WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:05.839 You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call with me Amy King on 2 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:15.759 demand on the iHeartRadio app KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. 3 00:00:15.759 --> 00:00:24.920 It's time for your morning wake up call. Here's Amy Kig. Is 4 00:00:24.960 --> 00:00:30.239 it really time? It is? Because it's five o'clock. This is your 5 00:00:30.239 --> 00:00:34.560 wake up call for Wednesday, November fifteenth. Good morning, I'm Amy King. 6 00:00:36.359 --> 00:00:38.640 I slept good last night. My alarm went off and I was like, 7 00:00:38.759 --> 00:00:41.640 dang, I didn't wake up ten times last night. I hope you 8 00:00:41.640 --> 00:00:44.039 had a good night sleep. Maybe it's because the rain is coming, and 9 00:00:44.079 --> 00:00:50.039 I know that that's going to be very soothing. We're actually expecting light rain 10 00:00:50.079 --> 00:00:53.560 to start following this morning, more rain this afternoon, and then rain off 11 00:00:53.560 --> 00:00:58.200 and on, about one to three inches total between now and Saturday. Here's 12 00:00:58.240 --> 00:01:02.320 what's ahead on wake Up Call. La bass is urging commuters who normally take 13 00:01:02.359 --> 00:01:04.799 the ten freeway in downtown LA to avoid the areas crews work to repair the 14 00:01:04.840 --> 00:01:10.200 fire damage. Freeway repairs are expected to take three to five weeks. Governor 15 00:01:10.239 --> 00:01:14.120 Newsom says Cruise will be working twenty four to seven to get those lanes reopen. 16 00:01:14.760 --> 00:01:18.560 The House has passed a stopgap bill that will prevent a government shut down. 17 00:01:18.599 --> 00:01:22.719 The House voted in favor of the Republican plan to fund some departments until 18 00:01:22.760 --> 00:01:27.159 mid January and the rest through early February at current spending levels. Bill now 19 00:01:27.159 --> 00:01:32.599 heads to the Senates, where it does have bipartisan support. Inflation is held 20 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:36.200 steady from September to October. That's the first time there hasn't been a month 21 00:01:36.239 --> 00:01:41.120 to month increase in more than a year. Several sectors are down, price 22 00:01:41.159 --> 00:01:44.959 of gas down, appliance is down, autos down, same for airfares, 23 00:01:45.000 --> 00:01:48.359 hotel rooms, and doctor fees. The news could be a signal there's no 24 00:01:48.439 --> 00:01:52.799 longer a need for the Fed to raise interest rates again. At six oh 25 00:01:52.799 --> 00:01:55.719 five, it's handle on the news. Israeli troops and tanks have launched a 26 00:01:55.719 --> 00:02:00.439 targeted operation against tomas at the largest hospital complex in the Gaza Strip. Let's 27 00:02:00.439 --> 00:02:04.200 get started with some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour 28 00:02:04.280 --> 00:02:07.840 newsroom. A section of the ten freeway damaged by fire in downtown La is 29 00:02:07.879 --> 00:02:10.960 expected to reopen in three to five weeks. No Unter Newsom said he was 30 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:15.360 relieved to hear the results of Core samples taken from deep within the upper deck 31 00:02:15.360 --> 00:02:21.400 of the freeway. We've continued to assess the samples. The preliminary sample results 32 00:02:21.439 --> 00:02:24.039 were very positive. Newsom said yesterday. If the freeway needed to be demolished, 33 00:02:24.039 --> 00:02:28.199 it could have been closer to six months before it was done. Newsom 34 00:02:28.199 --> 00:02:31.280 said the property was being leased by Apex Development out of Calabasas and was in 35 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:35.360 breach of their lease. He said the company's also in breach of its lease 36 00:02:35.400 --> 00:02:39.319 on four other sites nearby. Steve Gregory k Fine News. The freeway closure 37 00:02:39.479 --> 00:02:45.240 has commuters turning to public transit. Metrole had an increase of six hundred riders 38 00:02:45.280 --> 00:02:49.039 from the Inland Empire on Monday. This woman says she began using the rail 39 00:02:49.080 --> 00:02:53.080 system after a painfully long drive from La to Chino Hills two hours or more. 40 00:02:53.240 --> 00:02:59.240 I can't, I didn't. I didn't track it then anymore because it's 41 00:02:59.400 --> 00:03:04.560 just Metrolink has added trains and added cars to those trains to increase capacity. 42 00:03:04.759 --> 00:03:07.639 The rail service says it could make even more additions if needed. In Covina 43 00:03:07.719 --> 00:03:12.439 Blake Trolley kaf I News. For more information on the closure of the ten 44 00:03:12.520 --> 00:03:16.159 Freeway, you can check out KFIAM six forty dot com slash Freeway. Firefighters 45 00:03:16.159 --> 00:03:20.360 in Orange County have had to deal with another flare up at a fire burning 46 00:03:20.439 --> 00:03:23.960 a massive blimp hagar at the former test and airbase. It happened around seven 47 00:03:24.000 --> 00:03:28.039 last night. The fire has been burning for over a week now. A 48 00:03:28.080 --> 00:03:30.360 local state of emergency has been declared and schools were closed. Some are going 49 00:03:30.400 --> 00:03:36.520 to reopen today. The EPA says asbestos will be present as long as hotspots 50 00:03:36.560 --> 00:03:40.439 continue to burn, and will be present in any debris. The Israeli military 51 00:03:40.520 --> 00:03:46.599 says its soldiers are conducting a targeted operation at Alshifa Hospital, which is the 52 00:03:46.719 --> 00:03:51.840 largest hospital complex in Gaza City. Hundreds of medical staffers, patients, and 53 00:03:51.879 --> 00:03:55.319 civilians have been taking shelter at the hospital. The Hamas run Health Ministry claims 54 00:03:55.400 --> 00:04:02.080 dozens of soldiers were inside the emergency department as Israeli forces search the hospital's basement. 55 00:04:02.199 --> 00:04:06.520 ABC's Justin Finch says news of the Israeli operation followed an announcement from the 56 00:04:06.560 --> 00:04:12.400 White House that it had information a Moss and other militants and Gaza use tunnels 57 00:04:12.520 --> 00:04:17.000 underneath hospitals, including Al Shifa, to hide in and keep hostages. Health 58 00:04:17.040 --> 00:04:20.600 officials in the US have worn doctors to look out for possible cases of lead 59 00:04:20.600 --> 00:04:26.639 poisoning in children. The CDC says at least twenty two toddlers in fourteen states 60 00:04:26.639 --> 00:04:30.839 have become sick by lead linked to tainted pouches of cinnamon, apple puree and 61 00:04:30.959 --> 00:04:34.959 apple sauce. It says at least one toddler had a blood level eight times 62 00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:40.120 higher than the level that raises concern. The CDC said Monday, there is 63 00:04:40.240 --> 00:04:45.480 no safe level of lead exposure. People in the metro area in Denver maybe 64 00:04:45.480 --> 00:04:50.120 noticing loud Christmas music blaring in parking lots. It's not to spread holiday cheer, 65 00:04:50.199 --> 00:04:55.879 but to reduce crime and loitering. The music is played on a loop 66 00:04:55.920 --> 00:04:59.879 and it's designed to annoy and discourage people from hanging out in areas they're not 67 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:02.720 welcome. Business owners say, so far, it seems to be working, 68 00:05:02.759 --> 00:05:09.240 as they're getting fewer customer complaints about criminal activity and loitering. Let's say good 69 00:05:09.240 --> 00:05:15.600 morning now to ABC's Karen Travers. Karen, the big meeting is today between 70 00:05:15.959 --> 00:05:20.160 the President Shijingping and President Biden. What are we expecting? Yeah, I 71 00:05:20.199 --> 00:05:25.279 mean, the White House is really going to great lengths to manage the expectations 72 00:05:25.319 --> 00:05:29.680 for this summit to trying to downplay expectations of a major breakthrough, saying this 73 00:05:29.720 --> 00:05:34.560 is all about restoring communications and having face to face diplomacy. One thing the 74 00:05:34.600 --> 00:05:40.439 President does want to see though, is restoring military to military communications. It's 75 00:05:40.480 --> 00:05:45.399 the top priority for the president. China had frozen those military communications in August 76 00:05:45.480 --> 00:05:48.199 of twenty twenty two, after then help speaker names to Pelosi visited Taiwan. 77 00:05:48.600 --> 00:05:53.480 China claims that island as a territory, and so the president would like to 78 00:05:53.480 --> 00:05:58.560 see those two ties restored because, as National Security resid Jake Sullivan put it, 79 00:05:58.839 --> 00:06:01.319 having the militaries and munication is how you reduced some mistakes. It's how 80 00:06:01.319 --> 00:06:06.399 you avoid escalation and how you manage competition so it doesn't veer into conflicts. 81 00:06:08.639 --> 00:06:15.000 Can I ask you real quick what military to military communications? That just means 82 00:06:13.839 --> 00:06:17.920 no, China and there are direct ties between the two militaries, so they 83 00:06:17.959 --> 00:06:23.560 can literally like pick up the phone and have direct contact between defense secretaries and 84 00:06:23.639 --> 00:06:28.279 secretaries over there. There are no connections right now between the two countries like 85 00:06:28.399 --> 00:06:32.040 that, all right, and so and you you mentioned that those broke down 86 00:06:32.079 --> 00:06:36.600 like a year ago after Pelosi went to Taiwan, and that ticked off the 87 00:06:36.639 --> 00:06:41.879 Chinese and they just stopped, stopped picking up the phone. Yeah, they 88 00:06:41.920 --> 00:06:45.959 cut it off. And so that this is something that the President would like 89 00:06:46.040 --> 00:06:51.079 to see restored today after the conversations with President g because you know, look 90 00:06:51.120 --> 00:06:56.560 at what's happened in the last year with some provocations by the Chinese military against 91 00:06:56.600 --> 00:07:00.560 the US military, the Chinese by balloon incidents earlier this year. Those are 92 00:07:00.600 --> 00:07:05.680 things that could have tipped over into significant escalation. And this is where the 93 00:07:05.680 --> 00:07:11.920 two countries were not having those military to military communications. Okay, so they're 94 00:07:11.920 --> 00:07:14.720 going to sit down, but they're not having an official meeting like at the 95 00:07:14.759 --> 00:07:18.560 APEX summit. It's on the sidelines, just technically between the two of them. 96 00:07:19.279 --> 00:07:24.600 It is a separate summit on the sidelines at a different location about an 97 00:07:24.600 --> 00:07:28.600 hour south of San Francisco. They're going to meet for a couple of hours. 98 00:07:28.600 --> 00:07:31.560 The President's going to have a press conference solo afterwards. But many weeks 99 00:07:31.560 --> 00:07:36.000 have gone into the planning and preparations and the choreography of this summit. No 100 00:07:36.120 --> 00:07:41.519 detail have been left to chance. There's a lot of planning, very meticulous, 101 00:07:41.759 --> 00:07:45.879 especially pushed by the Chinese for how this is going to look, who's 102 00:07:45.920 --> 00:07:49.199 going to pull up first, how the president will greet she when he arrives. 103 00:07:49.279 --> 00:07:53.560 This is all very very detailed, and we will get to see that 104 00:07:53.600 --> 00:07:57.879 in a couple of hours. Okay, and after the summit, what's next. 105 00:07:57.959 --> 00:08:01.879 I know you said that they're trying to downplay expectations, but there's got 106 00:08:01.959 --> 00:08:05.160 to be some hope coming out of that besides just re establishing those military to 107 00:08:05.199 --> 00:08:11.160 military communications. Well, they're really not saying what they would like to see 108 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:13.680 as a deliberable as they put it in diplomatic speak, they are going to 109 00:08:13.879 --> 00:08:18.759 great lengths to say they want to see the president's talk and let those conversations 110 00:08:18.800 --> 00:08:20.560 take place. They're not going into this saying, you know, here are 111 00:08:20.560 --> 00:08:24.839 the five things that we want the president to walk away from this summit having 112 00:08:24.879 --> 00:08:28.360 accomplished. They want to let the conversations happen. They want to see what 113 00:08:28.399 --> 00:08:31.399 can come out of it. But again I'm going to say, the big 114 00:08:31.440 --> 00:08:37.360 agenda that they have on tap for today though, includes Russia's war against Ukraine, 115 00:08:37.639 --> 00:08:41.399 the Israel Hamas war, managing economic competition between the US and China, 116 00:08:41.440 --> 00:08:46.279 and of course they'll be talking about Iran and regional stability in the Middle East. 117 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:50.759 So much to talk about. So here's my big question. Are they 118 00:08:50.759 --> 00:08:54.879 going to talk about the pandas China took their darn PANDAA Yeah, the question 119 00:08:56.039 --> 00:09:00.759 came up yesterday the really briefing we had on Air Force one about the bandas 120 00:09:01.159 --> 00:09:03.600 you know, White House said they're very sad to see the pandas go. 121 00:09:03.799 --> 00:09:07.639 Not clear that would be brought up in conversation, but yeah, and that 122 00:09:07.759 --> 00:09:09.960 was the last of the right. I guess there's one more zoo that has 123 00:09:09.960 --> 00:09:13.240 pandas, but it was a very sad day the other day when the pandas 124 00:09:13.320 --> 00:09:16.000 left the National Zoo in Washington. All Right, thank you so much Karen 125 00:09:16.039 --> 00:09:18.879 for keeping track of everything, watching it for us, and we'll look forward 126 00:09:18.919 --> 00:09:22.639 to seeing what comes out of this one. He's a great day. Thanks 127 00:09:22.679 --> 00:09:26.120 you too. Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the 128 00:09:26.159 --> 00:09:30.360 KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The House has passed Speaker Mike Johnson's funding bill 129 00:09:30.440 --> 00:09:33.919 to avert a government shutdown. The bill passed three thirty six to ninety five 130 00:09:35.000 --> 00:09:39.080 yesterday, with many Republicans refusing to support more spending. Our economic outlook has 131 00:09:39.080 --> 00:09:43.200 been downgraded not because Congress was looking for a Speaker of the House, but 132 00:09:43.279 --> 00:09:48.000 because Congress has refused to take seriously the fiscal outlook of this country. Florida 133 00:09:48.080 --> 00:09:52.240 Congressman Byron Donald says there's still plenty of work to do when it comes to 134 00:09:52.360 --> 00:09:56.440 the House Freedom Caucus's goal of reducing government debt. The bill will go to 135 00:09:56.600 --> 00:10:01.639 President Biden to be signed into law Friday, but first has to pass the 136 00:10:01.639 --> 00:10:05.600 Senate, where it is expected to pass. A lawyer claims the security guard 137 00:10:05.639 --> 00:10:09.360 at Baldwin Park High School allowed a female student to get beat up in a 138 00:10:09.399 --> 00:10:13.519 girl's restaurant. This conduct is reprehensible, shocking, evil, and potentially criminal. 139 00:10:13.600 --> 00:10:18.320 Lawyer Brian Claypole says the female student ended up with multiple injuries, including 140 00:10:18.320 --> 00:10:22.440 a fractured nose. We have a video that shows the security guard for the 141 00:10:22.480 --> 00:10:28.799 school standing there with a smirk on his face watching the entire fight. I 142 00:10:28.799 --> 00:10:31.799 mean, this is as shocking as it gets in a high school. The 143 00:10:31.840 --> 00:10:35.799 family filed a precursor to a lawsuit tied to the attack last month. Baldwin 144 00:10:35.840 --> 00:10:41.200 Park School District says it can't comment on pending litigation. In La Corbin Carson 145 00:10:41.320 --> 00:10:45.120 kf I News. The Pasadena Police Department has confirmed it was high school students 146 00:10:45.159 --> 00:10:48.759 who stole the belongings of Colorado football players during a game against UCLA at the 147 00:10:48.799 --> 00:10:54.600 Rose Bowl. Colorado Buffs head coach Dan Sanders says the kids shouldn't be crucified 148 00:10:54.720 --> 00:10:58.000 for a mistake, because we were to really do a role call the mistakes 149 00:10:58.080 --> 00:11:01.159 at the age of seventeen eighteen in here, I'm sure everybody would tip out 150 00:11:01.159 --> 00:11:07.240 of here with the head down like we're in church. Okay. Sanders says 151 00:11:07.360 --> 00:11:11.080 the rest of the kids' lives and opportunities should not be ruined because of a 152 00:11:11.159 --> 00:11:16.240 dumb mistake. Willy say they've recovered and returned most of the items stolen last 153 00:11:16.279 --> 00:11:20.000 month. It was about twenty two thousand dollars worth of stuff. A hockey 154 00:11:20.000 --> 00:11:24.440 player in Britain has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter for the death of a 155 00:11:24.559 --> 00:11:30.480 US hockey player whose neck was cut with a skate. ABC's Derek Dennis's Minnesota 156 00:11:30.639 --> 00:11:33.440 native Adam Johnson, was killed last month while playing for the Nottingham Panthers. 157 00:11:33.600 --> 00:11:39.320 Urga collision, an opposing player's leg goes up and his skate appears to slice 158 00:11:39.399 --> 00:11:43.879 Johnson's neck. He later died at the hospital. Tributes to Johnson have been 159 00:11:43.879 --> 00:11:46.559 held in Pennsylvania. His death has already prompted change. Neck guards will soon 160 00:11:46.600 --> 00:11:52.240 be mandatory for hockey players in England. A church in Riverside County that provides 161 00:11:52.320 --> 00:11:56.840 thousands of free meals on Thanksgiving is asked for volunteers to help with deliveries. 162 00:11:56.200 --> 00:12:00.960 The Central Community Christian Fellowship says the meals go to the home homeless, seniors, 163 00:12:01.000 --> 00:12:03.039 families in need, and those who will be alone on the holiday. 164 00:12:03.360 --> 00:12:09.120 It says anyone interested in lending a hand next week can email office Centralcommunity dot 165 00:12:09.159 --> 00:12:16.399 com Office Centralcommunity dot com. So how do you feel about cockroaches? Generally 166 00:12:16.480 --> 00:12:22.519 you want to keep them out right, But a pest control company in North 167 00:12:22.559 --> 00:12:28.279 Carolina is offering homeowners twenty five hundred dollars to release cockroaches into their homes. 168 00:12:28.679 --> 00:12:33.080 Okay, it makes my skin crawl with that. So it's being done so 169 00:12:33.240 --> 00:12:39.279 the company can test the effectiveness of a specific pest control technique. So if 170 00:12:41.120 --> 00:12:43.919 you're picked, which you won't because you're in North Carolina and you're unless you're 171 00:12:43.919 --> 00:12:46.440 listening on the iHeartRadio app in North Carolina, that would be cool. You 172 00:12:46.519 --> 00:12:52.600 have to live in your home for approximately thirty days with the cockroaches in your 173 00:12:52.600 --> 00:12:58.799 home. The company assures that if the test doesn't work and their method doesn't 174 00:12:58.799 --> 00:13:03.080 get rid of those one hundred cockroaches roaming around in your house, that they 175 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:09.279 will resort to traditional cockroach treatment options if the new technique fails to eliminate the 176 00:13:09.320 --> 00:13:13.840 infestation. I don't know if I feel but good about that or not. 177 00:13:13.559 --> 00:13:16.600 Here's another thing I wanted to mention really quick, because we're heading into the 178 00:13:16.600 --> 00:13:22.399 holidays and you spend time with friends and family, and there's a new study 179 00:13:22.399 --> 00:13:26.639 out that says the average person spends four hours a month socializing with friends. 180 00:13:28.440 --> 00:13:33.000 More than twenty five percent spend less time in person with friends this year compared 181 00:13:33.039 --> 00:13:37.440 to last year. Most pronounced among millennials between the ages of twenty five and 182 00:13:37.480 --> 00:13:41.159 thirty four, with thirty seven percent are struggling to find time to spend with 183 00:13:41.200 --> 00:13:45.840 their pals. What do they say? The reasons are at distance, busy 184 00:13:45.840 --> 00:13:50.159 work, schedules, family commitments. That sounds familiar, right. More than 185 00:13:50.159 --> 00:13:52.759 one intent admitted to wanting to share quiet time when they're with their best friend 186 00:13:54.200 --> 00:14:01.480 over their partners. Yeah, so anyway, days are coming up, make 187 00:14:01.559 --> 00:14:03.720 some time, spend time with friends. I think it's good for the soul. 188 00:14:05.440 --> 00:14:09.000 Traffic on surface streets wasn't exactly gridlocked, but officials say downtown LA saw 189 00:14:09.000 --> 00:14:13.639 a nearly fifteen percent increase in traffic through yesterday's commuters tried to get around the 190 00:14:13.679 --> 00:14:16.960 closure of the ten. Officials are urging people to work from home or take 191 00:14:16.960 --> 00:14:22.159 public transportation, as the freeway and connectors to it remained close for the next 192 00:14:22.159 --> 00:14:26.399 three to five weeks for repairs from last weekend's fire. The first big storm 193 00:14:26.440 --> 00:14:30.399 of the rainy season is moving in. Light rains expected to begin following falling 194 00:14:30.480 --> 00:14:33.799 this morning, with heavier rain this afternoon. Forecasters are calling for off and 195 00:14:33.879 --> 00:14:39.519 on showers through Friday and possibly Saturday. Consumers are buying fewer toys as they 196 00:14:39.600 --> 00:14:46.639 continue to struggle with inflation. Retail experts say retailers anticipated lower demand and ordered 197 00:14:46.679 --> 00:14:50.720 fewer toys than for past holiday seasons. Barbie dolls, transformers, and hot 198 00:14:50.720 --> 00:14:56.000 wheels are still top of children's wishless this year. At six oh five's handle 199 00:14:56.000 --> 00:15:01.200 on the news, the houses paths a stopgap measure to keep the government running, 200 00:15:01.200 --> 00:15:03.799 and they had like three days to spare. That's big news right now. 201 00:15:03.879 --> 00:15:07.440 Let's say good morning to KTLA tech reporter and host of Rich on Tech. 202 00:15:07.519 --> 00:15:11.360 Right here on KFI, it's Rich Demiro. Good morning, Rich, 203 00:15:11.919 --> 00:15:16.639 Good morning to Amy. So wanted to talk about how Android and Apple may 204 00:15:16.720 --> 00:15:22.120 finally be kind of coming together and stopping the text message war. Yeah, 205 00:15:22.159 --> 00:15:26.039 it's really kind of a pain, and especially for young people, the teenagers 206 00:15:26.080 --> 00:15:28.840 in the world that have to deal with this because they have to get an 207 00:15:28.840 --> 00:15:35.039 iPhone because I Message is king at their school. So this startup named Nothing 208 00:15:35.080 --> 00:15:37.440 I know, it's a funny name for a phone startup, but they made 209 00:15:37.559 --> 00:15:41.320 a great phone this year called the Nothing two phone. That's the brand out 210 00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:43.879 of London. They said, you know what, enough is enough. We 211 00:15:43.960 --> 00:15:48.039 are going to make I Message available on our Android phone. So they are 212 00:15:48.039 --> 00:15:54.200 introducing a new app that basically lets you log in with your Apple ID and 213 00:15:54.240 --> 00:16:00.000 we'll give you blue bubbles across Android and iPhone because imagining that some people have 214 00:16:00.080 --> 00:16:03.440 green bubbles and some people have blue like people. Oh yeah, it's such 215 00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:07.240 a thing and it's so annoying that people even care about this. But it's 216 00:16:07.279 --> 00:16:11.039 really Apple that is breaking this entire system because they refuse to adopt what's called 217 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:18.000 RCS, which is a much more modern version of SMS, which would make 218 00:16:18.279 --> 00:16:22.120 all phones act the same. But anyway, as you can imagine, Apple 219 00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:23.960 probably does not like this idea. So we'll see what happens with this. 220 00:16:25.159 --> 00:16:27.360 But it's a nice it's getting them some publicity. Let's put it that way. 221 00:16:27.399 --> 00:16:32.519 It's getting this nothing phone some publicity. All right, can't we all 222 00:16:32.559 --> 00:16:34.240 just get along? That's what I want to know. Okay, So Apple, 223 00:16:34.320 --> 00:16:40.440 speaking of, has just passed its one year anniversary of the Emergency SOS 224 00:16:40.519 --> 00:16:44.600 over satellite system. What's the latest on that. So, with all the 225 00:16:45.480 --> 00:16:48.440 grief that I give Apple for the I message stuff, they do a lot 226 00:16:48.480 --> 00:16:51.919 of nice things and this is one of them. It's called Emergency SOS via 227 00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:56.039 satellite. This was introduced last year on the iPhone fourteen. It's also on 228 00:16:56.080 --> 00:17:00.759 the iPhone fifteen, and it means when you are out of range of cellular, 229 00:17:02.240 --> 00:17:07.359 your phone will look thousands of miles into the sky and find a satellite 230 00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:11.000 to send your help request through. And that way you can directly connect with 231 00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:14.640 nine one one. You can get triple a assistance whatever you need, even 232 00:17:14.640 --> 00:17:18.039 if you don't have a cellular connection, and millions of people have this built 233 00:17:18.079 --> 00:17:21.920 into their iPhone fourteen and fifteen. Apple said originally they were going to give 234 00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:26.559 it to users free for two years. They're now extending that one more year 235 00:17:26.640 --> 00:17:30.000 for iPhone fourteen users. So basically pretty much most people keep their phones for 236 00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:33.000 three to four years, so for almost the whole life of that phone, 237 00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:38.000 people will have free use of this emergency SOS via satellite feature. As I 238 00:17:38.119 --> 00:17:44.079 said, like after that time, how much it's gonna cost? Good question. 239 00:17:44.480 --> 00:17:47.119 This is why you're paid the big bucks, because that's what you wonder, 240 00:17:47.200 --> 00:17:48.759 right. No, Apple has not said a word, and I don't 241 00:17:48.799 --> 00:17:52.559 think Apple can because here's the thing, Amy could you imagine the first time 242 00:17:52.559 --> 00:17:56.079 that someone has this on their phone but they didn't pay for it, and 243 00:17:56.160 --> 00:18:00.599 now they're stranded or die. I mean, it would be a pr nightmare 244 00:18:00.640 --> 00:18:03.920 for Apple. So they need to figure out how to price this and how 245 00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:07.200 to make it work no matter what, and affordable for everyone that has an 246 00:18:07.200 --> 00:18:10.119 iPhone. I think we're paying enough for those iPhones. They should just include 247 00:18:10.119 --> 00:18:12.880 it forever for free. I would agree with that, but I mean yes, 248 00:18:12.920 --> 00:18:17.640 and Apple has made a note of how much they've spent on this service. 249 00:18:17.720 --> 00:18:21.559 It is a lot. They have invested millions upon millions of dollars. 250 00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:25.039 Here's what I think. I think that no matter what, if you are 251 00:18:25.079 --> 00:18:26.720 in an emergency situation, you should be able to use it for a one 252 00:18:26.759 --> 00:18:30.200 time fee of whatever. Because if you were stuck with the broken ankle, 253 00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:33.559 like the girl I interviewed, you'd pay fifteen bucks to use this one time. 254 00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:38.039 Yeah. That's a good idea, all right. So Chuck E Cheese 255 00:18:38.039 --> 00:18:42.720 made a big announcement this this week or last in the last week, and 256 00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:47.920 it wasn't about their bad pizza. It was about like their animatronics, the 257 00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:52.480 bands. Why does everyone say Chuck E Cheese has such bad pizza. I 258 00:18:52.519 --> 00:18:56.000 think they've changed it. So I remember I had my kid's birthday party there 259 00:18:56.039 --> 00:18:57.720 six years ago. I'm trying to remember if I liked the pizza. I 260 00:18:57.720 --> 00:19:03.920 always liked the case there anyway. So I was here on the big announcement 261 00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:07.960 night at the north Ridge Chuck E Cheese, where I was very surprised to 262 00:19:07.000 --> 00:19:11.000 find that they're doing away with all of the animatronics, which is really really 263 00:19:11.079 --> 00:19:17.400 sad for people like me that grew up with these, but they are keeping 264 00:19:17.440 --> 00:19:21.839 them at the one location in the world, Northridge Chuck E Cheese. Don't 265 00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:25.759 ask me why they chose the north Ridge location, but they will have munches. 266 00:19:25.920 --> 00:19:29.920 Make believe band stay there permanently. They gave it a kind of a 267 00:19:29.920 --> 00:19:33.400 little facelift, like the band is looking very fresh and new and clean. 268 00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:37.000 Yeah, and this will be a place where you can go and see this 269 00:19:37.119 --> 00:19:40.519 band apparently forever, as long as it stays open. So Chuck E Cheese 270 00:19:40.559 --> 00:19:45.160 is a new destination in Northridge. Well, yes, it's always. Yes, 271 00:19:45.200 --> 00:19:48.279 it'll be when people come to LA I guarantee you they will make a 272 00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:51.000 stop. The parents will drag their kids there because the kids, you know, 273 00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:53.920 they're good with their iPad nowadays, do they still have the ballpits? 274 00:19:55.640 --> 00:19:59.559 So no ballpits? You know? They went through tubes, you know those 275 00:19:59.599 --> 00:20:02.240 like two did you crawl through? Oh? Yeah. And the new thing 276 00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:04.839 they're doing amy they're going to start installing trampolines, which I think is a 277 00:20:04.920 --> 00:20:11.000 nightmare as a parent, but I mean, I guess that's good for kids 278 00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:14.599 moving around. Okay, Yeah, we'll see. Okay. So you can 279 00:20:14.599 --> 00:20:18.680 find out more about all of this and a whole lot more on rich On 280 00:20:18.720 --> 00:20:22.319 Tech right here on KFI Saturdays from eleven am to two pm, and you 281 00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:26.599 can follow Rich on Instagram at rich on tech is website is richon tech dot 282 00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:30.079 tv. Thanks Rich, Thanks Amy. Have a great day. All right, 283 00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:33.680 Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty 284 00:20:33.720 --> 00:20:37.519 four hour newsroom following hike after hike, the Federal Reserve could start making deep 285 00:20:37.559 --> 00:20:41.720 cuts in interest rates coming spring. A new estimate from UBS Investment Bank says 286 00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:47.400 cuts easy inflation could pave the way for a two point seventy five percent decrease 287 00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:51.920 in the interest rate over a year. The bank also predicted the US economy 288 00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:55.480 would go into a recession by next year's second quarter, and that would enable 289 00:20:55.519 --> 00:20:57.920 a rate cut. Good news or bad news? Not sure? I'm unaccused 290 00:20:57.960 --> 00:21:00.680 of a mass shooting, and Colletto, in which ten people were killed at 291 00:21:00.680 --> 00:21:06.519 a supermarket, is pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Yesterday's plea means 292 00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:10.279 a person's mental health prevents them from understanding right from wrong. When a crime 293 00:21:10.359 --> 00:21:14.279 is committed, the guy's charged with murder and multiple counts of attempted murder. 294 00:21:14.400 --> 00:21:18.200 Police say the first eight people killed in twenty twenty one died within sixty nine 295 00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:26.240 seconds. Republican Congressman Tim Burchett has accused former Speaker Kevin McCarthy of elbowing him 296 00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:30.319 from behind. Burchette says he stopped in a hallway yesterday to talk with reporters 297 00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:34.079 when McCarthy bumped him as he passed. Burchette claims it was deliberate and he 298 00:21:34.160 --> 00:21:40.759 exchanged words with McCartney. The former or McCarthy the former speaker, denied elbowing 299 00:21:40.799 --> 00:21:42.759 Burchette on purpose. I did not run and hit the guy. I did 300 00:21:42.759 --> 00:21:45.480 not kidney punch him. I did not shoot anything like that. He didn't 301 00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:49.640 shop. No. The lawmaker from Tennessee is one of the eight Republicans who 302 00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:55.160 voted to remove McCarthy from the speakership. LA Mayor bass is urgent commuters who 303 00:21:55.240 --> 00:22:00.440 normally take the ten freeway through downtown LA to avoid the area duh work to 304 00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:03.039 repair the fire damage. Freeway repairs are expected to take three to five weeks. 305 00:22:03.079 --> 00:22:06.559 Governor Newsom says Cruise are going to be working twenty four to seven to 306 00:22:06.559 --> 00:22:11.279 get those lanes reopened. Presidents Biden and Xijingping will meet today on the sidelines 307 00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:15.079 of the APEX Summit in San Francisco. The White House says Biden is planning 308 00:22:15.119 --> 00:22:18.920 to talk about some tough issues was she, including trade, Beijing's relationship with 309 00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:23.519 Iran, and human rights concerns. The two leaders last spoke a year ago. 310 00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:30.319 Sales of electric vehicles have slowed way down. Car Guru says EV inventories 311 00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:33.519 on car lots are of five hundred percent from last year. Despite incentives, 312 00:22:33.839 --> 00:22:38.079 many say the price of an electric veal is a vehicle is still just too 313 00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:41.519 high. At six oh five, it's handle on the news twenty three MS. 314 00:22:41.599 --> 00:22:47.359 Thirteen gang members have been busted for allegedly trafficking meth. At five point 315 00:22:47.359 --> 00:22:49.839 fifty. We're going to be talking to ABC Stephen Portnoy, Capitol Hills kind 316 00:22:49.839 --> 00:22:53.359 of turning into fight club. We'll be talking about that. But right now, 317 00:22:55.240 --> 00:23:06.319 Amy it on it? What am I on? I'm on lots of 318 00:23:06.359 --> 00:23:11.400 streaming shows, movies, TV shows, documentaries, sometimes even books. In 319 00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:14.839 fact, I'm reading one right now, but I'm probably gonna tell you about 320 00:23:14.880 --> 00:23:18.839 real quickly. But you know, there's so much content out there, like 321 00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:22.720 how do you know what to choose? And it doesn't even mean like new 322 00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:26.319 releases. Sometimes it's old stuff that's come out that people just miss. Like, 323 00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:30.079 we talked about Billions last last week and I got a really nice note 324 00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:34.200 on Instagram at Amy K King invite you to follow me, and he said, 325 00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:37.039 I've never even heard of Billions, and so he went and watched it 326 00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:40.240 and now he's hooked it. I'm like, dude, you got seven seasons, 327 00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:42.839 go for it. So this week, though, we're talking about something 328 00:23:42.880 --> 00:23:53.039 from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It's Lokey. Tom Hiddleston is Lokey, and 329 00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:56.799 then our favorite guy from Everything Everywhere, all at once he wa Kwon. 330 00:23:57.680 --> 00:24:03.160 He's in it too. So this is two seasons on Disney, plus the 331 00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:11.039 full seasons are now out. And it starts when Loki steals the Tesserak, 332 00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:15.000 which happens during the Avengers movie, and he gets the attention of the TVA, 333 00:24:15.599 --> 00:24:21.440 which is the Time Variant Authority I believe, so in the timeline of 334 00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:25.519 MC eight happens during Avengers, which you also see an Avengers endgame. So 335 00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:27.279 it's a little bit confusing because they're jumping around in time. But if you 336 00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:32.240 know about the MCA, you can watch it. Enjoy this even if you 337 00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:34.880 haven't seen all the Avengers movies. So the god of Myss just finds himself 338 00:24:34.920 --> 00:24:40.079 in the Time Variance Authority after he basically may messes with what they call the 339 00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:45.160 Sacred Timeline, and there's basically this authority that makes sure that people don't mess 340 00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:48.559 up the timeline and basically screw up people for the rest of eternity. And 341 00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:55.279 so Loki is labeled as a variant variant, which is basically a criminal who 342 00:24:55.680 --> 00:24:59.640 threatens to mess things up as they're supposed to happen. The story is really 343 00:24:59.640 --> 00:25:03.240 intriguing, really interesting. It's fun to watch. The storyline is strong. 344 00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:08.279 I like it because there's character development as Loki, who's a notorious bad boy, 345 00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:12.039 struggles with being bad and then finding good in himself too. And unlike 346 00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:15.279 the movie The Marvels, which again fun to look at, but there just 347 00:25:15.400 --> 00:25:19.920 wasn't a whole lot of content there, this story is really fun and entertaining. 348 00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:23.759 There's action, but not too much. There are time jumps, which 349 00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:27.640 is kind of standard fair in the MCU, and because it's a series, 350 00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:32.680 they don't have to cram everything into two hours. This is the series really 351 00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:37.440 has times time to breathe, and the characters can develop and they can fall, 352 00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:40.240 and they can get up again and they can evolve. And I would 353 00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:42.440 say that Loki is a great watch, one of the best stories in the 354 00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:45.960 end to come out of the MCU in quite a while, because I think 355 00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:48.960 that they've they've been struggling a bit, but Loki really good. And my 356 00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:52.680 nephew, who is a big MCU fan, it gets two thumbs up from 357 00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:56.599 him. So there you have it. Let's get back to some of the 358 00:25:56.599 --> 00:26:00.000 stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Governor news says core 359 00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:04.319 samples from deep inside a section of the ten Freeway in downtown LA show the 360 00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:10.000 damage from the fire last week wasn't bad enough to force the demolition of the 361 00:26:10.039 --> 00:26:12.720 freeway. Newsom says Cruise are working to shore up the areas that were damaged. 362 00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:18.039 That shoring work will continue twenty four to seven and it will allow us 363 00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:22.799 to reopen for traffic the I ten in a matter of weeks. The estimate 364 00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:26.720 currently is three to five weeks. Newsom said yesterday. If the freeway had 365 00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:30.440 needed to be demolished, it could have been six months before it reopened. 366 00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:34.240 Thank goodness for small favors. Right For more information on the freeway closure, 367 00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:38.240 you can check out KFI Am six forty dot com slash freeway. And here's 368 00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:44.359 something not so fun that happened during that fire. A driver who was forced 369 00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:48.640 to abandon his car as the fire burned on the ten has been charged to 370 00:26:48.640 --> 00:26:51.240 towing fee to get his car back. The twenty year old says he was 371 00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:56.400 trapped and was hearing explosions early Saturday morning, so he and dozens of other 372 00:26:56.480 --> 00:27:00.359 drivers got out of their cars and ran off. We'll see HPA the car 373 00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:03.400 toad and the guy says it cost him more than one thousand dollars to get 374 00:27:03.400 --> 00:27:07.240 the car back. The typical homeowner in the US needs to make one hundred 375 00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:11.160 and seven thousand dollars to buy a home. That's twenty two percent higher than 376 00:27:11.160 --> 00:27:14.720 a year ago, the largest increase on record. And that's less than half 377 00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:18.240 which you need to make in LA. Redfinn said in twenty twenty two, 378 00:27:18.359 --> 00:27:21.319 So not even this year's numbers, you needed to make more than two hundred 379 00:27:21.359 --> 00:27:25.039 twenty thousand dollars a year to afford to buy a median home in LA. 380 00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:29.680 For the average family in the US, median income is about seventy five thousand 381 00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:33.680 dollars a year. The National Association of realtors reports has buying a home has 382 00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:37.160 become much more difficult for people as mortgage rates surge over the past two years 383 00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:41.559 and home prices continue to go up because inventory is low. So the question 384 00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:45.680 is is now a good time to buy? So we dug a little into 385 00:27:45.680 --> 00:27:51.480 that, and real estate investors say that now is actually still a good time 386 00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:56.759 to buy. And this is why the big one is because real estate keeps 387 00:27:56.799 --> 00:28:02.039 more of its value than other investments like stocks gets high. The Federal Reserve 388 00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:07.440 reports the median value of a house jumped forty four percent between twenty nineteen and 389 00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:10.880 twenty twenty two, so if you bought something, the value of visit up 390 00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:15.279 is up. And He's A chief investment officer at Creative Planning said in a 391 00:28:15.319 --> 00:28:21.640 low growth, high inflationary environment, real estate is still a strong investment and 392 00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:26.519 says that even in bad times, financial experts say they are advising clients to 393 00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:30.559 consider buying a home, even with prices at all time highs and mortgage rates 394 00:28:30.880 --> 00:28:36.880 really high. If you can afford it, good luck. I would buy 395 00:28:36.880 --> 00:28:38.359 one if I could. I have one in Portland. I can't afford to 396 00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:45.319 buy one here, so time to talk swifties. I know that Nick is 397 00:28:45.359 --> 00:28:51.680 a Swifty fan, but not a maybe not a super fan. But yeah, 398 00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:55.200 I'm a swiftly acquaintance fan. If that's it. Okay. So here's 399 00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:57.440 here's one thing you could do, or maybe your kids could do if you 400 00:28:57.480 --> 00:29:00.799 want to spend a bunch of money. Uh, They're gonna let you go 401 00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:10.240 cruising with Swifties. It's a Taylor Swift themed cruise. The travel agency Marvelous 402 00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:15.880 Mouse Travels is organizing the in my Cruise era it's a Royal Caribbean cruise setting 403 00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:22.279 I knows era. Yeah, come on, okay, setting sail in October 404 00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:26.039 of twenty twenty four from Miami. Are you gonna go for my birthday? 405 00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:30.079 Amy? Is that what I'm hearing? Oh? I don't know if I 406 00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:33.519 could do that, but they okay, but maybe uh join us as we 407 00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:38.039 celebrate all things Taylor, make new friends, dress up in our favorite eras, 408 00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:41.960 trade friendship bracelets, and enjoy everything this amazing ship has to offer. 409 00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:47.200 It holds fifty five hundred people at double occupancy, So that's a lot of 410 00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:49.640 Swifty fans. But that's not even a tenth of like the ones the people 411 00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:53.759 that went to see her at Sofi So maybe it doesn't say how much it 412 00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:59.400 costs. But it's a four night cruise hosted by fans four fans, but 413 00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:04.519 Taylor is not involved with it and isn't expected to be there. Seems like 414 00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:07.640 a lot of money to trade friendship be bracely Yeah, no, no, 415 00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:10.759 no, no, yeah. I'm like, if I'm not getting the you 416 00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:14.960 know Travis Kelcey or you know Taylor rolling in, I'm out. Yeah. 417 00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:18.240 If they were going to stop by, like helicopter in for a short show, 418 00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:22.119 I'd do that. Maybe, I know I wouldn't every down, No, 419 00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:23.640 you do it because then like they I mean, they got a helicopter 420 00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:26.839 out, so at least it'd be a captive bodience. Yep, okay, 421 00:30:26.880 --> 00:30:30.079 okay, Now here's the other one. Taylor is taking over Christmas. It's 422 00:30:30.119 --> 00:30:36.480 now called Mary Swift. Miss she's got I know, I know, she's 423 00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:38.519 everywhere. God love her and you know, much to her success, and 424 00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:41.279 she does love her fans and takes care of her fans. But they put 425 00:30:41.319 --> 00:30:49.480 out a line of ornaments. You can get ornaments that are from the ten 426 00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:55.960 eras, so if you are total swiftye and you really want to buy all 427 00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:59.720 of them, there are sixty ornaments. They range in price from fifteen to 428 00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:02.480 twenty five dollars. If you wanted to buy them, all would be twelve 429 00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:04.319 hundred and forty dollars, which is about what you paid for a concert ticket. 430 00:31:04.359 --> 00:31:07.759 Right, of course it's an ornament. So they went for up for 431 00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:14.640 sale. The site was immediately crashed down for an hour. Okay, So 432 00:31:14.680 --> 00:31:15.920 here's what I got to say. How do we get a wake up call 433 00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:22.200 eras edition something and get in on this swiftiness we're missing out. I don't 434 00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:25.440 know. I'll let you research that a little bit. Oh no, come 435 00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:27.519 on, buddy, let's get this done. And if you're thinking of Taylor 436 00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:32.960 Swift something for Christmas, you're not alone. Almost ten percent of Americans planned 437 00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:38.759 to buy a Taylor Swift related gift this Christmas, just a thought. Traffic 438 00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:44.359 on surface streets wasn't gridlocked, but officials say downtown LA saw a nearly fifteen 439 00:31:44.400 --> 00:31:47.799 percent increase in traffic as commuters tried to get around the closure of the ten 440 00:31:47.880 --> 00:31:52.319 Freeway. Official still urging people to work from home or take public transportation for 441 00:31:52.359 --> 00:31:56.519 the next three to five weeks until repairs from last weekends fire are complete and 442 00:31:56.559 --> 00:32:01.680 the roadway's reopened. The Lacitc count approved the construction of a controversial sports complex 443 00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:07.519 and studio. City Harvard Westlake High School is going to demolish the Weddington golf 444 00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:10.839 and tennis facilities and replace it with an athletic and recreational facility that neighbors say 445 00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:17.279 would impact parking and traffic and increase noise. Consumers are buying fewer toys as 446 00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:22.960 they continue to struggle with inflation. Retail experts say retailers anticipated lower demand and 447 00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:27.480 ordered fewer toys than for the past holiday seasons. Barbie dolls, transformers, 448 00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:31.240 and hot wheels are on the top of children's wishless this year's We're just minutes 449 00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:35.720 away from handle on the news and other effort to kick former President Trump off 450 00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:39.160 the ballot has failed. Right now, let's say good morning too, ABC's 451 00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:45.279 national correspondents Stephen port Noise, Stephen Capitol Hills looking more like a scene from 452 00:32:45.359 --> 00:32:52.799 fight Club. A couple of ugly scenes yesterday in the Capital, involving Republicans 453 00:32:52.759 --> 00:32:58.200 getting into it with one another, it seems, and a Republican senator trying 454 00:32:58.200 --> 00:33:00.279 to get into it with a labor leader. Let's talk about the first incident 455 00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:04.839 that happened in the basement of the Capitol yesterday involving the former Speaker Kevin McCarthy. 456 00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:10.519 And it happened as a Republican Tennessee congressman named Tim Burchett was being interviewed 457 00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:14.160 by an NPR reporter. Now, Burchett happens to be one of the eight 458 00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:19.680 Republicans voted to aust McCarthy early last month, And as the reporter was speaking 459 00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:21.680 with Burchett, all of a sudden, you hear on the audio tape, 460 00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:28.839 Burchette stops talking. The reporter says that Burchette lunged toward her just as Kevin 461 00:33:28.880 --> 00:33:36.640 McCarthy was brushing past him. The reporter says that she saw McCarthy essentially shove 462 00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:42.640 Burchette. Burchette says that the former speaker elbowed him from behind to his kidneys. 463 00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:47.039 He says it was deliberate. Now McCarthy denies this, but Burchette, 464 00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:50.799 you hear on the audio tape, is confronted by McCarthy in the moment. 465 00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:53.599 He says, why did you elbow me in the back? Kevin? You're 466 00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:59.920 pathetic Again, The former speaker later insisted he didn't do it. Now, 467 00:34:00.119 --> 00:34:01.640 on the other side, of the Capitol. In the middle of a hearing 468 00:34:01.680 --> 00:34:05.920 of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, or the Help 469 00:34:06.279 --> 00:34:12.079 Committee, chaired by Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Oklahoma, Republican Senator Mark Wayne 470 00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:15.119 Mullen got into it with the head of the Teamsters, a man named Sean 471 00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:20.880 O'Brien, and it started with Mullen reading some of the social media posts that 472 00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:24.199 Sean O'Brien is made of late about the Senator Mark Wayne Mullen, that he's 473 00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:28.719 pretending to be a self made man, that he's a clown, and then 474 00:34:28.800 --> 00:34:31.239 Mullen quoted a post in which the teamster's chief told him to pick a time 475 00:34:31.280 --> 00:34:35.480 and a place for a fight. The Senator said, we could be too 476 00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:37.920 consenting adults, settle it right here, and the labor leader said, okay, 477 00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:42.000 that's fine, perfect, and when Mullen stood up, the hearing devolved 478 00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:45.960 into chaos, shouting and screaming. Bernie Sanders tried to cool things down, 479 00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:51.039 reminding the senator that he's a member of the most august lawmaking body in the 480 00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:55.400 country, perhaps the world, and the two men seemed to agree that they 481 00:34:55.400 --> 00:35:00.480 should settle their conversation over coffee rather than a fight in the middle of a 482 00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:07.719 Senate hearing and wait, there's more. Well, to the extent that there's 483 00:35:07.719 --> 00:35:12.039 more. This was not something that got a lot of attention yesterday. But 484 00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:19.360 there was another incident involving Congressman Comber, who chairs the House Oversight Committee, 485 00:35:19.679 --> 00:35:24.519 and another member of that committee alleging something about the personal finances of Comer. 486 00:35:24.719 --> 00:35:29.480 This has to do with the fact that Comer wants to get into the finances 487 00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:34.480 of the Biden family. This was not something that achieved the spotlight the way 488 00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:40.679 that the McCarthy and mullen episodes did. Yeah, and that was with Comer, 489 00:35:40.719 --> 00:35:45.599 and he was calling out Representative Jaron Moskowitz for questioning his dealings with his 490 00:35:45.639 --> 00:35:51.960 family. So the tensions are they just in general because you're there are tensions 491 00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:54.599 just super super high around the Capitol and just kind of coming out or what 492 00:35:54.719 --> 00:36:00.119 is what could be fueling this? I mean, look, it's emblematic I 493 00:36:00.119 --> 00:36:05.559 think of the lack of civility in America. Yeah, and it's most unfortunate 494 00:36:05.599 --> 00:36:09.559 because we tend to think that we are more enlightened and more civilized, that 495 00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:13.880 we have agreed amongst ourselves to settle our disputes at the ballot box and have 496 00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:17.679 our elected representatives settle their disputes in roll call votes. And there, of 497 00:36:17.719 --> 00:36:22.159 course have been times in our history where things have been ugly, far uglier 498 00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:28.320 than what we saw yesterday, but this ranks among the ugly moments. And 499 00:36:28.400 --> 00:36:31.119 we can laugh it off and say it's like a tailor switch song, and 500 00:36:31.159 --> 00:36:36.960 we can joke that it's it's all games, but it's not. Yeah, 501 00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:38.480 you know, I used to you said that it used to happen in the 502 00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:42.400 past. And I was watching some show yesterday and they were talking about, 503 00:36:42.480 --> 00:36:45.480 oh, well, back in the seventeen hundreds, so and so got beat 504 00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:46.199 up, and I was like, yeah, but that was like three hundred, 505 00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:49.400 you know, three hundred years ago. But you know, is that 506 00:36:49.400 --> 00:36:52.360 the during the founding of our government. It's then Now we're supposed to be 507 00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:57.199 more evolved and more i don't know, respectful of others, and it seems 508 00:36:57.239 --> 00:37:00.280 to be devolving into the other direction. And same thing like with Parliament in 509 00:37:01.119 --> 00:37:06.199 Britain, like they fight and yell and scream at each other all the time, 510 00:37:06.360 --> 00:37:08.760 but that didn't used to happen here. Well, I mean, look, 511 00:37:09.320 --> 00:37:14.880 yes, a lot of things used to happen here, but the idea 512 00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:17.840 that in twenty twenty three, at a time of rapid advancement and communications and 513 00:37:17.880 --> 00:37:22.280 technology and the way we share information, the idea that it's taken us to 514 00:37:22.320 --> 00:37:28.400 a place where we are so angry and that anger can spill over is really 515 00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:31.079 quite awful to think about. You know. Earlier this week there was National 516 00:37:31.199 --> 00:37:35.320 Kindness Day. I don't think anybody took it to heart. All right, 517 00:37:35.639 --> 00:37:37.480 So we'll see what happens next. But yeah, can't we all just behave 518 00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:43.320 ourselves, especially like Bernie Sanders said, you are a US senator and kind 519 00:37:43.360 --> 00:37:45.880 of yelled at the guy. I'm like, you know what, that's justified. 520 00:37:46.239 --> 00:37:50.960 Knock it off. Guys. Thank you so much, Steven Portino. 521 00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:53.440 We appreciate the information today. You all right, let's get back to some 522 00:37:53.480 --> 00:37:57.280 of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four our newsroom. The PCH 523 00:37:57.400 --> 00:38:00.199 Task Force is trying to improve road safety. Following the deaths of four Pepperdine 524 00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:04.920 University students killed in Malibu last month, a special meeting was called to lay 525 00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:07.840 out a plan to better protect the over fifteen million people who travel the twenty 526 00:38:07.840 --> 00:38:13.320 one mile stretch of highway each year. LA County Sheriff's Department Captain Jennifer C. 527 00:38:13.519 --> 00:38:16.519 Two says this year alone, the statistics on PCH and Malibu have been 528 00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:22.760 alarming. Three thousand, three hundred and thirty four collisions, forty nine fatal 529 00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:28.760 collisions that resulted in fifty three decks. The city said yesterday it's collaborating with 530 00:38:28.840 --> 00:38:32.920 Caltrans to rework PCH, lower speed limits, and potentially add speed cameras in 531 00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:37.480 Malibu. Chris Adler KFI News LA has kick started an initiative to address what 532 00:38:37.519 --> 00:38:42.880 officials say is an epidemic of copper theft by cracking down on metal recyclers. 533 00:38:43.159 --> 00:38:47.519 City Attorney Heidi Feldstein announced yesterday that letters have been sent to nearly seven hundred 534 00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:53.000 recyclers warning they must comply with state laws requiring to keep records of all sales. 535 00:38:53.480 --> 00:38:59.360 Sellers must also wait three days to receive payment. Feldstein says copper thieves 536 00:38:59.440 --> 00:39:02.800 rely on recyclers who violate state law. A record number of people from southern 537 00:39:02.800 --> 00:39:07.920 California are expected to travel for Thanksgiving. Triple A says about four point six 538 00:39:07.039 --> 00:39:10.920 million people will be on the move. That's a three percent increase from last 539 00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:16.519 year's record. It says most travelers will be driving to their destinations. This 540 00:39:16.679 --> 00:39:22.920 is KFI and KOSTHD two Los Angeles, Orange County, live from the KFI 541 00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:24.920 twenty four hour Newsroom. I'm Amy King. This has been your wake up 542 00:39:24.960 --> 00:39:28.480 call. If you missed any of wake Up Call, you can always listen 543 00:39:28.519 --> 00:39:31.920 anytime on the iHeart Radio app. You've been listening to wake Up Call with 544 00:39:32.039 --> 00:39:36.719 me Amy King. You can always hear wake Up Call five to six am 545 00:39:36.840 --> 00:39:43.119 Monday through Friday on KFI AM six forty and anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app.