it happened last week in the city of lakewood.ities say the driver, who is believed to have a learner's permit, drove off the road, smashed through a fence and into a private swimming pool. the teenager was cited for careless driving. both the teenager and adult passenger got out safely. they were not hurt, which is a good thing. a tow truck company removed the vehicle as you can see from the pool. going to be tough to get that license though. >>> still ahead. spicing up space. why astronauts aboard the international space station are growing chile peppers and what they plan to do with them. hear. frank is a fan of pepcid. it works in minutes. nexium 24 hour and prilosec otc can take one to four days to fully work. pepcid. strong relief for fans of fast. it's a simple fact: nothing kills more germs on more surfaces days to fully work. than lysol spray. it's a simple fact: it even kills the covid-19 virus. science supports these simple facts. there's only one true lysol. lysol. what it takes to protect. (woman) is there a natural l

in lakewood, washington a democrat, good morning. caller: i'm certainly not a democrat, but thanks for having me on. i think that income inequality is one of the biggest issues that leads to gun violence and also racist policing where we have police going into minority communities and basically raping them of fathers and mothers and leaving children without guidance. this is a big issue and this is an issue that has been exacerbated by white liberals who wanted to pass the crime control act of 1994. host: one of our callers brought up the issue of defunding the police, what are your thoughts on that issue? >> if we are going to have police i think it's best that we demand that they have degrees, hopefully in areas like social work and things like that, so they are less likely to use violence as well. host: this is senator ted cruz from twitter, democrats have repeatedly called to defund the police and have done so in so many cities that crime is rising and democrat policies had deadly consequences. the issue of defunding the police t

. >> explaining how that car wound up in the bottom of a swimming pool in lakewood, colorado. a diver was deployed to help attach a chain to the vehicle. >> isn't there an episode of "the office" about this? it was used to pull the car out. the teenaged driver, shocking and passenger got out, and weren't injured. first responders got cheeky posting about the incident saying going in was probably a bit easier than coming out. >> oh, my gosh. >> did you get -- >> when you were a teenage and you had your learner's permit or driver's license. >> i got into a fender-bender and almost never drove again. this would have been death on arrival for me. >> yeah. i got in a fender-bender the day i got my license. right after i left the dmv. >> i would change my name, cross the border, do whatever i can to get away from my parents. >>> coming up, we have sports with mona, including the x-games star who is only 12 years old. >> that's right. >>> first, the latest at a chemical spill at a water park that sends hundreds to the hospital. >>> and britney spears lashes out against her critics on

. >>> the creators of south park are trying to purchase a landmark that they the lakewood restaurantn a fixture on south park. casa bonita says it will be opening soon. >> i've never seen south park's all of that is new to me, but what i saw was a cliff diver inside a pool and i saw tacos and i saw a puppet show. i am in. >> you said you want to go. >> i am in. looks like the tonga room but they went even more extra. >> i'm not going to let you go there. >> i love the tonga room. >> that's why not going to let you go there. >> but they do not have cliff divers or a puppet show. they need to step it up. >>> a bay area superintendent calling it a curveball. last-minute change to the since and fall semester which he says he is being forced to make. >>> plus other top stories following at 6:30. the passport pause nightmare. some californians are saying how bad the backlog is getting and the links they're willing to go to just to get an appointment. >>> flex alert. forecast warning. neighbor saying that they have had a but it says that they are here to say. the airbnb rental edition letti

the rift between political parties -- shane in lakewood, california says he is proud.aller: i am proud to be an american but i want to say thank you to all that served before us, during and in the future. you laid down a great sacrifice. but my main point is we have got some tough conversations as americans to face and we need to have them in a civil way. lately it has been getting out of hand and we need to sit down and talk. host: how do you do that? how'd you bring down the temperature and get people to talk with each other? caller: that will be one of the main questions everyone will face but we need leaders of all races, religions to come together and talk it out. but it's going to be tough but i believe we can get there. host: that was shane. this is brad out of london, kentucky for those who say they are unsure. go ahead. caller: i am certainly thankful to be an american and that has to be thankful for our men and women who have served over the years that provide us this place to do this thing that is the united states of america. there are a lot of them out the

in lakewood, washington a democrat, good morning.aller: i'm certainly not a democrat, but thanks for having me on. i think that income inequality is one of the biggest issues that leads to gun violence and also racist policing where we have police going into minority communities and basically raping them of fathers and mothers and leaving children without guidance. this is a big issue and this is an issue that has been exacerbated by white liberals who wanted to pass the crime control act of 1994. host: one of our callers brought up the issue of defunding the police, what are your thoughts on that issue? >> if we are going to have police i think it's best that we demand that they have degrees, hopefully in areas like social work and things like that, so they are less likely to use violence as well. host: this is senator ted cruz from twitter, democrats have repeatedly called to defund the police and have done so in so many cities that crime is rising and democrat policies had deadly consequences. the issue of defunding the police tal

host: marianne in lakewood, new jersey. republican. caller: good morning.ears old and these two characters -- are they investigating biden and his son like they are doing trump? that is number one. number two, as far as covid, do you remember that biden was the first want to call trump names because he closed the borders to china and then closed the borders to other countries when they were getting the virus? nancy pelosi was in chinatown hugging and kissing the chinese people and saying come on down, there is nothing wrong. and when dr. fauci, that other idiot, was saying you don't have to wear a mask first. he was telling trump and the people we did not have to and then saying we had to. the world health center, what they were saying, they were saying there was nothing wrong. over six years ago, my doctor found out from a chinese girl she worked with that her husband was a chinese scientist and he said the chinese government was doing something in their labs. they did not know exactly what it was, but it was going to destroy the world. they did not know w