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I mean, this is a former light bulb factory for Westinghouse that they are trying to [laughs] ...

I mean, it's incredible, isn't it? Uh, I think we picked a good Cleveland spot for this.

There's a "Rest in peace, Jerry Springer" [laughs]

[laughs]

On here.

There's, like, Bart Simpson.

Uh-oh, we got someone pulling up here.

Uh-oh, is that a cop? Is that a cop?

You two look totally harmless.

Well, we might have to handle this situation.

Let's go out there and handle this, right, Charles?

Keep recording.

Keep-

He's, he's, he's, he's eyeing something on the car.

Okay.

Yeah, let us, uh-

Keep recording, Jon.

Keep going.

You want me to stay with this?

I'll go ahead.

Yeah, let's go.

Hi there.

How are you? We are, uh...

We were here with Brad Whitehead, the owner of the facility.

Uh, and we are, uh, guests of his.

Um, and we're recording a...

We're journalists, actually, from Seattle that have been covering the Cleveland community, and we're recording our podcast on this, uh, facility, so- Okay ... um, as long as we're not causing any harm or, and we're parked legally, hopefully we're okay.

And we can connect you with Brad just left us about five minutes ago.

You want to follow us? Just checking in? Go through.

We're not going in the building.

We're not going.

Yeah, we're not.

We're gonna-

We're just outside as a backdrop.

Yeah.

And, um, thank you for your service.

[laughs]

All right.

Thanks, guys.

Yeah, bye-bye.

Jon, you're gonna be on the Cleveland Crime Cam.

I mean, this is a former light bulb factory for Westinghouse that they are trying to [laughs] ...

I mean, it's incredible, isn't it? Uh, I think we picked a good Cleveland spot for this.

There's a "Rest in peace, Jerry Springer" [laughs]

[laughs]

On here.

There's, like, Bart Simpson.

Uh-oh, we got someone pulling up here.

Uh-oh, is that a cop? Is that a cop?

You two look totally harmless.

Well, we might have to handle this situation.

Let's go out there and handle this, right, Charles?

Keep recording.

Keep-

He's, he's, he's, he's eyeing something on the car.

Okay.

Yeah, let us, uh-

Keep recording, Jon.

Keep going.

You want me to stay with this?

I'll go ahead.

Yeah, let's go.

Hi there.

How are you? We are, uh...

We were here with Brad Whitehead, the owner of the facility.

Uh, and we are, uh, guests of his.

Um, and we're recording a...

We're journalists, actually, from Seattle that have been covering the Cleveland community, and we're recording our podcast on this, uh, facility, so- Okay ... um, as long as we're not causing any harm or, and we're parked legally, hopefully we're okay.

And we can connect you with Brad just left us about five minutes ago.

You want to follow us? Just checking in? Go through.

We're not going in the building.

We're not going.

Yeah, we're not.

We're gonna-

We're just outside as a backdrop.

Yeah.

And, um, thank you for your service.

[laughs]

All right.

Thanks, guys.

Yeah, bye-bye.

Jon, you're gonna be on the Cleveland Crime Cam.