Bill Meyer Show Podcast - Sponsored by Clouser Drilling www.ClouserDrilling.com - 04-27-26_MONDAY_6AM

Episode Date: April 27, 2026

04-27-26_MONDAY_6AM

This hour of the Bill Meyer Show podcast is proudly sponsored by Klauser Drilling. They've been leading the way in Southern Oregon well drilling for more than 50 years. Find out more about them at Klausor drilling.com. Now more with Bill Meyer. Welcome to Monday morning, April 27th, 2026. You know, I didn't have that on my bingo card over the weekend, right? You know, guys starting to shoot at the White House Correspondents dinner? What about you?

Wasn't on my bingo card. I don't think it was on anyone's bingo card. Boy, what do you think about that, huh? Join the conversation at 7705-633-770 KMED. By the way, if you want to email me, email comments and everything else, keep it as pithy if he can. But hey, I'll read some of the longer ones too. It's Bill at Bill Myers Show.com. And we are live right now on Facebook, Facebook.com slash Bill Meyer Show.

We're going to be adding YouTube also to that in the next few weeks. We'll tell you more about that here in the next few minutes. But, yeah. Yes. Cole Allen, 31-year-old Cole Allen, teacher of the month. And it's, he just went a full anti-Trump, full anti-Trump derangement syndrome there. Fortunately, nobody seriously hurt. There was a government agent at that shooting at the White House Correspondents dinner who did take a blast to the vest and he was released. He's actually okay. So that's good news. Nobody seriously hurt. So that's

great. But, yeah, the part that really got me going here, folks, was how, you know, afterwards you just start going on to the, especially X and various other places and the nastiness. And I mean, the people leftist just going out there. And, you know, I remember one video I was watching with the Lur, I'm not going to play their stuff. I'm not going to be like all the other shows and play that stuff. But I'll just describe some of what I saw, you know, a probably a middle-aged liberal woman, really attractive woman just in her big glasses and everything else talking about it. Why don't you? Why can't you just wait to take the shot? I think just doing it just openly. Stuff that people would think, you know, amongst themselves or maybe

to your closest friend, you might say something like that, boy, you know, I wouldn't want to see something like that happen. You know, everyone has had conversations like that. But it's all over. But they actually cool on their on their Twitter feed or their Facebook feed they just they just do it and they just vomit it out it just astounds me what America has turned into with this um I don't know not really good but um needless to say um it's it's worth taking a look and just reminding ourselves of how much of this has gone on with President Trump here and a good recap of this we had Butler Pennsylvania July 13th 2024 that was the shot by Trump's ear. Then there was West Palm Beach, Florida, September 26. And that was, I'm sorry, September

2024, rather, Ryan Ralph, hiding in the Greens, right? And then he was thwarted. All right. Five other ones. We had February of this year, Secret Service killed a 21-year-old with a shotgun who tried to breach Mar-a-Lago. We had a Pakistani national arrested on a murder for higher charge working on the half of Iran. That was in September. A dual French-Canadian citizen mailed Trump a letter containing ricin. Even back September 2017, a man stole a forklift aimed it at the presidential limousine. June 2016, a British man tried to grab a police officer's gun attempting to kill Trump. March 2016, a man had tried to rush the stage of a Trump event. He turned out to be not armed, but certainly intended to do Trump harm. And that was in a report from

Axios in USA today. So it's an interesting one. He certainly does tend to bring out the enemy in the enemy, doesn't he? That is for sure. You know, there's one thing I wanted to say, though. President Trump, of course, cool as a cucumber in the news conference later that evening. Linda and I, you know, got to it slightly late. You know, it was about, we knew that the White House correspondence dinner of the coverage was going to start at 6 o'clock. And so he said, okay, we'll watch it. I was busy on the garage and out in the yard and doing all sorts of stuff over the weekend. So he got in at 620 and we get in at 620 and turned on as, oh man, what the heck. But fortunately, nobody hurt. We'll talk with this, about this and more with Dr. John Lott

Jr. of course, Crime Research Center, Crime Prevention Research Center. We'll talk with him about it in around 20 minutes or so. And the part that has, right from the beginning, once the video came out of the guy attacking running down the hall. This is the part that always gets me about every time we have one of these events with Secret Service and FBI and all the rest of it. There isn't just being all of this, Judge Gene Piro going out and doing her thing and all the law enforcement, just wonderful things and wonderful things and wonderful things, wonderful things.

I looked at that as a total security failure, and it was just fortunate that they got him. prior to it. In fact, the one thing I will say, I read the dirtbags manifesto. I don't know if you read it over the weekend, too, but I did read the manifesto, and I'm not going to go into the rest of the nonsense that he's going into it, all right? But the one thing I will agree with Cole Allen, that should be the name of a country music star, shouldn't it? There's Cole Allen. Yeah, but it said it's a teacher of the month from Southern California. But, let's to say, I will agree. with the shooter on one aspect of his manifesto, and that was the security. No damn security, he said, not in transport, not in the hotel, not in the event. Like the one thing I immediately noticed walking into the hotel is the sense of arrogance. I walk in with multiple weapons and not a single person there considers the possibility that I could be a threat. The security at the event is all outside, focused on protesters and current arrivals,

because apparently no one thought about what happens if someone checks in the day before. Like the level of incompetence is insane. And I very sincerely hope it is corrected by the time this country actually gets competent leadership again. Of course, that's from the dirtbag du jour. But I actually agreed with him on that. And I'm listening to all this other, oh, we thank our secret service. We thank our FBI and all the rest of it. Although I have to tell you on the stage, Cash Patel looked like he was a little nervous.

Well, I looked angry, too, I would imagine, too, because either to say, it will probably be on the hot seat. There's no doubt about this, but it still comes right down to it. I'm watching the video of what happened, and you have all of these Secret Service and police right there, you know, around the magnetometers, the metal detectors, you know, that section. And the guy is running full speed down the hall. And what? There's nobody back before that? no other, you know, multiple ways is just this one way?

I don't know. The fact that he was able to run in, knock the guys down, and get through, well, of course, they started shooting at him. He didn't get hit. And, of course, he starts, you know, the dirtbag, du jour starts shooting, too. To me, that looked like pretty much another failure.

Now, I'm not talking about that failure like some of the conspiracy theories of people taking a dive on it, but it just seemed to me that they're, that they weren't particularly, well, I don't know. They even kind of looked a little lackadaisical, and yet all the news reporting on it was kind of like, well, look how quickly they reacted.

Well, reacting quickly to me would have been where you were at least aware of something going as he's running down the hall full speed. I don't know if you thought about it that way or not, but when you see a guy with a firearm running down the hallway, full speed. It's like, I don't know, were they all just kind of focused inward and not really paying attention to what could have been coming their way.

That's kind of what I was getting at. I did not look at it as something. I mean, hey, I'm glad that they stopped them and they did stop him, and one person did take a bullet for it, and he's going to be okay. That's good. But still, to me, it should have been stopped a little bit earlier. What do you think? We could talk about that in more, too.

7705-633-770 K-M-E-D. So we have that story today, and we'll be taking your calls off and on with this. Happy to do it. But, yeah, like I said, I'm glad nobody was seriously hurt, but it shouldn't have even got to that point. I don't think he should have got as far as he did. Now, the first thing that Linda and I were talking about, oh, yep, they're going to do. They're going to go for the ballroom now. Now President Trump is calling for the opposition to the ballroom construction to go away.

You knew that was coming. And I'm okay with that to an extent. And yet, you know, the funny thing is that the White House has turned into something very different than it was back in our early days. It was not supposed to be a fortress for the president. It was supposed to be the people's house. Does anybody remember those days? No, I guess I don't either. It's 21 after 6.

This is the Bill Myers Show. And you're on KMEDE and 993 KBXG. What's on your mind today, huh? Jackson County, your vote counts. This May 19th primary election process will be exactly the same as prior years. There have been no changes to how we conduct elections in Oregon. If you are registered with a minor political party, have listed other as your party selection, or have not registered with any political party, you will receive a ballot with nonpartisan candidates and measures.

Visit Oregonvotes.gov to register to vote online. You can also mail your form to Jackson County Elections, 1101, West Main Street, Suite 201 in Medford, Oregon. Check and update your registration at Oregonvotes.gov slash my vote. The last day to register or change your political party affiliation is Tuesday, April 28th. Hello, I'm Chris Walker, your Jackson County Clerk. For more information, visit jacksoncountyOR.gov slash elections. Your county clerk's office, making sure your vote counts.

The following preview has been rated immature for all audiences except metal roof enthusiasts and small children. In the not too distant sunbake future, in a world where leafy debris and pine needles collect on unsuspecting homeowners' roofs, where just one seemingly harmless airborne ember could cause a catastrophic fire. Two unassuming technicians. He's talking about us. Embark on an epic journey to fabricate and install fire-resistant metal roofs on southern Oregon buildings. Heroes will rise, fire hazards will fall. This is awesome.

This spring, call the Metal Roofing Division at Fontana Roofing and witness the sheer... So what do you think? So it's like we're superhero firefighters except without the supernatural powers, form-fitting costumes in inherent danger? Exactly. Can we drive big, shiny red trucks?

Maybe in the sequel. For an epic fire-resistant roof, call Fontana Roofing's Metal Roof Division. visit fontanarroofing services.com. Hi, I'm Danny Beard with Left Coast Underground, and I'm on KMED. What a delight having you here this morning, 23 minutes after six. Tom's in talent. Tom, great having you here. I understand you got some good walking put in over the weekend.

For me, it was weed pulling. I'd like to say it was fun, but it was good. Just get that done. What's going on in your world, huh? Well, you know, maybe you can answer this question. I don't, I haven't read or heard how the guy was taken down. You see one video, he's sprinting past all the security, and the next thing you see is a picture of him face down on the floor.

But, you know, he was in a very crowded place, lots of people around. There's no, I haven't seen a single word of how he was actually captured, taken down. Have you? I have not seen a word about that. I also do not know the actual method of how it actually broke down at that time. All I know is that, yeah, they got him after that. And you did see the video of him running down the hall free, full speed, you know, at the agents. And none of the agents seeming to notice that someone was coming.

Yeah, when he sprinted and right past that last guy, it would have been so easy. If I'd been there, I mean, I just put out of foot and the guy would have just scattered across the floor on his face. Oh, yeah. He had just merely tripped him. Yeah. Instead, he danced out of the way. Yeah, exactly. And to me, and they always, after these events, they always talk about what a wonderful job that Secret Service and the FBI did.

And I don't know, there did, once again, seemed to me to be a lack of imagination from the protection forces. It just struck that, struck me as that. You're not going to hear that covered that way, though. I'm not hearing any of that this morning, really. Of course, I'm always wondering how they're functioning in such a, that has to be a super high Wi-Fi environment, frying people's brains, and then you have the president up there not only getting fried with Wi-Fi himself, but also slugging down the, all the NutraSuite and Diet Cola and so forth. So nobody's brains working back there, apparently.

Well, that could be it. Maybe it's the Wi-Fi. Maybe it's the Wi-Fi. But, But like I said, an unnot about to give kudos to the dirtbag du jour. But the fact of the matter is what his sneering evaluation of security is something worth paying attention to. And he sent that to his family and his friends before doing it. Yeah, well, remember, they're not being paid right now. The Secret Service and the security, you know, that's not on the big wonderful bill. and so that's still being held hostage by the Democrats. Probably for good reason, you know.

Let's get rid of this president we don't like. So let's take away is paying for his security and so forth and so on. I just wonder, was there – it seems like there was perhaps a lack of manpower. I mean, somebody obviously should have been in the hotel and checking the guests out for probably a month before the gathering, Make sure somebody just didn't come in and store some guns underneath a curtain. Well, apparently what this guy did is that he traveled by train all away from California out here. He didn't fly. And apparently he went right into the hotel, you know, into the hotel carrying the arms that he ended up using.

Several knives. There was a shotgun and one handgun. And so, and this is in Washington, D.C. too. Now, on the other hand, though, we are a free people. And, you know, it's technically even in Washington, D.C., you're supposed to be able to have a firearm. The Second Amendment applies. But we understand here when you're actually putting on a big presidential event that night with the White House correspondent's dinner, you would have thought there may have been a few questions asked of people checking into the hotel that week,

wouldn't you think? Of course. I agree with you 100%. It was a security failure, not a security. You know, they only came on board after the fact. But, yeah, there was definitely a serious lack of security there. Yeah. So we'll see where this ends up going.

Apparently they're going to throw a few more charges on the court proceeding today. And we'll see where this goes. But to me, I consider this yet another teachable moment. but still, it just astounds me, also given the history of the Washington Hilton, of course, that's where Reagan was shot, right, you know, back in the day, that people would kind of be on their A game everywhere, wouldn't you think? Yeah, I would think so. You know, it was kind of interesting seeing Trump afterwards, and, hey, being president is a dangerous job.

And it's true. I was kind of surprised to, you know, just see them flat out say it and recognize. I seem to be kind of taken in stride. And that's... Yeah, surprisingly cool, and I'm sure it's surprisingly cool, probably because more of a... Okay, oh, it's yet another lone wolf? Okay, fine.

You know, whatever. You know, that kind of thing. Moving on. Yeah, but nobody got hurt, though, seriously, and I was glad to hear that. I'm sure the... Well, you know, that's another part. It's really strange to me,

because here's a guy with a gun running into a big crowd with a gun and so forth. How was he taken down? That's what I'm very curious about that. Well, I'll tell you what, I'll try to see if we can get down to it because I didn't get anything satisfied or anything to my satisfaction, rather, over the weekend reporting on it. It was kind of like, well, we got him down. It's like, okay, maybe it was just physically just grabbing him and throwing them down in a scrum. You have a scrum of agents the closer you got to the door.

Maybe that's what it was. Could be something like that, simple as that. Maybe find out. We'll see. But right now there's a big information gap on that particular. point and so I'm still wondering about it. Well, I'll talk with Dr. John Lott. Maybe he knows something about it, too.

We'll see. Okay. All right. Or as you say, the Southern Oregon jury. Okay. The Southern Oregon Jury, what we think about it. Thanks for the call, Tom. I appreciate it.

Tom is a member of the early morning commenters club. I think he was like the founding member, really. It is 630. We'll catch up on the rest of the news here, and a little bit of Fox Business News update for that matter. and then Dr. John Lott, Jr., who was the founder of the Crime Prevention Research Center, and he tends to look at crime from the numbers, looks into it deeply. Probably knows more about it than anyone, really.

Hang on just a second. I had... Wait a minute. I had the control down that is not allowed. So here we go. Go, Dusties. April marks 47 years of trusted service at Dusty's Transmissions. To celebrate, Dusties is offering a free transfer case service when you schedule a transmission service

for the month of April. Before your spring and summer road trips, make sure your vehicle is ready. Over time, transmission fluid breaks down and can lead to costly damage if ignored. Take advantage of this limited time anniversary offer. Visit dustiestransmissions.com to claim your coupon today. Dusty's Transmissions, Highway 99, two blocks north of Pine in Central Point. Dusty's transmission. You'll always find me hanging around there. If you want unlimited talk text and data on a super fast network, big wireless will sell it to you right now for as little as 70 bucks. a month. Or you can buy it from Pure Talk for half of that. I'm talking about unlimited talk text and data for just $3499 a month. But wait, there's more. When you switch to Pure Talk, you'll be

switching to an American wireless company that's committed to keeping 100% of its customer service in this country. I appreciate that. In fact, that's why I switched. I also appreciate the way they support our vets and our skilled workforce. Dial pound 250, say micro, and get unlimited talk text and unlimited data for just 3499 a month. That's pound 250 micro. Stop paying twice what you need to pay for the service you want and switch to an American wireless company that actually stands for something. Pure talk. KMED News, here's what's going on. It's going to be one big work zone on highway 89 between South Mefford and Phoenix, the $20 million paving project started yesterday. RV Times reporting it's a single lane northbound from Northridge Terrace to Glenwood Road.

They'll switch to paving the southbound lanes later this week with a single lane of traffic open in each direction during the nighttime. Crashes and fatalities in those work zones are rising. Oregon Department of Transportation says it's been a consistent hike and crashes each year. 400 in 2020, rising to 621 crashes in the year 2024. Most were avoidable, usually speeding and distracted drivers, so slow down and pay closer attention. Remember that guy firing a shotgun at passing cars on I-5 near Ashland last summer? Well, he's headed to prison for five years. The Jackson County District Attorney's Office says Devante Bell Mayter pleaded guilty to charges in connection with the shootings.

Mater told authorities he wasn't trying to hurt people, but that they thought they were trying to hurt him. But apparently, it was the severe intoxication doing the talking. No one was hurt in the incidents, but vehicles were damaged. And tonight there's a candidates form for Josephine County Commissioner, Position 1, and the State House Representative candidates. It's happening 530 to 830 this evening at City Council Chambers at 101 Northwest A Street. If you can't be there in person, you'll find it streamed live on the Grants Pass in Josephine County Chamber of Commerce YouTube page. Bill Meyer, KMED News.

Don't Portland, Southern Oregon. What works for Portland politicians doesn't work here, and I won't let them force it on us. I'm Duane Yunker, your Oregon State representative of Josephine County in Grants Pass. In Salem, Southern Oregon is a minority, and that's why my most important job I have isn't passing more mandates. It's being a strong voice, pumping the brakes on bad legislation. I help lead the fight to protect your right to vote on the gas tax, because politicians shouldn't raise your cost of living without you. consent. That fight is saving the average Southern Oregon family about $500 a year.

Next term, my job is clear to protect taxpayers, hold Salem accountable, and keep more of your money in your pocket. I'm Duane Yonker, and I always stand up for Josephine County at home and in Salem. I'd be honored to earn your vote. Paid for Yonker for State Representative, Pachyd 3.071. Chef salad so fresh and colorful, diners, 62's been known to warn diners of euphoric sensory overload. American Industrial Door has security and storm shutters and mesh for commercial and residential applications. These shutters protect storefronts, windows, retail counters, product cases, whatever needs

instant protection against burglary, vandalism, and severe weather. With a touch of a button, you can secure an entry point or space with style and color. American Industrial Door has affordable scissor gates too. See all the security shutter options at American Industrial Door. on Union Avenue and Grads Pass and on Crater Lake Avenue, north of Violence Road. I'm Charles Payne, and this is The Fox Business Report. United Airlines has officially abandoned its attempt to merge with American Airlines. United CEO Scott Kirby released a statement this morning,

saying he approached American, though American declined to engage and instead responded by publicly closing the door. Kirby says he believed a combination would have allowed the merged airline to expanded service internationally and to smaller communities, and it could have added economy seats and better competed with foreign airlines. There's an energy merger this morning. Shell is purchasing Canada's ARC resources and a deal valued at approximately $22 billion. Domino's pizza shares are down nearly 5% after a mixed quarter, though its CEO, Russell Wiener says Domino's continues to pick up customers from competitors. That's your Fox Business,

report. I'm Jenny Kosala. Invested in you. My name is Christine and I'm a widow. My husband Ryan was a healthy 34 year old and three months later he was gone. Thankfully he had life insurance. Ethos made it so easy. You can get a quote in seconds, apply in minutes and get same day coverage. 100% online, no medical exam. Life insurance didn't take away the loss but it did give us the space to just grieve. Get your free quote at ethos.com slash save. ethos.com slash save. Paid spokesperson. Time spent on application may vary.

Online health questions required. The Bill Myers Show is on. News Talk 1063 KMED. So glad you're waking up here. It's 637. Of course, we're all talking about and thinking about what happened at the White House Correspondents' Dinner,

which ended up not being a correspondence dinner, but instead attempted assassination. And fortunately, nobody seriously hurt. And we have the alleged dirtbag du jour going to be facing court a little bit later this morning. One of the talk of someone who has not only been in the Washington Hilton several times, but even had his own protests out front when he was speaking there. Only enough he was just telling me about that.

Dr. John R. Lott, Jr., and he's the founder of the Crime Prevention Research Center, Crimresearch.org. He's an economist and worldwide expert on guns and crime, and it's all by the numbers. Isn't that right, doctor? Welcome back. Well, great to talk. you again. Yeah, thanks for having me on. You got to look at the numbers if you want to try to figure out what to do to save lives.

Yeah. So what were you thinking? What was your initial action, given someone that had actually spoken there before and even had people protesting him out there. I was just surprised that the guy got there, got as far as he did, and there didn't seem to be a lot of people paying attention down the hall. I mean, someone running full speed at the magnet detectors or the metal detectors there, it didn't seem to catch anyone's attention until he was right in the middle of it all. At least it seemed that way, to me. What do you think? Right. Well, I mean, I'm sure more information could be coming out over time.

You know, my guess is they'll extend the security perimeter out farther than they did last time. He didn't make it into the ballroom. No. He was outside and he was having to run. He had checked in to the hotel obviously before they really started their security stuff that was going on there. And as a guest to the hotel, he was allowed to go in and out. Obviously, he had brought in his weapons to the hotel before there was anything, you know, any security stuff that was set up. You're dealing with a smart guy.

And he had obviously planned this well in advance. And when you're dealing with smart people who are willing to lose their lives for things, it's very difficult. But, you know, fortunately, the individual didn't make it into the main ballroom there. The main ballroom is absolutely huge. I mean, even if he had made it in there, there would be a huge gap between the doors. the people who would be up at the podium. So it doesn't look as large on television as we're watching it Saturday night, right? So that's actually much, much larger than it appears.

The cameras are not all the way at the back of the room there where the doors are. And interestingly, the way the seating arrangements are usually set up is that the most important people are up in front and kind of, you know, the less important ones are in the back near the doors. And, you know, you gradually get more and more important people as you get up towards the front. But he would have had to go fair ways before he would have gotten near anybody who was important. So the odds are even running full speed going in there. He probably would not have been able to get to the president or anybody else. Seriously important at that front.

I doubt. Yeah. He didn't even make it into the ballroom. He was still outside in the hallways out there. By the way, doctor, have you heard or seen any reporting on how he was actually taken down? I saw very little about that. Was it just like he goes into a scrum of agents? Do you know offhand?

I had a listener asked that question. I wasn't sure how to answer. That's what happened. I mean, obviously he had shot one of the agents in their protective armor that was there. you know, harming him, but he lived. But all I hear is, all I read is what you've read, and that is the other agents basically jumped on top of him and held him down at that point. I think it seems pretty clear even from his manifesto that he wasn't necessarily planning on

surviving it or didn't think that he would. But the one part about his manifesto, which I read, and I don't want to read the whole thing, but the one part I thought that did ring true was that security was somewhat lacking. Of course, he said it quite a bit worse. Would you agree on that overall? Well, I mean, my guess is, as I said, they're going to go and revamp things to have the security permit or be farther out than they have had it. But, you know, again, the person didn't even make it into the ballroom.

The doors to the ballroom were locked. I suppose he could have tried to shoot his way through the doors to get in. Yeah. But, you know, none of the people inside the ballroom were in direct line of fire from him. And, you know, could more be done? Yeah, undoubtedly. And there have been real security failures in the past, particularly with regard to Trump. but, you know, there's, interesting, there's no president that we've had who's survived three assassination attempts.

You had Ford who had two, but no other president had more than one. So, you know, it's, to me, I look at their level of rhetoric. you know, Jeremy Raskin was actually challenged on CNN State of the Union by Dana Bash about his rhetoric. She didn't do a very good job of actually quoting to him some of his statements. But here's a guy who has said that Trump's fascist, who's authoritarian, who is a dictator and all sorts of things. Obviously, this guy believed a lot of those types of statements. I'm not saying Raskin or anyone else in particular is responsible. The guy who tried to do the attack is responsible.

But it's the overall level of rhetoric in our country right now. And what I noticed on social media afterwards, Doctor, and I'm not going to play the stuff, but you just had people who were just, I mean, people that are known and just, you know, people on their personal pages just saying, you know, why didn't he wait to take the shot, et cetera, et cetera, and people, you know, criticizing him. And they're just doing it right out in the open. And I don't understand, you know, things that people used to kind of keep to themselves. You might think something badly that you wish would happen to someone, but to actually go out

in the open and say it. It's almost like something has changed in the country when you say, you know, that, you know, that, you know, there are no filters right now. You had demonstrators at the event who had signs that were reading things like, you know, kill the tyrant and stuff. So, you know, it's really irresponsible stuff. Jeremy Raskin, when he was on CNN, he was talking about how Trump was authoritarian, that he had, you know, ordered the murder of, of, of, uh, Good and Freddie in Minneapolis. In Minneapolis, yeah.

Exercising their First Amendment rights to protest. That's just false. I mean, here you had good had been ordered out of her vehicle. She had been blocking ice agents all day and apparently for a week. But instead of obeying the officer's order, she gunned her. vehicle and ran into another officer who is present there. You know, a vehicle like that is a deadly weapon. And, you know, and with regard to pretty, area of a guy who had gotten into multiple confrontations,

exhal fisticuffs with officers in the past. And people are kind of are highly strong at that point. You know, I think we have to remember those kind of things. It wasn't happy about either of those situations. People are very highly strong in those sort of situations. And I don't quite get what critics of what was going on in Minnesota were supposed to think what happened here, Doc. Look, I mean, you're exactly right. Plus, you're talking about actions that have to take place within a second or two.

you know, people have the luxury of going and watching a video, you know, 30 times in slow motion to try to figure out what was happening. The officers who are there, you know, if you disagree with an officer, you still obey them and then you challenge them in court later on. In Preddy's case, in this one instance, ignoring the other ones, he basically interfered with the officers trying to arrest a couple people. He put himself between them. He got into a physical confrontation with the officers. He disobeyed them. You know, I have no problem with somebody having a gun when they're at a protest. If they're at a protest.

But if you're going to be going and getting to physical confrontation with officers, you know, and your arm on top of it, as you say, people are, you know, concerned for their safety. They've been attacked. The rate of officers being attacked by ICE officers is up something like 8,000 percent from what it was in 2024. And, you know, it's, you got to realize that their lives are at risk. In fact, the officer that shot good had been struck six months earlier by a vehicle and had required 33 stitches. So the idea that you're just going to get bumped by a car and everything's okay is just nonsense, in other words. Right.

Okay. Dr. John Lott, Jr., once again, the Crime Prevention Research Center. Only enough, you had released a report about D.C. crime on Saturday that I wanted to bring some attention to, and this is on Crimresearch.org. And you always go into the numbers because you were posing the question, did Trump really reduce crime in D.C. with the policies and the executive orders that he had brought forward. I was wondering if you could maybe put a little light, a little bit of love on that report here. And especially how the Washington Post ended up treating it and how they reported it.

What did you find out? Right. Well, I mean, if you look at the rate of people being murdered in D.C. in the months prior to the federalization of law enforcement last year, during the first month that the federalization of law enforcement had occurred, you had 18 days without a murder. the odds of that happening, given the rate that was occurring immediately prior to that, is like 1 in 10,000.

You know, it's like you can't look at the rate that was occurring even in the months immediately prior to that, and not realized that there was a huge change in the rate that those things were occurring. In January this year, there were two murders that occurred in D.C. One of the most bizarre things to me about the debate over this is that I don't know how many Democratic politicians have accused Trump of being racist for going and picking D.C. as a place where he did put in the FBI agents and DEA and the ATF and all the other law enforcement and the National Guard. you know one D.C. is different than any place else. The president has certain powers there that he doesn't have in other places.

But if you look at the data, I don't have data up through 2021 in terms of the racial composition of those who are getting murdered. But 96% of the people who were being murdered in D.C. were blacks. So whose lives do you think you were saving

as a result of that? And, of course, D.C. has a very high percentage of black population, just the way it is. If you visit Washington, D.C., you pretty much can figure that out. Yeah, very quickly. Now, did the Washington Post report on that fairly? That was what you were bringing up in your report on crimeresearch.org, because I know that the mayor of D.C. ended up coming out and saying, hey, boy, it's a lot better, more or less saying the president was right, didn't she? Yeah, yeah. I mean, the mayor who had initially been objecting to the policy ended up conceding that, yeah, it had a huge impact.

It had reduced things like auto theft by like 85% in the city. I don't know if you've been to D.C. recently, but it's a very different place from what it was in terms of having homeless people. in the parks, defecating. Wow. Okay. Because last time I was there, Doctor, was I think, 2021 was the last time I was there staying there for a few days. And everybody knew that if it was like, and we were in the Phoenix Park Hotel, which is over by Union Station. And everybody knew that once it get darker in the early evening or something, you stayed inside. You did not go out and just wander. That was during, you know, the COVID lockdowns. But even then, there was still lots of crime on the street.

You just had to stay off it. That's just the way it was. Everybody knew it. And you were told that, you know, you were either in a taxi or you were inside your hotel. That's more or less what everybody knew, how you had to comport yourself. So it's different now, huh? I mean, look, this isn't rocket science. If you want to reduce crime, you have to make it riskier for criminals.

It's criminalism of crime. And Trump basically has made changes in many areas, higher arrest rates, higher conviction. rights, longer prison sentences, and making it easier for people to go and defend themselves. And, you know, the U.S. attorney in D.C. is unique among U.S. attorneys and that they're responsible for prosecuting all crime by adults. During the Biden administration, during 2022, the U.S. attorney that Biden had appointed refused to prosecute 67% of arrests. In 2023, he refused to prosecute 56% of arrests.

Judge Dean Piro, obviously, is a very different person. She's actively prosecuting the cases. And not only that, she's seeking tough penalties against the individuals that she is convicting with regard to people be able to go and defend themselves, prior to the Trump administration. It was taking eight or nine months for people to go through the process to get approval for a concealed carry permit. Now, once you've applied, it's two weeks because of pressure from the Trump administration on D.C. And, you know, that makes it a lot easier for people to go and defend themselves than it did before.

Well, even what we saw Saturday at the White House Correspondents' dinner that didn't. end up going off, but still, the only thing that ended up stopping the bad guy with a gun were good people with guns in the end. That was it, right? It's just like you say in your books. Well, you know, there's a reason why they have a lot of secret service agents there to go and protect the president. Yeah, it wasn't social workers that stopped him. In other words, I guess that's what I was getting at here, Dr. Lott. No social workers for sure. Wouldn't have been too useful to try to talk the guy out. of it at that point. Yeah, it does not sound like it.

You read his manifesto, and it's pretty clear he believed a lot of the extreme claims that have been made against Trump, pretty much completely uncritically. So he wasn't a type of guy you're going to just convince with some words. Definitely a true believer for sure. Dr. John R. Lod Jr., He is the founder of the Crime Prevention Research Center, crime research.org. And his latest article is, is there really a question of whether Trump produced crime in D.C.? That's the latest report that he put up there on Saturday.

And there's also a conversation about guns increasing in Brazil, what are the real numbers, et cetera, et cetera. And that's what you do. You look at crime. And any time there's crime going on, we always like talking with you. Doctor, a pleasure. And thanks for being on the show this morning. Take care.

Well, thanks for being there, Bill. Thank you. Thank you. Crime Research.org, Dr. John R. Lott, Jr. Oregon Truck and Auto Authority is hiring a full-time accessory installer, working with canopies, bumpers, van outfits, and much more. If you have an excellent work ethic and experience working with your hands, they offer generous compensation,

an incentive pay program that puts even more in your pocket, plus an IRA with company match and health insurance. They're a team that thrives in a fast-paced fun environment that values quality, taking care of their people and their customers and invests in your growth. Bring your resume to Oregon Trunkin Auto Authority. For precision and performance, choose Stephen Westfall Roofing. Their standing seam metal roofings custom cut on site with portable snap lock machines. They also install laminated architectural shingles, rated for high winds and impact,

plus concrete and clay tile roofing, known for thermal efficiency and longevity, serving Jackson, Josephine, and Curry counties with over 20 years of experience. licensed, bonded, and insured. More at Stephen Westfallroofingink.com. License number CCB-250730. Picture this. A crisp morning as you wade the rogue river. You float in line, it drifts,

and then you feel that magical strike. That feeling? It's worth fighting for. Rogue Fly Fishers invites you to an evening dedicated to protecting that moment. Join us for our 2026 benefit auction and dinner, a night of great food, people, and purpose.

Rogue Fly Fishers is supporting the Rogue Watershed Council. Water Watch, casting for recovery, Project Healing Waters, the May Fly Project, OSU Scholarships, and more. There's a silent and live auction and raffles for guided fishing trips, fly rods and gear, weekend getaways, and much

more. Plus, there's a special free raffle just for moms, since it is a day before Mother's Day, Saturday, May 9th. Doors open at 4.30 at Medford Armory. Tickets are just $45 per person. Register now at rogueflyfishers.org. It's the Rogue Flyfisher's

benefit auction and dinner catered by back porch bar and grill Saturday, May 9th, 430 at the Medford Armory. Visit rogue flyfishers.org. News Talk 1063, KMED. You're waking up with the Bill Myers Show. This is KMED and KMED HD HD1. Eagle Point Mepford, KBXG Grants Pass. Appreciate you waking up this morning on the Bill Myers Show. Like I said, you know, having a shooting at the White House Correspondence Dinner was not on my bingo card for the weekend. That wasn't there.

It's like, well, wow. Really surprised. I'm just glad that everybody got out of their okay, really, and even the agent that was shot by Dirtbag Dujour, Dirtbag Dujure, ended up being okay released from the hospital over the weekend. But I still, I couldn't help but notice that Cash Patel, Cash Patel looked almost like angry when he was up on the stage with President Trump afterwards. and that it I didn't think it was what it should have been.

I mean, running through the scrump. Fortunately, it didn't get into the ballroom. That's fine. But you would have hoped that maybe there had been a little more done prior to going through the magnetometer area. But that's just me. Maybe I'm being a little too harsh as a Monday morning quarterback. But, okay, we'll have more conversation on that.

And we're going to get back to what's happening at Iran here in just a moment. kind of got knocked off the headlines over the weekend. Jared Knott is a historian. And there are all sorts of people saying that the event in Iran, the conflict in Iran, is a big mistake. Other people are saying it's part of a larger negotiation. I want to talk with him about it. He's a historian who has written a book called Tiny, was it Tiny Blunders and Big Disaster or something like that.

There's like a couple of different versions of this in history with small mistakes that end up leading to huge consequences early on, and history is filled with it, is Iran one of those. And we'll kind of go down that a little bit too, okay? Now then some emails of the day, and that's sponsored by Dr. Steve Nelson at Central Point Family Dentistry.com. Central Point Family Dentistry.com. You can get your appointment today online at Central Point Family Dentistry.com. It's right next to the Mazadlan Mexican restaurant.

Okay. Yes, Central Point. Okay, just so you know. And Patrick writes me this morning. Bill, the rhetoric of those who openly or covertly call for the killing or murder of people they disagree with is a symptom of the devolution of human civilization. These people are more animal than human because they don't have any reason. They only react emotionally without thought to what they are doing or the long-term consequences of their actions. It's very tempting to stoop to the depths of their depravity and meet their rhetoric with equal vitriolic rhetoric.

But the outcome of that is open civil warfare. On the other hand, if we do nothing to counter their rhetoric and subsequent actions, will only become targets and martyrs for the cause of freedom and civility. So what's the solution? There is one solution that comes to mind for such an intractable problem, and that is from the scriptures because this country was founded on the precepts founded. If my people who are called by name will turn from their wicked ways and humble themselves and pray, then I will hear from heaven and heal their land.

Not everyone can accept this solution as it is directed to a specific demographic. You know who you are because it will strike a court in your heart. All right. Thank you, Patrick. And Tony writes me about the Fletch, the press dinner. He says, what caught my eye was how fast they had J.D. Vance off the stage while the president was still just sitting there. It should have been the other way around, at least to me. Thanks, Tony.

Tony, I appreciate your writing, all right? And Mark weighs in here, too. Bill, this just came up on my Facebook feed. The Trump attempted assassin recommends the transgender's get guns. All right, very interesting. So we have the mentally ill armies. Is that kind of what you're getting in here, Mark? I appreciate the email.

Email at Billmyershow.com. Jared Knott joins me after news. Well, the hand of the update and a whole bunch more on KMED. When it comes time to build your dream.