WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:04.480 K five a m. Six forty. You're listening to wake Up Call on 2 00:00:04.639 --> 00:00:11.160 demand on the iHeartRadio APPY. It's time for your morning wake up call. 3 00:00:14.679 --> 00:00:27.160 Here's Amy King. This is your wake up call for Tuesday, August eighth. 4 00:00:27.239 --> 00:00:31.559 Good morning, I'm Amy King. Had a little extra coffee this morning. 5 00:00:32.119 --> 00:00:36.679 Stayed up a little late last night because went to the Grammy Museum yesterday. 6 00:00:36.759 --> 00:00:39.840 We're going to tell you about that at five thirty. Kind of a 7 00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:45.759 cool little experience. It has to do with what everybody's talking about these days. 8 00:00:46.200 --> 00:00:51.039 Taylor Swift. I can tell the Tyler's very excited about that. Two 9 00:00:51.039 --> 00:00:54.280 more days of shows for Taylor. Four down, two to go. Here's 10 00:00:54.320 --> 00:00:57.759 what's ahead on the wake up call. As many as eleven thousand city workers 11 00:00:57.759 --> 00:01:00.320 they're going to walk off the job for twenty four hours to protest us what 12 00:01:00.359 --> 00:01:04.560 they say is the city's refusal to bargain in good faith. The LAPD's staffing 13 00:01:04.640 --> 00:01:10.079 level is at its lowest levels since the nineteen nineties. There are just under 14 00:01:10.159 --> 00:01:15.439 nine thousand officers as of July thirtieth. The All Star team from El Segundo 15 00:01:15.560 --> 00:01:19.400 has won its first two games in the West Region tournament. Go Team and 16 00:01:19.439 --> 00:01:25.200 we'll play Friday for a berth in the Little League World Series at six oh 17 00:01:25.319 --> 00:01:27.799 five. It's handled on the news. We're going to find out what voters 18 00:01:27.799 --> 00:01:34.000 are deciding today and how it could preview the politics of abortion in twenty twenty 19 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:37.519 four. Of course, the election's not here, it's in Ohio, but 20 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:41.120 could affect us here. Let's start with some of the stories coming out of 21 00:01:41.159 --> 00:01:45.040 the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. LA's mayor says the city will not shut 22 00:01:45.040 --> 00:01:49.480 down despite a strike by more than eleven thousand city workers. The workers plan 23 00:01:49.560 --> 00:01:53.680 to walk off the job today for a one day strike. The sanitation workers, 24 00:01:53.760 --> 00:01:57.959 heavy duty mechanics, traffic officers, engineers, and others will be picketing 25 00:01:57.239 --> 00:02:02.519 at several locations, including Hall and Lax. Trash pickup will be delayed. 26 00:02:02.920 --> 00:02:07.120 City pools could be closed. The workers' union says the city's been negotiating a 27 00:02:07.159 --> 00:02:13.039 new contract in bad faith. A woman shot by a security guard at a 28 00:02:13.159 --> 00:02:16.840 Rouph's in Hollywood has died. The woman had assaulted the guard with a fire 29 00:02:16.879 --> 00:02:21.719 extinguisher. The guard says the woman also had a screwdriver. Two of the 30 00:02:21.759 --> 00:02:27.319 three people killed in that midair helicopter collision in Riverside County worked for a local 31 00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:31.000 Cowfire team, CalFire, says Assistant Chief Josh Bishop and Captain Tim Rodriguez were 32 00:02:31.000 --> 00:02:36.280 not pilots, but coordinators for tactical aerial firefighting and were directing air traffic for 33 00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:39.520 five other aircraft when the accident happened. The third person killed was a contract 34 00:02:39.520 --> 00:02:44.759 pilot from northern California. Officials say the air attack was ordered after flames from 35 00:02:44.759 --> 00:02:47.840 a house fire Sunday night spilled into a nearby field of dry brush. About 36 00:02:47.879 --> 00:02:52.319 an hour later, the bell for OH seven with Bishop and Rodriguez collided with 37 00:02:52.319 --> 00:02:55.319 a Sikorski skycrane. The skycrane had a hard landing, but both pilots were 38 00:02:55.439 --> 00:03:00.599 uninjured. Steve Gregory Kophy News, a Navy sailor from Monterey Park accused of 39 00:03:00.639 --> 00:03:07.280 taking bribes in exchange for sending sensitive military information to a Chinese intelligence officer, 40 00:03:07.719 --> 00:03:10.719 is due in federal court in la He wants to be released until his trial. 41 00:03:12.080 --> 00:03:16.439 Petty Officer when Heng Zao pleaded not guilty last week to federal charges of 42 00:03:16.520 --> 00:03:22.639 conspiracy and receipt of a bribe by a public official. Garden Grove police have 43 00:03:22.719 --> 00:03:25.879 found more than thirty five pounds of party drugs, including thousands of figs, 44 00:03:25.919 --> 00:03:31.800 anis adderall and MDMA PILLSMA is that we call an ecstasy. The term is 45 00:03:31.960 --> 00:03:36.879 three four methylene doxymeth and fetam. Garden Grove Police Sergeant Nick Jensen says the 46 00:03:36.919 --> 00:03:40.120 concern is the already dangerous street drug is now being mixed with deadly drugs like 47 00:03:40.199 --> 00:03:44.919 fentanyl. Actually C pills you know the size of like an eminem almost, 48 00:03:45.080 --> 00:03:49.159 so nineteen pounds of that, that's a lot of pills. Investigators last week 49 00:03:49.199 --> 00:03:53.479 also found two pounds of coke when you start combining different ingredients. Obviously, 50 00:03:53.560 --> 00:03:55.639 drugs are bad and they have a bad effect on you, but you never 51 00:03:55.680 --> 00:04:00.680 know what you're really taking. In Garden Grove, Corbin Carson if I News, 52 00:04:00.479 --> 00:04:03.840 a woman from Corona has been hit with a two year prison sentence for 53 00:04:03.879 --> 00:04:09.680 a scheme to steal money from state benefits on debit cards with Cala Barksdale cooked 54 00:04:09.719 --> 00:04:13.159 up a scheme with Toya Hunter, a mail carrier, to steal the money. 55 00:04:13.199 --> 00:04:17.959 They use Hunter's position as a mail carrier to steal mail carrying unemployment insurance 56 00:04:18.040 --> 00:04:23.199 debit cards. US Attorney's kier In Macavoy says Hunter would trade the debit cards 57 00:04:23.199 --> 00:04:27.800 to Barksdale for cash and gifts. Barksdale would then use people's social security numbers 58 00:04:27.839 --> 00:04:30.759 to activate the cards. The scheme resulted in more than two hundred thousand dollars 59 00:04:30.759 --> 00:04:34.879 stolen from Bake of America from twenty fifteen to twenty twenty. The mail carrier 60 00:04:34.959 --> 00:04:39.279 was sentenced to a year in prison. Blake Trolley k if I News. 61 00:04:40.079 --> 00:04:44.680 President Biden's on a Western swing aimed at showcasing his work on conservation, clean 62 00:04:44.839 --> 00:04:48.680 energy, and veterans benefits. He left Washington last night for a three night 63 00:04:48.680 --> 00:04:53.079 trip to Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah's he expected to announce a new 64 00:04:53.160 --> 00:04:58.839 national monument in Arizona to protect land and limit uranium mining. He'll be talking 65 00:04:58.879 --> 00:05:12.079 about clean energ in New Mexico and veterans benefits in Utah. I just love 66 00:05:12.160 --> 00:05:15.800 that music. It's I know it's eerie because it's tied to the Exorcist, 67 00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:19.959 but it's such a cool theme. The Oscar winning director known for films like 68 00:05:20.000 --> 00:05:26.160 The Exorcist and The French Connection, has died. William Friedkin was also approached 69 00:05:26.199 --> 00:05:30.240 to produce Mash and Star Wars movies, but turned them down. He said 70 00:05:30.600 --> 00:05:33.680 he couldn't see the potential in them. Friedkin died yesterday in La. He 71 00:05:33.759 --> 00:05:41.600 was eighty seven. NASA technologies helping winemakers fight against crop sickness. Through NASA's 72 00:05:41.680 --> 00:05:47.079 airborne Visible and Infrared Imaging Spectrometer, scientists are able to detect early signs of 73 00:05:47.160 --> 00:05:53.040 grape and vine diseases before physical signs appear. That gives winery owners a chance 74 00:05:53.079 --> 00:05:57.199 to treat the crops before they failed. It's being used now grape disease caused 75 00:05:57.319 --> 00:06:01.920 mold and wrought rooting bacteria that stroys up to thirty percent of harvests each year. 76 00:06:02.279 --> 00:06:08.439 That results in three billion dollars in damages annually to the California wine economy. 77 00:06:08.759 --> 00:06:13.639 Let's say good morning to ABC's Mike Debusky. Good morning, Mike, 78 00:06:13.959 --> 00:06:17.040 Good morning. How yeah, I'm good. So we've got a ghost kitchen 79 00:06:17.120 --> 00:06:24.879 company called Virtual Dining Concepts, and it's sued a guy known as Mister Beast. 80 00:06:25.000 --> 00:06:27.439 And if you haven't heard of mister Beast, apparently you're one of the 81 00:06:27.480 --> 00:06:31.399 only ones because he has more than one hundred and seventy four million YouTube subscribers, 82 00:06:31.800 --> 00:06:35.519 almost thirty nine million followers on Instagram, and nearly twenty two million on 83 00:06:36.120 --> 00:06:40.319 x so he's being sued for one hundred million dollars tell us about it. 84 00:06:40.720 --> 00:06:43.439 Yeah, that's right. So first thing we got to talk about here is 85 00:06:43.560 --> 00:06:46.680 ghost kitchens, which is kind of a new concept. It really took off 86 00:06:46.759 --> 00:06:49.920 during the pandemic. A ghost kitchen is basically a kitchen with no front of 87 00:06:49.959 --> 00:06:55.639 house. It's a kitchen with no storefront or dining area or waiters or waitresses 88 00:06:55.720 --> 00:06:59.560 or anything like that. It's just a kitchen. And they exist solely on 89 00:06:59.639 --> 00:07:02.639 apps like grub Hub or Uber Eats. So this can be a building with 90 00:07:02.680 --> 00:07:05.680 a bunch of different kitchens in it that serve a bunch of different sort of 91 00:07:05.839 --> 00:07:11.319 virtual storefronts on those apps, or it can be an existing brick and mortar 92 00:07:11.439 --> 00:07:15.519 your Applebee's or your Buffalo Wild Wings that kind of do this in their own 93 00:07:15.600 --> 00:07:18.240 kitchen but on the side, right. So that's kind of how these ghost 94 00:07:18.360 --> 00:07:23.879 kitchens work. And one of the delivery only pretty much yets exactly so. 95 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:27.360 And one of the ways that these companies make their money is they contract out 96 00:07:27.399 --> 00:07:30.879 with big names, and as you alluded to there, one of the biggest 97 00:07:30.959 --> 00:07:35.879 names in the influencer game is mister Beast He's actually a guy named Jimmy Donaldson. 98 00:07:36.079 --> 00:07:39.160 Is his real name. Yeah, and it's it's a weird thing to 99 00:07:39.160 --> 00:07:43.000 say because later this conversation I have to say the words mister beast Burger. 100 00:07:43.079 --> 00:07:46.199 But we'll get to that. Okay, No, but his real name is 101 00:07:46.240 --> 00:07:48.600 Jimmy Donaldson. He's twenty five. He lives in North Carolina, and he 102 00:07:48.680 --> 00:07:55.839 makes these hugely popular YouTube videos. Right, just a recent smattering of titles 103 00:07:56.160 --> 00:08:01.240 of YouTube videos that he's put out Hydraulic Press versus Lamborghini, one thousand blind 104 00:08:01.319 --> 00:08:05.639 people see for the first time, I paid an assassin to try and kill 105 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:09.480 me, and squid Game in real life. That's the type of content that 106 00:08:09.519 --> 00:08:13.480 he puts out onto YouTube. And each of these videos, all of those 107 00:08:13.480 --> 00:08:16.879 ones that I just listed, have more than one hundred and fifty million views. 108 00:08:16.959 --> 00:08:22.879 The squid Game one in particular, has four hundred and seventy five million 109 00:08:22.000 --> 00:08:26.519 views, and just as a point of comparison, the Super Bowl last year 110 00:08:26.680 --> 00:08:31.039 only one hundred and thirteen million measly viewers. So this guy regularly puts out 111 00:08:31.039 --> 00:08:37.639 YouTube videos that net above the Super Bowl in terms of eyes and ratings. 112 00:08:37.919 --> 00:08:41.879 Well, okay, so he's got he's got some influence. He certainly does, 113 00:08:41.960 --> 00:08:45.480 and it's estimated that he is the highest earner on YouTube. He is 114 00:08:45.480 --> 00:08:50.720 certainly the most followed creator on that platform. And obviously, in addition to 115 00:08:50.759 --> 00:08:54.480 making YouTube videos, he has a number of other businesses and one of those 116 00:08:54.639 --> 00:09:00.840 is a contract with this virtual dining company called Virtual Dining Consps or VDC. 117 00:09:01.399 --> 00:09:03.840 Well, yesterday, in the Southern District of New York, that company sued 118 00:09:03.960 --> 00:09:09.440 Donaldson for failing to honor his contractual obligations. This comes in response to Donaldson 119 00:09:09.679 --> 00:09:16.080 suing Virtual Dining Concepts last week. He says he's looking to terminate his deal 120 00:09:16.120 --> 00:09:20.000 with the company. He says that the food that they put out under his 121 00:09:20.159 --> 00:09:22.759 name, he's heard from his fans, and he says that they've reported it 122 00:09:22.799 --> 00:09:28.679 to be disgusting, revolting, and inedible. Those are direct quotes from this 123 00:09:28.759 --> 00:09:31.960 lawsuit. And it's just a hamburger, and it's it's a hamburger. You 124 00:09:31.960 --> 00:09:35.759 can also get fries. It's kind of your standard fast food sort of fair. 125 00:09:37.080 --> 00:09:39.480 And he took to Twitter and said, or his x I should say, 126 00:09:39.639 --> 00:09:43.559 and he said that he wants to get out of his deal. One 127 00:09:43.559 --> 00:09:48.759 of his memorable quotes during this sort of period was miss young Beast signed a 128 00:09:48.799 --> 00:09:52.639 bad deal, so he's you know, unhappy with this company that he's contracted 129 00:09:52.639 --> 00:09:58.279 with. Well, VDC says that his lawsuit from last week is meritless and 130 00:09:58.320 --> 00:10:03.519 that actually he's attempting to renag on his contractual obligations and that his comments on 131 00:10:03.559 --> 00:10:09.559 social media, given his influence, actually damaged their brand. So that's why 132 00:10:09.559 --> 00:10:13.159 they're now seeking one hundred million dollars in damages from this very popular YouTuber. 133 00:10:15.720 --> 00:10:18.879 Dude. Did they have a case, really, that's a good question. 134 00:10:18.960 --> 00:10:22.200 I think it's still an open question exactly who has the upper hand here, 135 00:10:22.240 --> 00:10:26.720 because there's one way to look at this as well, this guy signed a 136 00:10:26.720 --> 00:10:28.919 bad deal. He is up front and admitted that right like he you know, 137 00:10:30.000 --> 00:10:33.159 signed this deal back in twenty twenty. You know, he's a young 138 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:35.240 guy. As I said, he's twenty five now, so he's twenty two 139 00:10:35.279 --> 00:10:39.519 back when he signed this contract. Maybe you should have read the fine print 140 00:10:39.559 --> 00:10:41.000 a little bit more. One of the risks that you run with things like 141 00:10:41.039 --> 00:10:46.200 ghost kitchens are that you are essentially contracting out not with one major franchise, 142 00:10:46.440 --> 00:10:52.159 but with a variety of different kitchens across the country, and the quality control 143 00:10:52.200 --> 00:10:56.639 across that range of different kitchens can be pretty suspect at times. I actually 144 00:10:56.679 --> 00:11:01.799 got the opportunity. In the interest of thorough journalism, I ordered burger. 145 00:11:01.960 --> 00:11:07.080 Yes, so I felt like I couldn't tell this story without actually getting my 146 00:11:07.200 --> 00:11:09.039 hands on one of these things. So I ordered one last night to my 147 00:11:09.080 --> 00:11:13.720 apartment, and I gotta say it was pretty average. It was not the 148 00:11:13.759 --> 00:11:16.360 worst burger I've ever had in my entire life, but it was like pretty 149 00:11:16.399 --> 00:11:20.200 middling when it comes to like a fast food burger, right, so wait, 150 00:11:20.600 --> 00:11:22.320 tell us about what is it? Is it just a regular burger? 151 00:11:22.360 --> 00:11:26.720 What's on it? How's it looked? I went for the classic. There's 152 00:11:26.720 --> 00:11:31.440 a couple different options, but I got mister beast Style or beast style as 153 00:11:31.440 --> 00:11:33.679 they call it. So I think that's a special sauce. But like you 154 00:11:33.759 --> 00:11:37.720 gotta think in terms of like this is this is like a big Mac, 155 00:11:37.840 --> 00:11:41.600 right, It's it's, you know, a fast food burger. It has 156 00:11:41.639 --> 00:11:45.000 a special sauce on, it's got onions. I had pickles on it. 157 00:11:45.000 --> 00:11:46.360 It was it was pretty tasty. I would say the worst part of it 158 00:11:46.399 --> 00:11:50.279 was the bun. It was I would have appreciated like a toasted bun or 159 00:11:50.320 --> 00:11:54.000 something like that. But but beyond that, again, like I said, 160 00:11:54.000 --> 00:11:56.759 it was, it was pretty mediocre. One thing I will say it was 161 00:11:56.919 --> 00:11:58.799 ten dollars, which was too much, I would say for a piece of 162 00:12:00.159 --> 00:12:03.799 fast food at the end of the day. And on top of that, 163 00:12:03.879 --> 00:12:05.360 you know, I had to have it delivered and there were fees and all 164 00:12:05.399 --> 00:12:07.639 that sort of thing, Whereas like I feel like I could just go to 165 00:12:07.759 --> 00:12:11.879 McDonald's around the corner if I really wanted to scratch that particular witch. But 166 00:12:13.000 --> 00:12:15.840 yeah, that was the Mister Beast Burger. But I mean that speaks to 167 00:12:15.919 --> 00:12:18.480 this idea that you know, these ghost kitchens, the quality control is really 168 00:12:18.480 --> 00:12:22.279 hard to pin down. But on the other hand, this guy signed a 169 00:12:22.320 --> 00:12:24.600 contract and you know, the company is saying that he's not honoring that contract. 170 00:12:24.679 --> 00:12:28.480 So I think it's still pretty up in the air. What ultimately this 171 00:12:28.480 --> 00:12:30.879 comes down to is the fact that it's a real lot of money that they're 172 00:12:30.879 --> 00:12:33.039 looking for. But as we kind of alluded to, mister Beast seems like 173 00:12:33.039 --> 00:12:37.159 he can afford it. So the ghost kitchen is saying that they have lost 174 00:12:37.200 --> 00:12:41.639 a ton of money because he came out and said these suck. They're disgusting, 175 00:12:41.919 --> 00:12:45.000 right, and I went out of my deal. So right, Okay, 176 00:12:45.000 --> 00:12:48.399 And how many do we know? How many Ghost Kitchens virtual dining concepts 177 00:12:48.440 --> 00:12:50.960 has around the country. Is it just like the one or two or is 178 00:12:52.000 --> 00:12:54.000 it a bunch? Well, they have many. I I don't have an 179 00:12:54.000 --> 00:12:58.320 exact number in front of me, but I mean they are across the country, 180 00:12:58.360 --> 00:13:01.159 and I mean that is also you gotta think it's not like their physical 181 00:13:01.240 --> 00:13:05.759 locations. They're just kind of like, you know, one ghost Kitchen can 182 00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:11.600 conceivably support many different brands on these these social apps, and you know they 183 00:13:11.600 --> 00:13:15.120 partner up with with local chains, you know, your McDonald's, your Applebe's 184 00:13:15.120 --> 00:13:18.679 and that sort of thing as well. But they do have one physical location, 185 00:13:18.720 --> 00:13:22.600 which I think is interesting in New Jersey. But that is at this 186 00:13:22.639 --> 00:13:28.840 point the only Mister Beast branded piece of brick and mortar that you can walk 187 00:13:28.879 --> 00:13:31.039 into. I did not, I did not go that far. I do 188 00:13:31.080 --> 00:13:31.720 live in New York City. I'm not that far away from it. But 189 00:13:31.759 --> 00:13:35.799 I'm like, you know, we gotta we gotta cut our losses at some 190 00:13:35.840 --> 00:13:41.360 point. Well, I appreciate you being the in depth reporter and going and 191 00:13:41.399 --> 00:13:43.399 trying that burger Mike Debuski. Thanks so much. It's going to be interesting 192 00:13:43.440 --> 00:13:48.039 to see how this all plays out because it could have huge implications for other 193 00:13:48.080 --> 00:13:50.360 influencers as we move forward. Very true, all right, thanks so much. 194 00:13:50.720 --> 00:13:54.559 Swimming pools, trash pickup, and some services at LAX all expected to 195 00:13:54.559 --> 00:13:58.720 be impacted. Is up to eleven thousand LA City workers started twenty four hours 196 00:13:58.720 --> 00:14:03.679 straight today. Voters in Ohio head to the polls today in a special election 197 00:14:03.720 --> 00:14:09.200 that could affect the future of abortion rights in the state. The Megamillions lotto 198 00:14:09.279 --> 00:14:13.639 jackpot of one point five five billion dollars is on the line for tonight's drawing. 199 00:14:13.720 --> 00:14:16.440 No winner from last night's Powerball drawing, so that jackpot goes up for 200 00:14:16.480 --> 00:14:20.120 tomorrow to one hundred and seventy million dollars. At five thirty five, we're 201 00:14:20.120 --> 00:14:24.519 gonna be talking with the curator of the I Can See You Taylor's Version pop 202 00:14:24.600 --> 00:14:28.480 up exhibit at the Grammy Musician Museum. It's for those of you or your 203 00:14:28.559 --> 00:14:31.159 daughters who just can't get enough Taylor Swift. It's kind of cool. At 204 00:14:31.200 --> 00:14:33.919 six oh five, it's handled on the news. Part of the Malholland Highway, 205 00:14:33.960 --> 00:14:37.559 closed for a couple of years, could be reopening. But right now, 206 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:43.200 let's say good morning to ABC's Jim Ryan. Jim, kids are heading 207 00:14:43.240 --> 00:14:46.559 back to the classrooms soon, sum and so Cal are already back like San 208 00:14:46.639 --> 00:14:50.600 Bernardino schools. So what are parents being asked by health experts to do to 209 00:14:50.639 --> 00:14:52.360 get them ready for it? Easy? Does it? Take it slow? 210 00:14:52.480 --> 00:14:56.600 Take it easy, but do it make sure that the kids are acclimated and 211 00:14:56.600 --> 00:15:00.639 ready to go back into the classroom. Consider the shaving. The rich teenager 212 00:15:00.639 --> 00:15:05.000 at thirteen to eighteen years old spends eight hours thirty nine minutes every day on 213 00:15:05.120 --> 00:15:07.879 his or her device. That's that's yeah, eight hours and thirty nine minutes, 214 00:15:07.919 --> 00:15:13.080 and that's probably a pretty good summertime average. Of the tweens, the 215 00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:16.519 eight to twelve year olds, they're spending about five hours and thirty three minutes 216 00:15:16.559 --> 00:15:20.679 every day on their devices. Now, once they get into the classroom, 217 00:15:20.320 --> 00:15:24.919 it's time to put the things away. Put away the phone, the iPad, 218 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:30.639 whatever device is their preferred method. But you know teachers aren't going to 219 00:15:30.679 --> 00:15:33.879 stand for that. So if you can wean them off of that early before 220 00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:37.480 the school year begins, you'll have a kid who's better prepared to sit down 221 00:15:37.519 --> 00:15:43.600 and learn without that pediatrician say, kids actually going to go through a sense 222 00:15:43.639 --> 00:15:48.720 of withdrawal. You know, they're suddenly their devices taken away, their anxious, 223 00:15:48.840 --> 00:15:54.679 their fagitty, They can't concentrate, So easing them into the loss of 224 00:15:54.720 --> 00:15:58.080 that device at least part of the day is the best way to go. 225 00:15:58.519 --> 00:16:03.519 I think it's so interesting that there's literally physical and mental like repercussions of taking 226 00:16:03.559 --> 00:16:07.919 away a phone. But now in schools they are learning more like on iPads 227 00:16:07.960 --> 00:16:11.320 and that kind of thing, So maybe that helps ease the transition because they're 228 00:16:11.320 --> 00:16:15.039 not being completely taken away from their electronics. Yeah. Absolutely, yeah. 229 00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:19.919 I think that in most classes, certainly big city classes, they do some 230 00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:25.879 of their learning on laptops or on tablets, you know, maybe even some 231 00:16:25.919 --> 00:16:29.759 cases on their phone, So that may ease that anxiety just a bit. 232 00:16:29.840 --> 00:16:33.120 But yeah, but they're not doing what they would normally be doing, and 233 00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:37.440 that is scrolling through social media. The most popular social media sites among teenagers 234 00:16:37.440 --> 00:16:42.519 and preteens no surprise there, TikTok, Snapchat is up there on the list. 235 00:16:42.600 --> 00:16:45.480 Facebook is still on that list, and Pinterests. Believe it or not, 236 00:16:47.320 --> 00:16:51.720 my mom loves Pinterest. So when it comes to their phones, their 237 00:16:51.759 --> 00:16:53.320 tablets, like the parents that you're saying, kind of ease them out of 238 00:16:53.320 --> 00:16:55.960 that, But how do you do that? Like, if so, if 239 00:16:55.960 --> 00:16:59.759 they're spending eight and a half hours on it, how do you get them 240 00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:03.119 out that? Because I can see a lot of teenagers throwing temper tantrums right 241 00:17:03.119 --> 00:17:07.440 now saying I just want my phone, like and getting them to interact when 242 00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:12.480 they're mad is tough, it is, And you're right, it takes kind 243 00:17:12.519 --> 00:17:15.400 of biting the bullets. So if they're on the average, if they're they're 244 00:17:15.440 --> 00:17:18.440 like the average kid who's looking at a device eight and a half hours a 245 00:17:18.519 --> 00:17:22.480 day, back at down to eight hours and fifteen minutes one day, and 246 00:17:22.480 --> 00:17:25.759 then eight hours, so then just it's a matter of scaling it back down. 247 00:17:25.960 --> 00:17:29.160 And at the same time, you're trying to build back into a sleep 248 00:17:29.200 --> 00:17:33.480 schedule too, Right, So if the kids stays up until ten o'clock on 249 00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:37.640 a summer night and they need to get to bed by eight thirty for school 250 00:17:37.680 --> 00:17:41.039 the next day, back them down fifteen twenty minutes a day, depends really 251 00:17:41.119 --> 00:17:44.880 upon the date of your school starting. Yeah, it reminds me of when 252 00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:48.480 when I was a kid, Mom and dad limited TV time, So I 253 00:17:48.519 --> 00:17:52.640 guess it's sort of sort of the same thing. What do the schools have 254 00:17:52.759 --> 00:17:56.079 bands on phones in classrooms? Well, certainly a lot of them. Do 255 00:17:56.319 --> 00:18:02.279 you know many of them are implementing these little lock bags now that some you 256 00:18:02.319 --> 00:18:03.759 have to use it some concerts. Right, if you go into a concert 257 00:18:03.759 --> 00:18:07.480 and the artist doesn't want you shooting video, you have to put your phone 258 00:18:07.519 --> 00:18:11.160 into this little lockbox or a little lock bag and carry that with you. 259 00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:15.160 You can't get at your phone. Some schools are using that same sort of 260 00:18:15.200 --> 00:18:18.559 device to make sure that the kids aren't using their phones that way. They 261 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:22.039 have it available to them, they can get to it if they absolutely need 262 00:18:22.079 --> 00:18:25.559 it, but they're not in the habit of just grabbing it and scrolling. 263 00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:27.599 I think we had to do that when we went to visit the US Capitol. 264 00:18:27.839 --> 00:18:30.160 I bet you did the same kind of thing. Well, it'll be 265 00:18:30.200 --> 00:18:36.319 interesting to see how many you know, how how kids moods are leading up 266 00:18:36.359 --> 00:18:40.440 to school. Yeah, I said, pediatricians are seeing that, though I 267 00:18:40.480 --> 00:18:41.839 was a little surprised at that that, you know, can a kid I 268 00:18:41.880 --> 00:18:47.160 actually go through withdraw Well, if you've if you've been around a child and 269 00:18:47.559 --> 00:18:49.240 they're they're at a restaurant or something. Their parents say, Okay, time 270 00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:53.079 to put the device away. It can cause a physical reaction in that kid. 271 00:18:53.160 --> 00:18:57.160 You know, they want that thing the same way an adult smoker wants 272 00:18:57.160 --> 00:19:02.720 a cigarettes. Well, they've talked about the addictive nature of the social media 273 00:19:02.720 --> 00:19:07.160 and how the algorithms suck you in and you know, the reward you get 274 00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:10.319 when you do certain things and when you get texts and you hear that ping, 275 00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:15.480 ping, and like that actually stimulates your brain. I wonder if TikTok 276 00:19:15.680 --> 00:19:19.920 does that on purpose? You think really maybe? Yes? All right, 277 00:19:21.039 --> 00:19:23.000 Jim, thank you so much. Appreciate your time this morning. Mom and 278 00:19:23.079 --> 00:19:26.160 dad, good luck. Let's get back to some of the stories coming out 279 00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:30.960 of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Federal prosecutors have recommended a six year 280 00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:36.359 prison sentence for former city Councilman Mark Ridley Thomas, citing public corruption and abuse 281 00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:40.559 of power and privileges while in office. He was convicted in March of bribery, 282 00:19:40.640 --> 00:19:45.119 fraud, and conspiracy for allegedly steering county contracts toward the USC School of 283 00:19:45.119 --> 00:19:49.799 Social Work in exchange for a one hundred thousand dollars contribution to an organization run 284 00:19:49.799 --> 00:19:55.680 by his son and other benefits. Ridley Thomas has denied any wrongdoing. Sentencing 285 00:19:55.799 --> 00:20:00.279 set for August twenty. First News brought to you by American Vision Windows. 286 00:20:00.279 --> 00:20:03.799 The Chino Valley's School District is under investigation by the state Attorney General over a 287 00:20:03.839 --> 00:20:10.240 new policy regarding transgender kids. The rule, approved last month, requires schools 288 00:20:10.279 --> 00:20:14.720 to tell parents when students ask to use a name or pronoun different than what's 289 00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:18.279 on official records. A. G. Banta says the policy may violate state 290 00:20:18.359 --> 00:20:22.160 law. He says it could also lead to students being abused by family members 291 00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:26.680 who don't accept them. I think it's absolutely embarrassing that they're assuming the parents 292 00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:30.759 are dangerous for them to straight out just assume that to begin with, without 293 00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:36.200 any kind of process or do process. School board president Sonja Shaw says the 294 00:20:36.200 --> 00:20:40.359 policy is legal and was reviewed. She says she thinks the AG is trying 295 00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:45.880 to scare other districts to keep them from adopting similar rules. Hurst Castle in 296 00:20:47.039 --> 00:20:51.160 San Simeon is giving people a chance to swim in Neptune's pool. Members of 297 00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:55.319 the foundation at Hurst Castle can book a reservation for a thousand dollars. That's 298 00:20:55.359 --> 00:21:00.319 an expensive swim. The first event, the Hollywood at Hurst Castle Neptune Pool 299 00:21:00.359 --> 00:21:03.440 Swim, will be hosted August nineteenth. No more than fifty people will be 300 00:21:03.440 --> 00:21:08.119 allowed in. Proceeds from the event will benefit the foundation that helps restore the 301 00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:11.000 castle. Many of the eleven thousand city workers are going to walk off the 302 00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:15.799 job for twenty four hours to protest what they say is the city's refusal to 303 00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:18.400 bargain in good faith. I'm in from Sam Pedro, schedule to be sentenced 304 00:21:18.400 --> 00:21:23.119 today for a virtual kidnapping scam in which he got family members to pay thousands 305 00:21:23.119 --> 00:21:27.680 of dollars in ransom for people who hadn't actually been kidnapped. The All Star 306 00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:32.640 team from El Segundo has won its first two games at the West Region Tournament. 307 00:21:32.880 --> 00:21:36.839 They'll play Friday for a birth in the Little League World Series coming up 308 00:21:36.880 --> 00:21:38.759 at six oh five. It's handled on the news. The judge in the 309 00:21:38.839 --> 00:21:44.720 Trump Classified Documents case has had a few choice words for federal prosecutors. Will 310 00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:48.960 tell you about that now. In celebration of Taylor Swift's six sold out shows 311 00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:52.039 at so far, she's done four of them. She's got two more, 312 00:21:52.119 --> 00:21:56.720 one tonight, one tomorrow. And for those who either can't get enough of 313 00:21:56.759 --> 00:22:00.359 Taylor or maybe didn't get to go to the show. The Grammy Museum has 314 00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:06.359 created a special exhibit the Grammy Museum at LA Live Downtown LA and we got 315 00:22:06.359 --> 00:22:10.960 to catch up with the curator of the I can see you Taylor's Version exhibit 316 00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:15.559 at the Grammy Museum. It's Kilcy Gills. We decided that since Taylor's here, 317 00:22:15.680 --> 00:22:18.799 she still has a couple more shows to do. She's got one tonight 318 00:22:18.880 --> 00:22:22.960 Tuesday and then again on Wednesday. But we've got this Taylor Swift exhibit going 319 00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:29.279 on until mid September. So tell us what happens when we come to the 320 00:22:29.359 --> 00:22:32.680 museum and how are our tailor fans going to go Berserko and what are they 321 00:22:32.680 --> 00:22:34.799 going to say? Oh my gosh, this is like Taylor Paradise. So 322 00:22:36.640 --> 00:22:40.079 we, like you said, we have this now through September. You can 323 00:22:40.119 --> 00:22:44.440 either walk up or get tickets online at our website and then coming too the 324 00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:48.119 Grammy Museum, you'll see Taylor merch and our lobby retail store. I saw 325 00:22:48.119 --> 00:22:49.640 that first thing. Yeah, you'll come all the way to the fourth floor 326 00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:52.720 where we have to pop up exhibit. So in the room next to us 327 00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:59.079 here we have two display cases full of speak Now era wardrobe. So it's 328 00:22:59.079 --> 00:23:02.759 stuff that she wore in music videos, for some photo shoots and on stage 329 00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:06.680 during this speak Now era. Okay, and tell me how what are costumes 330 00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:08.240 like? Are they pretty spectacular? There are spectacular? Yeah, So she 331 00:23:08.359 --> 00:23:11.839 was wearing a lot of vintage back then. You have some like a beaded 332 00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:15.400 flapper dress. You'll see a banjo and a guitar and then some awesome stuff 333 00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:18.599 you are on stage and like tons of sequence because you know she likes to 334 00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:22.599 catch the light when she's performing. Absolutely, But it's all about the I 335 00:23:22.640 --> 00:23:26.640 Can See You music video. So she's breaking those pieces out of the vault, 336 00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:30.519 breaking her old album out of the vault, and it all is that 337 00:23:30.599 --> 00:23:33.519 rerecording of speak Now Taylor's brocheck. Yeah. And then there's a special video 338 00:23:33.599 --> 00:23:37.079 that you have playing right, So that's the music video. So you can 339 00:23:37.119 --> 00:23:40.680 see all these outfits in the video and you can see her, Joey King 340 00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:44.759 and Taylor Lautner breaking her out of the vault, running past all the mannequins 341 00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:48.640 and it's a good time. Yes, Okay, So after we see the 342 00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:53.200 video, then we head downstairs for a little red carpeting. Yes, yes, 343 00:23:53.319 --> 00:23:56.359 so we we have Taylor's twenty twenty three Grammy red carpet. Look, 344 00:23:56.359 --> 00:24:03.480 it's a navy blue beaded, beautiful, full down custom for her, and 345 00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:06.640 then her shoes that go with it, so you can see how high her 346 00:24:06.640 --> 00:24:12.319 heels were now, so it's just dazzling under the light, all the bead 347 00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:17.160 work. And then our second floor has even more stuff. Okay, we 348 00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:19.680 have a Songwriter's Hall of Fame exhibit. She happens to be an honoree because 349 00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:23.960 she's an amazing songwriter. Wasn't she just inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame 350 00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:29.160 or something. She bought a special award back in a few years back, 351 00:24:29.680 --> 00:24:32.359 so I'm sure she's been inducted into a lot of hall of Fames at this 352 00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:37.880 point. But we have some facsimiles of her handwritten lyrics, so they're so 353 00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:40.839 precious. We don't have the real thing, but it's really nice to see 354 00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:44.839 these copies and look at her handwriting, her creative process, and just how 355 00:24:44.839 --> 00:24:47.759 she kind of came up with these lyrics everybody loves so much. Okay, 356 00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:51.200 super and then intermixed with all the tailor stuff when you come into the Taylor 357 00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:55.000 Swift exhibit. You can also wander around and see everything else that is the 358 00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:57.759 Grammy Museum. We saw the Michael Jackson some of his jacket City wore. 359 00:24:57.799 --> 00:25:00.079 Oh my gosh, they're so cool. Yeah, I mean it's the Grammy 360 00:25:00.160 --> 00:25:04.039 Museum. So she's here amongst so many giants you mentioned Michael Jackson. Peggy 361 00:25:04.119 --> 00:25:07.880 Lee is up here as well, and then downstairs you'll see Harry Styles, 362 00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:12.799 Shania Twain, Shakira, and on the Songers Hall of Fame exhibit floor you'll 363 00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:18.759 see like John Legend, Lionel Ritchie, Smokey Robinsons, something for everybody, 364 00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:22.920 okay, and then you can cap off your I can see you now Taylor's 365 00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:26.079 virgin experience by going to the Mike Curb Cafe. We saw that there's some 366 00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:30.559 yummy little treats. And remember last week we went to the Barbie the cafe 367 00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:34.480 land Word for the Barbie stuff and we had a pink latte. Well for 368 00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:40.519 Taylor, they have a lavender latte and some hummus, and there's a there's 369 00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:45.880 a couple of different U sliders like look, kids sliders are fun. Yeah, 370 00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:52.279 and also a buffalo chicken wrap that sounds have so many delicious or end 371 00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:53.680 our day. That way sounds good. Okay, what are what are the 372 00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:59.200 hours of the museum? So we are eleven am to five pm on the 373 00:25:59.200 --> 00:26:03.039 weekdays and m to six pm on the weekends. Okay, we're usually closed 374 00:26:03.079 --> 00:26:04.839 on Tuesdays, but we're staying open because there's a soapy show and I want 375 00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:07.880 people to be able to come and see Taylor, so absolutely we'll be here 376 00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:12.079 all week. Okay, there you have it. You can get a sneak 377 00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:15.640 peek at what you'll see at the Grammy Museum for the I can see you 378 00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:22.200 Taylor's version exhibit on my Instagram at Amy K King and also on our website 379 00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:26.880 kfi am six forty dot com slash wake Up Call. It's really kind of 380 00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:33.160 fun and her outfits are so spectacular, and then just everything you see at 381 00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:36.960 the Grammy Museum if you haven't been, it's like eighteen bucks and it's a 382 00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:40.119 way to spend a few hours. And although they have they have tailor merchants, 383 00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:42.400 she mentioned, so if you need your your tailor merchant you didn't get 384 00:26:42.400 --> 00:26:45.519 to get into the show, you can get it there. Although it's different 385 00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:48.880 than what's it this show. Here are some more of the stories coming out 386 00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:52.480 of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Two of the three people who were 387 00:26:52.559 --> 00:26:56.839 killed in that midair helicopter collision in Riverside County, we're well known in the 388 00:26:56.839 --> 00:27:02.720 Inland Empire. Assistant Chief Josh bish Off and Captain Tim Rodriguez were assigned to 389 00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:07.559 Calfire's Riverside unit and were well respected in the agency. The third person killed 390 00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:11.319 was a contract pilot from Northern California. Bishop and Rodriguez were in a Bell 391 00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:17.519 four oh seven helicopter directing traffic for an aerial fire attack when it collided with 392 00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:22.440 a Sikorski skycrane. LA County Sheriff's detectives say they're still looking for those responsible 393 00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:26.119 for the murder of a man found inside a barrel, and Malibu County's medical 394 00:27:26.160 --> 00:27:30.599 examined or determined Jovante Murphy was shot in the headge stripped, naked, and 395 00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:33.680 then stuffed into a plastic barrel and dumped somewhere in the ocean. The barrel 396 00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:36.720 was found last week by a lifeguard. Over the weekend, it was reported 397 00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:38.799 that Murphy's brother was tied to the murder of rapper Pops Smoke, but was 398 00:27:38.880 --> 00:27:44.000 quickly cleared. It was suggested that two murders or somehow connected. So when 399 00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:48.119 asked about the connection, a source close to the case replied, investigators dispelled 400 00:27:48.119 --> 00:27:52.079 that rumor immediately and are looking for clues in the opposite direction. Steve Gregory 401 00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:56.720 King if I News. A woman in Corona has been sentenced to two years 402 00:27:56.720 --> 00:28:02.480 in prison for stealing money off eed D debit car Prosecutors say the woman cooked 403 00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:07.160 up the scheme with an ex mail carrier. US attorney Saren Maca voices the 404 00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:11.559 woman stole from people who were struggling. They needed unemployment benefits to pay their 405 00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:17.160 rent, to pay their grocery bills, maybe pay off credit card bills, 406 00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:19.759 whatever the heck they needed it for. So what happened is the mail carrier 407 00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:26.200 stole the unemployment debit cards between twenty fifteen and twenty twenty and then sold the 408 00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:30.240 cards to the woman from Corona. The carrier was sentenced to one year in 409 00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:34.960 prison. A judge in la has dismissed all claims against the county in a 410 00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:41.119 lawsuit by a former assistant sheriff who claims she was demoted for complaining about the 411 00:28:41.160 --> 00:28:45.839 alleged involvement of a deputy in the beating of an inmate, Robin Lemon was 412 00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:51.640 suing for intentional infliction of emotional distress, defamation, and violations of the Public 413 00:28:51.720 --> 00:28:56.200 Safety Officer's Bill of Rights. Lemone was one of the deputies accused of taking 414 00:28:56.240 --> 00:29:00.599 photos of Kobe Bryant when his helicopter went down in Calabasas twenty A doctor in 415 00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:04.799 New York's been charged was sexually assaulting six women, including a teenager. Da 416 00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:11.480 Melinda Katz says she believes there may be others assaulted by doctor g Allan chengg. 417 00:29:11.839 --> 00:29:15.039 She says video found in his apartment shows him abusing drugged women in a 418 00:29:15.119 --> 00:29:22.039 hospital in his apartment in different states and overseas. He's facing fifty criminal charges 419 00:29:22.079 --> 00:29:27.839 and multiple life sentences. A senior US diplomat says COUPS leaders in Niger have 420 00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:33.799 refused to allow her to meet with the country's democratically elected president. Acting Deputy 421 00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:40.440 Secretary of State Victoria Newland says the military officers have been unreceptive to US pressure 422 00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:45.720 to return the country to civilian rule. Leaders of West Africa's regional blocks say 423 00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:51.960 they will meet later this week to discuss next steps. The last former Minneapolis 424 00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:55.640 police officer convicted in state court for his role in the killing of George Floyd 425 00:29:55.720 --> 00:30:00.200 has been sent to nearly five years in prison too. Tao was holding back 426 00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:03.880 a crowd of people in twenty twenty when Floyd was killed. The officer was 427 00:30:03.920 --> 00:30:07.839 convicted of aiding and abetting second degree manslaughter. He's already serving a three and 428 00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:11.920 a half year sentence on a federal civil rights violation. And A community landmark 429 00:30:12.079 --> 00:30:18.000 in Burbank has announced its closing its doors for good. You probably recognize this 430 00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:22.160 one. Pickwick Bowl has been around for more than sixty years. The owners 431 00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:25.680 say the decision to shut down next week comes after years of legal battles with 432 00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:29.599 the developer, who wants to turn the property into an apartment complex. Neighboring 433 00:30:29.640 --> 00:30:33.559 Pickwick Gardens, which offers weddings, banquets and an ice rink, will continue 434 00:30:33.599 --> 00:30:37.559 to operate as usual. The La Kings acquired the rink in twenty eighteen and 435 00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:41.279 will still run the facility. A powerful storm system moving through the East has 436 00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:45.200 killed two people and left nearly four hundred thousand homes and businesses without power, 437 00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:52.920 and the Megamillions lotto jackpot drawing is tonight. It's worth one point five five 438 00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:57.559 billion dollars. Third largest in lottery history. I think it's the largest Megamillions 439 00:30:57.640 --> 00:31:02.759 jackpot ever. Right now, let's say good morning to five thirty eight dot 440 00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:07.160 COM's senior election analyst, Nathaniel ray Kage. Good morning, Nathaniel, Good 441 00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:11.599 morning. Hey, voters in Ohio, they're going to vote on Issue one 442 00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:15.599 today. I would imagine polls are just about to open in Ohio. On 443 00:31:15.640 --> 00:31:18.079 the surface, it appears to be a measure that would require a sixty percent 444 00:31:18.119 --> 00:31:22.279 majority to pass an amendment to the state's constitution. But then there's another more 445 00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:27.680 volatile issue lingering below the surface. Yeah, exactly. So it is a 446 00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:33.440 measure that would raise the threshold for passing future custshi amendments to sixty percent. 447 00:31:33.640 --> 00:31:37.640 But the reason is so controversial is that it's widely seen to be targeting a 448 00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:42.079 November ballot measure on abortion rights. So liberals have put this measure on the 449 00:31:42.119 --> 00:31:47.759 ballot in November that would basically guarantee abortion rights in Ohio where currently it's under 450 00:31:47.799 --> 00:31:52.440 dispute. And so, you know, the basically Republicans put today's measure on 451 00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:55.599 the ballot in order to make it harder to pass that future one, thinking 452 00:31:55.599 --> 00:32:01.039 that it's a sixty percent Okay, So if the measure in November would basically 453 00:32:01.079 --> 00:32:06.559 codify abortion rights in the state, is that correct? Exactly right? And 454 00:32:06.680 --> 00:32:10.160 right now, if you want to pass a measure in the state, it 455 00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:15.440 just needs a simple majority, exactly right. And if Issue one passes today, 456 00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:20.720 henceforth it would acquire sixty percent. For that includes the abortion ballot measure, 457 00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:22.400 it would need to get sixty percent to pass if Issue one passes today. 458 00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:30.319 Okay. I have found from past things that sometimes ballot measures are worded 459 00:32:30.359 --> 00:32:35.359 a little confusing or they you know, they don't really talk about the underlying 460 00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:40.079 issues. And the big underlying here is that November ballot measure for on codifying 461 00:32:40.119 --> 00:32:45.559 abortion. So do you think voters in Ohio really understand what they're voting on 462 00:32:45.640 --> 00:32:50.519 today and the implications. So yeah, you know, I think we have 463 00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:52.240 a couple of signs of that. First is that the campaign adds you know, 464 00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:58.160 all of the advertising has been focused on issues of abortion and kind of 465 00:32:58.200 --> 00:33:05.200 other reproductive issues. So maybe we'll confuse at first when you know, the 466 00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:07.119 abortion is at stake in August, but wait, it's not about abortion. 467 00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:10.599 But I think that most people are you know, have been educated to that 468 00:33:10.640 --> 00:33:14.960 point on the us that you've seen really high turn out for this space, 469 00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:17.519 which bically is unusual in the middle of the summer in an odd year, 470 00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:24.400 and so I think that, Okay, it's all kind of procedural change. 471 00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:29.440 Nathaniel. Unfortunately, we're having such a hard time hearing you. You're cutting 472 00:33:29.480 --> 00:33:31.279 out real bad, So we're we're gonna cut this a little bit short. 473 00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:35.920 But thank you for sharing the information. We'll be watching it. The polls 474 00:33:35.920 --> 00:33:40.559 are going to be open any second now and and we'll see what happens. 475 00:33:40.599 --> 00:33:45.359 But it is interesting, Like I know that I've read ballot measures before and 476 00:33:45.640 --> 00:33:52.359 maybe you guys have to that you think it's one thing, but it's really 477 00:33:52.440 --> 00:33:55.920 not, and the way that it's presented can be very misleading. So uh 478 00:33:57.480 --> 00:34:00.559 be interesting to see what the turnout for this is and also the implications for 479 00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:07.200 other states. Here are some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty 480 00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:10.639 four hour newsroom. The number of LAPD officers has dropped to its lowest in 481 00:34:10.719 --> 00:34:16.039 decades. Officials say the city has struggled to recruit new officers and retain current 482 00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:22.400 officers eligible for retirement. They say the department's newest academy class began last week 483 00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:25.880 at less than half capacity. Less than half capacity officers are voting this week 484 00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:30.920 on whether to accept a new four year contract that promises twenty percent races for 485 00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:35.559 most officers and a higher starting salary for new recruits. A man from Fountain 486 00:34:35.639 --> 00:34:38.480 Valley has been sentenced to life in prison for beating, shooting, and tossing 487 00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:44.079 a man off a boat where he drowned. Prosecutors say Huang Lie and a 488 00:34:44.079 --> 00:34:47.960 woman tricked James Dao onto the boat in twenty nineteen four some late night lobster 489 00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:53.639 fishing, then killed Dao over about forty thousand dollars in unpaid debts. Dao's 490 00:34:53.679 --> 00:34:59.360 mother said its sentencing yesterday, Lee is an evil, cruel demon who belongs 491 00:34:59.559 --> 00:35:02.679 in Hell. The woman was sentenced in April to twenty two years. Covina 492 00:35:02.719 --> 00:35:07.760 police are investigating the death of a two month old infant at an apartment. 493 00:35:07.840 --> 00:35:12.679 Police responded to reports of a newborn who wasn't breathing on Conwell Street. Paramedics 494 00:35:12.719 --> 00:35:15.119 tried resuscitating the baby girl, but she was pronounced dead at the scene. 495 00:35:15.400 --> 00:35:19.880 The mother was allegedly out of state and the infant was with a babysitter when 496 00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:23.320 she died. Sunday. Investigators say DCFS had been out to the home before 497 00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:28.599 on a separate ongoing case. Police say the cause of death has not yet 498 00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:31.960 been determined. In Covina, Chris Adler KFI News, a state law that 499 00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:37.880 allows people more time to file complaints for sexual abuse by prison officers as triggered 500 00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:43.920 dozens of lawsuits. Attorney Michael Correo says people wearing a badge have a duty 501 00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:47.679 to protect those in custody. A lot of cases we see that they're supervisors 502 00:35:47.719 --> 00:35:52.280 that sort of allow them to do whatever they want, and that bleeds into 503 00:35:52.360 --> 00:35:58.920 every aspect of policing while they're policing women in these facilities. Correa says previous 504 00:35:59.000 --> 00:36:01.639 law required people to file acclaim within six months of an assault. The new 505 00:36:01.679 --> 00:36:06.880 bill, enacted last year, allows people to go back a decade. Lawyers 506 00:36:06.920 --> 00:36:10.039 for former President Trump have asked a judge to narrow a protective order that prohibits 507 00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:15.519 him from publicly sharing certain materials and evidence in the twenty twenty election case. 508 00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:20.679 Federal prosecutors has asked the judge Friday to prohibit Trump and his legal team from 509 00:36:20.679 --> 00:36:24.880 posting potentially harmful things like details of the case or grand jury transcripts. In 510 00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:30.599 a twenty nine page filing yesterday, Trump's lawyers argued the censoring is too broad 511 00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:34.760 and would restrict his First Amendment rights. They've asked the judge to shield only 512 00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:39.559 genuinely sensitive materials. Special counsel Jack Smith has asked the court to dismiss former 513 00:36:39.639 --> 00:36:45.760 President Trump's protective order counter proposal. Smith fired back yesterday, saying the initial 514 00:36:45.880 --> 00:36:50.480 order sought by the Department of Justice was standard and reasonable and says there is 515 00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:54.119 no need to narrow it. Ukrainian officials say two Russian missiles that hit the 516 00:36:54.159 --> 00:36:59.800 center of a city in the eastern Denetsk region, killing at least five people. 517 00:37:00.239 --> 00:37:05.199 Ukraine's president has accused Russia of trying to leave only broken and scorched stones 518 00:37:05.400 --> 00:37:08.599 in eastern Ukraine. The deadly attack happened a day after officials from about forty 519 00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:13.800 countries gathered in Saudi Arabia to try to find a peaceful settlement for the war 520 00:37:13.840 --> 00:37:19.199 in Ukraine. The Red Crosses adopted the FDA's new guidance on blood donations and 521 00:37:19.280 --> 00:37:24.000 announced yesterday all donors will be assessed based on individual risk factors, not sexual 522 00:37:24.039 --> 00:37:30.280 orientation. Susan Forbes as a spokesperson for the nonprofit One Blood. She says 523 00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:34.280 there were lots of gay and bisexual men who were not able to donate blood 524 00:37:34.320 --> 00:37:37.320 because of the previous policy. The new guidance further insures safety the blood supply, 525 00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:42.800 and it enables more people the opportunity to donate blood, and those are 526 00:37:42.880 --> 00:37:45.440 great things and we want as many people who are able to donate to be 527 00:37:45.480 --> 00:37:50.920 able to do so. Forbes says under the old nearly forty year guidelines, 528 00:37:51.079 --> 00:37:54.960 men who had sex with men had to remain abstinent for three months before donating 529 00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:59.760 blood. Strong storms moving through the eastern US have killed at least two people, 530 00:38:00.199 --> 00:38:02.199 out power to more than a million, and caused the cancelation of thousands 531 00:38:02.199 --> 00:38:07.039 of flights. The threat of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes stretched from Alabama all the 532 00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:09.840 way up to New York. A fifteen year old boy was killed by a 533 00:38:09.840 --> 00:38:14.000 falling tree in South Carolina. A twenty eight year old man was killed by 534 00:38:14.079 --> 00:38:19.800 lightning in Alabama. The company that helped millions work remotely is making its own 535 00:38:19.840 --> 00:38:23.000 employees stop working remotely. Zoom is telling its employees to come back to the 536 00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:27.360 office. The platform became a staple app during the height of the COVID pandemic 537 00:38:27.440 --> 00:38:30.960 for work and personal use. The New York Times reports zoom Meetings jumped from 538 00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:34.239 ten million to over three hundred million in twenty twenty, and became the most 539 00:38:34.239 --> 00:38:37.079 downloaded free iPhone app that year. A Zoom spokesperson said the company believes a 540 00:38:37.119 --> 00:38:42.119 structured hybrid approach would be the most effective for its employees. The Time says 541 00:38:42.199 --> 00:38:45.440 Zoom CEO had a tense meeting via Zoom, with employees frustrated about the time 542 00:38:45.440 --> 00:38:50.000 and money they'd waste commuting. In other words, full circle. Mark Ronner 543 00:38:50.159 --> 00:38:53.719 KFI News. 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