00:00Going back to CalGuard, Dave, you reported yesterday that Mark Hoffman has asked that 200 members need to turn to wildfire. Do you know anything about that?
00:10Well, Secretary Exit, our defense secretary, might take that recommendation and direct these young men and women back and get them back out here. So I'm hopeful.
00:23Well, we've been very vocal about that, not just part of it. We've been explicit in that request for the last few weeks. We couldn't be more clear in highlighting this issue. And so we've been very direct. And we've not just done that publicly. We've done that privately. We've done that through the chain of command. This is serious stuff.
00:46Well, the response that you highlighted, that the AP highlighted, was the first indication that our requests are being considered. And we're looking forward to the formal announcement from the Department of Defense and from the Secretary of Defense.
01:06And we're hopeful that occurs imminently so we can get these folks back out there. And the same should be extended for those teachers that want to teach summer school.
01:17Same should be extended to those firefighters that want to go back and protect their communities at home.
01:24And those in law enforcement, and those in law enforcement, sworn officers that were taken off the beaten streets, that should get back home as well, not just the rattlesnake teams.
01:34I mean, it's just the theater of the absurd. The whole thing is a theater of the absurd.
01:39And everybody knows that. And everybody knows that. And so it's time for grownups to do the right thing and send these men and women back and do so immediately.
