOST," ALSO KNOWN AS 82 00:02:41,166 --> 00:02:43,000 THE "SANE DOC BROWN" OR 83 00:02:43,066 --> 00:02:43,566 "THE FLAT JAMIE LEE CURTIS." 84 00:02:43,633 --> 00:02:44,200 BECAUSE THE FACT IS, THERE ARE 85 00:02:44,266 --> 00:02:44,833 THOUSANDS OF AFGHANS WHO HELPED 86 00:02:44,900 --> 00:02:45,433 U.S. TROOPS DURING THE WAR WHO 87 00:02:45,500 --> 00:02:46,400 BADLY NEED TO BE EVACUATED 88 00:02:46,466 --> 00:02:47,133 BECAUSE THE TALIBAN VERY MUCH 89 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:48,166 WANTS TO KILL THEM. 90 00:02:48,233 --> 00:02:50,233 SINCE 2014, MORE THAN 300 91 00:02:50,300 --> 00:02:51,366 TRANSLATORS OR THEIR FAMILY 92 00:02:51,433 --> 00:02:53,100 MEMBERS HAVE BEEN KILLED. 93 00:02:53,166 --> 00:02:54,833 AND I WILL SAY, PUBLICLY, BIDEN 94 00:02:54,900 --> 00:02:56,466 HAS BEEN SENDING ENCOURAGING 95 00:02:56,533 --> 00:03:00,066 MESSAGES. 96 00:03:00,133 --> 00:03:01,133 >> OUR MESSAGE TO THOSE WOMEN 97 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:03,266 AND MEN IS CLEAR. 98 00:03:03,333 --> 00:03:04,766 THERE IS A HOME FOR YOU IN THE 99 00:03:04,833 --> 00:03:06,433 UNITED STATES IF YOU SO CHOOSE, 100 00:03:06,500 --> 00:03:08,300 AND WE WILL STAND WITH YOU JUST 101 00:03:08,366 --> 00:03:13,400 AS YOU STOOD WITH US. 102 00:03:13,466 --> 00:03:14,133 >> John: OH, WELL, THAT SOUNDS 103 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:14,700 GREAT! 104 00:03:14,766 --> 00:03:18,533 ALTHOUGH THAT "IF THEY SO CHOOSE 105 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:19,633 PART" IS DOING A LOT OF WORK. 106 00:03:19,700 --> 00:03:20,400 BECAUSE IT'S NOT SO MUCH THEIR 107 00:03:20,466 --> 00:03:21,000 CHOICE AS OURS. 108 00:03:21,066 --> 00:03:21,733 WE'RE THE ONES IN CHARGE OF THE 109 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:23,433 PROCESS, SO PUTTING THE CHOICE 110 00:03:23,500 --> 00:03:25,200 ON THE APPLICANTS IS BASICALLY A 111 00:03:25,266 --> 00:03:26,800 SURGEON HANDING YOU A SCALPEL, 112 00:03:26,866 --> 00:03:28,100 SAYING, "THERE IS A TUMOR-FREE 113 00:03:28,166 --> 00:03:29,333 PANCREAS IN YOUR BODY IF YOU SO 114 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:31,333 CHOOSE, AND I WILL STAND WITH 115 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:32,466 YOU." 116 00:03:32,533 --> 00:03:34,300 I THINK YOU MIGHT BE 117 00:03:34,366 --> 00:03:35,166 FUNDAMENTALLY CONFUSED ABOUT WHO 118 00:03:35,233 --> 00:03:37,433 HAS POWER OVER THE OUTCOME HERE. 119 00:03:37,500 --> 00:03:38,566 AND THE APPLICATION PROCESS HAS 120 00:03:38,633 --> 00:03:40,433 BEEN A MESS FOR A LONG TIME. 121 00:03:40,500 --> 00:03:42,333 AS WE DISCUSSED ON THE FIRST 122 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:44,900 SEASON OF THIS SHOW -- 123 00:03:44,966 --> 00:03:46,866 PRESUMABLY 40 YEARS AGO -- JUST 124 00:03:46,933 --> 00:03:48,266 APPLYING FOR A SPECIAL IMMIGRANT 125 00:03:48,333 --> 00:03:50,300 VISA CAN BE A NIGHTMARE. 126 00:03:50,366 --> 00:03:52,100 AND WHILE 18,000 AFGHANS HAVE 127 00:03:52,166 --> 00:03:53,733 APPLIED ON BEHALF OF THEMSELVES 128 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:56,766 AND THEIR FAMILIES -- 129 00:03:56,833 --> 00:03:57,533 REPRESENTING AN ESTIMATED 53,000 130 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:00,033 PEOPLE IN TOTAL -- MANY HAVE 131 00:04:00,100 --> 00:04:01,466 BEEN STUCK WAITING, IN SOME 132 00:04:01,533 --> 00:04:03,066 CASES FOR YEARS. 133 00:04:03,133 --> 00:04:05,600 >> MONEER NOORI HAS BEEN WAITING 134 00:04:05,666 --> 00:04:06,633 ON A SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISA FOR 135 00:04:06,700 --> 00:04:08,600 NEARLY A DECADE. 136 00:04:08,666 --> 00:04:10,833 HE FIRST APPLIED FOR A 137 00:04:10,900 --> 00:04:12,366 SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISA IN 2013 138 00:04:12,433 --> 00:04:13,266 AND SAID HE'S BEEN REJECTED FOUR 139 00:04:13,333 --> 00:04:14,033 TIMES. 140 00:04:14,100 --> 00:04:15,300 MONEER WAS TOLD BY THE STATE 141 00:04:15,366 --> 00:04:15,966 DEPARTMENT THAT HIS DOCUMENTS 142 00:04:16,033 --> 00:04:16,733 WERE FRAUDULENT BUT WAS NOT 143 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:17,633 GIVEN ANY SPECIFIC EXAMPLE TO 144 00:04:17,700 --> 00:04:19,366 APPEAL. 145 00:04:19,433 --> 00:04:20,333 >> THERE IS MORE THAN HUNDREDS 146 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:22,000 AND HUNDREDS MORE SPECIAL FORCE 147 00:04:22,066 --> 00:04:25,466 INTERPRETERS LEFT BEHIND. 148 00:04:25,533 --> 00:04:28,100 THEY HAVE THE SAME ISSUES. 149 00:04:28,166 --> 00:04:29,066 AND I DON'T WANT TO BE LEFT 150 00:04:29,133 --> 00:04:30,800 BEHIND. 151 00:04:30,866 --> 00:04:33,433 >> John: YEAH, OF COURSE NOT. 152 00:04:33,500 --> 00:04:35,866 AND WE CAN'T LET THAT HAPPEN. 153 00:04:35,933 --> 00:04:37,133 BECAUSE IT'S PRACTICALLY A 154 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:38,466 DEATH SENTENCE. 155 00:04:38,533 --> 00:04:39,733 BEING LEFT BEHIND, IN THIS 156 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:41,233 CONTEXT IS EVEN WORSE THAN 157 00:04:41,300 --> 00:04:42,600 SEEING "LEFT BEHIND," THE 2014 158 00:04:42,666 --> 00:04:44,166 NICOLAS CAGE FAITH-BASED 159 00:04:44,233 --> 00:04:45,766 THRILLER ABOUT THE SECOND COMING 160 00:04:45,833 --> 00:04:49,100 THAT BOASTS -- AND THIS IS 161 00:04:49,166 --> 00:04:51,833 TRUE -- A SOLID 1% 162 00:04:51,900 --> 00:04:52,266 ON ROTTEN TOMATOES. 163 00:04:52,333 --> 00:04:53,966 CLEARLY, THERE AREN'T MANY 164 00:04:54,033 --> 00:04:55,600 THINGS WORSE THAN SEEING 165 00:04:55,666 --> 00:04:56,666 "LEFT BEHIND," BUT I'M GOING TO 166 00:04:56,733 --> 00:04:57,900 SAY GETTING ABANDONED TO BE 167 00:04:57,966 --> 00:04:59,100 MURDERED BY THE TALIBAN IS 168 00:04:59,166 --> 00:04:59,600 DEFINITELY ONE OF THEM. 169 00:04:59,666 --> 00:05:00,500 AND IT'S NOT JUST THAT 170 00:05:00,566 --> 00:05:02,200 INTERPRETER WHO'S FRUSTRATED -- 171 00:05:02,266 --> 00:05:03,666 THE U.S. SOLDIERS HE WORKED 172 00:05:03,733 --> 00:05:05,133 ALONGSIDE ARE ALSO APPALLED BY 173 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:08,000 THE SITUATION. 174 00:05:08,066 --> 00:05:08,800 >> WE'RE FILLING OUT ALL THE 175 00:05:08,866 --> 00:05:09,333 PAPERWORK. 176 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:10,166 WE'RE GOING THROUGH ALL THE DUE 177 00:05:10,233 --> 00:05:10,900 DILIGENCE AND THE PROCESS TO 178 00:05:10,966 --> 00:05:12,133 MAKE THIS RIGHT. 179 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:13,566 AND NOBODY IS RESPONDING WITH 180 00:05:13,633 --> 00:05:14,866 ANY INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE 181 00:05:14,933 --> 00:05:19,266 CRITICAL TO GETTING HIM OUT OF 182 00:05:19,333 --> 00:05:19,900 COUNTRY. 183 00:05:19,966 --> 00:05:20,800 >> LIKE, THIS IS, LIKE, 184 00:05:20,866 --> 00:05:21,400 BOTH A HUGE LEADERSHIP FAILURE 185 00:05:21,466 --> 00:05:22,533 FOR ME, LIKE, PERSONALLY, AND 186 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:23,066 THE MILITARY. 187 00:05:23,133 --> 00:05:24,066 THE -- THE FACT THAT I HAVEN'T 188 00:05:24,133 --> 00:05:24,800 BEEN ABLE TO GET MY -- MY GUY 189 00:05:24,866 --> 00:05:26,433 OUT. 190 00:05:26,500 --> 00:05:29,300 >> John: THAT DOES SOUND 191 00:05:29,366 --> 00:05:30,233 MADDENING. 192 00:05:30,300 --> 00:05:31,166 PARTICULARLY BECAUSE "GETTING MY 193 00:05:31,233 --> 00:05:33,600 GUY OUT" IS BASICALLY WHAT WE'VE 194 00:05:33,666 --> 00:05:34,400 BEEN CONDITIONED TO THINK THE 195 00:05:34,466 --> 00:05:35,400 MILITARY DOES. 196 00:05:35,466 --> 00:05:36,500 IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE "SAVING 197 00:05:36,566 --> 00:05:37,900 PRIVATE RYAN," NOT "FILING 198 00:05:37,966 --> 00:05:39,300 PAPERWORK ON PRIVATE RYAN'S 199 00:05:39,366 --> 00:05:41,000 BEHALF, WAITING A FEW MONTHS, 200 00:05:41,066 --> 00:05:42,500 FILING REQUISITION PAPERWORK TO 201 00:05:42,566 --> 00:05:43,433 TRACK DOWN THE INITIAL 202 00:05:43,500 --> 00:05:44,333 PAPERWORK, AND THEN LEARNING 203 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:45,833 PRIVATE RYAN WAS SHOT IN THE 204 00:05:45,900 --> 00:05:48,066 HEAD BY A NAZI LAST MONTH." 205 00:05:48,133 --> 00:05:50,266 AND THERE IS REAL URGENCY HERE, 206 00:05:50,333 --> 00:05:51,433 AS THE TALIBAN CURRENTLY 207 00:05:51,500 --> 00:05:52,100 CONTROLS ABOUT HALF OF 208 00:05:52,166 --> 00:05:53,700 AFGHANISTAN'S 419 DISTRICT 209 00:05:53,766 --> 00:05:55,233 CENTERS, AND WHILE THEY'VE YET 210 00:05:55,300 --> 00:05:56,033 TO CAPTURE ANY OF THE PROVINCIAL 211 00:05:56,100 --> 00:05:57,233 CAPITALS, THEY ARE PRESSURING 212 00:05:57,300 --> 00:05:59,333 ABOUT HALF OF THEM. 213 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:01,366 THIS IS BASICALLY THE BILL COSBY 214 00:06:01,433 --> 00:06:02,433 COMEBACK TOUR OF POLITICAL 215 00:06:02,500 --> 00:06:04,300 CRISES: WE CAN ALL SEE WHERE 216 00:06:04,366 --> 00:06:05,633 IT'S GOING, AND IF WE DON'T ACT 217 00:06:05,700 --> 00:06:07,366 QUICKLY, SOMETHING TERRIBLE IS 218 00:06:07,433 --> 00:06:09,866 GOING TO HAPPEN. 219 00:06:09,933 --> 00:06:11,766 AND INCREDIBLY, THERE ARE 220 00:06:11,833 --> 00:06:16,866 SOME -- LIKE SUPERCUTS SUPERFAN 221 00:06:16,933 --> 00:06:17,966 RAND PAUL -- WHO HAVE QUESTIONED 222 00:06:18,033 --> 00:06:19,200 WHETHER WE SHOULD BE EVACUATING 223 00:06:19,266 --> 00:06:19,733 ALL THESE PEOPLE AT ALL. 224 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:20,366 >> I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM RATHER 225 00:06:20,433 --> 00:06:22,666 TO STAY AND FIGHT. 226 00:06:22,733 --> 00:06:24,666 I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE 227 00:06:24,733 --> 00:06:25,566 MANY ENGLISH SPEAKERS IN 228 00:06:25,633 --> 00:06:26,433 AFGHANISTAN. 229 00:06:26,500 --> 00:06:27,500 THE FUTURE OF AFGHANISTAN COULD 230 00:06:27,566 --> 00:06:29,000 BE A BRIGHT FUTURE, BUT THEY'RE 231 00:06:29,066 --> 00:06:30,700 GOING TO HAVE TO FIGHT FOR IT 232 00:06:30,766 --> 00:06:31,833 AND, ULTIMATELY, IT IS THEIR 233 00:06:31,900 --> 00:06:32,333 FIGHT. 234 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:33,266 >> John: OKAY, FIRST -- FUCK ALL 235 00:06:33,333 --> 00:06:36,133 THE WAY OFF. 236 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:37,100 AND SECOND -- FIGHT WITH FUCKING 237 00:06:37,166 --> 00:06:37,800 WHAT, EXACTLY? 238 00:06:37,866 --> 00:06:38,733 THEIR WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF THE 239 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:40,166 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THERE, THEIR 240 00:06:40,233 --> 00:06:40,800 AND THEY'RE? 241 00:06:40,866 --> 00:06:42,033 ALSO, TELLING TRANSLATORS TO 242 00:06:42,100 --> 00:06:44,066 "STAY AND FIGHT THE TALIBAN" IS 243 00:06:44,133 --> 00:06:45,500 PRETTY RICH COMING FROM A GUY 244 00:06:45,566 --> 00:06:46,600 WHO COULDN'T EVEN WIN A FIGHT 245 00:06:46,666 --> 00:06:48,033 AGAINST HIS NEIGHBOR ON HIS OWN 246 00:06:48,100 --> 00:06:50,033 FRONT LAWN. 247 00:06:50,100 --> 00:06:51,600 AND THE ADMINISTRATION MAY POINT 248 00:06:51,666 --> 00:06:53,933 TO THE FACT THAT, THIS MONTH, 249 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:54,566 2500 AFGHANS ARE BEING FLOWN IN 250 00:06:54,633 --> 00:06:55,100 STAGES TO AN ARMY BASE IN 251 00:06:55,166 --> 00:06:56,300 VIRGINIA. 252 00:06:56,366 --> 00:06:58,000 AND THAT THEY'RE NEGOTIATING 253 00:06:58,066 --> 00:06:59,066 WITH THIRD COUNTRIES LIKE QATAR 254 00:06:59,133 --> 00:07:00,133 AND KUWAIT TO HOUSE AFGHANS AT 255 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:01,600 MILITARY BASES WHILE THEY AWAIT 256 00:07:01,666 --> 00:07:03,733 VISA APPROVAL. 257 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:05,166 BUT SO FAR A TINY PERCENTAGE OF 258 00:07:05,233 --> 00:07:06,733 THE PEOPLEIN THE PIPELINE HAVE 259 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:08,833 BEEN EVACUATED. 260 00:07:08,900 --> 00:07:09,766 AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE JUST 261 00:07:09,833 --> 00:07:15,066 SCRAMBLING FOR A PLAN NOW IS 262 00:07:15,133 --> 00:07:17,100 INEXCUSABLE WHEN WE'VE HAD 20 263 00:07:17,166 --> 00:07:18,266 YEARS TO DEVELOP ONE, AND FOR 264 00:07:18,333 --> 00:07:19,433 AROUND HALF THAT TIME, BIDEN WAS 265 00:07:19,500 --> 00:07:20,533 IN THE WHITE HOUSE. 266 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:21,766 IF WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE 267 00:07:21,833 --> 00:07:26,266 THESE APPLICANTS ARE SAFE, WE 268 00:07:26,333 --> 00:07:27,933 COULD BRING THEM TO THE U.S. FOR 269 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:28,233 PROCESSING. 270 00:07:28,300 --> 00:07:29,433 GUAM HAS BEEN SUGGESTED. 271 00:07:29,500 --> 00:07:30,666 AND WE SHOULD DO THAT RIGHT NOW 272 00:07:30,733 --> 00:07:32,133 BECAUSE THE CLOCK IS TICKING, 273 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:33,066 AND THE TRANSLATORS IN 274 00:07:33,133 --> 00:07:33,700 AFGHANISTAN ARE WELL AWARE OF 275 00:07:33,766 --> 00:07:35,200 THAT FACT. 276 00:07:35,266 --> 00:07:36,533 >> WHILE EVACUATION PLANS TO A 277 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:38,000 THIRD COUNTRY MAY STILL BE 278 00:07:38,066 --> 00:07:39,766 UNCERTAIN, THE TALIBAN DEATH 279 00:07:39,833 --> 00:07:42,166 THREATS HERE ARE CRYSTAL CLEAR. 280 00:07:42,233 --> 00:07:43,633 >> YEAH, I RECEIVE A LOT OF 281 00:07:43,700 --> 00:07:44,733 PHONE CALLS FROM THEM. 282 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:45,633 >> PHONE CALLS? 283 00:07:45,700 --> 00:07:47,866 >> YES. 284 00:07:47,933 --> 00:07:49,600 AND THEY TOLD ME, "SOON WE WILL 285 00:07:49,666 --> 00:07:50,600 COME TO KABUL, AND WE WILL FIND 286 00:07:50,666 --> 00:07:52,366 YOU AND WE WILL KILL YOU." 287 00:07:52,433 --> 00:07:54,766 >> THE TALIBAN HAVE SAID 288 00:07:54,833 --> 00:07:56,566 INTERPRETERS WILL NOT BE IN 289 00:07:56,633 --> 00:07:58,000 DANGER, AS LONG AS THEY SHOW 290 00:07:58,066 --> 00:07:59,000 REMORSE FOR THEIR TREASON. 291 00:07:59,066 --> 00:08:01,066 >> WOULD ANYONE BELIEVE THAT? 292 00:08:01,133 --> 00:08:01,700 >> YOU'RE ALMOST LAUGHING, YOU 293 00:08:01,766 --> 00:08:03,500 WOULDN'T BELIEVE THEM. 294 00:08:03,566 --> 00:08:04,400 >> NO, I WILL NEVER BELIEVE 295 00:08:04,466 --> 00:08:05,066 THEM. 296 00:08:05,133 --> 00:08:07,000 >> John: YEAH, OF COURSE HE 297 00:08:07,066 --> 00:08:09,133 DOESN'T BELIEVE THE TALIBAN. 298 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:10,966 A "TALIBAN PROMISE" SOUNDS 299 00:08:11,033 --> 00:08:12,166 INHERENTLY LIKE BULLSHIT. 300 00:08:12,233 --> 00:08:13,400 IT ALSO SOUNDS LIKE A PRETTY 301 00:08:13,466 --> 00:08:14,233 RACIST SOFT-CORE ROMANCE 302 00:08:14,300 --> 00:08:14,966 PAPERBACK WRITTEN BY A WHITE 303 00:08:15,033 --> 00:08:15,933 WOMAN WHO'S NEVER MET ANYONE 304 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:16,933 FROM THERE. 305 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:18,266 BUT MOSTLY IT SOUNDS LIKE 306 00:08:18,333 --> 00:08:19,200 BULLSHIT. 307 00:08:19,266 --> 00:08:20,666 THERE IS NO REASON TO BELIEVE 308 00:08:20,733 --> 00:08:22,433 THINGS WILL END WELL FOR ANYONE 309 00:08:22,500 --> 00:08:24,166 WE LEAVE BEHIND. 310 00:08:24,233 --> 00:08:26,200 THESE PEOPLE HELPED US AT GREAT 311 00:08:26,266 --> 00:08:27,533 RISK TO THEMSELVES AND THEIR 312 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:28,833 FAMILIES. 313 00:08:28,900 --> 00:08:31,600 AND IF YOU DON'T THINK WE SHOULD 314 00:08:31,666 --> 00:08:33,400 GIVE THEM A SAFE HOME HERE IN 315 00:08:33,466 --> 00:08:39,666 RETURN, THEN ALL I HAVE TO SAY 316 00:08:39,733 --> 00:08:41,200 IS THIS: 317 00:08:41,266 --> 00:08:42,033 ACTUALLY, CAN I GET A TRANSLATOR 318 00:08:42,100 --> 00:08:43,200 FOR THAT? 319 00:08:43,266 --> 00:08:44,533 >> HE SAID, "FUCK YOU." 320 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:45,000 >> John: I DID. 321 00:08:45,066 --> 00:08:46,066 THANK YOU. 322 00:08:46,133 --> 00:08:49,733 AND NOW THIS. 323 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:52,366 >> Announcer: AND NOW, AND 324 00:08:52,433 --> 00:08:54,366 NOW, JIM CRAMER LOVES CHIPOTLE. 325 00:08:54,433 --> 00:08:55,200 >> THE WORST RESTAURANTS ARE 326 00:08:55,266 --> 00:08:57,466 GOING UP AND NOT THE BEST ONES. 327 00:08:57,533 --> 00:08:58,633 BUT CHIPOTLE IS THE BEST. 328 00:08:58,700 --> 00:09:01,633 I LOVE THEM. 329 00:09:01,700 --> 00:09:03,066 I WOULD EAT CHIPOTLE ALL THE 330 00:09:03,133 --> 00:09:03,533 WAY. 331 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:06,866 THEY ARE BACK AND THEY SEEM TO 332 00:09:06,933 --> 00:09:08,133 LOVE CHIPOTLE AS I DO. 333 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:10,566 I STILL LOVE CHIPOTLE IT WAS 334 00:09:10,633 --> 00:09:11,066 AWESOME. 335 00:09:11,133 --> 00:09:14,433 I HAD A BURRITO. 336 00:09:14,500 --> 00:09:16,000 OH, BOY, WHEN IT COMES TO 337 00:09:16,066 --> 00:09:17,166 CHIPOTLE. 338 00:09:17,233 --> 00:09:21,766 TO BE FAIR, NO ONE LOOKS GOOD -- 339 00:09:21,833 --> 00:09:22,400 EVERYONE GOES TO CHIPOTLE. 340 00:09:22,466 --> 00:09:25,833 CHIPOTLE LAST WEEK. 341 00:09:25,900 --> 00:09:27,133 I HAD CHIPOTLE YESTERDAY. 342 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:27,766 WHY? 343 00:09:27,833 --> 00:09:29,933 YOU WERE ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND 344 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:32,533 HAVE YOUR CILANTRO LIME 345 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:34,066 ROASTED -- IT IS UNBELIEVABLY 346 00:09:34,133 --> 00:09:35,833 GOOD. 347 00:09:35,900 --> 00:09:38,000 HAVE YOU EVER HAD CHIPOTLE? 348 00:09:38,066 --> 00:09:39,033 >> YEAH, I HAVE. 349 00:09:39,100 --> 00:09:41,533 I HAVE HAD IT. 350 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:43,300 YEAH. 351 00:09:43,366 --> 00:09:47,033 HE ENJOYS IT A GREAT DEAL. 352 00:09:47,100 --> 00:09:48,866 IT'S GOT CHEESE. 353 00:09:48,933 --> 00:09:52,133 A LOT OF CHEESE, RIGHT? 354 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:54,000 IS THAT WHAT QUESO IS? 355 00:09:54,066 --> 00:09:55,733 >> HAVE YOU EVER HAD A BOWL? 356 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:58,033 >> I HAD A BALL. 357 00:09:58,100 --> 00:09:58,600 I'VE HAD A BURRITO? 358 00:09:58,666 --> 00:10:02,066 >> YOU GET THE BOX? 359 00:10:02,133 --> 00:10:05,666 >> I DON'T GO THERE THAT OFTEN. 360 00:10:05,733 --> 00:10:09,366 ♪ ♪ 361 00:10:09,433 --> 00:10:10,300 >> John: MOVING ON. 362 00:10:10,366 --> 00:10:11,100 OUR MAIN STORY TONIGHT CONCERNS 363 00:10:11,166 --> 00:10:11,566 AMBULANCES. 364 00:10:11,633 --> 00:10:12,166 Y'KNOW, BIG OUCHIE TRUCKS THAT 365 00:10:12,233 --> 00:10:13,466 GO WOOP-WOOP. 366 00:10:13,533 --> 00:10:14,533 AMBULANCES CAN BE AN ANNOYANCE 367 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:15,300 TO CITY DWELLERS WITH THEIR 368 00:10:15,366 --> 00:10:16,366 SHRIEKING SIRENS. 369 00:10:16,433 --> 00:10:18,300 ALTHOUGH, NOT IF YOU LIVE IN 370 00:10:18,366 --> 00:10:20,066 BRUSSELS, WHERE THAT SIREN 371 00:10:20,133 --> 00:10:21,400 SOUNDS VERY DIFFERENT. 372 00:10:21,466 --> 00:10:29,200 [WARBLING SIREN] 373 00:10:29,266 --> 00:10:30,666 OKAY, THAT'S JUST AN OBJECTIVELY 374 00:10:30,733 --> 00:10:35,966 BETTER SIREN. 375 00:10:36,033 --> 00:10:36,600 IT SOUNDS LIKE MICKEY MOUSE 376 00:10:36,666 --> 00:10:37,233 GETTING FUCKED ON A 377 00:10:37,300 --> 00:10:37,866 WASHING MACHINE -- IN A GOOD 378 00:10:37,933 --> 00:10:38,700 WAY. 379 00:10:38,766 --> 00:10:39,400 AND I KNOW THAT'S HARD TO 380 00:10:39,466 --> 00:10:40,566 PICTURE, SO LET ME HELP: 381 00:10:40,633 --> 00:10:48,900 [WARBLING SIREN] 382 00:10:48,966 --> 00:10:53,333 >> OH, BOY. 383 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:53,933 >> John: I MEAN, THAT'S 384 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:54,466 FANTASTIC. 385 00:10:54,533 --> 00:10:55,066 I'D FAR RATHER BE WOKEN UP BY 386 00:10:55,133 --> 00:10:55,633 THE SOUNDS OF AMERICA'S RAT 387 00:10:55,700 --> 00:10:56,166 GETTING RAILED ON THE SPIN 388 00:10:56,233 --> 00:10:56,766 CYCLE, BECAUSE I'D IMMEDIATELY 389 00:10:56,833 --> 00:10:57,300 LAUGH, THEN REMEMBER THAT 390 00:10:57,366 --> 00:10:57,900 SOMEONE WAS HAVING A MEDICAL 391 00:10:57,966 --> 00:10:58,500 EMERGENCY AND FEEL BAD, THEN 392 00:10:58,566 --> 00:10:59,133 HEAR THE SIREN AND LAUGH MYSELF 393 00:10:59,200 --> 00:10:59,500 TO SLEEP AGAIN. 394 00:10:59,566 --> 00:11:01,000 WHAT A SIREN! 395 00:11:01,066 --> 00:11:01,633 ANYWAY, AMBULANCE CREWS CLEARLY 396 00:11:01,700 --> 00:11:02,633 PLAY A CRITICALLY IMPORTANT ROLE 397 00:11:02,700 --> 00:11:03,066 ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 398 00:11:03,133 --> 00:11:04,100 SO IT'S NO WONDER THAT DURING 399 00:11:04,166 --> 00:11:04,833 THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC LAST 400 00:11:04,900 --> 00:11:05,966 YEAR, THEY WERE AMONG THOSE WHO 401 00:11:06,033 --> 00:11:08,200 GOT AN OUTPOURING OF GRATITUDE 402 00:11:08,266 --> 00:11:09,666 AND NIGHTLY APPLAUSE, WITH NEW 403 00:11:09,733 --> 00:11:11,300 YORK'S MAYOR EVEN MAKING THIS 404 00:11:11,366 --> 00:11:13,533 PLEDGE: 405 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:16,133 >> I WANT TO GUARANTEE YOU ONE 406 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:17,800 THING: THAT WHEN THAT DAY COMES 407 00:11:17,866 --> 00:11:20,833 THAT WE CAN RESTART THE 408 00:11:20,900 --> 00:11:22,200 BEAUTIFUL, VIBRANT LIFE OF THIS 409 00:11:22,266 --> 00:11:24,500 CITY AGAIN, THE FIRST THING WE 410 00:11:24,566 --> 00:11:25,733 WILL DO IS WE WILL HAVE A 411 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:28,500 TICKER-TAPE PARADE DOWN THE 412 00:11:28,566 --> 00:11:29,233 CANYON OF HEROES FOR OUR HEALTH 413 00:11:29,300 --> 00:11:30,600 CARE WORKERS AND OUR FIRST 414 00:11:30,666 --> 00:11:31,766 RESPONDERS. 415 00:11:31,833 --> 00:11:34,200 WE WILL HONOR THOSE WHO SAVED 416 00:11:34,266 --> 00:11:35,700 US. 417 00:11:35,766 --> 00:11:37,033 >> John: OKAY, FIRST: I DON'T 418 00:11:37,100 --> 00:11:38,400 KNOW IF A PARADE IS QUITE THE 419 00:11:38,466 --> 00:11:40,266 DANGLING CARROT DE BLASIO SEEMS 420 00:11:40,333 --> 00:11:40,766 TO THINK IT IS. 421 00:11:40,833 --> 00:11:41,966 BECAUSE PARADES -- AND THIS IS 422 00:11:42,033 --> 00:11:44,333 TRUE -- SUCK. 423 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:45,733 THEY'RE LOUD, CROWDED, AND GO ON 424 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:46,833 APPROXIMATELY FOUR HOURS TOO 425 00:11:46,900 --> 00:11:47,966 LONG. 426 00:11:48,033 --> 00:11:49,433 THE ONLY GOOD THING ABOUT THE 427 00:11:49,500 --> 00:11:50,633 THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE IS 428 00:11:50,700 --> 00:11:51,866 SEEING WHICH COUNTRY SINGER GETS 429 00:11:51,933 --> 00:11:52,666 TO LIP SYNC NEXT TO THE JOLLY 430 00:11:52,733 --> 00:11:54,466 GREEN GIANT'S DICK. 431 00:11:54,533 --> 00:11:55,700 BUT SECOND, THERE WAS A SMALL 432 00:11:55,766 --> 00:11:57,166 IRONY IN ALL THE VOCAL 433 00:11:57,233 --> 00:11:58,766 APPRECIATION THAT TOOK PLACE 434 00:11:58,833 --> 00:12:00,300 LAST YEAR, AS THIS EMT WE 435 00:12:00,366 --> 00:12:02,133 FEATURED POINTED OUT. 436 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:04,500 >> RIGHT NOW, I'M DOING ALL OF 437 00:12:04,566 --> 00:12:05,966 THIS WITH NO HEALTH INSURANCE. 438 00:12:06,033 --> 00:12:07,500 THE JOB DOESN'T OFFER IT. 439 00:12:07,566 --> 00:12:10,000 AND OUR AFFORDABLE MARKETPLACES 440 00:12:10,066 --> 00:12:12,033 AREN'T VERY AFFORDABLE. 441 00:12:12,100 --> 00:12:15,133 IF I GET SICK AND, OKAY, I GO 442 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:18,566 GET TESTED POSITIVE, I CAN'T GO 443 00:12:18,633 --> 00:12:20,400 TO THE HOSPITAL. 444 00:12:20,466 --> 00:12:21,666 AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COME OUT, 445 00:12:21,733 --> 00:12:23,533 AND THEY SHOW US THEIR SUPPORT. 446 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:25,166 AND I LOVE IT. 447 00:12:25,233 --> 00:12:26,300 I LOVE -- I HAVE EATEN SO MUCH 448 00:12:26,366 --> 00:12:27,366 PIZZA IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. 449 00:12:27,433 --> 00:12:28,566 IT'S BEEN GREAT. 450 00:12:28,633 --> 00:12:29,566 I DON'T NEED PIZZA. 451 00:12:29,633 --> 00:12:30,333 I NEED TO BE ABLE TO PAY MY 452 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:31,333 BILLS. 453 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:33,000 >> John: RIGHT. 454 00:12:33,066 --> 00:12:34,233 PEOPLE CLAPPING AND GIVING PIZZA 455 00:12:34,300 --> 00:12:36,966 IN APPRECIATION WAS VERY NICE 456 00:12:37,033 --> 00:12:38,800 BUT WASN'T A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE 457 00:12:38,866 --> 00:12:41,000 THINGS THEY ACTUALLY NEEDED, 458 00:12:41,066 --> 00:12:41,900 LIKE A LIVING WAGE AND HEALTH 459 00:12:41,966 --> 00:12:42,666 BENEFITS. 460 00:12:42,733 --> 00:12:44,233 THINK ABOUT IT LIKE THIS: IF YOU 461 00:12:44,300 --> 00:12:45,500 HAD A HEART ATTACK AND 462 00:12:45,566 --> 00:12:46,066 PARAMEDICS SHOWED UP WITH A 463 00:12:46,133 --> 00:12:53,300 PEPPERONI PIE AND SOME GARLIC 464 00:12:53,366 --> 00:12:53,933 KNOTS, YOU'D GRATEFUL, SURE, 465 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:54,633 BUT YOU'D BE ALSO JUSTIFIED IN 466 00:12:54,700 --> 00:12:55,600 POINTING OUT THAT'S NOT 467 00:12:55,666 --> 00:12:56,200 EVERYTHING THAT THE SITUATION 468 00:12:56,266 --> 00:12:56,466 DEMANDED. 469 00:12:56,533 --> 00:12:57,200 AND THAT MAN'S STORY IS BY NO 470 00:12:57,266 --> 00:12:58,133 MEANS A ONE-OFF. 471 00:12:58,200 --> 00:12:59,433 EMS WORKERS AROUND THE COUNTRY 472 00:12:59,500 --> 00:13:00,600 ARE SHOCKINGLY UNDERPAID, WHICH 473 00:13:00,666 --> 00:13:02,366 IS KIND OF AMAZING, ESPECIALLY 474 00:13:02,433 --> 00:13:04,400 WHEN YOU CONSIDER HOW 475 00:13:04,466 --> 00:13:06,900 PROHIBITIVELY EXPENSIVE TAKING 476 00:13:06,966 --> 00:13:08,233 AN AMBULANCE CAN BE -- SO MUCH 477 00:13:08,300 --> 00:13:09,700 SO THAT YOU'LL OFTEN SEE LOCAL 478 00:13:09,766 --> 00:13:11,300 NEWS STORIES LIKE THIS: 479 00:13:11,366 --> 00:13:13,000 >> IT WAS RUSH HOUR AT THE MASS 480 00:13:13,066 --> 00:13:13,500 AVENUE STATION WHEN THIS 481 00:13:13,566 --> 00:13:14,900 PASSENGER STEPPED OFF THE 482 00:13:14,966 --> 00:13:17,033 CROWDED TRAIN. 483 00:13:17,100 --> 00:13:18,533 SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS THE 484 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:21,100 MOMENT HER LEG DROPPED INTO THE 485 00:13:21,166 --> 00:13:21,766 GAP, TRAPPING HER BETWEEN THE 486 00:13:21,833 --> 00:13:23,433 TRAIN AND THE PLATFORM. 487 00:13:23,500 --> 00:13:25,433 >> AS OTHER COMMUTERS ROCKED THE 488 00:13:25,500 --> 00:13:27,400 TRAIN TO DISLODGE THE WOMAN'S 489 00:13:27,466 --> 00:13:32,266 LEG, A BOSTON GLOBE REPORTER 490 00:13:32,333 --> 00:13:34,433 TWEETED FROM THE SCENE, "SHE 491 00:13:34,500 --> 00:13:35,333 BEGGED 'NO ONE CALL AN 492 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:37,266 AMBULANCE. 493 00:13:37,333 --> 00:13:37,866 IT'S $3,000. 494 00:13:37,933 --> 00:13:38,633 I CAN'T AFFORD THAT.'" 495 00:13:38,700 --> 00:13:39,433 >> John: WOW. 496 00:13:39,500 --> 00:13:40,900 IT'S A PRETTY STRONG INDICTMENT 497 00:13:40,966 --> 00:13:41,533 OF OUR CURRENT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM 498 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:43,133 THAT THAT WOMAN'S MAIN CONCERN 499 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:43,766 WAS GETTING CRUSHED FINANCIALLY, 500 00:13:43,833 --> 00:13:45,133 EVEN WHILE SHE WAS GETTING 501 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:46,933 CRUSHED PHYSICALLY. 502 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:48,966 SO GIVEN THAT WE HAVE INJURED 503 00:13:49,033 --> 00:13:50,766 PEOPLE BEGGING BYSTANDERS NOT TO 504 00:13:50,833 --> 00:13:52,733 CALL AMBULANCES AND THE EMTs 505 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:54,133 WHO WORK INSIDE THEM FORCED TO 506 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:56,633 LIVE OFF PIZZA DONATIONS, 507 00:13:56,700 --> 00:13:58,133 TONIGHT, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT 508 00:13:58,200 --> 00:13:59,233 OUR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES: 509 00:13:59,300 --> 00:14:00,633 SPECIFICALLY, HOW THEY FUNCTION, 510 00:14:00,700 --> 00:14:02,300 WHY THEY CAN BE SO EXPENSIVE, 511 00:14:02,366 --> 00:14:03,966 AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO FIX 512 00:14:04,033 --> 00:14:05,933 THINGS. 513 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:07,733 AND THE FIRST THING TO KNOW IS, 514 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:09,100 THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO 515 00:14:09,166 --> 00:14:10,600 CONSISTENCY WHEN IT COMES TO EMS 516 00:14:10,666 --> 00:14:11,966 IN THIS COUNTRY. 517 00:14:12,033 --> 00:14:13,400 WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT "EMERGENCY 518 00:14:13,466 --> 00:14:14,766 MEDICAL SERVICES," YOU'RE 519 00:14:14,833 --> 00:14:17,200 ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT 19,000 520 00:14:17,266 --> 00:14:18,266 LOCALLY RUN EMS PROVIDERS WITH 521 00:14:18,333 --> 00:14:21,100 WILDLY DIFFERENT STRUCTURES. 522 00:14:21,166 --> 00:14:22,766 TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF JUST HOW 523 00:14:22,833 --> 00:14:24,500 MUCH VARIANCE EXISTS: IN 524 00:14:24,566 --> 00:14:25,700 HOUSTON, EMS IS PROVIDED BY 525 00:14:25,766 --> 00:14:27,200 FIREFIGHTERS CROSS-TRAINED AS 526 00:14:27,266 --> 00:14:29,033 PARAMEDICS OR EMTs. 527 00:14:29,100 --> 00:14:31,433 IN NEW YORK CITY, IT'S UNDER THE 528 00:14:31,500 --> 00:14:32,133 FIRE DEPARTMENT UMBRELLA, BUT 529 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:33,500 IT'S A SEPARATE DIVISION AND 530 00:14:33,566 --> 00:14:35,166 SUPPLEMENTED BY PRIVATE 531 00:14:35,233 --> 00:14:36,600 COMPANIES. 532 00:14:36,666 --> 00:14:37,533 IN PITTSBURGH, IT'S A 533 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:38,500 FREE-STANDING MUNICIPAL 534 00:14:38,566 --> 00:14:39,833 DEPARTMENT OF ITS OWN. 535 00:14:39,900 --> 00:14:41,033 AND IN RURAL WYOMING, EMS IS 536 00:14:41,100 --> 00:14:41,800 MOSTLY PROVIDED BY 537 00:14:41,866 --> 00:14:44,033 VOLUNTEER-BASED ORGANIZATIONS. 538 00:14:44,100 --> 00:14:46,433 AND FRUSTRATINGLY, IN NO PARTS 539 00:14:46,500 --> 00:14:51,300 OF THE COUNTRY DOES EMS HAVE 540 00:14:51,366 --> 00:14:52,033 AMBULANCES THAT SOUND LIKE THIS: 541 00:14:52,100 --> 00:14:53,766 [WARBLING SIREN] 542 00:14:53,833 --> 00:14:55,600 THE VERY FACT OUR SIRENS COULD 543 00:14:55,666 --> 00:14:58,000 SOUND LIKE A PUCCINI ARIA 544 00:14:58,066 --> 00:14:59,566 PERFORMED BY A FLUSTERED 545 00:14:59,633 --> 00:15:01,233 PARAKEET, AND YET, WE CHOOSE FOR 546 00:15:01,300 --> 00:15:05,900 THAT NOT TO BE THE CASE, MAKES 547 00:15:05,966 --> 00:15:07,100 US A BUNCH OF FUCKING IDIOTS. 548 00:15:07,166 --> 00:15:07,666 BUT ALL OF THIS IS TO SAY: 549 00:15:07,733 --> 00:15:08,866 IF YOU'VE SEEN ONE EMS SETUP, 550 00:15:08,933 --> 00:15:09,433 YOU'VE SEEN EXACTLY ONE EMS 551 00:15:09,500 --> 00:15:10,566 SETUP. 552 00:15:10,633 --> 00:15:13,966 AND ONE REASON FOR THIS IS THAT 553 00:15:14,033 --> 00:15:15,733 THERE IS NO SINGLE FEDERAL 554 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:16,633 AGENCY OVERSEEING AND SUPPORTING 555 00:15:16,700 --> 00:15:18,433 EMS IN THE SAME THE WAY THAT, 556 00:15:18,500 --> 00:15:19,866 FOR INSTANCE, FIRE DEPARTMENTS 557 00:15:19,933 --> 00:15:20,866 HAVE THE U.S. FIRE 558 00:15:20,933 --> 00:15:23,333 ADMINISTRATION. 559 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:24,533 AND THE FRUSTRATING THING IS, IT 560 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:25,800 DIDN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY. 561 00:15:25,866 --> 00:15:27,733 BACK IN 1973, CONGRESS ENACTED 562 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:28,966 THE EMS SYSTEMS ACT, WHICH 563 00:15:29,033 --> 00:15:31,066 CREATED A NEW PROGRAM TO HELP 564 00:15:31,133 --> 00:15:31,766 DEVELOP REGIONAL EMS SYSTEMS, 565 00:15:31,833 --> 00:15:33,600 SOMETHING THAT WAS BADLY NEEDED. 566 00:15:33,666 --> 00:15:34,866 PRIOR TO THAT, AMBULANCE 567 00:15:34,933 --> 00:15:36,133 SERVICES WERE FREQUENTLY 568 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:37,966 PROVIDED BY HEARSES, SIMPLY 569 00:15:38,033 --> 00:15:39,200 BECAUSE THEY WERE LONG ENOUGH TO 570 00:15:39,266 --> 00:15:40,633 TRANSPORT A HUMAN BODY. 571 00:15:40,700 --> 00:15:43,633 UNFORTUNATELY, UNDER THE REAGAN 572 00:15:43,700 --> 00:15:45,133 ADMINISTRATION, BUDGET CUTS 573 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:47,800 ELIMINATED DIRECT FEDERAL 574 00:15:47,866 --> 00:15:49,333 FUNDING AND OVERSIGHT, SHIFTING 575 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:51,500 THE RESPONSIBILITY ONTO THE 576 00:15:51,566 --> 00:15:52,366 STATES -- MANY OF WHICH OPTED TO 577 00:15:52,433 --> 00:15:54,966 DIRECT THEIR MONEY AWAY FROM EMS 578 00:15:55,033 --> 00:15:56,333 AND INTO OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH 579 00:15:56,400 --> 00:15:57,433 SERVICES INSTEAD. 580 00:15:57,500 --> 00:15:59,966 WHICH BRINGS US TO AN INCREDIBLE 581 00:16:00,033 --> 00:16:02,100 FACT: UNLIKE OTHER FIRST 582 00:16:02,166 --> 00:16:03,600 RESPONDERS, SUCH AS POLICE AND 583 00:16:03,666 --> 00:16:08,833 FIRE DEPARTMENTS, RIGHT NOW, IN 584 00:16:08,900 --> 00:16:09,933 ALL 39 OF THESE STATES, EMS IS 585 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:11,133 NOT CONSIDERED AN ESSENTIAL 586 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:12,200 SERVICE, MEANING LOCAL 587 00:16:12,266 --> 00:16:13,533 GOVERNMENTS DON'T HAVE TO 588 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:15,466 PROVIDE IT TO THEIR CITIZENS. 589 00:16:15,533 --> 00:16:17,066 WHICH, AS A PRACTICAL MATTER, 590 00:16:17,133 --> 00:16:18,366 MEANS EMS GENERALLY HAS LESS 591 00:16:18,433 --> 00:16:21,433 ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT FUNDING. 592 00:16:21,500 --> 00:16:23,066 THIS IS A HUGE DEAL. 593 00:16:23,133 --> 00:16:24,600 AND IF THIS IS SURPRISING NEWS 594 00:16:24,666 --> 00:16:25,633 TO YOU, YOU'RE NOT ALONE. 595 00:16:25,700 --> 00:16:27,166 JUST LISTEN TO THIS UTAH STATE 596 00:16:27,233 --> 00:16:29,000 REPRESENTATIVE. 597 00:16:29,066 --> 00:16:30,966 >> I BECAME AWARE OF THE FACT 598 00:16:31,033 --> 00:16:34,300 THAT THIS ISSUE EXISTED WHEN I 599 00:16:34,366 --> 00:16:36,033 ASKED THE QUESTION TO CHIEF BRAD 600 00:16:36,100 --> 00:16:40,700 HANNIG, WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU? 601 00:16:40,766 --> 00:16:45,166 HE STARTED EXPLAINING TO ME THIS 602 00:16:45,233 --> 00:16:47,933 ISSUE AND I WAS LIKE, REALLY? 603 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:48,566 'CAUSE I THOUGHT THIS WAS AN 604 00:16:48,633 --> 00:16:49,566 ESSENTIAL SERVICE TOO. 605 00:16:49,633 --> 00:16:50,466 I DIDN'T KNOW ANY BETTER. 606 00:16:50,533 --> 00:16:51,366 >> John: YEAH, OF COURSE HE WAS 607 00:16:51,433 --> 00:16:52,833 SURPRISED! 608 00:16:52,900 --> 00:16:54,600 FINDING OUT THAT EMS IS NOT 609 00:16:54,666 --> 00:16:55,833 DEEMED ESSENTIAL IS LIKE FINDING 610 00:16:55,900 --> 00:16:57,100 OUT THAT MOST STATES DON'T 611 00:16:57,166 --> 00:16:59,166 CONSIDER GEESE TO BE BIRDS. 612 00:16:59,233 --> 00:17:00,466 THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE. 613 00:17:00,533 --> 00:17:01,700 THEY HAVE BEAKS, WINGS, 614 00:17:01,766 --> 00:17:03,666 FEATHERS, THEY RAIN SHIT FROM 615 00:17:03,733 --> 00:17:05,500 THE SKY, SULLY SULLENBERGER IS 616 00:17:05,566 --> 00:17:06,966 THEIR JEFFREY DAHMER -- 617 00:17:07,033 --> 00:17:08,033 THEY'RE FUCKING BIRDS! 618 00:17:08,100 --> 00:17:09,133 I DIDN'T REALIZE ANYONE WAS EVEN 619 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:11,833 DISPUTING THAT. 620 00:17:11,900 --> 00:17:13,700 EMS PROVIDERS CAN BE SO STRAPPED 621 00:17:13,766 --> 00:17:14,933 FOR CASH -- ESPECIALLY IN RURAL 622 00:17:15,033 --> 00:17:15,866 AREAS -- THAT THEY HAVE TO 623 00:17:15,933 --> 00:17:16,933 FUNDRAISE FOR THEMSELVES. 624 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:18,433 DO A QUICK SEARCH ON GOFUNDME 625 00:17:18,500 --> 00:17:21,600 RIGHT NOW, AND YOU'LL FIND 626 00:17:21,666 --> 00:17:22,433 MULTIPLE OUTFITS TRYING TO RAISE 627 00:17:22,500 --> 00:17:23,966 MONEY FOR EQUIPMENT, GEAR, AND 628 00:17:24,033 --> 00:17:27,633 UPDATED AMBULANCES. 629 00:17:27,700 --> 00:17:30,800 AND YOU KNOW OUR HEALTHCARE 630 00:17:30,866 --> 00:17:32,100 SYSTEM IS FUCKED UP WHEN 631 00:17:32,166 --> 00:17:33,366 PATIENTS AND PROVIDERS ARE 632 00:17:33,433 --> 00:17:34,466 RELYING ON THE SAME CROWDFUNDING 633 00:17:34,533 --> 00:17:34,966 PLATFORM. 634 00:17:35,033 --> 00:17:36,366 SOME PEOPLE EVEN DO FUNDRAISING 635 00:17:36,433 --> 00:17:37,300 STUNTS FOR THEIR LOCAL EMS, 636 00:17:37,366 --> 00:17:39,666 WHETHER IT'S THIS GUY DOING A 637 00:17:39,733 --> 00:17:40,300 POLAR BEAR PLUNGE FOR A THOUSAND 638 00:17:40,366 --> 00:17:41,233 BUCKS OR THIS DJ DOING A 639 00:17:41,300 --> 00:17:42,900 THREE-HOUR LIVESTREAM THAT 640 00:17:42,966 --> 00:17:43,533 RAISED MONEY FOR EMS WORKERS IN 641 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:44,866 NEW YORK. 642 00:17:44,933 --> 00:17:46,633 AND I HAVE TO SAY -- MY 643 00:17:46,700 --> 00:17:47,433 ADMIRATION FOR THAT MAN'S 644 00:17:47,500 --> 00:17:49,333 GENEROSITY IS ALMOST ENOUGH TO 645 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:50,500 OVERCOME MY HORROR AT THE IDEA 646 00:17:50,566 --> 00:17:52,266 OF A THREE-HOUR LIVESTREAM DJ 647 00:17:52,333 --> 00:17:54,166 SET. 648 00:17:54,233 --> 00:17:55,266 IT'S LIKE SOMEONE DONATING A 649 00:17:55,333 --> 00:17:56,466 MILLION DOLLARS TO CANCER 650 00:17:56,533 --> 00:17:57,933 RESEARCH BY WRITING OUT A CHECK 651 00:17:58,000 --> 00:17:58,666 IN TURTLE BLOOD. 652 00:17:58,733 --> 00:18:02,900 LOVE THE END, HATE THE MEANS. 653 00:18:02,966 --> 00:18:04,833 AND THESE MASSIVE FUNDING 654 00:18:04,900 --> 00:18:06,133 DEFICIENCIES START TO EXPLAIN 655 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:08,066 WHY IT IS THAT EMS WORKERS LIKE 656 00:18:08,133 --> 00:18:09,566 THAT GUY YOU SAW EARLIER ARE SO 657 00:18:09,633 --> 00:18:11,266 TERRIBLY PAID. 658 00:18:11,333 --> 00:18:13,966 THE MEDIAN ANNUAL WAGE IS JUST 659 00:18:14,033 --> 00:18:16,033 OVER $36,000 -- WELL BELOW WHAT 660 00:18:16,100 --> 00:18:17,666 POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS 661 00:18:17,733 --> 00:18:19,533 MAKE -- AND FOR A DANGEROUS AND 662 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:21,466 STRESSFUL JOB: EMTs AND 663 00:18:21,533 --> 00:18:22,733 PARAMEDICS HAVE AN INJURY RATE 664 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:24,133 ABOUT THREE TIMES THE NATIONAL 665 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:25,533 AVERAGE AND THEY'RE ROUGHLY TEN 666 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:26,766 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO HAVE 667 00:18:26,833 --> 00:18:31,400 SUICIDAL THOUGHTS OR BEHAVIORS. 668 00:18:31,466 --> 00:18:32,566 SO IT'S NO WONDER THAT AMBULANCE 669 00:18:32,633 --> 00:18:34,533 SERVICES CAN HAVE REAL TROUBLE 670 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:36,233 FINDING OR RETAINING WORKERS AND 671 00:18:36,300 --> 00:18:37,433 VOLUNTEERS, ESPECIALLY IN RURAL 672 00:18:37,500 --> 00:18:39,600 COMMUNITIES. 673 00:18:39,666 --> 00:18:40,766 >> EXPERTS NOW WARN CLOSE TO ONE 674 00:18:40,833 --> 00:18:43,133 THIRD OF ALL RURAL MEDICAL 675 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:45,566 SERVICES ARE IN IMMEDIATE DANGER 676 00:18:45,633 --> 00:18:48,500 OF CLOSING DOWN. 677 00:18:48,566 --> 00:18:50,066 >> IN RURAL MARMARTH, 678 00:18:50,133 --> 00:18:51,866 NORTH DAKOTA, NO ONE REMEMBERS 679 00:18:51,933 --> 00:18:52,433 THE LAST TIME THE TOWN HAD A 680 00:18:52,500 --> 00:18:52,900 DOCTOR. 681 00:18:52,966 --> 00:18:53,900 THE AMBULANCE IS THE COMMUNITY 682 00:18:53,966 --> 00:18:55,300 SAFETY NET. 683 00:18:55,366 --> 00:18:56,733 >> WE'RE LITERALLY ONE PERSON 684 00:18:56,800 --> 00:18:57,400 AWAY FROM CLOSING IF WE LOSE ONE 685 00:18:57,466 --> 00:18:58,300 OF OUR EMTs, ONE OF OUR CARE 686 00:18:58,366 --> 00:18:58,766 PROVIDERS. 687 00:18:58,833 --> 00:18:59,933 WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT SHUTTING 688 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:01,333 DOWN AND CLOSING OUR DOORS. 689 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:03,066 >> John: THAT'S TERRIBLE. 690 00:19:03,133 --> 00:19:04,533 NO WORKPLACE SHOULD BE IN DANGER 691 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:06,300 OF SHUTTING DOWN BECAUSE IT 692 00:19:06,366 --> 00:19:08,400 LOSES ONE PERSON. 693 00:19:08,466 --> 00:19:10,333 UNLESS THAT WORKPLACE IS THE 694 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:13,100 "SEX AND THE CITY" REBOOT. 695 00:19:13,166 --> 00:19:15,100 WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? 696 00:19:15,166 --> 00:19:16,333 IT'S NEVER GOING TO WORK WITHOUT 697 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:16,800 KIM CATTRALL. 698 00:19:16,866 --> 00:19:17,366 IT'S NOT THAT ANY OF YOU ARE 699 00:19:17,433 --> 00:19:18,533 BAD, IT'S THAT YOU ONLY WORK 700 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:19,333 TOGETHER. 701 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:20,733 I CAN'T APPRECIATE MY PURITAN 702 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:21,800 CHARLOTTE IF I DON'T HAVE MY 703 00:19:21,866 --> 00:19:23,300 NAUGHTY SAMANTHA. 704 00:19:23,366 --> 00:19:26,700 AND I LIVE FOR MIRANDA HOBBES, 705 00:19:26,766 --> 00:19:28,566 BUT IF SHE'S NOT SERVING 706 00:19:28,633 --> 00:19:29,866 SIDE EYE WHILE SAMANTHA USES 707 00:19:29,933 --> 00:19:30,833 PENNE PASTA TO DESCRIBE HER NEW 708 00:19:30,900 --> 00:19:32,133 ITALIAN LOVER'S DICK, WHAT'S THE 709 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:33,166 POINT? 710 00:19:33,233 --> 00:19:34,900 AND TO BE CLEAR, THIS ISN'T JUST 711 00:19:34,966 --> 00:19:37,733 A RURAL PROBLEM. 712 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:39,200 SOME BIG-CITY SERVICES ARE 713 00:19:39,266 --> 00:19:39,800 STRETCHED TO BREAKING POINT, 714 00:19:39,866 --> 00:19:42,333 TOO. 715 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:43,933 TAKE CHICAGO, WHERE ITS EMS IS 716 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:45,433 OPERATED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 717 00:19:45,500 --> 00:19:47,466 BOTH WORKERS AND CITY OFFICIALS 718 00:19:47,533 --> 00:19:48,966 HAVE COMPLAINED FOR YEARS THAT 719 00:19:49,033 --> 00:19:49,933 NOT ENOUGH RESOURCES HAVE BEEN 720 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:51,433 ALLOCATED TO EMS, LEADING TO AN 721 00:19:51,500 --> 00:19:52,966 AMBULANCE SHORTAGE. 722 00:19:53,033 --> 00:19:54,533 AND WHILE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT 723 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:55,900 SAYS ITS FLEET MEETS THE NEEDS 724 00:19:55,966 --> 00:19:59,900 OF RESIDENTS, A LOCAL-NEWS 725 00:19:59,966 --> 00:20:00,466 OF RESIDENTS, A LOCAL NEWS 726 00:20:00,533 --> 00:20:01,133 INVESTIGATION FOUND SOME PRETTY 727 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:02,433 HARROWING STORIES 728 00:20:02,500 --> 00:20:04,300 >> ONE ANALYSIS OF 700,000 729 00:20:04,366 --> 00:20:05,633 MEDICAL 911 CALLS FOUND IN 19% 730 00:20:05,700 --> 00:20:07,100 OF THEM IT TOOK AN AMBULANCE 731 00:20:07,166 --> 00:20:08,933 MORE THAN SEVEN MINUTES TO GET 732 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:10,466 TO THE SCENE. 733 00:20:10,533 --> 00:20:11,333 SOMETIMES THERE JUST ISN'T 734 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:12,133 ONE. 735 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:13,033 >> WE'RE OUT OF AMBULANCES. 736 00:20:13,100 --> 00:20:16,000 WE'LL LET YOU KNOW. 737 00:20:16,066 --> 00:20:17,266 >> John: WOW. 738 00:20:17,333 --> 00:20:18,266 "WE'RE OUT OF AMBULANCES." 739 00:20:18,333 --> 00:20:19,200 THAT IS NOT SOMETHING YOU WANT 740 00:20:19,266 --> 00:20:21,466 TO HEAR. 741 00:20:21,533 --> 00:20:22,533 I THINK WE ALL KNOW, WHEN YOU 742 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:24,300 CALL AN AMBULANCE, YOU 743 00:20:24,366 --> 00:20:24,900 WANT IT TO SHOW UP 744 00:20:24,966 --> 00:20:25,600 LIKE THAT. 745 00:20:25,666 --> 00:20:26,766 >> WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU? 746 00:20:26,833 --> 00:20:29,233 >> John: AW, NO. 747 00:20:29,300 --> 00:20:31,500 I'M SORRY, GEORGE. 748 00:20:31,566 --> 00:20:31,866 I DID IT AGAIN. 749 00:20:31,933 --> 00:20:32,233 I'M SORRY. 750 00:20:32,300 --> 00:20:33,066 >> HOW HARD IS IT NOT TO SNAP 751 00:20:33,133 --> 00:20:34,200 YOUR FINGERS? 752 00:20:34,266 --> 00:20:36,333 >> John: Y'KNOW, IT TURNS OUT, 753 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:40,200 IT IS SURPRISINGLY HARD. 754 00:20:40,266 --> 00:20:41,233 >> YOU KNOW, I GOT THE POWER TO 755 00:20:41,300 --> 00:20:41,866 CLAP MY HANDS AND SUMMON KERMIT 756 00:20:41,933 --> 00:20:42,800 THE FROG, DO YOU THINK I DO IT? 757 00:20:42,866 --> 00:20:43,400 NO, I DO NOT. 758 00:20:43,466 --> 00:20:44,233 BECAUSE I RESPECT KERMIT. 759 00:20:44,300 --> 00:20:45,600 >> John: I GET THAT. 760 00:20:45,666 --> 00:20:46,766 BUT, HEY, GEORGE? 761 00:20:46,833 --> 00:20:50,166 DO IT. 762 00:20:50,233 --> 00:20:52,300 DO IT NOW. 763 00:20:52,366 --> 00:20:55,966 PLEASE. 764 00:20:56,033 --> 00:20:57,400 [CLAPS] 765 00:20:57,466 --> 00:20:58,033 >> ALL RIGHT. 766 00:20:58,100 --> 00:20:59,433 >> THIS BETTER BE GOOD, GEORGE. 767 00:20:59,500 --> 00:21:00,766 >> IT'S NOT. 768 00:21:00,833 --> 00:21:01,533 >> John: WELL, I THOUGHT THAT 769 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:02,333 WENT VERY WELL. 770 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:04,266 ANYWAY, WHERE WERE WE? 771 00:21:04,333 --> 00:21:05,066 OH, THAT'S RIGHT. 772 00:21:05,133 --> 00:21:06,566 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IN 773 00:21:06,633 --> 00:21:07,900 AMERICA ARE UNDERFUNDED, BECAUSE 774 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:09,133 IN MOST PLACES, THEY'RE NOT 775 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:10,866 SUPPORTED BY FEDERAL PROGRAMS 776 00:21:10,933 --> 00:21:12,033 AND LOCAL DOLLARS THE WAY THAT 777 00:21:12,100 --> 00:21:17,033 POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARE. 778 00:21:17,100 --> 00:21:18,166 AND THE FACT THEY ARE SO 779 00:21:18,233 --> 00:21:19,300 UNDERFUNDED STARTS TO EXPLAIN 780 00:21:19,366 --> 00:21:20,233 WHY THEY CAN COST SO MUCH. 781 00:21:20,300 --> 00:21:21,833 BECAUSE FOR MANY, THE WAY THEY 782 00:21:21,900 --> 00:21:23,300 RECOUP THEIR COSTS IS BY BILLING 783 00:21:23,366 --> 00:21:24,466 PATIENTS. 784 00:21:24,533 --> 00:21:26,033 ALTHOUGH INTERESTINGLY, IF THEY 785 00:21:26,100 --> 00:21:27,333 DON'T PHYSICALLY TRANSPORT THOSE 786 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:28,700 PATIENTS TO A HOSPITAL, THEY CAN 787 00:21:28,766 --> 00:21:31,333 BE OUT OF LUCK. 788 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:32,900 >> YOU'RE REIMBURSED BASED ON 789 00:21:32,966 --> 00:21:34,733 THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS THAT YOU 790 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:36,300 TRANSPORT TO A HOSPITAL. 791 00:21:36,366 --> 00:21:37,366 SO YOU COULD GET CALLED 1,000 792 00:21:37,433 --> 00:21:39,733 TIMES A YEAR AND ONLY TRANSPORT 793 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:41,466 750 PATIENTS. 794 00:21:41,533 --> 00:21:42,500 THOSE OTHER 250 CALLS, YOU MADE 795 00:21:42,566 --> 00:21:45,666 NO MONEY ON. 796 00:21:45,733 --> 00:21:46,333 >> John: YEAH, IT'S TRUE. 797 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:47,066 AND POLICIES LIKE THAT CAN NOT 798 00:21:47,133 --> 00:21:48,500 ONLY PUT EMS PROVIDERS EVEN 799 00:21:48,566 --> 00:21:49,300 FURTHER INTO A FINANCIAL HOLE, 800 00:21:49,366 --> 00:21:50,700 IT CAN ALSO INCENTIVIZE THEM TO 801 00:21:50,766 --> 00:21:52,000 TAKE PATIENTS TO THE HOSPITAL, 802 00:21:52,066 --> 00:21:52,566 EVEN IF IT'S NOT TOTALLY 803 00:21:52,633 --> 00:21:55,166 NECESSARY. 804 00:21:55,233 --> 00:21:57,233 WHICH MAKES NO SENSE. 805 00:21:57,300 --> 00:21:59,133 IT'S A PRACTICE KNOWN THROUGHOUT 806 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:00,300 THE EMS INDUSTRY AS "YOU CALL, 807 00:22:00,366 --> 00:22:02,600 WE HAUL," WHICH IS A FUN PHRASE, 808 00:22:02,666 --> 00:22:04,266 ALTHOUGH TO BE HONEST, NOWHERE 809 00:22:04,333 --> 00:22:05,766 NEAR AS FUN AS THE FIRE 810 00:22:05,833 --> 00:22:08,133 DEPARTMENT'S MOTTO: 811 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:08,733 "YOU HURT? 812 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:09,833 WE SQUIRT." 813 00:22:09,900 --> 00:22:11,100 AND EMS'S FUNDING STRUCTURE 814 00:22:11,166 --> 00:22:11,900 DOESN'T JUST SERVE PROVIDERS 815 00:22:11,966 --> 00:22:12,800 POORLY -- IT SERVES PATIENTS 816 00:22:12,866 --> 00:22:16,333 POORLY TOO. 817 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:18,166 BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, PATIENTS AND 818 00:22:18,233 --> 00:22:23,733 THEIR INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENTS, 819 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:25,333 ARE MOST EMS OUTFIT'S PRIMARY 820 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:27,466 FUNDING SOURCES, WHICH IS NOT A 821 00:22:27,533 --> 00:22:28,266 GOOD SITUATION FOR EITHER SIDE. 822 00:22:28,333 --> 00:22:29,066 SOME PATIENTS HAVE MEDICARE AND 823 00:22:29,133 --> 00:22:29,933 MEDICAID -- AND BY LAW, EMS 824 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:32,066 PROVIDERS ARE REQUIRED TO ACCEPT 825 00:22:32,133 --> 00:22:32,633 THEIR REIMBURSEMENT RATES, 826 00:22:32,700 --> 00:22:33,233 DESPITE MANY SAYING THEY'RE SET 827 00:22:33,300 --> 00:22:34,200 TOO LOW. 828 00:22:34,266 --> 00:22:44,066 BUT FOR PATIENTS WITH PRIVATE 829 00:22:44,133 --> 00:22:44,766 INSURANCE, THE FACT IS, EMSes 830 00:22:44,833 --> 00:22:45,400 ARE NOT REQUIRED TO ACCEPT THAT 831 00:22:45,466 --> 00:22:46,166 AT ALL. 832 00:22:46,233 --> 00:22:46,900 IN FACT, MANY CHOOSE TO KEEP 833 00:22:46,966 --> 00:22:47,533 THEMSELVES OUT OF NETWORK FOR 834 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:48,166 MOST INSURERS, MEANING THEY CAN 835 00:22:48,233 --> 00:22:48,866 GENERALLY SET THEIR RATES 836 00:22:48,933 --> 00:22:49,633 WHEREVER THEY WANT. 837 00:22:49,700 --> 00:22:50,666 THIS SITUATION CAN OFTEN LEAVE 838 00:22:50,733 --> 00:22:51,300 PATIENTS FACING SO-CALLED 839 00:22:51,366 --> 00:22:52,133 "SURPRISE BILLS." 840 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:53,466 SOME OF WHICH CAN BE ABSOLUTELY 841 00:22:53,533 --> 00:22:56,000 RIDICULOUS. 842 00:22:56,066 --> 00:22:57,666 >> BABY SAWYER JUST COULDN'T 843 00:22:57,733 --> 00:22:59,200 WAIT TO ENTER THE WORLD. 844 00:22:59,266 --> 00:23:00,466 KATIE MORAIDA'S WATER BROKE A 845 00:23:00,533 --> 00:23:02,366 WEEK BEFORE HE WAS DUE. 846 00:23:02,433 --> 00:23:03,300 SHE AND HUSBAND DANIEL RACED 847 00:23:03,366 --> 00:23:05,866 TO SUTTER ROSEVILLE. 848 00:23:05,933 --> 00:23:09,766 WITH THE EMERGENCY ROOM IN 849 00:23:09,833 --> 00:23:12,500 SIGHT, KATIE SCREAMS FOR HIM TO 850 00:23:12,566 --> 00:23:13,166 STOP THE CAR. 851 00:23:13,233 --> 00:23:14,433 >> HE SAID, "DON'T PUSH." 852 00:23:14,500 --> 00:23:15,033 AND I SAID, "I HAVE TO PUSH." 853 00:23:15,100 --> 00:23:15,500 >> SHE WENT LIKE THIS. 854 00:23:15,566 --> 00:23:16,300 >> AND I PUSHED. 855 00:23:16,366 --> 00:23:17,066 AND THEN POP! 856 00:23:17,133 --> 00:23:18,233 AND HE CAME OUT! 857 00:23:18,300 --> 00:23:18,766 >> ROSEVILLE PD CALLED THE 858 00:23:18,833 --> 00:23:19,266 PARAMEDICS, WHO CUT THE 859 00:23:19,333 --> 00:23:19,866 UMBILICAL CORD AND DROVE KATIE 860 00:23:19,933 --> 00:23:20,466 AND SAWYER A MATTER OF A FEW 861 00:23:20,533 --> 00:23:21,066 HUNDRED YARDS TO THE HOSPITAL 862 00:23:21,133 --> 00:23:22,333 DOOR. 863 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:23,133 THE ENTIRE TIME WITH A 864 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:24,500 PARAMEDIC, 10 MINUTES. 865 00:23:24,566 --> 00:23:26,300 >> IT IS SUCH A BLUR. 866 00:23:26,366 --> 00:23:28,700 >> BUT LATER IT WOULD COME INTO 867 00:23:28,766 --> 00:23:29,933 FOCUS WHEN TWO EQUAL AMR 868 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:31,666 AMBULANCE BILLS SHOWED UP, ONE 869 00:23:31,733 --> 00:23:33,066 FOR KATIE, ONE FOR BABY SAWYER, 870 00:23:33,133 --> 00:23:35,633 TOTALING MORE THAN 3,500 BUCKS. 871 00:23:35,700 --> 00:23:37,233 >> NOT EVEN A FULL MINUTE WORTH 872 00:23:37,300 --> 00:23:37,866 OF AN AMBULANCE RIDE. 873 00:23:37,933 --> 00:23:39,033 WE HAD ALREADY DONE THE HARD 874 00:23:39,100 --> 00:23:39,500 PART. 875 00:23:39,566 --> 00:23:43,400 WE DELIVERED OUR CHILD IN THE 876 00:23:43,466 --> 00:23:43,866 FRONT SEAT OF OUR CAR. 877 00:23:43,933 --> 00:23:46,333 >> John: WELL, HOLD ON THERE. 878 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:49,633 DID "WE" REALLY DO THE HARD 879 00:23:49,700 --> 00:23:50,533 PART, DAN? 880 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:51,633 BECAUSE FROM WHAT I JUST HEARD, 881 00:23:51,700 --> 00:23:52,233 YOU DID SOME DRIVING, AND THEN 882 00:23:52,300 --> 00:23:53,033 SAT BACK WHILE YOUR WIFE -- IN 883 00:23:53,100 --> 00:23:54,033 YOUR WORDS -- "POPPED" OUT A 884 00:23:54,100 --> 00:23:56,766 HUMAN, SO I'M NOT SURE YOU 885 00:23:56,833 --> 00:23:57,533 REALLY "DID THE HARD PART," SO 886 00:23:57,600 --> 00:23:58,500 MUCH AS YOU WERE JUST SORT OF 887 00:23:58,566 --> 00:23:59,466 THERE. 888 00:23:59,533 --> 00:24:00,133 C'MON, DAN. 889 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:01,000 BE AN ALLY. 890 00:24:01,066 --> 00:24:02,766 READ A TWEET. 891 00:24:02,833 --> 00:24:03,800 AND THERE CAN BE ABSOLUTELY 892 00:24:03,866 --> 00:24:04,833 CRAZY EXAMPLES OF SURPRISE 893 00:24:04,900 --> 00:24:05,966 BILLING, EVEN WHEN EMS IS RUN BY 894 00:24:06,033 --> 00:24:08,100 THE CITY. 895 00:24:08,166 --> 00:24:09,133 IN HOUSTON, LITERALLY ALL 896 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:10,733 CITY-RUN AMBULANCE SERVICES ARE 897 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:12,133 OUT-OF-NETWORK FOR ALL INSURERS. 898 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:14,600 AND A STUDY OF ONE LARGE 899 00:24:14,666 --> 00:24:16,166 NATIONAL INSURANCE PLAN FOUND 900 00:24:16,233 --> 00:24:17,800 THAT 71% OF AMBULANCE RIDES HAD 901 00:24:17,866 --> 00:24:19,566 THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE A 902 00:24:19,633 --> 00:24:22,366 SURPRISE BILL. 903 00:24:22,433 --> 00:24:23,933 AND WHEN YOU KNOW THAT, IS IT 904 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:25,466 ANY WONDER THAT WOMAN BEGGED 905 00:24:25,533 --> 00:24:28,100 PEOPLE NOT TO CALL AN AMBULANCE? 906 00:24:28,166 --> 00:24:29,400 OR THAT THIS INCREDIBLY GRIM 907 00:24:29,466 --> 00:24:30,866 TREND HAS EMERGED: 908 00:24:30,933 --> 00:24:34,266 >> AMBULANCE OR UBER? 909 00:24:34,333 --> 00:24:35,733 THAT'S NOW THE CHOICE AS MORE 910 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:37,133 AMERICANS ARE USING UBER AND 911 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:38,533 OTHER CAR SERVICES TO GET TO THE 912 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:42,000 EMERGENCY ROOM. 913 00:24:42,066 --> 00:24:42,900 42-YEAR-OLD TECH MAGAZINE WRITER 914 00:24:42,966 --> 00:24:43,866 CHANDRA STEELE DID IT. 915 00:24:43,933 --> 00:24:44,733 >> WHAT WERE YOUR SYMPTOMS? 916 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:45,733 >> I HAD SOME INTERNAL BLEEDING 917 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:46,766 WHICH I ALREADY -- 918 00:24:46,833 --> 00:24:47,766 >> YOU HAD INTERNAL BLEEDING AND 919 00:24:47,833 --> 00:24:48,466 YOU TOOK AN UBER TO THE 920 00:24:48,533 --> 00:24:50,566 HOSPITAL? 921 00:24:50,633 --> 00:24:51,400 >> EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR ROBERT 922 00:24:51,466 --> 00:24:52,333 GLATTER OF LENOX HILL HOSPITAL 923 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:53,433 IN NEW YORK SAYS UBER E.R., AS 924 00:24:53,500 --> 00:24:54,866 IT'S BEEN NICKNAMED, IS NOT A 925 00:24:54,933 --> 00:25:05,366 SMART IDEA IN A CRISIS. 926 00:25:05,433 --> 00:25:06,866 >> THEY DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF 927 00:25:06,933 --> 00:25:07,366 OXYGEN, THEY DON'T HAVE 928 00:25:07,433 --> 00:25:08,000 INTRAVENOUS FLUIDS OR IVs, THEY 929 00:25:08,066 --> 00:25:08,500 DON'T HAVE PARAMEDICS. 930 00:25:08,566 --> 00:25:09,266 THAT'S THE MAIN DIFFERENCE. 931 00:25:09,333 --> 00:25:12,966 THEY HAVE A DRIVER. 932 00:25:13,033 --> 00:25:14,166 >> John: RIGHT! 933 00:25:14,233 --> 00:25:14,500 THEY ALSO MAY 934 00:25:14,566 --> 00:25:15,133 NOT KNOW WHICH LOCAL HOSPITAL 935 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:16,200 HAS A TRAUMA, STROKE, CARDIAC, 936 00:25:16,266 --> 00:25:16,600 OR PEDIATRIC UNIT. 937 00:25:16,666 --> 00:25:17,200 BECAUSE THEY'RE UBER DRIVERS. 938 00:25:17,266 --> 00:25:17,766 THE MOST THEY HAVE ARE TINY 939 00:25:17,833 --> 00:25:18,733 WATER BOTTLES YOU'RE AFRAID TO 940 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:19,633 DRINK FROM AND A CHARGER FOR A 941 00:25:19,700 --> 00:25:20,300 SAMSUNG PHONE YOU DO NOT OWN. 942 00:25:20,366 --> 00:25:21,033 SO TO RECAP: INSTEAD OF ALL OF 943 00:25:21,100 --> 00:25:22,700 US PAYING A LITTLE BIT ALL THE 944 00:25:22,766 --> 00:25:24,800 TIME FOR AMBULANCES, WE HAVE A 945 00:25:24,866 --> 00:25:26,266 SYSTEM WHERE SOME OF US PAY AN 946 00:25:26,333 --> 00:25:28,400 AWFUL LOT ALL AT ONCE WHEN WE 947 00:25:28,466 --> 00:25:30,833 HAVE A TERRIBLE EMERGENCY. 948 00:25:30,900 --> 00:25:32,266 AND IF YOU'RE THINKING, "HOW 949 00:25:32,333 --> 00:25:33,333 COULD THIS POSSIBLY GET ANY 950 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:36,066 WORSE?" 951 00:25:36,133 --> 00:25:37,366 WELL, WAIT, IT CAN. 952 00:25:37,433 --> 00:25:38,700 BECAUSE FOR-PROFIT BUSINESSES 953 00:25:38,766 --> 00:25:40,100 ARE ALSO INVOLVED HERE -- IN 954 00:25:40,166 --> 00:25:40,666 FACT, CURRENTLY, PRIVATE 955 00:25:40,733 --> 00:25:42,800 COMPANIES REPRESENT ABOUT 25% OF 956 00:25:42,866 --> 00:25:45,833 ALL AMBULANCE PROVIDERS. 957 00:25:45,900 --> 00:25:47,200 AND MANY OF THEM ARE OWNED BY 958 00:25:47,266 --> 00:25:48,533 PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS WHO'VE BEEN 959 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:49,700 ACQUIRING DISTRESSED LOCAL 960 00:25:49,766 --> 00:25:51,200 AMBULANCE PROVIDERS FOR DECADES. 961 00:25:51,266 --> 00:25:52,266 REMEMBER THAT BABY WHO GOT A 962 00:25:52,333 --> 00:25:56,133 BILL FOR BEING BORN? 963 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:57,000 THAT CAME FROM A PRIVATE 964 00:25:57,066 --> 00:25:58,600 FOR-PROFIT COMPANY, AMERICAN 965 00:25:58,666 --> 00:26:00,966 MEDICAL RESPONSE. 966 00:26:01,033 --> 00:26:02,166 THEY'RE CURRENTLY THE LARGEST 967 00:26:02,233 --> 00:26:03,833 AMBULANCE COMPANY IN THE U.S. 968 00:26:03,900 --> 00:26:04,400 AND ARE OWNED BY ONE OF THE 969 00:26:04,466 --> 00:26:05,300 COUNTRY'S LARGEST PRIVATE EQUITY 970 00:26:05,366 --> 00:26:07,033 FIRMS. 971 00:26:07,100 --> 00:26:09,100 AND WHEN A PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM 972 00:26:09,166 --> 00:26:11,633 SWOOPS IN TO HELP WRING PROFITS 973 00:26:11,700 --> 00:26:12,533 OUT OF AMBULANCE SERVICES BY 974 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:13,900 KEEPING COSTS LOW AND REVENUES 975 00:26:13,966 --> 00:26:15,166 HIGH, THINGS GENERALLY DON'T 976 00:26:15,233 --> 00:26:18,500 CHANGE FOR THE BETTER. 977 00:26:18,566 --> 00:26:19,600 TAKE TRANSCARE, AN EMS COMPANY 978 00:26:19,666 --> 00:26:21,233 ACQUIRED OUT OF BANKRUPTCY BY A 979 00:26:21,300 --> 00:26:23,466 PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM RUN BY THIS 980 00:26:23,533 --> 00:26:25,266 WOMAN, LYNN TILTON. 981 00:26:25,333 --> 00:26:28,433 AND A FEW THINGS TO NOTE ABOUT 982 00:26:28,500 --> 00:26:31,700 ASIDE FROM SERVING LOOKS THAT 983 00:26:31,766 --> 00:26:33,266 CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS 984 00:26:33,333 --> 00:26:35,300 "MY STYLE ICONS ARE WAYNE NEWTON 985 00:26:35,366 --> 00:26:36,700 AND A FERRERO ROCHER CANDY," 986 00:26:36,766 --> 00:26:39,333 LYNN TILTON IS A SELF-DESCRIBED 987 00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:40,966 POET, ALREADY ONE OF THE BIGGEST 988 00:26:41,033 --> 00:26:41,533 RED FLAGS IMAGINABLE. 989 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:42,633 WE LOOKED, AND ONE OF THE ONLY 990 00:26:42,700 --> 00:26:43,966 THINGS CLOSE TO POETRY WE COULD 991 00:26:44,033 --> 00:26:45,300 FIND FROM HER WAS THIS INSTAGRAM 992 00:26:45,366 --> 00:26:47,533 POST: "I AM A WOMAN OF STRENGTH, 993 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:49,866 NOTHING CAN BREAK MY SPIRIT, 994 00:26:49,933 --> 00:26:52,800 I AM WILD AND FREE, 995 00:26:52,866 --> 00:26:53,833 I AM A WARRIOR OF LIGHT, 996 00:26:53,900 --> 00:26:54,733 I AM ME." 997 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:55,466 WHICH FEELS LESS LIKE REAL 998 00:26:55,533 --> 00:26:56,466 POETRY AND MORE LIKE SOMEONE 999 00:26:56,533 --> 00:26:57,400 WITH A CONCUSSION TRYING TO 1000 00:26:57,466 --> 00:26:58,366 REMEMBER KESHA LYRICS. 1001 00:26:58,433 --> 00:26:59,666 LYNN TILTON WAS ALSO THE STAR OF 1002 00:26:59,733 --> 00:27:01,466 THE SADLY CANCELED REALITY 1003 00:27:01,533 --> 00:27:03,300 SERIES "DIVA OF DISTRESSED," 1004 00:27:03,366 --> 00:27:04,366 WHERE SHE PORTRAYED HERSELF AS A 1005 00:27:04,433 --> 00:27:06,100 SAVIOR OF TROUBLED COMPANIES IN 1006 00:27:06,166 --> 00:27:09,900 INSPIRATIONAL MOMENTS LIKE THIS: 1007 00:27:09,966 --> 00:27:11,933 >> ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO IS WE 1008 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:13,466 ALL COMMIT. 1009 00:27:13,533 --> 00:27:15,266 SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU ALL TO 1010 00:27:15,333 --> 00:27:16,766 COMMIT WITH ME THAT WE WILL NOT 1011 00:27:16,833 --> 00:27:18,666 STOP UNTIL WE'VE ACHIEVED OUR 1012 00:27:18,733 --> 00:27:20,566 GOAL. 1013 00:27:20,633 --> 00:27:21,300 I COMMIT! 1014 00:27:21,366 --> 00:27:22,366 >> WE COMMIT. 1015 00:27:22,433 --> 00:27:23,433 >> THANK YOU. 1016 00:27:23,500 --> 00:27:24,833 COMMIT, COMMIT! 1017 00:27:24,900 --> 00:27:27,200 NO PUSSIES IN MY MILL! 1018 00:27:27,266 --> 00:27:32,866 >> John: SHE SEEMS GREAT. 1019 00:27:32,933 --> 00:27:34,200 AND LYNN TILTON CERTAINLY KNOWS 1020 00:27:34,266 --> 00:27:35,366 HOW TO INSTILL A SENSE OF 1021 00:27:35,433 --> 00:27:36,233 COURAGE IN THOSE AROUND HER. 1022 00:27:36,300 --> 00:27:37,133 REMINDS ME OF THAT FAMOUS FDR 1023 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:37,733 QUOTE: "THE ONLY THING WE HAVE 1024 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:40,466 TO FEAR IS PUSSIES IN MY MILL." 1025 00:27:40,533 --> 00:27:41,833 AND TILTON PROMISED TO BRING 1026 00:27:41,900 --> 00:27:43,100 THAT UPLIFTING LEADERSHIP TO 1027 00:27:43,166 --> 00:27:45,333 TRANSCARE. 1028 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:46,800 BUT MANY WHO WORKED THERE 1029 00:27:46,866 --> 00:27:48,566 DESCRIBED ROUGH CONDITIONS ON 1030 00:27:48,633 --> 00:27:50,433 HER WATCH, WITH ONE FORMER 1031 00:27:50,500 --> 00:27:51,733 EMPLOYEE SAYING THEY WERE SENT 1032 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:53,433 OUT IN A VEHICLE WHERE THE 1033 00:27:53,500 --> 00:27:54,833 BRAKES DIDN'T WORK PROPERLY AND 1034 00:27:54,900 --> 00:27:56,000 DURING THE 2014 EBOLA SCARE HAD 1035 00:27:56,066 --> 00:27:57,333 TROUBLE GETTING ENOUGH SANITARY 1036 00:27:57,400 --> 00:27:58,100 WIPES TO DISINFECT THEIR 1037 00:27:58,166 --> 00:28:00,366 AMBULANCES. 1038 00:28:00,433 --> 00:28:02,100 FORMER STAFF EVEN SAID THEY WERE 1039 00:28:02,166 --> 00:28:03,800 PRESSURED BY TRANSCARE 1040 00:28:03,866 --> 00:28:05,266 SUPERVISORS TO GO "E.R. 1041 00:28:05,333 --> 00:28:08,100 SHOPPING," MEANING THEY'D STEAL 1042 00:28:08,166 --> 00:28:08,900 MEDICAL SUPPLIES FROM THE E.R.s 1043 00:28:08,966 --> 00:28:11,233 TO RESTOCK THEIR AMBULANCES. 1044 00:28:11,300 --> 00:28:13,133 AND WHEN TRANSCARE INEVITABLY 1045 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:15,000 ENDED UP FILING FOR BANKRUPTCY 1046 00:28:15,066 --> 00:28:18,466 IN 2016, ITS EMPLOYEES FOUND OUT 1047 00:28:18,533 --> 00:28:19,100 THAT THEY'D LOST THEIR JOBS LIKE 1048 00:28:19,166 --> 00:28:19,900 THIS. 1049 00:28:19,966 --> 00:28:21,266 >> WORKERS WERE TOLD THEY HAD 30 1050 00:28:21,333 --> 00:28:22,000 DAYS LEFT ON THE JOB. 1051 00:28:22,066 --> 00:28:23,366 THEY SHOWED UP TODAY TO FIND 1052 00:28:23,433 --> 00:28:25,533 THIS. 1053 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:28,633 TRANSCARE WAS SHUTTERED. 1054 00:28:28,700 --> 00:28:30,000 >> I WAS IN SHOCK. 1055 00:28:30,066 --> 00:28:31,100 WE WERE ALL IN SHOCK. 1056 00:28:31,166 --> 00:28:36,666 >> IT WAS HORRIBLE. 1057 00:28:36,733 --> 00:28:37,333 IT'S ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE. 1058 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:38,033 >> A WORK EMERGENCY FOR DOZENS 1059 00:28:38,100 --> 00:28:38,533 OF PARAMEDICS. 1060 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:39,266 >> YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO FIND 1061 00:28:39,333 --> 00:28:40,100 ANOTHER JOB. 1062 00:28:40,166 --> 00:28:40,966 I HAVE ANOTHER SIDE JOB TO 1063 00:28:41,033 --> 00:28:42,100 SUPPORT ME RIGHT NOW, CURRENTLY, 1064 00:28:42,166 --> 00:28:44,666 BUT THAT DOESN'T PAY THE BILLS. 1065 00:28:44,733 --> 00:28:45,666 >> LAST NIGHT WE WERE TOLD, "SEE 1066 00:28:45,733 --> 00:28:47,433 YOU TOMORROW. 1067 00:28:47,500 --> 00:28:50,433 HAVE A GOOD NIGHT." 1068 00:28:50,500 --> 00:28:51,066 >> John: WELL, THAT'S FUCKED UP. 1069 00:28:51,133 --> 00:28:51,700 THERE ARE CERTAIN BUSINESSES YOU 1070 00:28:51,766 --> 00:28:52,500 ASSUME MIGHT DISAPPEAR 1071 00:28:52,566 --> 00:28:54,866 OVERNIGHT, LIKE A KID'S LEMONADE 1072 00:28:54,933 --> 00:28:55,500 STAND OR ANY CIRCUIT CITY IN 1073 00:28:55,566 --> 00:28:57,000 THE LATE 2000s. 1074 00:28:57,066 --> 00:28:58,866 INCIDENTALLY, THEY ALL BECAME 1075 00:28:58,933 --> 00:29:01,000 KINGDOMS OF OPTICAL CABLES AND 1076 00:29:01,066 --> 00:29:01,900 LOOSE BATTERIES GOVERNED BY 1077 00:29:01,966 --> 00:29:02,466 RATS, AND THAT'S ABSOLUTELY 1078 00:29:02,533 --> 00:29:05,166 FINE. 1079 00:29:05,233 --> 00:29:06,100 BUT IT IS NOT GREAT WHEN WHAT'S 1080 00:29:06,166 --> 00:29:06,700 DISAPPEARING IS A COMMUNITY'S 1081 00:29:06,766 --> 00:29:08,133 LIFE-SAVING MEDICAL SERVICE. 1082 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:09,733 AND IT'S NOT JUST THAT TRANSCARE 1083 00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:11,366 FOLDED -- IT'S THAT, IN A 1084 00:29:11,433 --> 00:29:12,800 BANKRUPTCY COURT RULING LAST 1085 00:29:12,866 --> 00:29:14,166 YEAR, A JUDGE RECOMMENDED 1086 00:29:14,233 --> 00:29:15,933 FINDING TILTON LIABLE FOR NEARLY 1087 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:17,266 $42 MILLION FOR STRIPPING VALUE 1088 00:29:17,333 --> 00:29:18,866 OUT OF THE COMPANY. 1089 00:29:18,933 --> 00:29:21,933 WHICH ISN'T TOTALLY SHOCKING 1090 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:23,566 FROM A WOMAN WHOSE EMPLOYEES 1091 00:29:23,633 --> 00:29:27,500 WERE ENCOURAGED TO STRIP VALUE 1092 00:29:27,566 --> 00:29:28,300 OUT OF FUCKING EMERGENCY ROOMS. 1093 00:29:28,366 --> 00:29:29,333 NOW, I HAVE TO SAY: TILTON 1094 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:30,333 DENIES HAVING DONE ANYTHING 1095 00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:31,866 WRONG AND HAS CHALLENGED THAT 1096 00:29:31,933 --> 00:29:33,233 RECOMMENDATION IN FEDERAL COURT. 1097 00:29:33,300 --> 00:29:35,500 AND THE THING IS, I'M NOT JUST 1098 00:29:35,566 --> 00:29:37,233 MAD WITH LYNN TILTON HERE. 1099 00:29:37,300 --> 00:29:38,733 I'M MAD THAT WE'RE OPERATING A 1100 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:40,500 SYSTEM WHERE A VITAL SERVICE IS 1101 00:29:40,566 --> 00:29:41,933 LEFT VULNERABLE TO THE 1102 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:44,200 LYNN TILTONS OF THE WORLD. 1103 00:29:44,266 --> 00:29:45,400 SO WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT THIS? 1104 00:29:45,466 --> 00:29:47,033 WELL, AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, 1105 00:29:47,100 --> 00:29:48,000 IDEALLY, WE'D TRANSITION TO A 1106 00:29:48,066 --> 00:29:49,266 MEDICARE FOR ALL APPROACH, BUT 1107 00:29:49,333 --> 00:29:49,866 THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE IN THE 1108 00:29:49,933 --> 00:29:51,300 CARDS RIGHT NOW. 1109 00:29:51,366 --> 00:29:52,833 AND IN THE MEANTIME, THERE ARE 1110 00:29:52,900 --> 00:29:55,600 SMALLER THINGS WE COULD DO. 1111 00:29:55,666 --> 00:29:57,233 FOR PATIENTS, WE NEED TO PUT AN 1112 00:29:57,300 --> 00:29:59,300 END TO SURPRISE BILLING. 1113 00:29:59,366 --> 00:30:01,100 THE GOOD NEWS IS, CONGRESS 1114 00:30:01,166 --> 00:30:04,033 PASSED A BILL LAST YEAR CALLED 1115 00:30:04,100 --> 00:30:05,133 THE "NO SURPRISES ACT," MAKING 1116 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:07,466 IT ILLEGAL TO SEND PATIENTS 1117 00:30:07,533 --> 00:30:08,266 STEEP MEDICAL BILLS WHEN AN 1118 00:30:08,333 --> 00:30:09,166 OUT-OF-NETWORK PROVIDER IS 1119 00:30:09,233 --> 00:30:10,000 UNEXPECTEDLY INVOLVED IN THEIR 1120 00:30:10,066 --> 00:30:11,200 CARE. 1121 00:30:11,266 --> 00:30:13,066 THE BAD NEWS IS, WHILE THAT 1122 00:30:13,133 --> 00:30:15,700 APPLIES TO AIR AMBULANCES, THE 1123 00:30:15,766 --> 00:30:16,166 BILL, FOR SOME REASON, 1124 00:30:16,233 --> 00:30:17,666 EXPLICITLY CARVED OUT GROUND 1125 00:30:17,733 --> 00:30:17,966 AMBULANCES. 1126 00:30:18,033 --> 00:30:18,933 IN OTHER WORDS: MOST FUCKING 1127 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:21,500 AMBULANCES. 1128 00:30:21,566 --> 00:30:22,733 AS FOR EMS PROVIDERS: WE SHOULD 1129 00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:24,066 ESTABLISH A LEAD FEDERAL AGENCY 1130 00:30:24,133 --> 00:30:26,433 DEDICATED TO THEM. 1131 00:30:26,500 --> 00:30:27,466 AND THEY SHOULD ABSOLUTELY BE 1132 00:30:27,533 --> 00:30:29,066 LABELED AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE. 1133 00:30:29,133 --> 00:30:30,566 ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT 1134 00:30:30,633 --> 00:30:33,000 EVERYONE THINKS THEY ARE. 1135 00:30:33,066 --> 00:30:34,600 BUT FOR THAT LABEL TO MEAN 1136 00:30:34,666 --> 00:30:36,500 SOMETHING, IT HAS TO COME WITH 1137 00:30:36,566 --> 00:30:37,900 FUNDING AT THE LOCAL, STATE, AND 1138 00:30:37,966 --> 00:30:39,600 FEDERAL LEVELS. 1139 00:30:39,666 --> 00:30:40,866 AND THERE'S NO BETTER TIME TO 1140 00:30:40,933 --> 00:30:43,033 MAKE THOSE BIG CHANGES THAN 1141 00:30:43,100 --> 00:30:43,900 RIGHT NOW, WHEN WE STILL 1142 00:30:43,966 --> 00:30:44,966 REMEMBER THE ABSOLUTE HELL OF 1143 00:30:45,033 --> 00:30:46,733 WHAT THESE WORKERS WENT THROUGH 1144 00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:49,133 LAST YEAR. 1145 00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:49,966 REMEMBER THAT PARADE THAT BILL 1146 00:30:50,033 --> 00:30:51,133 DE BLASIO PROMISED? 1147 00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:52,833 IT ACTUALLY TOOK PLACE LAST 1148 00:30:52,900 --> 00:30:53,700 MONTH, BUT YOU KNOW WHO NOTABLY 1149 00:30:53,766 --> 00:30:55,466 DIDN'T ATTEND? 1150 00:30:55,533 --> 00:30:57,066 EMTs, MANY OF WHOM BOYCOTTED IT 1151 00:30:57,133 --> 00:30:58,966 BECAUSE OF STAGNANT WAGES AND 1152 00:30:59,033 --> 00:31:01,066 THE FACT THAT THEY WORKED DURING 1153 00:31:01,133 --> 00:31:04,566 THE PANDEMIC WITHOUT HAZARD PAY. 1154 00:31:04,633 --> 00:31:06,500 LOOK: LAST YEAR, EVERYONE WAS 1155 00:31:06,566 --> 00:31:09,033 ANXIOUS TO SHOW HOW MUCH THEY 1156 00:31:09,100 --> 00:31:11,233 SUPPORTED EMTs. 1157 00:31:11,300 --> 00:31:13,066 WELL, NOW'S THE TIME TO PROVE IT 1158 00:31:13,133 --> 00:31:14,200 AND MAKE BIG CHANGES ON THEIR 1159 00:31:14,266 --> 00:31:15,700 BEHALF. 1160 00:31:15,766 --> 00:31:18,666 AND IF WE DO THAT, MAYBE WE'LL 1161 00:31:18,733 --> 00:31:20,966 COLLECTIVELY BE WORTHY OF A 1162 00:31:21,033 --> 00:31:21,933 SIREN THAT SOUNDS LIKE THIS: 1163 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:28,266 [WARBLING SIREN] 1164 00:31:28,333 --> 00:31:29,766 GET YOURS, MICKEY, YOU FILTHY 1165 00:31:29,833 --> 00:31:30,333 MOUSE. 1166 00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:31,300 THAT'S OUR SHOW. 1167 00:31:31,366 --> 00:31:33,100 THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. 1168 00:31:33,166 --> 00:31:33,700 WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. 1169 00:31:33,766 --> 00:31:34,766 GOOD NIGHT!