WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.920 --> 00:00:07.879 You're listening to Wake Up Call on demand from kf I AM six forty k 2 00:00:08.720 --> 00:00:15.160 KOST HD two, Los Angeles, Orange County. It's time for your morning 3 00:00:15.199 --> 00:00:26.320 wake up call. Here's Jason Middleton. Keep morning, everybody. This is 4 00:00:26.359 --> 00:00:30.719 your wake up call. It's July twenty six. Okay, that opinion without 5 00:00:30.719 --> 00:00:34.399 the preach thing. That's a new promo and I'm not making any problems, 6 00:00:35.719 --> 00:00:38.119 just saying off the top. Let me see you look at my sheet here. 7 00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:40.359 We have a heck of a show coming up. We have Ike Jochi 8 00:00:40.439 --> 00:00:46.119 coming up talking about impeachment, not that one or that other one, fresh 9 00:00:46.159 --> 00:00:51.280 impeachment talk. We're gonna talk about what happens if former President Trump is not 10 00:00:51.399 --> 00:00:54.479 in the GOP primary. So we have somebody from five thirty eight coming on 11 00:00:55.159 --> 00:00:58.719 to help us with that thought experiment. Jane Wells is here. Come on, 12 00:00:59.560 --> 00:01:03.600 we're gonna talk some tech. She's going to bring some heat on snap 13 00:01:03.799 --> 00:01:07.159 and Mike Dubuskie is going to be with us later this hour to talk about 14 00:01:07.280 --> 00:01:12.239 Samsung's new tech. Apparently it's two new folding smartphones. So you hold in 15 00:01:12.239 --> 00:01:17.239 your hand and you fold it open kind of like you know a book, 16 00:01:18.760 --> 00:01:23.239 read a book, get some headlines, then we'll get into that first traffic 17 00:01:23.319 --> 00:01:26.200 check and then our first interview for the morning. A federal judge is striking 18 00:01:26.200 --> 00:01:30.319 down the Biden administration's new rules for asylum seekers at the southern border. The 19 00:01:30.400 --> 00:01:34.319 judge ruled against the new rule that allows immigration authorities to deny asylum to migrants 20 00:01:34.319 --> 00:01:40.519 at the US Mexico border if they did not first apply online or seek protection 21 00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:45.200 in a country they passed through. New data shows a resurgence of COVID nineteen 22 00:01:45.319 --> 00:01:48.079 and you can hear it in my voice. I tested negative again this morning. 23 00:01:48.599 --> 00:01:53.040 The CDC says COVID hospitalizations have risen by more than ten percent across the 24 00:01:53.079 --> 00:01:57.079 country. Their latest report shows more than seventy one hundred COVID nineteen patients were 25 00:01:57.079 --> 00:02:00.359 admitted in the week of July fifteenth. That's up from sixty four hundred the 26 00:02:00.400 --> 00:02:06.760 week before, so that's trending in the wrong direction. Harvard University is under 27 00:02:06.799 --> 00:02:12.000 investigation by the Department of Education over its use of legacy admissions. A complaint 28 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:16.759 from an advocacy group alleges the university is potentially violating federal civil rights law through 29 00:02:17.080 --> 00:02:23.639 legacy admissions, putting applicants of color at a disadvantage. Legacy admissions reportedly get 30 00:02:23.680 --> 00:02:28.879 into Harvard at six x the rate of anybody else. Let's start with some 31 00:02:28.919 --> 00:02:30.280 of the other stories coming out of the KFAT twenty four hour news room. 32 00:02:30.280 --> 00:02:36.479 The LAPD says the number of homicides continues to fall, but crimes involving weapons 33 00:02:36.599 --> 00:02:39.280 still remain high. We see reductions about one hundred and twenty three fewer shooting 34 00:02:39.319 --> 00:02:44.919 victims this year verse last. The instances of gun violence in comparison to twenty 35 00:02:45.159 --> 00:02:49.520 nineteen stillers are most pressing challenge. More told the Police Commission yesterday his officers 36 00:02:49.560 --> 00:02:53.879 have seized more than forty one hundred guns since January. That's roughly twenty three 37 00:02:53.960 --> 00:02:58.280 guns a day. He says property crimes remain high, especially those involving personal 38 00:02:58.319 --> 00:03:01.800 property. Steve Gregory, a fine news an attorney from Newport Beach has pleaded 39 00:03:01.840 --> 00:03:07.719 guilty to gambling away more than eight million dollars of investors money. US Attorney 40 00:03:07.759 --> 00:03:13.199 spokesman Karen McAvoy says Sarah King told investors the loans were for sports players. 41 00:03:13.319 --> 00:03:16.960 The loans supposedly were secured by the borrower's own assets, including designer handbags. 42 00:03:17.000 --> 00:03:23.120 Watches, Luxury Automobile's yachts and earnings from guaranteed sports contracts. A lawsuit claims 43 00:03:23.199 --> 00:03:28.039 King gambled the money away while living in a Vegas hotel for six months and 44 00:03:28.120 --> 00:03:31.639 bought luxury items, including a one hundred and thirty two thousand dollars Porsche Nice 45 00:03:31.719 --> 00:03:37.120 Ride. King pleaded guilty this week. Sentencing is set for January. Lebron 46 00:03:37.199 --> 00:03:40.120 James's son Bronnie James, is out of the ICU in LA and in stable 47 00:03:40.159 --> 00:03:45.080 condition. Officials say the eighteen year old basketball player was working out at USC 48 00:03:45.439 --> 00:03:49.840 Monday when he went into cardiac arrest. E R doctor Benjamin Abella says the 49 00:03:49.919 --> 00:03:53.000 early sides of his recovery are positive. It's pretty uncommon, actually for someone 50 00:03:53.039 --> 00:03:58.960 to be so quickly out of the ICU after resustation from cardiac arrest, so 51 00:03:59.000 --> 00:04:01.439 this is a very good side. Abella says bouncebacks are a lot faster in 52 00:04:01.599 --> 00:04:04.800 young people, but it's too soon to speculate on whether James can return to 53 00:04:04.840 --> 00:04:11.000 basketball or how quickly it could happen. LA County is facing a federal lawsuit 54 00:04:11.039 --> 00:04:15.680 by a mother allegedly punched into face by a sheriff's deputy in Palmdale. The 55 00:04:15.759 --> 00:04:19.560 deputy was attempting to arrest the woman and take control of her baby. Attorney 56 00:04:19.600 --> 00:04:25.079 Jama Hicks says the excessive force lawsuit also takes aim at deputy's throwing out breast 57 00:04:25.160 --> 00:04:30.720 milk for the baby and then the baby received regular mold against what she wanted. 58 00:04:31.120 --> 00:04:34.600 So again we believe that goes to the culture. Deputy say the woman 59 00:04:34.680 --> 00:04:38.879 was riding in a car last year that smelled like alcohol. They say the 60 00:04:38.920 --> 00:04:42.759 woman's baby was one of several not in car seats. Sheriff Luna House called 61 00:04:42.800 --> 00:04:46.120 the punching unacceptable in La Blake trolley kay if I Knews, the number of 62 00:04:46.199 --> 00:04:51.120 Japanese citizens fell by eight hundred thousand in twenty twenty two. That's the biggest 63 00:04:51.160 --> 00:04:56.079 annual decline since surveys began. That's according to new data out this morning. 64 00:04:56.160 --> 00:05:00.360 The country's birthrate also plummeted to a record low last year, Yet the number 65 00:05:00.399 --> 00:05:04.040 of foreigners resident in Japan rose to a record of nearly three million. It's 66 00:05:04.079 --> 00:05:08.639 six minutes after five o'clock on July twenty sixth. This is Wake Up Called. 67 00:05:08.680 --> 00:05:11.759 My name is Jason Milton, and right now we have ABC's Ikeajachi on 68 00:05:11.800 --> 00:05:14.920 the line with us. The talk impeachment, not that one or the other 69 00:05:14.959 --> 00:05:16.920 one. You might remember, it's noise from Capitol Hill about the Speaker of 70 00:05:16.920 --> 00:05:20.879 the House regarding President Biden. Good morning, Ike, Good morning, how 71 00:05:20.920 --> 00:05:25.360 are you. I'm good. I'm looking at Washingtonpost dot com and I'm not 72 00:05:25.399 --> 00:05:29.120 saying impeachment headlines above the fold here. How are things playing out on Capitol 73 00:05:29.199 --> 00:05:33.480 Hill? Oh, we're actually starting to see some Republicans really questioned the move 74 00:05:33.639 --> 00:05:39.360 by Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Now I remarks on Capitol Hill yesterday. McCarthy says 75 00:05:39.360 --> 00:05:45.720 Republican lawmakers may consider an impeachment inquiry into the Biden family finances, but so 76 00:05:45.759 --> 00:05:48.920 far. He also acknowledged that the House is probes, they haven't proven any 77 00:05:48.959 --> 00:05:55.000 wrongdoing, but that an impeachment inquiry will allow Congress to get the information to 78 00:05:55.000 --> 00:05:58.360 be able to know the truth. Now, all this stems from a largely 79 00:05:58.439 --> 00:06:03.920 debunked theory from the first impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump about Barisma, 80 00:06:04.160 --> 00:06:10.759 Ukrainian energy company. An unnamed confidential FBI informant claimed that Barisma officials in twenty 81 00:06:10.759 --> 00:06:15.959 fifteen and twenty sixteen essentially salts to pay the Biden's five million dollars each in 82 00:06:15.079 --> 00:06:20.680 return for their help asking the Ukrainian prosecutor who was investigating the company. The 83 00:06:20.759 --> 00:06:25.720 Justice Department launched a review of the information of the informants claims back in twenty 84 00:06:25.759 --> 00:06:30.079 twenty under Trump's Attorney General William Barr. That probe was closed eight months later 85 00:06:30.279 --> 00:06:34.439 with insufficient evidence of wrongdoing. So the only thing we know right now in 86 00:06:34.519 --> 00:06:39.920 terms of the Biden is Hunter Biden reaching an agree or prosecutors to please guilty 87 00:06:39.959 --> 00:06:44.759 to misdemeanor charges of having fail to pay income taxes for several years. He 88 00:06:44.879 --> 00:06:46.639 set the period of court leader this week in that case. Now, that 89 00:06:46.720 --> 00:06:51.279 tax play is not exactly fresh news. So why the sudden heat from McCarthy 90 00:06:51.480 --> 00:06:58.560 on this, Well, essentially we're seeing this entire escalation coming shortly after Senators 91 00:06:58.639 --> 00:07:05.000 Chuck Rassery and House Oversight Committee Chair James Kohmer published the FBI document that included 92 00:07:05.279 --> 00:07:13.199 unverified allegations of corruption surrounding the words of Biden's son Hunter Biden in Ukraine for 93 00:07:13.279 --> 00:07:16.600 that energy company, Barisma. But the Republican have long said the Biden administration 94 00:07:16.720 --> 00:07:23.879 is weaponizing the government by launching investigations into former President Trump, Obery's handling of 95 00:07:23.920 --> 00:07:28.519 classified information, and even his efforts to overturn the twenty twenty elected But McCarthy 96 00:07:28.759 --> 00:07:33.319 essentially is appeasing his confidence by voicing support for the possible impeachment in creates other 97 00:07:33.360 --> 00:07:40.199 administrations and figures as well, like Homeland Security Secretary Alhanda Mayorcis. But we're 98 00:07:40.199 --> 00:07:45.639 seeing Republicans in the House and in the Senate pushed back the number two Senator 99 00:07:45.720 --> 00:07:49.240 John Too from South Dakota saying that the best way to change the presidency is 100 00:07:49.279 --> 00:07:55.720 to win an election looking forward and not bafford. And there are also eighteen 101 00:07:55.879 --> 00:08:01.000 House Republicans who are pushing back against the idea of impeachment. Eighteen Republicans who 102 00:08:01.000 --> 00:08:07.439 are in district that President Biden one back in twenty twenty, who are also 103 00:08:07.879 --> 00:08:13.000 facing reelection. Many many reasons why Republicans are pushing back on this, which 104 00:08:13.120 --> 00:08:16.600 is showing that McCarthy may not have the support from this impeachment inquiry as he 105 00:08:16.720 --> 00:08:20.920 initially figured he would. Right. Yeah, this morning on CNBC that a 106 00:08:20.920 --> 00:08:26.000 member of the Oversight Committee said that it was a fair minded and appropriate way. 107 00:08:26.040 --> 00:08:28.959 But what I'm hearing from you, and we're speaking with ABC News correspondent 108 00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:35.120 Ikejachi that the Republican side is maybe not necessarily holding ranks to an extent that 109 00:08:35.200 --> 00:08:39.120 Kevin McCarthy may have anticipated. Now. On Monday, the White House Karine 110 00:08:39.200 --> 00:08:46.000 Jean Pierre said that there's no there's no business dealings between President Biden and Hunter 111 00:08:46.039 --> 00:08:50.240 Biden back in Ukraine. Is this going to have legs through the rest of 112 00:08:50.240 --> 00:08:52.240 this week? Do you think this new cycle with Ukraine and impeachment talk is 113 00:08:52.240 --> 00:08:56.240 going to last through the rest of this week into the Sunday Yacht shows. 114 00:08:56.639 --> 00:09:01.320 Well, you know, there is one thing that's happening right now pet may 115 00:09:01.360 --> 00:09:05.960 derailed this, and that is the third indictment of former President Donald Trump. 116 00:09:07.039 --> 00:09:11.919 We know Special Counsel Jack Smith hasn't been investigating his efforts to overturn the twenty 117 00:09:11.960 --> 00:09:16.879 twenty elections, specifically with the Capital insurrection being the paramount of those efforts. 118 00:09:18.320 --> 00:09:22.960 We know that last Sunday, Jack Smith's office has sent former President Donald Trump's 119 00:09:22.960 --> 00:09:28.720 a letter saying that he's the target of this investigation. And it's largely considered 120 00:09:28.759 --> 00:09:33.759 that the announcement of these indictments could come at any moment this week. So 121 00:09:33.279 --> 00:09:37.240 in this entire issue right now, could be derailed by the announcement of the 122 00:09:37.240 --> 00:09:43.000 former president Donald Trump's third indictment. And again the White House they're firing back, 123 00:09:43.320 --> 00:09:46.120 saying Republicans continue to focus on these non issues, what they call non 124 00:09:46.159 --> 00:09:50.159 issues, rather than focusing on what they're calling real issues for Americans, like 125 00:09:50.240 --> 00:09:56.559 continuing to lower inflation or even creating jobs. And again, President Biden himself 126 00:09:56.879 --> 00:10:01.200 has repeatedly denied any kind of business dealing with China or Ukraine, Who's also 127 00:10:01.279 --> 00:10:05.440 denied discussing any kind of business with his whole family. We've been speaking with 128 00:10:05.480 --> 00:10:09.120 ABC News correspondent Ike Jachi Ike always a pleasure. Thank you for joining us 129 00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:13.879 this morning. Thanks you for having me. Take care absolutely. Let's get 130 00:10:13.919 --> 00:10:16.200 back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour news 131 00:10:16.240 --> 00:10:20.480 room before we take a break. Santa Anna says it wants police to enforce 132 00:10:20.519 --> 00:10:26.120 a state public intoxication law amid complaints of people passing out at city libraries, 133 00:10:26.200 --> 00:10:31.200 parks, sidewalks. The idea with this is not to be punitive, Councilman 134 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:33.799 Phil, but Sarah says, once even he called about a guy, I 135 00:10:33.919 --> 00:10:37.039 got a call from the chief of police informing me that that person was actually 136 00:10:37.240 --> 00:10:43.440 dead, So we literally have folks suffering from substance abuse that are dying on 137 00:10:43.440 --> 00:10:46.600 our streets. Sarah says, first, the city will hire more jail medical 138 00:10:46.639 --> 00:10:50.080 staff so people who are arrested can immediately get enrolled in addiction services. Critics 139 00:10:50.120 --> 00:10:56.159 say last week's proposal is a return to over incarceration policies that primarily impact minority 140 00:10:56.240 --> 00:11:01.200 communities in Santa Anna Corbin Carson kf I News LA is creating temporary housing for 141 00:11:01.279 --> 00:11:05.639 homeless people on the West Side LA Family Housings. Stephanie Claskey, Gamer says 142 00:11:05.679 --> 00:11:09.399 people are living on the streets because there aren't enough shelters. We run the 143 00:11:09.480 --> 00:11:15.840 risk of people dying outside unnecessarily. So when we create more opportunities for people 144 00:11:15.840 --> 00:11:20.159 to come indoors safely on their journey into permanent housing, we ensure that we 145 00:11:20.200 --> 00:11:24.879 are saving lives. The city is expected to break ground on the project later 146 00:11:24.879 --> 00:11:28.639 this year and open thirty beds in early twenty twenty four. The Biden administration 147 00:11:28.679 --> 00:11:33.799 has announced a new plan to expand access to mental healthcare. Biden says mental 148 00:11:33.840 --> 00:11:37.360 health should be treated with the same level of attention as physical health. I 149 00:11:37.360 --> 00:11:41.600 don't know what the difference between breaking your arm and having amount of breakdown is 150 00:11:41.039 --> 00:11:46.279 it's health. There's no distinction. It's health. Biden says it can cost 151 00:11:46.320 --> 00:11:50.080 people two hundred dollars or more for a single therapy session, which is beyond 152 00:11:50.080 --> 00:11:54.559 the reach of most Americans. He says the new regulations announced yesterday will encourage 153 00:11:54.559 --> 00:11:58.480 more professionals to offer in network care and reduce the red tape to qualify for 154 00:11:58.519 --> 00:12:03.759 coverage. The family of Malcolm X says they believe his killing was a conspiracy 155 00:12:03.840 --> 00:12:09.559 planned by the FBI and NYPD. The family introduced a new witness yesterday who 156 00:12:09.600 --> 00:12:13.480 was at the Audubon Ballroom in New York the night Malcolm X was killed in 157 00:12:13.559 --> 00:12:18.799 nineteen sixty five. Despite my presence inside and outside of the Audubon on the 158 00:12:18.879 --> 00:12:26.039 day of the assassination, law enforcement never attempted to interview or attain a statement 159 00:12:26.080 --> 00:12:30.679 from me. Mustafa Hassan says he was working security that night and remembers there 160 00:12:30.679 --> 00:12:33.559 being no police presence. He says when officers finally showed up, they held 161 00:12:33.559 --> 00:12:37.799 back a group of black Malcolm X supporters instead of chasing after one of the 162 00:12:37.879 --> 00:12:43.840 shooters. More than thirty drugs may face supply chain issues after a tornado ripped 163 00:12:43.879 --> 00:12:46.919 through a North Carolina Fiser plant. The Rocky Mount facility makes close to a 164 00:12:48.039 --> 00:12:52.440 quarter of Fiser's injectable medicines used in hospitals across the country. Now, this 165 00:12:52.480 --> 00:12:58.120 blistering heat wave that's been broiling much of the south and Southwest in southern California 166 00:12:58.120 --> 00:13:01.240 in other places, is now invading the Midwest, pushing afternoon highs above one 167 00:13:01.320 --> 00:13:05.519 hundred degrees. Forecasters are warning that the heat and humidity could last for days, 168 00:13:05.639 --> 00:13:11.240 if not another week. Cities like Saint Louis, which aitall Kansas City 169 00:13:11.360 --> 00:13:16.440 roasting and temperatures ten to twenty degrees above average, and Snoop Dogg is canceling 170 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:20.480 two nights of shows at the Hollywood Bowl in solidarity with striking actors and writers. 171 00:13:20.519 --> 00:13:26.600 The shows were to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the rappers hit Doggie Style 172 00:13:26.639 --> 00:13:28.759 album. Coming up at the bottom of the are we have Jane Wells. 173 00:13:28.960 --> 00:13:35.320 Jane Wells Yeah, CNBC and kifis Jane Wells special correspondent based here in Los 174 00:13:35.360 --> 00:13:37.360 Angeles. We're going to cover a lot of stuff, including Samsung and Snap. 175 00:13:37.399 --> 00:13:41.200 But first we have Amelia Thompson Davot on the line. She's a senior 176 00:13:41.200 --> 00:13:46.200 writer at five thirty eight dot com. This week's podcast out of five thirty 177 00:13:46.240 --> 00:13:50.000 eight dot com is a thought experiment what if former President Trump was not in 178 00:13:50.039 --> 00:13:54.559 the GOP primary? Good morning, Amelia, thank you for joining us, 179 00:13:54.559 --> 00:13:56.440 Thanks for having me. Absolutely well, let's start at the very beginning. 180 00:13:56.480 --> 00:14:00.759 What would happen? I mean, who would win if Trump was not in 181 00:14:00.799 --> 00:14:05.159 this Trump primary? I have no idea who would win because it would be 182 00:14:05.240 --> 00:14:09.639 such a chaotic I know you try to get me, but curiously, I 183 00:14:09.679 --> 00:14:15.399 mean, Trump dropping out of the primary would be such a chaotic, seismic 184 00:14:15.559 --> 00:14:20.600 event because he's polling right now in our polling average at fifty two percent, 185 00:14:20.759 --> 00:14:24.000 and the candidate who was closest to him as Florida Governor Ronda Santist, who's 186 00:14:24.039 --> 00:14:28.200 just down at nineteen percent. So Trump is very much the leader, and 187 00:14:28.639 --> 00:14:35.799 Trump Trump picked out would create huge opportunities for many of the candidates who are 188 00:14:35.879 --> 00:14:39.840 polling much lower right now, not just a Scantist. So okay, Amelia, 189 00:14:39.879 --> 00:14:45.279 I imagine The podcast subject came up this week because of the two indictments 190 00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:50.200 under the belt of former President Trump. Right now is a possible third indictment 191 00:14:50.519 --> 00:14:54.200 going to have any impact on the race well of Coursians, I even have 192 00:14:54.279 --> 00:14:58.080 to happen, and we have to see what the charges are. But from 193 00:14:58.080 --> 00:15:01.360 what we've seen in the first two indictments, I wouldn't expect it to have 194 00:15:01.559 --> 00:15:09.159 a huge impact on the GOP primary itself. With the first indictment, Trump 195 00:15:09.200 --> 00:15:13.919 actually got something of a bump. It's not clear if that was all because 196 00:15:13.120 --> 00:15:18.879 of support that came after the indictment. Ronda Santis had also been declining around 197 00:15:18.960 --> 00:15:22.879 the same time, so it could be a combination of forces that happened there. 198 00:15:24.480 --> 00:15:28.080 But Trump rose in the polls after the first indictment and he didn't drop 199 00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:33.720 in the polls after the second one. Again, we're talking about GOP primary 200 00:15:33.799 --> 00:15:37.080 voters here. Now. I'm not saying that the indictment will not hurt him 201 00:15:37.240 --> 00:15:43.279 among Americans overall. We have seen that his favorability dropped and hasn't returned to 202 00:15:43.399 --> 00:15:46.840 where it was. You know, we're talking about a fairly small drop, 203 00:15:46.919 --> 00:15:50.799 but his favorabilities are stable, So it's not worthy after that second indictment. 204 00:15:52.240 --> 00:15:56.759 But we're looking at the primary right now, and it's hard for me to 205 00:15:56.759 --> 00:16:02.879 believe that the third indictment would hurt him substantial among Republican primary voters. We're 206 00:16:02.879 --> 00:16:06.600 speaking with Amelia Thompson Davote. She's a senior writer at five thirty eight dot 207 00:16:06.600 --> 00:16:11.639 com. I'm looking at five thirty eight dot com right now, and you 208 00:16:11.679 --> 00:16:14.759 have a headline out this morning, which Republican will drop out of the twenty 209 00:16:14.799 --> 00:16:18.679 twenty four primary. First, it's a great question headline, But let's stay 210 00:16:18.720 --> 00:16:22.720 with this thought experiment just for a moment. Who gains in the field for 211 00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:26.639 GOP primary voters if there's a third indictment that's passed down to former President Trump, 212 00:16:27.159 --> 00:16:30.679 Well, you know, potentially round the Scantists, he's the person who 213 00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:36.639 is best positioned right now to pick up from any failing by Trump or any 214 00:16:36.720 --> 00:16:41.360 boss of support because he is second in the polling average by quite a bit. 215 00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:45.159 He's again, he's at nineteen percent, and all the other candidates are 216 00:16:45.159 --> 00:16:51.240 in single digits. Right So he's also the candidate that Republican primary voters consistently 217 00:16:51.320 --> 00:16:55.759 stay or are most likely to stay, is their second choice. So it's 218 00:16:55.840 --> 00:17:00.960 not that the Scantists is at this kind of low second position because he's widely 219 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:04.920 disliked among Republican primary voters, they just like Trump more so, if something 220 00:17:04.920 --> 00:17:11.000 were to happen and Trump was no longer in the race or his standing fell 221 00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:17.359 significantly among GOP primary voters for some reason, the Santist would be an obvious 222 00:17:17.400 --> 00:17:22.640 one to benefit. But there are also opportunities for other candidates who are poland 223 00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:26.519 really low right now but have some upside. One of the candidates that we've 224 00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:30.440 been keeping an eye on a South Carolina at Senator Tim Scott's following at three 225 00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:34.240 percent in our average right now, but has a lot of money, has 226 00:17:34.279 --> 00:17:41.519 a lot of institutional connections to the Republican Party, has the kind of amazing 227 00:17:41.599 --> 00:17:45.240 good fortune or skill to have managed to stay on the good side of both 228 00:17:45.319 --> 00:17:52.240 the trumpy side of the Republican Party and the more conventional traditional Republican side of 229 00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:56.839 the party. So he's one I would watch in this hypothetical scenario right on. 230 00:17:56.920 --> 00:17:59.119 Okay, well, my money was on Tim Scott gaining a little bit 231 00:17:59.119 --> 00:18:02.880 there too, so I'm glad to have the confirmation bias going on. Also, 232 00:18:03.279 --> 00:18:07.920 the big money donors seem to be following De santis anydotally speaking, and 233 00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:11.880 the smaller donors. Smaller money donors seem to be following President Trump. Now, 234 00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:15.440 would a third indictment had any influence on fundraising because we are coming out 235 00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:19.799 of culling of the herd when it comes to the DeSantis campaign having cut about 236 00:18:19.799 --> 00:18:25.680 thirty eight of its staffers. Yeah, it's an interesting question. I think 237 00:18:25.720 --> 00:18:30.359 because Trump is DeSantis is getting more money, as you mentioned, according to 238 00:18:30.720 --> 00:18:37.640 the latest fundraising reports from larger donors. I wouldn't expect an indictment to necessarily 239 00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:44.559 change that unless it really hurt Trump's standing in the polls. It is something 240 00:18:44.559 --> 00:18:48.680 that desantist is going to have to fix because the problem with those big money 241 00:18:48.720 --> 00:18:52.640 donors is that usually when they show up in the report, they've maxed out 242 00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:56.599 in how much they can donate, So DeSantis can't go back to them and 243 00:18:56.759 --> 00:19:00.000 say, over and over again, please give me more money. They've given 244 00:19:00.079 --> 00:19:03.119 him all the money that they're legally allowed to do, at least directly to 245 00:19:03.160 --> 00:19:08.960 his campaign. Superpacks obviously are a different story. So this is potentially an 246 00:19:08.960 --> 00:19:11.799 issue for Dispantus down the line, but I think it's something that he has 247 00:19:11.839 --> 00:19:18.480 to fix on his own. I would not rely on Trump stumbling and a 248 00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:22.480 significant number of small dollar donors moving to Despantis. As a result, I 249 00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:27.359 can't imagine small money donors really liking the idea that Ron DeSantis is flying on 250 00:19:27.400 --> 00:19:30.880 private planes, it's staying at five star hotels all the time. I just 251 00:19:30.920 --> 00:19:33.599 can't see that helping his fundraising moving forward. That's just me. That's an 252 00:19:33.599 --> 00:19:37.000 opinion with him preaching. Amelia, thank you so much for joining us this 253 00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:41.160 morning. Amelia Thompson devote she's a senior writer at five thirty eight dot com. 254 00:19:41.200 --> 00:19:45.200 Some great insights. Thank you again, thanks so much. Take care. 255 00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:48.759 Let's get some more news coming out of the KFI twenty four our newsroom 256 00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:51.519 before we get to the bottom of the hour, and we welcome Jane Wells. 257 00:19:51.599 --> 00:19:55.880 In attentative agreement has been reached to keep three hundred and forty thousand UPS 258 00:19:55.920 --> 00:19:59.960 workers from going on strike. The teamsters had said the workers would walk off 259 00:20:00.039 --> 00:20:03.960 the job August first if a strong contract was not reached. It needed to 260 00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:07.119 get done by the end of the month. Now there is time for the 261 00:20:07.200 --> 00:20:10.480 union to ratify it, and more than three hundred thirty thousand members still need 262 00:20:10.519 --> 00:20:15.200 to ratify it. But it does seem to avert that kind of dire scenario 263 00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:19.480 for the economy. ABC's Elizabeth Schultz says UPS is crucial for countless American businesses. 264 00:20:19.640 --> 00:20:25.440 The new five year contract increases wages, guarantees more air conditioning and drivers 265 00:20:25.519 --> 00:20:30.960 trucks, and stops requiring UPS employees to work overtime hours on their days off. 266 00:20:30.720 --> 00:20:36.319 A wildfire started during a training exercise at Marine Corps air Station Miramar in 267 00:20:36.359 --> 00:20:40.200 San Diego County has burned more than one hundred acres. It took firefighters more 268 00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:45.319 than three hours yesterday to stop the fire from spreading. Temporary living units are 269 00:20:45.359 --> 00:20:48.000 being built for homeless people on the west side of LA. Thirty short term 270 00:20:48.039 --> 00:20:52.960 beds will be offered early next year to people already living on the streets near 271 00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:56.839 the future Center LA Family Housing. Stephanie Klasky Gamer says her organization will be 272 00:20:56.880 --> 00:21:03.720 the on site operators to help residence with resources including security, to delivery of 273 00:21:03.839 --> 00:21:11.599 food, to access to supportive housing navigation meaning case management services. A facility 274 00:21:11.640 --> 00:21:15.279 would help the homeless living in areas like bel Air, Beverly Glen and Palms 275 00:21:15.279 --> 00:21:19.720 and neighborhoods further east including Fairfax and Libreya. Chris Adler KFI News, so 276 00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:23.720 the Biden's Dog is a biter. Records from the Department of Homeland Security show 277 00:21:23.759 --> 00:21:29.039 Commander has bidden or attacked agents at the White House ten times between October twenty 278 00:21:29.079 --> 00:21:32.359 two and January of this year. At least one bite by the German shepherd 279 00:21:32.359 --> 00:21:34.759 required a trip to the hospital. First Lady Jill, Biden's communications director, 280 00:21:34.839 --> 00:21:38.319 says the White House is a unique, often stressful environment for family pets, 281 00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:41.839 and the Biden families working through ways to make the situation better for everyone. 282 00:21:41.920 --> 00:21:45.759 Commander is the second dog of Biden's to behave aggressively. A German Shepherd named 283 00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:49.440 Major was sent to live with friends in Delaware after it bit Secret Service agents 284 00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:52.880 and White House staff. The Bidens also have a cat named Willow Amy King 285 00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:56.559 KFI News. A woman who was this is a wake up called My name 286 00:21:56.599 --> 00:21:59.839 is Jason Middleton. That's Jane Wells. We're gonna be right back with her. 287 00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:03.480 Woman who was punched twice by a deputy while holding a baby is suing 288 00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:07.319 the La County Sheriff's Department for excessive force and wrongful arrest. The Agua Fire 289 00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:11.880 has now burned sixty acres of land in Santa Clarita and is ten percent contained. 290 00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:17.160 The fire started at about two o'clock yesterday afternoon near Solidad Canyon and aguadul 291 00:22:17.160 --> 00:22:22.240 Say Canyon roads. The CDC says COVID hospitalizations have risen by more than ten 292 00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:26.720 percent across the country. Their latest report shows more than seventy one hundred COVID 293 00:22:26.839 --> 00:22:30.599 nineteen patients were admitted in the week of July fifteenth. That's up from sixty 294 00:22:30.640 --> 00:22:37.119 four hundred and it's the largest percent increase in COVID hospitalizations since December. News 295 00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:40.160 is brought to you by American Vision Windows. Coming up at five fifty, 296 00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:42.440 we're gonna talk Samsung with Mike Debuskie from ABC. Bright. Now, of 297 00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:47.920 course KFIS and CNBC's Jane Wells is on the line with us and man, 298 00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:48.599 do we have a line up today? Where do you want to start? 299 00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:52.960 You start with FED? Why not? Because that'll be the big news today. 300 00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:56.119 The Fens probably gonna raise interest rates another quarter point today. That'll be 301 00:22:56.160 --> 00:23:00.160 the eleventh time, the eleventh time since they started sixteen months ago. Gets 302 00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:03.920 the upper end of the FED funds rate to about five and a half percent, 303 00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:06.640 which is the highest in over twenty years. But the markets want to 304 00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:10.200 know if Chairman Powell suggests that maybe they're going to pause for a while on 305 00:23:10.319 --> 00:23:12.680 hikes, though he has indicated there will be more this year. I mean, 306 00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:15.920 the whole point of all this is to bring down inflation. If you 307 00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:21.359 make things cost more with higher interest rates, people spend less money. It 308 00:23:21.519 --> 00:23:25.319 is working, Inflation is coming down. But Visa and American Express and their 309 00:23:25.319 --> 00:23:29.519 earnings reports, Jason keep talking about how resilient the consumer is, that we 310 00:23:29.599 --> 00:23:33.720 keep spending, especially on travel and entertainment, despite higher prices. And there 311 00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:38.920 are two women to think for that. Taylor Swift, whose concert dates are 312 00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:45.680 driving up hotel prices and helping the economy. And Barbie. We all went 313 00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:48.039 to I didn't, but I'm gonna go, are you. I'm gonna get 314 00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:49.599 dragged. But everybody else went to see Barbie last week. I haven't seen 315 00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:52.759 it yet either, but I do have a lot of pink in my closet, 316 00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:56.039 so it turns out okay. So yeah, Taylor Swift, Barbie definitely 317 00:23:56.039 --> 00:24:00.279 economic forces. Now let's bet aventy on this one. Is j Powell and 318 00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:04.599 the Fed going to raise rates in September another quarter point? Probably he has 319 00:24:04.680 --> 00:24:08.200 indicated in the past. I'm sorry, probably he will. Well, what 320 00:24:08.279 --> 00:24:11.720 do I know? You know, you're CNBC right, Yeah, that's right. 321 00:24:12.119 --> 00:24:15.440 He may. I think the thinking is he's going to skip in September, 322 00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:19.440 but been at the meeting after that they'll raise again, although he has 323 00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:22.799 said in the past they're not going to do this every other thing. But 324 00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:27.160 I was looking at our actually CNBC was looking at and I take credit for 325 00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:32.680 it. How much everything else has gone up since the FED started raising interest 326 00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:36.119 rates? How much things went on? Mortgages have gone up on mortgages and 327 00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:41.799 credit card and Carlos A thirty year mortgage in March of twenty twenty two was 328 00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:45.839 going for four point three percent. Now how much do you think. I 329 00:24:45.839 --> 00:24:48.240 don't know if you've looked. Jason wasn't mortgage today? Well, okay, 330 00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:52.039 here's my guess. I'm going to because I did cheat a little bit. 331 00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:53.440 I had to look for a story I did earlier this week. I think 332 00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:57.160 it's right around six point eight nine percent. It just went back up over 333 00:24:57.240 --> 00:25:02.279 seven percent yesterday. So from point four point three to seven percent in sixteen 334 00:25:02.359 --> 00:25:04.839 months. It hasn't doubled, but it's gone up significantly. Home equity line 335 00:25:04.839 --> 00:25:10.960 of credit was for in a quarter now it's eight and a half two more. 336 00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:17.720 The average credit card rate sixteen months ago was sixteen point three. What 337 00:25:17.799 --> 00:25:19.319 do you think it is now that one? I don't know for sure. 338 00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:22.960 Twenty point four, so it's gone up a little over four points and a 339 00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:29.960 use car loan sixteen months ago nine percent, now it's eleven percent. So 340 00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:33.119 not all was already high. Now it's just a little higher. Okay, 341 00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:34.680 well, okay, so the cost of money, the cost of debt, 342 00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:38.319 is going up, but consumers are still spending. Yeah, Jane, I 343 00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:42.279 mean our cumulative credit card debt is more than a trillion dollars right now. 344 00:25:44.119 --> 00:25:45.680 This is why the Fed's going to keep raising rates. I mean, we 345 00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:52.480 still have really relatively low unemployment, and so the economy is still hot. 346 00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:56.920 The fact that inflation is starting to come down while the economy is hot has 347 00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:59.200 more and more people saying, gee, maybe we're not going to have a 348 00:25:59.200 --> 00:26:02.440 recession. So who knows? Who knows? I mean, I think it's 349 00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:04.720 great that people are still spending. I don't think it's great that are that 350 00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:08.559 they're spending on credit, which is now going to cost them over twenty percent 351 00:26:08.599 --> 00:26:11.799 a year, which is why we're going to have that recession in Q one 352 00:26:11.880 --> 00:26:15.640 next year. You can mark my, oh everybody, but but a pen 353 00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:19.640 on that. Jason Middleton, recession Q one twenty four. All right, 354 00:26:19.839 --> 00:26:23.480 shallow, shallow and short. That's my that's my call for recession Q one. 355 00:26:23.599 --> 00:26:26.279 Okay, all right, Um, let's go around the infield, Jane, 356 00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:30.440 let's talk about that UPS deal. Um, So that was kind of 357 00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:33.720 a big deal because I was watching CNBC. I'm a big fan by the 358 00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:37.240 way of CNBC, and six percent of GDP is moved every year by UPS. 359 00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:40.920 This was a huge deal. Well, first of all, God bless 360 00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:44.440 you. Keep watching you and John you and John Ford, you guys, 361 00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:47.480 you guys, keep it real. Oh thank you. Well, this would 362 00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:49.039 have been the granddaddy of all strikes. I mean, we've had so many 363 00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:52.640 strikes this summer, and not to diminish any of them. This would have 364 00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:56.160 been huge. You got three hundred and thirty thousand workers that would have walked 365 00:26:56.200 --> 00:27:00.119 off the job. Uh, FedEx, the United Post Office would not have 366 00:27:00.119 --> 00:27:03.559 been able to pick up the slack people trying to send stuff, vendors, 367 00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:11.359 customers, everybody would have really really suffered. But they're the teamsters are saying 368 00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:14.960 that this new contract is worth thirty billion dollars. That's about one hundred thousand 369 00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:18.079 dollars per employee when you break it down, and that money is going to 370 00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:22.440 have to come from somewhere. So some analysts are now predicting that UPS is 371 00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:25.640 going to raise its costs per package by maybe two and a half percent. 372 00:27:26.119 --> 00:27:29.559 So we are going to pay for this new contract. And the question is 373 00:27:29.559 --> 00:27:33.359 then will some people take their business to FedEx or somewhere else? Okay, 374 00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:37.279 and that might tip us into recession in Q one. Okay, let's go. 375 00:27:37.359 --> 00:27:40.680 Okay. I have in my notes here that you want to bring some 376 00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:44.839 heat to snap Why, Oh my gosh, do you use you? Who 377 00:27:44.839 --> 00:27:48.359 do you use a Snapchat? Anyone? Bueler? Do you use the chat? 378 00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:51.759 No? I don't have to. Okay. The good news is almost 379 00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:56.480 four hundred million people do. They had growth in their daily active users last 380 00:27:56.559 --> 00:28:00.680 quarter. Most of that was outside the US. But it is continuing to 381 00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:07.200 lose money. It's forecast on ad sales were were missed Wall Street expectations. 382 00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:12.880 For the most part, it's facing rivals like TikTok and so after it reported 383 00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:18.519 earnings yesterday, the stock fell seventeen percent. But Jason, this has happened 384 00:28:18.599 --> 00:28:22.200 every quarter for the last five quarters. After they report report earnings, the 385 00:28:22.319 --> 00:28:26.119 stock dives the quarter before it was ten percent, that it was on twenty 386 00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:30.319 eight percent, it was down thirty nine percent a year ago. Who doesn't 387 00:28:30.359 --> 00:28:36.599 sell before earnings because overall over the last year, Snap stock is up six 388 00:28:36.640 --> 00:28:41.519 percent, but it tanks after any earnings report. And I just can't figure 389 00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:45.160 out, why aren't you selling the day before earnings so that you can capture 390 00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:48.279 some of the profits. There you go, that's my take on it. 391 00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:52.119 By the fact that you know, Snap has major issues. Yeah, I 392 00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:56.000 mean remember that time they tried to do a hardware with ray bands. Remember 393 00:28:56.000 --> 00:29:00.640 that, Yeah, it's that didn't float very well. They had a billion 394 00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:04.960 dollars in ad revenue last quarter that I found that shocking. And they're still 395 00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:10.000 losing money. I don't get it. Yeah, their gross margin is down 396 00:29:10.079 --> 00:29:15.400 fifty nine percent quarter over quarters. So h okay, one more I have 397 00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:18.559 to do. I have to do one more Mega Millions jackpot eight hundred and 398 00:29:18.599 --> 00:29:22.599 twenty million dollars. Nobody won, No, nobody won. It could be 399 00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:26.680 a billion dollars again by Friday when if you don't play, no, well, 400 00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:30.920 absolutely, And I'm in the Michelle Cube Lottlepool, which if you're not. 401 00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:33.880 You better get in because we're gonna win. Okay, I'll follow your 402 00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:37.440 lead on that one. Always a pleasure CNBC's and kfis Jane Wells, thank 403 00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:41.960 you so much for giving us some time. Take care, get a couple 404 00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:45.839 of quick stories. A lawyer from Newport Beach has admitted to convincing investors to 405 00:29:45.880 --> 00:29:48.599 put up more than eight million dollars to provide loans for rich people. It 406 00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:53.440 was all one big fraud. US Attorney spokesman Kieran macavoy says Sarah King told 407 00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:59.440 investors the loans were for sports players, in reality, as she never initiated 408 00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:03.680 or funded any alone. Instead, she just used their money to go gamble 409 00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:08.799 at Las Vegas casinos and to purchase a Porschet electric sports car. A lawsuit 410 00:30:08.839 --> 00:30:14.599 allegis King gambled away millions while living in a Vegas hotel for six months. 411 00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:18.519 King pleaded guilty this week. Sincencing is set for January. In Orange County, 412 00:30:18.640 --> 00:30:22.599 Corbin Carson k if I knew another freeway shooting in the Bay Area, 413 00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:26.519 and this time the suspect is a naked woman. The California Highway Patrol says 414 00:30:26.519 --> 00:30:30.200 she flashed a gun near the Baybridge Toll Plaza last night during rush hour, 415 00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:34.319 then stopped, got out of the car twice. Once was to yell at 416 00:30:34.400 --> 00:30:37.279 drivers, but witnesses say the second time, without any clothes on, she 417 00:30:37.359 --> 00:30:41.079 fired a gun into the air. No one was hurt, the woman was 418 00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:47.119 arrested, Traffic was delayed more than thirty Drugs may face supply chain issues after 419 00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:51.759 a tornado ripped through a North Carolina Fiser plant. The Rocky Mount facility makes 420 00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:56.119 close to a quarter of Fiser's injectable medicines used in hospitals across the US. 421 00:30:56.960 --> 00:31:03.279 Morgan Stanley is downgrading Israel's credit rating to a dislike stance. In making the 422 00:31:03.319 --> 00:31:07.759 move yesterday, the US Investment Bank added that recent developments pointed to continued uncertainty 423 00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:15.279 and significant risk posed by the ongoing crisis over controversial judicial changes in Israel. 424 00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:18.440 It's five fifty one on your wake up call and we're about to nerd out 425 00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:22.960 with ABC's Mike Dubuskie. Let's get Samsungy up in here. Mike. Good 426 00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:26.920 morning, Good morning. Yeah no, it's Samsung Galaxy Unpacked Day. Happy 427 00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:30.960 Samsung Galaxy Unpacked Day to all those who celebrate. This is Samsung's second hardware 428 00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:34.799 event of the year, and it's all about foldables. Jason. So, 429 00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:38.359 Samsung's been in the foldable game since twenty nineteen. They were one of the 430 00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:44.279 sort of founding members of the foldable club. They've got two flavors of foldable. 431 00:31:44.279 --> 00:31:48.279 There's the Galaxy Z fold, which is kind of opens and closes like 432 00:31:48.319 --> 00:31:52.119 a book. It sort of splits the difference between a smartphone and a tablet. 433 00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:56.079 And then there's the Galaxy Z Flip, which opens and closes kind of 434 00:31:56.119 --> 00:32:00.960 more like your traditional clamshell flip, like the old school motor rolla razor. 435 00:32:01.079 --> 00:32:04.640 That's kind of what we're talking about right on. Okay, well, let's 436 00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:07.559 talk about the form factor there. You mentioned the razor. What's the Galaxy 437 00:32:07.640 --> 00:32:09.759 Z flip like? Is it heaviers, a thickers, it stronger, faster, 438 00:32:10.279 --> 00:32:14.240 right, So this is the fifth generation that we just got to look 439 00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:17.279 at this morning. The big news here is basically two folds, no pun 440 00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:22.920 intended. There there's a bigger front facing screen, so if you imagine a 441 00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:25.519 foldable, there's an interior screen when you have it sort of unfurled, and 442 00:32:25.599 --> 00:32:30.039 that is sort of your traditional smartphone experience. With the Z flip and then 443 00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:34.839 when you fold it closed, you still have a screen. There's an exterior 444 00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:37.200 screen that's a little bigger this year, it's three point four inches, up 445 00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:40.920 from one point nine inches. Kind of brings the flip more in line with 446 00:32:42.400 --> 00:32:45.880 competitors in this space, namely the motor Rolla Razor Plus, which just got 447 00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:51.440 a big refresh this year. Very well reviewed, very kind of nerdy tech 448 00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:53.559 device, but like people kind of took to it. People really liked it, 449 00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:57.960 and part of that was this big front facing screen. And you can 450 00:32:58.240 --> 00:33:00.880 sort of imagine the functionality for a front facing screen like this. When you 451 00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:07.119 fold a phone closed like this, your rear facing cameras are now pointed at 452 00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:09.279 you, if you can kind of conceptualize that in your mind. So the 453 00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:15.160 nice rear facing cameras, the cameras that they throw all the hardware technology at, 454 00:33:15.359 --> 00:33:17.759 are now pointed at you, which means things take really good selfies, 455 00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:22.079 and a lot of people take selfies. So having a screen so you can 456 00:33:22.119 --> 00:33:24.519 see what you're looking at that is important to a lot of people. You 457 00:33:24.559 --> 00:33:29.240 take a lot of selfies. Mic I personally don't, but you know, 458 00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:31.480 I know a lot of people who do. You know, the Instagram age 459 00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:36.000 and all that kind of stuff. But that is one that is one of 460 00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:38.240 the benefits of the Z flip, or one of the improvements of the z 461 00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:44.160 flip this year. The other kind of big update with the foldable Samsungs is 462 00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:47.000 the hinge design. Up until now, if you folded one of these devices 463 00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:50.640 closed, whether it was the flip or the fold, there was still a 464 00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:54.559 little gap in between where kind of where the hinges came together. So if 465 00:33:54.599 --> 00:33:58.599 you imagine like a notebook and you have a pen in it and then you 466 00:33:58.720 --> 00:34:01.000 flip it closed, there's still like a gap there. That's kind of what 467 00:34:01.079 --> 00:34:07.160 it was like operating a Samsung foldable. Now they've redesigned the hinge. They 468 00:34:07.160 --> 00:34:10.840 call it the flex hinge, and it's it's completely flat, So that is 469 00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:15.039 sort of an effort to improve durability, stopped dust from getting in there, 470 00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:19.239 and all that kind of thing, and to bring these devices more in line 471 00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:22.159 with competitors. Earlier this year, I think Jason new and I talked about 472 00:34:22.199 --> 00:34:25.960 this. Google revealed the pixel fold, right that thing folded completely flat as 473 00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:30.320 a very thin device, and when you folded it closed, it was completely 474 00:34:30.400 --> 00:34:35.519 sealed. Now Samsung kind of catching up to that design form factor We're speaking 475 00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:39.800 with ABC's Mike Dbusky, and we're celebrating quote unquote air quotes happy Galaxy Unpacked 476 00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:44.840 day. Hey, you mentioned Samsung has been in this game since twenty nineteen 477 00:34:44.880 --> 00:34:49.199 with the foldables. Google you just mentioned as well, had earnings this week 478 00:34:49.239 --> 00:34:52.800 and it's banging this morning as thoughts are well up anything going to come out 479 00:34:52.800 --> 00:34:57.840 of Samsung event that we didn't necessarily see or anything you might anticipate, So 480 00:34:58.119 --> 00:35:01.000 it not so far, right, I mean, there's always the potential that 481 00:35:01.079 --> 00:35:05.519 a tech company could surprise us at the end of their events. Apple is 482 00:35:05.599 --> 00:35:09.159 renowned for having a one last thing, a kind of surprise announcement at the 483 00:35:09.239 --> 00:35:12.880 end of their events. Samsung has done similar things in the past. This 484 00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:15.840 time around, the event's been over for about an hour an hour or so. 485 00:35:15.079 --> 00:35:17.480 They held it in South Korea, so that's very early our time. 486 00:35:17.519 --> 00:35:22.800 But there was there was It was pretty much what we expected it to be. 487 00:35:22.840 --> 00:35:25.360 There were the two foldables. They also unveiled the latest generation of their 488 00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:30.800 smart watch. There's the Galaxy Watch six and the Galaxy Watch six Classic, 489 00:35:30.239 --> 00:35:35.920 and a new tablet, a new lineup of tablets, so kind of iterative 490 00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:38.400 updates there. But you know not no surprises. Okay, I have you. 491 00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:42.000 I'm lucky to have you for another minute if I could. Let's look 492 00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:45.679 into the future. What other form factors, what other hardware can we expect 493 00:35:45.679 --> 00:35:47.280 from any tech company coming out later this year? Are we going to get 494 00:35:47.280 --> 00:35:51.440 on one of those surprises from Apple? Maybe? So, I don't think 495 00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:53.840 Apple's going to jump into the foldable market this year. I think that's safe 496 00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:58.000 to say. Apple again, as we talked about earlier this year when they 497 00:35:58.079 --> 00:36:02.440 unveiled the VR headset Vision pro, Apple is rarely the first mover, and 498 00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:06.320 really they're not even like, you know, middle of the pack. When 499 00:36:06.320 --> 00:36:08.480 it comes to getting into a new segment. They are generally the last to 500 00:36:08.679 --> 00:36:13.400 arrive. But that's part of their strategy. Right. Apple is the most 501 00:36:13.480 --> 00:36:15.760 valuable company in the world. They just hit a three trillion dollar valuation not 502 00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:20.599 that long ago, and they can afford to kind of wait it out, 503 00:36:20.679 --> 00:36:23.000 see what everybody else does, see what the market responds to and what it 504 00:36:23.000 --> 00:36:28.039 doesn't respond to, and then if they think it's a worthy cgory to get 505 00:36:28.079 --> 00:36:31.639 into, they'll build a device, a folding iPhone, and they'll charge you 506 00:36:32.119 --> 00:36:36.360 more than everybody else for it. But it will generally be the best and 507 00:36:36.440 --> 00:36:38.320 most polished of the market out there. Yeah, that's kind of how they 508 00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:42.639 approach things. So I don't think we're at that point with foldables yet. 509 00:36:42.760 --> 00:36:45.440 We are expecting to get a foldable phone from one Plus later this year, 510 00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:50.320 though in fact, there's been some pretty heavy leaks out of that company of 511 00:36:50.320 --> 00:36:53.760 a new foldable phone, and that's significant because one Plus has long made a 512 00:36:53.840 --> 00:37:00.440 name for it on building quality devices, like flagship level devices for a sort 513 00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:04.159 of mid range level prices, right, and that has sort of changed in 514 00:37:04.199 --> 00:37:07.320 one Plus's calculation in the last couple of years. But generally speaking, if 515 00:37:07.360 --> 00:37:10.360 these things can maybe come down in price, these foldables can come down in 516 00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:14.639 price, I think that's going to open them up to a newer market. 517 00:37:15.320 --> 00:37:17.800 That being said, still not cheap. It seems like they are planning something 518 00:37:17.800 --> 00:37:22.320 more in the fold realm than the flip realm, which means that we're probably 519 00:37:22.320 --> 00:37:25.920 looking at something more than twelve thirteen hundred dollars. But again, we're just 520 00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:28.960 gonna have to wait and see what one Plus does. Yeah, that's that's 521 00:37:28.960 --> 00:37:31.559 a cool point you make right there, because the Apple seems impervious to price 522 00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:36.360 points when entering any market. And then you mentioned one plus right there, 523 00:37:36.360 --> 00:37:39.599 which is coming in and maybe we're normalizing twelve hundred dollars phones all of a 524 00:37:39.639 --> 00:37:43.800 sudden, when it used to be MacBooks were twelve hundred bucks. Sure, 525 00:37:43.920 --> 00:37:46.400 sure, but again, I mean this is something that Samsung brought up in 526 00:37:46.480 --> 00:37:51.280 its presentation, is that your phones can do more now. I mean the 527 00:37:51.679 --> 00:37:55.159 amount of things you can do on a laptop that you can't do on like 528 00:37:55.199 --> 00:38:00.880 a really nice flagship phone, that list is getting smaller. And with the 529 00:38:00.960 --> 00:38:04.920 rise of foldables where you can change the form factor, you can change the 530 00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:07.880 state of a phone. In the case of the bigger ones, you can 531 00:38:07.280 --> 00:38:13.239 make more phone if you want, Like that is even going to make that 532 00:38:13.320 --> 00:38:16.719 list shrank more. So I think that's sort of an interesting proposition, this 533 00:38:16.760 --> 00:38:21.960 idea that as phones become more powerful, you know, the sort of larger, 534 00:38:22.239 --> 00:38:23.880 more traditional computers that we think about, you know, they're going to 535 00:38:23.920 --> 00:38:29.000 become more niche devices. And I mean if you look globally, you know, 536 00:38:29.039 --> 00:38:31.239 here in the United States, we're used to getting on to websites and 537 00:38:31.239 --> 00:38:36.119 getting online via desktop computer because we were early adopters in the Internet. If 538 00:38:36.119 --> 00:38:42.239 you look at sort of markets that got online later in their tenure places like 539 00:38:42.320 --> 00:38:45.440 China, Latin America, Africa, they came up and got online. The 540 00:38:45.440 --> 00:38:49.360 widespread adoption of the Internet happened with the rise of the mobile phone. So 541 00:38:49.599 --> 00:38:52.559 that's sort of another calculation here that I think is interesting to make is that 542 00:38:52.880 --> 00:38:55.880 you know, as these phones get more expensive, they do more. But 543 00:38:57.039 --> 00:39:00.880 also, you know, the sort of cheaper mobile phones of allowed more people 544 00:39:00.880 --> 00:39:05.480 to get online and develop habits more related to the mobile internet. So it's 545 00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:07.119 a really interesting moment that we're at right Yeah, absolutely, Mike, thanks 546 00:39:07.159 --> 00:39:10.119 a lot for all the updates. I appreciate it, of course, take 547 00:39:10.119 --> 00:39:15.679 care. ABC's Mike Tobuskie right there with just a panoply of news for us. 548 00:39:15.760 --> 00:39:17.559 A House subcommittee a couple of headlines before we get to handle on the 549 00:39:17.559 --> 00:39:22.199 news. A House subcommittee is about to hold a hearing on UFOs or UAPs 550 00:39:22.280 --> 00:39:25.719 as they're now called. The hearing this morning will look at how those flying 551 00:39:25.760 --> 00:39:30.760 mysteries could impact national security and public safety. That gets started in about an 552 00:39:30.800 --> 00:39:35.960 hour. Southern California weather from KFI. Let's start with a dense fog advisory 553 00:39:35.960 --> 00:39:38.840 for the OC coastline. That fog advisory, who's going to last until eight 554 00:39:38.880 --> 00:39:43.800 o'clock. This morning. Highs Inland will hit the upper eighties to the mid 555 00:39:43.880 --> 00:39:46.679 nineties again Today, Tonight mostly clear with lows in the mid upper sixties, 556 00:39:46.679 --> 00:39:51.480 and tomorrow another day of late July heat. Right now, your Belinda sixty 557 00:39:51.519 --> 00:39:54.760 six, Anaheim sixty seven, Hollywood sixty eight, and Torrance is at sixty 558 00:39:54.800 --> 00:39:59.239 six. 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