WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.920 --> 00:00:05.160 You're listening to wake Up Call on demand from kf I AM six, forty 2 00:00:08.439 --> 00:00:20.000 K five and kost H T two, Los Angeles, Orange County. How 3 00:00:20.079 --> 00:00:34.280 bad your host, Amy King? It's five o'clock, straight up. This 4 00:00:34.359 --> 00:00:38.520 is your wake up Call for Wednesday, October fourth. I am Amy King. 5 00:00:38.799 --> 00:00:45.039 Good Morning. That opener reminds me the Major League Baseball playoffs are underway, 6 00:00:45.240 --> 00:00:50.880 and I don't care until Saturday. Dodgers didn't have to do Wildcard. 7 00:00:50.920 --> 00:00:56.320 They're already in it. Their Division Series starts this Saturday at Dodger Stadium. 8 00:00:56.399 --> 00:01:00.399 Hey, it's National Taco Day. I think I might have to a run 9 00:01:00.439 --> 00:01:03.200 for the border. Do they still use that slogan for taco bell? I 10 00:01:03.200 --> 00:01:07.239 don't think so. Probably not politically correct enough. Here's what's ahead on wake 11 00:01:07.319 --> 00:01:11.319 Up Call. The US House is without a speaker now that Kevin McCarthy's been 12 00:01:11.400 --> 00:01:17.480 voted out. Kevin McCarthy said after he was removed he will not try to 13 00:01:17.480 --> 00:01:21.120 get the gavel back. An election for a new speaker is set for a 14 00:01:21.120 --> 00:01:23.799 week from today if they can find someone who wants it. North Carolina Congressman 15 00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:30.599 Patrick mckenry is now the acting speaker until the new speaker is put in place. 16 00:01:30.239 --> 00:01:34.000 A shooter is still on the loose in Baltimore following a shooting at Morgan 17 00:01:34.120 --> 00:01:38.879 State University last night. Five people were shot. All are expected to survive. 18 00:01:38.079 --> 00:01:42.239 The shooting apparently happened after a homecoming event. We're going to be talking 19 00:01:42.239 --> 00:01:46.439 more about this in just a couple of minutes with ABC's law enforcement reporter Luke 20 00:01:46.480 --> 00:01:49.799 barn See. Where we are, if they've caught the guy, if they 21 00:01:49.840 --> 00:01:53.000 know who it is. We'll find out more in just a minute. Three 22 00:01:53.040 --> 00:01:57.760 scientists based in the US have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry. It's for 23 00:01:57.959 --> 00:02:02.480 their work on quantum dot. They release bright colored lights and are used in 24 00:02:02.959 --> 00:02:08.360 everything from TV screens to LED lamps to medical imaging that can light up tumors. 25 00:02:09.080 --> 00:02:12.879 At six oh five, it's handled on the news. Kaiser workers are 26 00:02:12.879 --> 00:02:16.479 walking out. Bill's going to tell you the latest on the largest healthcare worker 27 00:02:16.639 --> 00:02:21.240 strike in US history. Let's get started with some of the stories coming out 28 00:02:21.240 --> 00:02:23.439 of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. As I just mentioned, the Kaiser 29 00:02:23.599 --> 00:02:30.759 strike is starting. Kaiser Permanente employees have started walking off the job in some 30 00:02:30.840 --> 00:02:35.560 areas. It's expected to start at six am. In California. Seventy five 31 00:02:35.560 --> 00:02:40.080 thousand Kaiser workers are expected to take part across California in several states. Kaiser 32 00:02:40.159 --> 00:02:45.159 has said the company has plans in place to ensure they can continue to provide 33 00:02:45.240 --> 00:02:49.879 high quality care during the three day walkout. Negotiations broke down last night. 34 00:02:49.879 --> 00:02:54.240 More than twenty three thousand of the seventy five thousand are here in the state. 35 00:02:55.080 --> 00:02:58.800 I may have lost a vote today, but as I walk out of 36 00:02:58.800 --> 00:03:01.039 this chamber, I feel four to have served the American people. The House 37 00:03:01.080 --> 00:03:06.560 is voted to remove Kevin McCarthy as speaker. The narrow vote yesterday, forced 38 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:12.039 by Florida Congressman Matt Gates, brought together a handful of hard right conservatives and 39 00:03:12.120 --> 00:03:16.400 Democrats who say McCarthy is not worthy of leadership. He was removed for working 40 00:03:16.400 --> 00:03:22.039 with Democrats to avoid a government shutdown. I don't regret standing up for choosing 41 00:03:22.120 --> 00:03:29.360 government over grievance. It is my responsibility, it is my job. I 42 00:03:29.400 --> 00:03:34.759 do not regret negotiating. Our government is designed to find compromise. North Carolina 43 00:03:34.800 --> 00:03:38.199 Representative Patrick mckinry will fill the seat until a new speaker is elected. McCarthy 44 00:03:38.240 --> 00:03:43.319 said again he will not run again. The election of a new speaker is 45 00:03:43.360 --> 00:03:47.919 set for next Wednesday. Members leaving the House Republican Conference yesterday confirmed a candidate 46 00:03:47.919 --> 00:03:52.439 forum will be held on Tuesday, with the election the day after that. 47 00:03:52.800 --> 00:03:55.719 The House is going to be in recess until next week. The man charged 48 00:03:55.719 --> 00:04:00.039 with killing rapper Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas twenty seven even years ago, is 49 00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:05.400 doing court. Dwayne Davis was indicted last week. Police and prosecutors say Davis 50 00:04:05.520 --> 00:04:11.800 orchestrated the drive by killing in nineteen ninety six and provided his nephew with a 51 00:04:11.840 --> 00:04:15.840 gun to do it. Davis has publicly described his role in the killing for 52 00:04:15.960 --> 00:04:19.600 years. LAPD Chief Morse is the number of homicides in the city continues to 53 00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:24.639 drop, but the chief says property crime continues to climb. Those other types 54 00:04:24.920 --> 00:04:29.319 and thefts account for a fourteen point four percent increase this year verse last, 55 00:04:29.480 --> 00:04:32.560 which is twelve hundred additional crimes, and this is an area where our focus 56 00:04:32.680 --> 00:04:36.279 continues to be working with organized retailer. More told the Police Commission yesterday. 57 00:04:36.319 --> 00:04:40.360 Homicides are at two hundred thirty seven so far this year. That's down from 58 00:04:40.360 --> 00:04:44.040 three eleven this time last year. Moore said, that despite a drop in 59 00:04:44.079 --> 00:04:47.639 homicides, the number of crimes involving a gun continues to go up. Steve 60 00:04:47.680 --> 00:04:53.800 gregorkaf I News. Federal authorities have started removing hazardous materials for the burn areas 61 00:04:53.800 --> 00:04:57.839 on Maui. The Army Corps of Engineers is working with local officials who develop 62 00:04:57.879 --> 00:05:02.120 a plan to dispose of about four hundred thousand to seven hundred thousand tons of 63 00:05:02.160 --> 00:05:06.399 debris on the island. The fire that burned Lahinah in August killed at least 64 00:05:06.480 --> 00:05:12.160 ninety seven people and destroyed more than two thousand homes and other buildings. Let's 65 00:05:12.199 --> 00:05:15.519 take a first look at the roadways, Nick polio'keni, we got a crash 66 00:05:15.519 --> 00:05:18.279 in Pomona on the ten hundred. Yeah, already looking pretty muy amy on 67 00:05:18.319 --> 00:05:21.360 the westbound side of Folks are making their way right around fair Plex. It 68 00:05:21.560 --> 00:05:25.480 is all lane shut down and you've gotta well, it looks like a crash 69 00:05:25.519 --> 00:05:28.519 investigation underway for the drive right now, So westbound ten you're not gonna be 70 00:05:28.560 --> 00:05:30.680 able to get through. As you make gay towards the fifty seven away from 71 00:05:30.680 --> 00:05:32.279 the Pomona Fairplex area, checking in with CHP, looks like, yeah, 72 00:05:32.319 --> 00:05:35.519 all lanes are still shut down. Seeing a busy one four years to come 73 00:05:35.560 --> 00:05:39.360 away from White Planet ahead for the two ten or the sixty west as your 74 00:05:39.360 --> 00:05:42.319 alternates. Both of those so far so good for your morning drive coming off 75 00:05:42.360 --> 00:05:45.800 the fifteen, as yeah, the fifteen as you make your way toward the 76 00:05:45.839 --> 00:05:47.680 fifty seven, but with the exception of a little bit of slong already for 77 00:05:47.720 --> 00:05:50.360 you threw on terry on the westbound sixty and as you're coming away from the 78 00:05:50.399 --> 00:05:54.959 fifteen toward about Archibald, also still seeing those delays that have been happening as 79 00:05:55.000 --> 00:05:58.399 of late along the transition road of the fifteen southbound actually make gad toward the 80 00:05:58.600 --> 00:06:00.920 sixty west westbound nine you wonder overside to Corona going to be stretches of slowing 81 00:06:00.920 --> 00:06:03.240 for your drive from Tyler as you make your way beyond the fifteen and the 82 00:06:03.240 --> 00:06:05.839 seventy one towards the two forty one toll road. Patrick Delaza, We're all 83 00:06:05.879 --> 00:06:09.319 nothing too crazy right home about but definitely heads up for your drive in the 84 00:06:09.319 --> 00:06:13.000 fifteen northbound to the Tabasco Valley area of Corona from Tobasco Canyon, still going 85 00:06:13.040 --> 00:06:15.839 toward Dos Lagos or why Rick okay, I find this Guy Holmes gets you 86 00:06:15.879 --> 00:06:18.839 there faster. I'm Nick Cole o'keeney. Thanks Nick. It is five six 87 00:06:19.000 --> 00:06:24.000 on your wake up call. Let's say good morning now to ABC Law Enforcement 88 00:06:24.040 --> 00:06:29.639 reporter Luke Barr. Luke, there's been another mass shooting at another college campus, 89 00:06:29.639 --> 00:06:33.279 this one at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. What is the 90 00:06:33.279 --> 00:06:39.560 current situation. Yeah, So what we know right now is that at about 91 00:06:39.680 --> 00:06:44.560 nine twenty five last night, Morgan State University police were on patrol. I 92 00:06:44.720 --> 00:06:49.560 heard gunfire. Within minutes, police officers from the Baltimore Police Department responding to 93 00:06:49.639 --> 00:06:55.399 a report of multiple victims being shot. It turned out that four males and 94 00:06:55.480 --> 00:07:00.759 one female was shot. They're all in non life threat in condition, and 95 00:07:01.240 --> 00:07:06.240 as of now, police told this last night that they have not located any 96 00:07:06.240 --> 00:07:13.120 shooter and they're still actively investigating this shooting. So they don't know who the 97 00:07:13.519 --> 00:07:16.680 shooter is at this point, or they're not saying correct, correct, They 98 00:07:16.720 --> 00:07:20.319 don't either. They don't know, they're not saying. But all the answers 99 00:07:20.319 --> 00:07:27.480 we've heard last night just into the one am Eastern hour was that still an 100 00:07:27.480 --> 00:07:32.759 acting investigation and that they're still looking for whomever sort of carried out these these 101 00:07:33.199 --> 00:07:36.319 shootings. Okay, so for the people who are on campus, because it 102 00:07:36.360 --> 00:07:41.000 happened on campus, correct, Okay, so for them, yeah it happened, 103 00:07:41.560 --> 00:07:45.759 yeah, go ahead, yeah, no, No, it happened in 104 00:07:45.399 --> 00:07:50.879 a sort of hall on campus just after there was an on campus event, 105 00:07:51.480 --> 00:07:56.680 uh, sort of in a nearby building. And there's also the president of 106 00:07:56.680 --> 00:08:01.759 Morgan State University said it's homecoming weekend this weekend, and so it's the third 107 00:08:01.800 --> 00:08:05.920 weekend in a row at Morgan, at Morgan State University. So you know 108 00:08:07.000 --> 00:08:09.439 last year, the year before that, now this year where shooting has taken 109 00:08:09.480 --> 00:08:15.759 place on or near the campus during homecoming weekend, I would think that they 110 00:08:15.759 --> 00:08:18.279 would be canceling homecoming at this point. So are there were there reports of 111 00:08:18.319 --> 00:08:22.920 any fights or anything before the shooting? No, they weren't. And and 112 00:08:22.920 --> 00:08:28.279 and that's so you know, what's so peculiar about a lot of these on 113 00:08:28.360 --> 00:08:33.080 campus shootings is that, you know, police have to work backwards and interview 114 00:08:33.159 --> 00:08:37.919 sort of everybody who you know was in the vicinity, which you know sometimes 115 00:08:37.919 --> 00:08:43.519 can be hundreds of kids, and and then sort of figure out what precipitated, 116 00:08:43.559 --> 00:08:48.799 what action precipitated If there was one you know what, what action precipitated 117 00:08:48.840 --> 00:08:54.879 the actual shooting on campus? Uh, and sort of go from there. 118 00:08:54.919 --> 00:08:58.320 But you know, as of right now, the authorities just aren't saying, 119 00:08:58.919 --> 00:09:03.600 uh, you know what what actually transpired before shooting took place. Yeah, 120 00:09:03.639 --> 00:09:07.639 and then at last night I saw on some of the news reports they were 121 00:09:07.639 --> 00:09:11.960 showing video that there was a broken out window up like on the sixth floor 122 00:09:13.240 --> 00:09:16.320 of one of the buildings, and they were they had people up there searching 123 00:09:16.320 --> 00:09:18.759 it, and that just was scary because it was reminiscent, you know, 124 00:09:18.759 --> 00:09:24.559 of that Las Vegas shooting where somebody was up just picking people off from the 125 00:09:24.600 --> 00:09:28.000 hotel or the casino hotel window. Luckily that didn't appear to be the case. 126 00:09:28.080 --> 00:09:33.000 But for the people who are on campus, are they just sheltering in 127 00:09:33.039 --> 00:09:39.000 place or have they evacuated campus or what are they doing? So right now, 128 00:09:39.399 --> 00:09:41.480 you know, shortly after the shooting took place, you know, when 129 00:09:41.519 --> 00:09:46.039 the press conference was going on, authorities lifted the sheltering place, they lifted 130 00:09:46.039 --> 00:09:50.919 the lockdown, and you know, during the press conference they were actually asked, 131 00:09:50.919 --> 00:09:54.120 hey, you know, why were you why'd you lift the lockdown, 132 00:09:54.399 --> 00:09:58.159 and they said it they felt it was safe at this point that you know, 133 00:09:58.200 --> 00:10:01.960 the situation was not an active situation at that point, so it allows 134 00:10:03.000 --> 00:10:07.559 for students and you know, others to sort of freely move about. And 135 00:10:07.720 --> 00:10:11.679 they also sort of established a safe stone where parents could go, a concerned 136 00:10:11.679 --> 00:10:16.960 parents could go. And so yeah, I'm sure that was a sigh of 137 00:10:16.960 --> 00:10:20.399 relief for parents when that last lockdown was lifted. They could sort of reunite 138 00:10:20.440 --> 00:10:24.720 with their you know, their child. And you know, I saw a 139 00:10:26.320 --> 00:10:30.759 first hand account from our our affiliate and and they had said that you know, 140 00:10:30.919 --> 00:10:33.399 one of the parents that was actually at that on campus event, so 141 00:10:33.519 --> 00:10:37.080 that he wasn't going to leave until he had laid eyes on his daughter. 142 00:10:37.639 --> 00:10:41.879 Uh and uh, you know eventually that happened once the lockdown was lifted. 143 00:10:41.919 --> 00:10:46.720 But certainly a scary situation in Baltimore. Yeah, especially because they don't have 144 00:10:46.919 --> 00:10:50.399 the guy. They don't know where he is, and they're not telling people 145 00:10:50.120 --> 00:10:54.559 to shelter in place still, so he could still be just kind of lying 146 00:10:54.559 --> 00:10:56.240 in wait. That's kind of freaky. Hopefully that's not the case. Luke 147 00:10:56.279 --> 00:10:58.720 bar thank you so much for your time and insket this morning. I appreciated 148 00:10:58.720 --> 00:11:03.039 a time. Thanks. All right, let's get back to some of the 149 00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:05.720 stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. People in Westchester say 150 00:11:05.879 --> 00:11:11.600 LA's plans to up zone in neighborhoods haven't been carefully considered. One neighbor, 151 00:11:11.720 --> 00:11:16.200 Josley Delia, says the city made plans to build high rise apartments near homes 152 00:11:16.240 --> 00:11:20.399 without including some of the community's most vulnerable members. These are the folks that 153 00:11:20.480 --> 00:11:24.720 this plan is going to impact the most, and no one had a place 154 00:11:24.840 --> 00:11:31.080 at the table who were actual homeowners, residents, seniors. The city plans 155 00:11:31.120 --> 00:11:35.320 to add about two hundred and fifty five thousand units across LA, with several 156 00:11:35.440 --> 00:11:41.600 multifamily units being proposed in Westchester. Councilwoman Tracy Park said yesterday she is committed 157 00:11:41.720 --> 00:11:46.600 to listening to public concerns. Merchants on historic Alva Streets say the areas surrounding 158 00:11:46.600 --> 00:11:52.120 the market is riddled with homeless people and rats. Vendors have captured multiple videos 159 00:11:52.120 --> 00:11:56.279 of the homeless drugged up, fully naked, and sometimes defecating on the sidewalk. 160 00:11:56.720 --> 00:12:01.840 Edward Flordes is a fourth generation business son Ronald Vera Street, who says 161 00:12:01.840 --> 00:12:05.879 the city only cares about politics and so it's really unfortunate. That it gets 162 00:12:05.879 --> 00:12:11.159 so nasty, sometimes are sticky, and it just the ugly. At least 163 00:12:11.200 --> 00:12:15.639 the public doesn't get to see. Councilman Da Leon's office said yesterday. The 164 00:12:15.679 --> 00:12:20.039 councilman introduced a motion last month to try to create more housing in the downtown 165 00:12:20.159 --> 00:12:26.039 LA area. Chris Adler k FI News, the judge in New York hearing 166 00:12:26.080 --> 00:12:31.039 the civil fraud case against former President Trump has imposed a limited gag order because 167 00:12:31.039 --> 00:12:33.879 Trump disparaged a court staff or. Aaron Katurski says the order came with a 168 00:12:33.919 --> 00:12:37.840 stern warning to the former president, telling him personal attacks on members of my 169 00:12:37.960 --> 00:12:46.159 court staff are unacceptable and inappropriate. Trump deleted the disparaging post yesterday after the 170 00:12:46.240 --> 00:12:50.519 judge called him and all of the lawyers into a closed door session. Saudi 171 00:12:50.519 --> 00:12:54.679 Arabia says it's going to maintain a production cut of a million barrels of oil 172 00:12:54.720 --> 00:13:00.279 a day through the end of the year. Production cuts, first and bounced 173 00:13:00.320 --> 00:13:03.879 by Saudi Arabia and Russia in July have driven up prices by a lot. 174 00:13:03.919 --> 00:13:07.799 Here in California, oil is hovering around ninety dollars a barrel. The Saudi 175 00:13:07.960 --> 00:13:15.360 Energy Ministry says the Kingdom will review the production cut again in November. Pope 176 00:13:15.360 --> 00:13:18.480 Francis has opened a big meeting at the Vatican on the future of the Catholic 177 00:13:18.559 --> 00:13:20.200 Church. He says the church is in need of repair to make it a 178 00:13:20.240 --> 00:13:24.879 place of welcome for everyone. He says the church should not be a rigid 179 00:13:26.000 --> 00:13:31.240 barricade driven by fears and ideology. ABC's and as Dela Kotera says, on 180 00:13:31.279 --> 00:13:35.440 Monday, Pope Francis suggested there could be ways to bless same sex unions, 181 00:13:35.559 --> 00:13:37.720 which he says would have to be decided on a case by case basis and 182 00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:43.080 should not be confused with sacramental marriage for heterosexuals. Francis presided over a mass 183 00:13:43.200 --> 00:13:50.000 in Saint Peter's Square this morning to formally open the meeting. Seattle Seahawks head 184 00:13:50.039 --> 00:13:54.600 coach Pete Carroll is called for a ban on the hip drop tackle. The 185 00:13:54.720 --> 00:13:58.120 hip drop tackle following the takedown of starting quarterback Jino Smith on Monday night. 186 00:13:58.200 --> 00:14:03.159 The move is when a players full body weight falls on the player being tackled. 187 00:14:03.279 --> 00:14:05.840 Carol says it's dangerous, it has no place in football. New York 188 00:14:05.879 --> 00:14:09.639 Giants linebacker Isaiah Simmons, who was responsible for the hit on Smith, says 189 00:14:11.559 --> 00:14:15.039 it's part of the game. Part of the game if you just want a 190 00:14:15.080 --> 00:14:20.600 two billion dollars jackpot, is spending money, and that's what Edwin Castro appears 191 00:14:20.639 --> 00:14:26.039 to be doing. So you'll remember that the guy from southern California who lives 192 00:14:26.440 --> 00:14:33.399 or lived in Altadena one the two point zero four billion dollars Jack Pott for 193 00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:39.080 Powerball in November of last year. He took the cash option, which is 194 00:14:39.559 --> 00:14:45.480 nine hundred ninety seven point six million dollars. Not a bad haul, And 195 00:14:45.559 --> 00:14:48.320 since then he's been criticized by some for the way he's spending money. But 196 00:14:48.399 --> 00:14:52.320 I'm like, you got a billion dollars in cash, mant however you want. 197 00:14:52.360 --> 00:14:56.559 He started by buying a twenty five and a half million dollars home in 198 00:14:56.600 --> 00:15:01.159 the Hollywood Hills. He then bought a four million dollars Mpanese inspired house in 199 00:15:01.240 --> 00:15:03.919 Altadena, which was his hometown and not far from the mobile gas station where 200 00:15:03.919 --> 00:15:09.360 he about the ticket. But now he has purchased a forty seven million dollar 201 00:15:09.480 --> 00:15:16.919 mega mansion in la It has eleven bathrooms, seven bedrooms, a coy pond, 202 00:15:16.519 --> 00:15:20.600 an infinity pool. It has a panoramic view of the entire city of 203 00:15:20.799 --> 00:15:24.600 La It has DJ turntables, one of those built into the walls or something, 204 00:15:24.960 --> 00:15:30.799 a champagne room, which every good millionaire needs, a glass walkway, 205 00:15:30.879 --> 00:15:35.639 a wine cellar, and a home theater. The bedrooms all have walking closets, 206 00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:41.159 oversized tubs, and relaxing sitting areas. Real estate is never a bad 207 00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:43.960 investment, though, so he's not making all bad choices. About seventy five 208 00:15:45.000 --> 00:15:48.480 thousand Kaiser employees nationwide are expected to walk off the job and hold a three 209 00:15:48.559 --> 00:15:54.639 day strike after contract negotiations broke down last night. Doctors and nurses aren't expected 210 00:15:54.679 --> 00:15:58.559 to take part in the strike, but nursing assistants and pharmacists and several other 211 00:15:58.639 --> 00:16:03.039 groups are. Actors in Hollywood studios sit down for more negotiations today in an 212 00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:06.919 effort to end the two and a half month long actors strike. They met 213 00:16:06.960 --> 00:16:11.519 four first time since the strikes started on Monday. The International Space Station is 214 00:16:11.559 --> 00:16:15.639 going to be visible in the skies above southern California, Nasi says Tomorrow and 215 00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:18.799 Friday nights, look about ten degrees above the horizon. The space station will 216 00:16:18.799 --> 00:16:23.399 look like a shiny ball bearing moving across the night sky. I remember I've 217 00:16:23.399 --> 00:16:26.200 seen it before. It's kind of cool to watch. At six oh five's 218 00:16:26.200 --> 00:16:30.759 handle on the news. What's next for the US House now that Kevin McCarthy 219 00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:33.519 has been removed as speaker. Bill's going to dive into that. Right now, 220 00:16:33.960 --> 00:16:38.159 let's dive into tech talk. It's the host of Rich on Tech on 221 00:16:38.279 --> 00:16:42.759 KFI and KTLA's tech reporter. It's Rich Demiro. Good morning, Rich, 222 00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:49.000 Hey, good morning to Amy. Happy test message day from FEMA. I 223 00:16:49.240 --> 00:16:53.879 know happening at eleven twenty. What's going on with that? Well, you 224 00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:57.480 know, they test this system every couple of years, and they're going to 225 00:16:57.519 --> 00:17:03.079 send a message to all of our smartphones and TVs and radios apparently starting at 226 00:17:03.160 --> 00:17:07.599 eleven twenty. Like you said, the time is going to span for thirty 227 00:17:07.640 --> 00:17:10.400 minutes. You're not going to get a whole bunch of messages, but in 228 00:17:10.519 --> 00:17:12.559 that thirty minutes that's when you may receive it. So you may not get 229 00:17:12.599 --> 00:17:17.160 it right it. You know, eleven twenty, if your phone is on, 230 00:17:17.440 --> 00:17:18.720 even if you have it on silent, you're going to hear this thing. 231 00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:22.759 Because you cannot turn off these messages, you cannot block them, and 232 00:17:23.079 --> 00:17:26.480 basically the only way to not get it is to turn your phone off. 233 00:17:26.599 --> 00:17:30.720 During that time. But I have a feeling even if you turn your phone 234 00:17:30.720 --> 00:17:32.799 off, when you turn it back on, you may still receive it, 235 00:17:33.640 --> 00:17:36.960 so you'll get it late. I don't know. This is a test. 236 00:17:37.559 --> 00:17:40.720 This is only a test, and it's it's good that they do this, 237 00:17:40.839 --> 00:17:42.079 and it's it's interesting too that they said that they were going to do it 238 00:17:42.680 --> 00:17:45.160 on television. But it used to be that it would run like on the 239 00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:48.759 broadcast stations, but now they're putting it out over the satellites and the streaming 240 00:17:48.799 --> 00:17:52.400 and everything. Yeah, which you know, look, I think that's actually 241 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:56.440 really smart because yes, we grew up as kids you saw these alerts. 242 00:17:56.440 --> 00:18:00.960 I mean it felt like they did them every week versus one every three years. 243 00:18:00.440 --> 00:18:03.960 But now we've got Netflix, now we've got streaming, and so we 244 00:18:04.079 --> 00:18:08.240 need a way to get a hold of people nationwide if there is something of 245 00:18:08.799 --> 00:18:12.359 urgency, and this is the test to do that. But I will tell 246 00:18:12.400 --> 00:18:17.880 you, Amy, if you saw the comments on my Facebook page, Oh 247 00:18:18.119 --> 00:18:22.839 my gosh, the conspiracy theories are flying hot and fast this morning. I've 248 00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:26.000 never seen a post go so viral, and all I do is post that 249 00:18:26.079 --> 00:18:27.720 this is happening, and people are going nuts. Okay, so what are 250 00:18:27.720 --> 00:18:30.880 the conspiracy theories that we have an alien invasion coming so we're getting ready for 251 00:18:30.920 --> 00:18:37.519 it. Yep, that's one of them. It's activating the whatever they injected 252 00:18:37.599 --> 00:18:41.359 us for the COVID vaccines. This is now the signal that activates whatever they 253 00:18:41.480 --> 00:18:45.759 put in us. I mean, is it is really wild? I just 254 00:18:45.039 --> 00:18:48.960 I'm just I can't get through these, you know, six thousand shares I'm 255 00:18:49.000 --> 00:18:52.559 seeing on this thing and reading all the comments. It's pretty wild. Okay, 256 00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:56.599 Well, if everybody starts walking around like zombies at eleven thirty, we'll 257 00:18:56.640 --> 00:19:00.519 know that they actually were injecting things into us. Yeah. Well, you 258 00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:03.720 know, people are zombies anyway. Have you seen them on their phones? 259 00:19:03.799 --> 00:19:06.559 They look at their phone, They almost fall into like anything that's in front 260 00:19:06.559 --> 00:19:08.079 of them. They don't even notice. We're already zombies. I know. 261 00:19:08.519 --> 00:19:12.079 You know. I was driving through downtown and lay somewhere last week and a 262 00:19:12.200 --> 00:19:17.000 guy walked out into the street, was crossing in a sidewalk, and about 263 00:19:17.079 --> 00:19:21.720 halfway through started looking down at his phone. I'm like, there's cars all 264 00:19:21.799 --> 00:19:25.279 around you. What are you doing. I mean, like people are just 265 00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:30.160 inviting problems. Survival of the fittest, Yeah, right, right right. 266 00:19:30.400 --> 00:19:33.720 Hey, you mentioned next Netflix a little bit ago, and I mentioned right 267 00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:37.759 before that that the striking actors are going to be talking again today. But 268 00:19:38.240 --> 00:19:44.480 how is Netflix and the actors strike tied to higher prices? Well, according 269 00:19:44.640 --> 00:19:48.599 to the Wall Street Journal, they have sources that say as soon as this 270 00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:52.519 strike is over, Netflix is going to increase prices because people are getting back 271 00:19:52.559 --> 00:19:56.519 to work. All these streaming services want to make money. Prices have been 272 00:19:56.640 --> 00:20:00.319 raised about twenty five percent in the past. Your Netflix was not one of 273 00:20:00.400 --> 00:20:03.319 those, although I don't know if you remember this. They got rid of 274 00:20:03.400 --> 00:20:07.920 their lowest priced plan that had no ads, which was ten bucks a month. 275 00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:11.599 They forced people to either jump to the fifteen dollars a month plan or 276 00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:15.559 fall back to the seven dollars a month plan that has ads. So Netflix, 277 00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:18.279 like all these other companies, I say, the free ride is over. 278 00:20:18.400 --> 00:20:22.240 They have all been raising prices. Amazon now going to charge three dollars 279 00:20:22.359 --> 00:20:26.200 extra a month for Prime Video if you don't want ads there. And then 280 00:20:26.279 --> 00:20:30.359 Warner Brothers Discovery announced that they're raising the price of Discovery Plus, which I'm 281 00:20:30.359 --> 00:20:33.799 not sure if anyone in the world subscribes to, but if they do, 282 00:20:33.440 --> 00:20:37.079 that's going from six ninety nine a month to eight ninety nine a month. 283 00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:37.960 Well, I'm going to check in. If I do, I'm going to 284 00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:42.319 stop. Yeah, you know what, I'll tell you this Amy, I 285 00:20:42.640 --> 00:20:47.720 canceled my Disney subscriptions. They raised the price by five bucks, and I'm 286 00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:52.799 not kidding. The backlash I'm getting in the demureau household is real, and 287 00:20:55.039 --> 00:20:56.640 all I want to do here's my plan. All I want to do is 288 00:20:56.720 --> 00:21:00.200 hold off for one month because that saves me twenty five dollars over the whole 289 00:21:00.279 --> 00:21:03.279 year, and then I will resubscribe because I feel like that's a hack. 290 00:21:03.799 --> 00:21:07.119 You say, twenty five dollars a year just by getting rid of it for 291 00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:10.160 a month, Well, you totally can. Because for the streaming, if 292 00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:12.039 you want to binge like Asoka, but which I'm finding out, I don't 293 00:21:12.079 --> 00:21:15.319 know why you want to, but if you want to do that, just 294 00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:19.480 wait until the whole series is out and then restart your subscription and watch it 295 00:21:19.519 --> 00:21:23.759 all exactly. But my kid has a new show that apparently he wants to 296 00:21:23.839 --> 00:21:27.039 watch and he was very sad last night when he couldn't tune into it. 297 00:21:27.839 --> 00:21:33.319 Okay, so real quick, you're talking about raising prices, but Samsung is 298 00:21:33.359 --> 00:21:37.079 doing something to lower prices. Yes, they're coming back out with a lineup 299 00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:41.920 they called the SE the Fan Edition. I love this because now they have 300 00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:45.000 their top of the line devices but at a much lower price. You can 301 00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:49.359 get the S twenty three Fan Edition starting at six hundred dollars versus like twelve 302 00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:53.160 hundred for the real top of the line as twenty three Ultra. They've got 303 00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:57.279 new earbuds called the buds SE. Those are one hundred dollars and they have 304 00:21:57.480 --> 00:22:02.200 up to eight and a half hours of playback on a single charge. And 305 00:22:02.279 --> 00:22:03.480 I will tell you when I was on the plane yesterday, I never had 306 00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:07.640 a problem with my earbud. It's like not lasting, And yesterday it was 307 00:22:07.680 --> 00:22:10.240 the first time they went dead in the middle of the flight and I had 308 00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:12.759 to recharge them. So I guess I've been listening to them longer. But 309 00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:18.119 anyway, this is Samsung's attempt to, you know, please everyone, because 310 00:22:18.160 --> 00:22:22.480 they've got the real high end stuff and now they've got this isn't low end. 311 00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:26.240 These are really good specs on stuff that does not cost as much money. 312 00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:29.720 And by the way, Samsung stuff is typically discounted, so even though 313 00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:32.359 these phones start at six hundred dollars will probably be able to get up for 314 00:22:32.400 --> 00:22:36.440 closer to four fifty or five hundreds. The android crowd's got to be excited. 315 00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:40.319 I think so. And by the way, Android crowd today, I'm 316 00:22:40.359 --> 00:22:44.559 in New York City for Google is launching their new Pixel phones today. So 317 00:22:44.720 --> 00:22:48.599 that is very exciting if you're a Google Pixel fan, because they do a 318 00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:51.519 lot of stuff with AI and it's always kind of fun to see what Google 319 00:22:51.640 --> 00:22:53.680 cooks up. Okay, so you'll have to tell us about that next week, 320 00:22:56.079 --> 00:23:02.240 all I will. People, I love it too, all right, 321 00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:04.880 well, have fun in the Big Apple. That's the KTLA tech reporter Rich 322 00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:07.039 Demiro, Thank you so much for your time. He is, of course 323 00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:11.960 the host of rich on Tech right here on KFI Saturdays from eleven to two. 324 00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:15.599 I would imagine you'll be talking about the new Pixel phones on Saturday. 325 00:23:15.880 --> 00:23:21.720 You can also follow Rich absolutely. You can follow Rich on Instagram at rich 326 00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:26.079 on Tech. His website is rich on Tech dot TV. The US House 327 00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:30.000 is without a speaker now that Kevin McCarthy's been voted out on a two sixteen 328 00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:34.640 to two ten vote. McCarthy said after he was removed he will not try 329 00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:38.599 to get the gavel back. We're gonna be talking more about this with ABC's 330 00:23:38.759 --> 00:23:42.319 Stephen Portnoy in just about fifteen minutes. To stick around for that. The 331 00:23:42.359 --> 00:23:48.559 Biden administration is forgiving another nine billion dollars in student debts. One hundred twenty 332 00:23:48.559 --> 00:23:52.160 five thousand borrowers who've been making payments for more than twenty years will have their 333 00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:56.279 debt forgiven, along with people who've worked in a government or nonprofit job for 334 00:23:56.359 --> 00:24:00.319 more than ten years. Three scientists based in the US have won the Nobel 335 00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:04.799 Prize for chemistry. It's for their work on quantum dots that release bright colored 336 00:24:04.880 --> 00:24:10.519 lights. They're used in everything from TV screens to LED lamps to medical imaging 337 00:24:10.599 --> 00:24:14.680 that can light up tumors. At six oh five, it is handle on 338 00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:18.079 the news, guys, are workers are walking out? Bill's going to tell 339 00:24:18.119 --> 00:24:33.960 you the latest on the largest healthcare workers strike in US history. What am 340 00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:38.480 I on? I'm on streaming shows, movies, documentaries. Sometimes TV shows 341 00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:42.400 might want to talk about Survivor, but not today. Today, I want 342 00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:49.640 to talk about a documentary put out by Sean Penn. So Sean Penn sents 343 00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:57.440 out to make a lighthearted movie about the comedian turn president Volodimir Zelenski, but 344 00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:04.480 ends up with front row seat to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The documentary is 345 00:25:04.599 --> 00:25:11.000 called Superpower and Love Him or Hate Him, because I know there's a lot 346 00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:17.440 of strong feelings both ways about Sean Penn. This is a really really interesting 347 00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:22.440 watch and it's a far cry from Jeff Spicoli, let me tell you so. 348 00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:25.720 But he literally goes over to Ukraine and he's like, oh, that's 349 00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:29.559 really cool. Like Zelenski gets it. He was a comedian and an actor 350 00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:33.880 and he was in a show about how an actor or about how this guy 351 00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:37.200 became a president, Like he did a TV show about it, and then 352 00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:41.359 he actually does it in real life, and he thought that would be really 353 00:25:41.400 --> 00:25:47.519 interesting. So he goes over there and as he just ends up there at 354 00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:51.640 the time when Russia is ramping up for its invasion, he ended up going 355 00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:56.160 to Ukraine like seven times. He was there on the day that Russia invaded, 356 00:25:56.799 --> 00:26:00.680 and he still went back to Ukraine after that, and it was super 357 00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:04.559 super interesting hearing like his insights how he was seeing it. He talked to 358 00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:08.880 a lot of people who didn't support Zelensky, like at the start of the 359 00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:14.119 invasion, they were like he's a comedian's you know, he's like a figurehead 360 00:26:14.119 --> 00:26:15.359 president. There's no way we don't support him. And there was a lot 361 00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:19.400 of our language. And then he went back and talked to them again later 362 00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:22.920 and it was sort of interesting to see how, you know, a year 363 00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:29.319 and a half later, they've changed. So they say that Sean Penn says 364 00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:33.319 that Zelenski did this for his country, he did it for the children, 365 00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:36.960 he did it for our children. He's really passionate about it. After meeting 366 00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:38.960 Zelenski, he actually, like I said, met Zelenski on the day that 367 00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:44.599 Russia invaded, and Zelenski said at that time, you know, it's really 368 00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:48.960 important for people to see this and to hear the people of Ukraine and to 369 00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:52.920 see what's happening. What I thought was really weird about it is that this 370 00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:57.359 just came out like a couple of weeks ago, and the war has now 371 00:26:57.440 --> 00:27:03.839 been going on for year and eight months. And he did show the strength 372 00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:07.839 of the people, their unity, their courage, their will to win. 373 00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:11.079 They're like, how are the Ukrainians so strong? But boy are they they 374 00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:15.880 are, and they're holding that strength and it's really like something that we've lost 375 00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:18.680 in the US, like they're they're willing to fight for their country, and 376 00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:19.359 I think a lot of people in the US are like, oh, I 377 00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:25.640 hope everything goes okay. So it's it's a really interesting perspective. I think 378 00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:29.440 that if you have any inkling, you should watch it, because we don't 379 00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:33.319 see what's happening in Ukraine every day. We hear about it sporadically. It's 380 00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:36.240 not in the news cycle right now, so but for the people of Ukraine, 381 00:27:36.319 --> 00:27:38.400 it's their reality. It's what they're living every day. And as I 382 00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:42.000 mentioned, it's been going on for a year and eight months. I wish 383 00:27:42.359 --> 00:27:48.119 that Sean would have hurried this up and maybe started it a year ago. 384 00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:52.960 It just seems like there was a sense of urgency then, not so much 385 00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:56.880 now. But maybe it's a good reminder, and so I definitely recommend that 386 00:27:56.920 --> 00:28:03.480 you watch this. It's called Superpower. It's on Amazon Prime, and it's 387 00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:07.559 really a riveting couple of hours to watch and see what's going on inside the 388 00:28:07.599 --> 00:28:11.279 borders of Ukraine. Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of 389 00:28:11.319 --> 00:28:17.079 the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. About twenty three thousand Kaiser Permanente employees in 390 00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:21.079 southern California are planning to walk off the job today. The expected three day 391 00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:26.839 strike would involve more than seventy five thousand employees nationwide. Workers walking include nursing 392 00:28:26.880 --> 00:28:32.359 assistants, eer techs, respiratory therapists, dietary workers, home health aids, 393 00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:36.200 and more. The employees have been without a contract since Saturday. Kaiser is 394 00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:40.359 saying they're going to make sure that people who are under their care are still 395 00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:45.079 getting good care and doctors and nurses are not expected to be involved in the 396 00:28:45.119 --> 00:28:48.759 strike. Sag After and the major studios are set to meet again to talk 397 00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:53.039 about ending the actors strike that started in July. Sag Afters demands include general 398 00:28:53.119 --> 00:28:59.640 wage increases, protections against the use of actor images through artificial intelligence, higher 399 00:28:59.680 --> 00:29:04.319 company station for successful streaming programs, and better health and retirement benefits. Immigrant 400 00:29:04.400 --> 00:29:07.960 rights groups have gathered in downtown LA to push for a pair of bills aimed 401 00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:12.480 at helping illegal immigrants. They say they want Governor Newsom to sign two bills, 402 00:29:12.599 --> 00:29:17.119 one that would give cash to undocumented senior citizens and the disabled. The 403 00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:22.400 other would allow undocumented high school students free access to Dreamer resources on college campuses. 404 00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:26.680 Is well Mental, she arrived in this country as a young person, 405 00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:29.839 as many persons did, as she thinks that they that all of our folks 406 00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:33.480 deserve, that they all deserved to age with dignity. Yesterday, one group 407 00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:37.119 rallied in front of the State Building in downtown LA. Another group marched and 408 00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:41.680 rallied at the State Capitol. Steve Gregory king if I knew. At least 409 00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:45.400 five people have been hurt in a shooting during a homecoming event at Morgan State 410 00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:49.440 University in Baltimore, Maryland. University police were on patrol, they heard discharge 411 00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:56.240 and responded to the scene. Located multiple victims within seconds or minutes. Our 412 00:29:56.319 --> 00:30:02.279 BPD fire and police resources were on scene. Commissioner Richard Worley said yesterday the 413 00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:07.119 injured are four men and a woman between the ages of eighteen and twenty two. 414 00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:11.559 Classes have been canceled today and an emergency meeting it's being held to decide 415 00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:17.200 whether to hold other Homecoming week events. Speaking of events, you heard me 416 00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:21.200 say it's a National Taco Day. And usually when they have National Taco Days, 417 00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:22.519 like they just had National Coffee Day and a lot of places had free 418 00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:29.079 coffee. Well, National Taco Day means free or discounted Tacos Del Taco is 419 00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:36.400 doing talk. Can't even say it, taco Nope. Yeah, Taco Berfest. 420 00:30:37.839 --> 00:30:41.319 Okay, everybody say it with me. Taco Berfest. It's actually going 421 00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:48.160 on all month and you can get like a bundle of five steak snack tacos 422 00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:52.160 for three bucks on Wednesday. That's starting today, but they have different deals 423 00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:56.319 going on all month. Elpoil Loco. If you buy any two tacos today, 424 00:30:56.359 --> 00:31:00.480 you get an extra taco free El Trito. If you want to sit 425 00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:06.279 down and have a nice meal, they have free free street taco trio plate 426 00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:11.720 if you buy an entree. Taco Bell is bringing back their Taco Lover's Pass, 427 00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:18.240 so you can get for ten bucks a taco a day from a choice 428 00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:22.799 of eight different tacos for thirty consecutive days. That's a lot of tacos. 429 00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:29.640 But happy National Taco Day. Right now, let's say good morning to ABC's 430 00:31:29.880 --> 00:31:33.160 Steven Portnoys. Stephen. Eight Republicans took the speakership away from Kevin McCarthy, 431 00:31:34.160 --> 00:31:37.960 and we've never seen it before in American history, a successful vote on the 432 00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:41.279 floor of the House to alista sitting speaker. It happened yesterday, and what 433 00:31:41.400 --> 00:31:44.480 a solemn moment. It was that all the members of the House, voting 434 00:31:44.559 --> 00:31:48.119 from their chairs, the final tally being read, the Speaker pro temporaree designated 435 00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:53.400 by McCarthy to succeed him, taking the Speaker's rostrum and slamming the gavel so 436 00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:57.400 hard it looked like he was going to break it. The House Republican Conference 437 00:31:57.519 --> 00:32:01.119 is now devolved and is decamped. There's no more business that will be done 438 00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:06.319 for the rest of the week. As members of Congress who now want to 439 00:32:06.359 --> 00:32:09.640 put their their names forward to be the next speaker start putting out feelers. 440 00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:14.799 We understand Steve Scalise, the current House Majarity Leader, is one of them. 441 00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:20.160 It's also been suggested that maybe Jim Jordan, the House Judiciary Chair, 442 00:32:21.079 --> 00:32:25.119 is also indicating that he would not turn down the opportunity to be the next 443 00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:31.119 speaker. Kevin Hearn, who leads the Republican Study Committee, is right, 444 00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:36.279 and most most Americans haven't, and so there are a couple of others who 445 00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:40.119 may wind up being floated. But this next week, in a vacuum of 446 00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:45.119 leadership, offers an opportunity for Republicans to feel out one another as to who 447 00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:50.960 might be the next Speaker. But no matter who is chosen by the conference, 448 00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:55.160 and we expect that there'll be a vote or some sort of you know, 449 00:32:55.359 --> 00:33:00.319 decision to nominate someone by let's just say a week from today, that 450 00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:05.000 person will always have to worry about the threat of an ouster unlesser until the 451 00:33:05.119 --> 00:33:09.000 rules are changed, because Matt Gates will insist and his allies will insist on 452 00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:15.160 certain pledges from whoever the next Republican Speaker is. With respect to appropriations measures, 453 00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:22.519 he opposes additional funding for Ukraine. He expects that somehow miraculously, in 454 00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:28.319 the next few weeks, the Congress will return to the regular appropriations process of 455 00:33:28.440 --> 00:33:34.559 passing a dozen individual appropriations bills and reconciling them with a dozen appropriations bills passed 456 00:33:34.599 --> 00:33:37.720 in the Senate. And the Senate has no interest in doing that. So 457 00:33:37.400 --> 00:33:42.279 we'll see how likely it is that government shutdown happens in mid November, something 458 00:33:42.359 --> 00:33:45.839 that Kevin McCarthy worked to avoid, isn't it. So it's so bizarre that 459 00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:51.400 that small group has that much powered, sort of like on the Democratic side 460 00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:55.160 when Joe Manchin, everybody was like, oh, he's disrupting the whole everybody 461 00:33:55.400 --> 00:34:00.599 because he had that vote that was needed, where it doesn't matter if it's 462 00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:05.359 ninety five or ninety six percent, you just need the majority so that one 463 00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:08.400 or two votes become so key. Well, we live in a divided country. 464 00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:15.800 We are operating with a divided government. We have very small majorities for 465 00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:21.840 both Democrats and Republicans in the respective houses, House and Senate. And this 466 00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:27.760 is the risk in a polarized political environment, where the small faction can create 467 00:34:27.800 --> 00:34:30.719 a lot of mischief. And that's what happened yesterday in the House of Representatives. 468 00:34:30.800 --> 00:34:34.559 What is really striking is the fact that all the Democrats were unified to 469 00:34:34.599 --> 00:34:39.280 facilitate it. And already you're seeing the Republican leaders now exacting some revenge on 470 00:34:39.440 --> 00:34:45.599 Democrats. Nancy Pelosi and Denny Hoyer have been advised that they have today vacate 471 00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:49.800 the small offices that they were granted as a courtesy by Kevin McCarthy as the 472 00:34:49.880 --> 00:34:53.599 former speaker and minority leader, sorry speaker and majority leader of the Democrats in 473 00:34:53.639 --> 00:35:00.360 the House. And so that is one emblem of the anger frustration that Republican 474 00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:05.840 leaders feel toward Democrats for having this happen. Remember, they're only eight Republicans. 475 00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:08.320 They couldn't do it by themselves. They did it aligning with the Democrats 476 00:35:08.880 --> 00:35:13.920 to have this chaos happen. And the Democrats position is to say, look, 477 00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:16.159 we don't owe any allegiance to Kevin McCarthy. He said plenty of bad 478 00:35:16.239 --> 00:35:22.239 things and done a few bad things that they disagree with, and so they 479 00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:24.760 weren't going to try to save him. Yeah, was it you and I 480 00:35:24.920 --> 00:35:30.039 talking about this that we thought maybe that the Dems would kind of throw McCarthy 481 00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:34.920 a carrot since he helped keep the government open. There were a couple of 482 00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:37.800 options they could have taken. They decided not to. One of them would 483 00:35:37.800 --> 00:35:40.440 have been a voting president or not voting at all. And so in the 484 00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:44.320 end they decided to line up with Matt Gates against him. Yeah, they 485 00:35:44.360 --> 00:35:46.119 were all in for that. Okay, so we have no speaker, we 486 00:35:46.159 --> 00:35:50.800 can't do any business at all, and the Speaker pro tem he's just there 487 00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:54.639 as a ceremonial thing or doesn't have any power right now. So, because 488 00:35:54.800 --> 00:35:59.360 this has never happened before, there's no clear You don't know, but I'm 489 00:35:59.360 --> 00:36:01.440 then put it this way. The Speaker pro temporary is holding the gabble as 490 00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:05.599 a function of a rules change, right, after nine to eleven for continuity 491 00:36:05.639 --> 00:36:09.440 of government purposes. The Speaker itself is an office that exists in the Constitution, 492 00:36:09.679 --> 00:36:15.039 and it's a function of a vote of the House as a body. 493 00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:19.039 The Speaker pro temporary as a designate of a former speaker, So there'd be 494 00:36:19.079 --> 00:36:22.400 a question as to whether any action taken by the House would even be lawful. 495 00:36:22.320 --> 00:36:27.440 So the smart course, I think is the one that Patrick McHenry is 496 00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:30.119 choosing, which is to see about electing a new speaker before anything else is 497 00:36:30.159 --> 00:36:34.960 done. And does mckenry maybe want to be in the running is his name 498 00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:39.079 has not been mentioned, and it doesn't mean listen. He holds the gabble 499 00:36:39.159 --> 00:36:44.840 now on a temporary basis, and he has instructed the House to go about 500 00:36:44.880 --> 00:36:51.679 seeking a leadership choice. The thought would be if something needed to happen sooner, 501 00:36:52.079 --> 00:36:54.079 if an emergency measure needed to be adopted by the House, well that 502 00:36:54.239 --> 00:37:00.599 that could happen, perhaps with the Speaker pro temporary presiding. But you know, 503 00:37:00.760 --> 00:37:04.960 I think, I guess, I say the wisest course is for the 504 00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:07.719 House to choose a speaker. And but the problem for the House is that 505 00:37:07.840 --> 00:37:12.199 right now there is no clear choice, and this is a leadership crisis for 506 00:37:12.280 --> 00:37:15.199 the country that's playing out in real time. We've seen similar leadership crises in 507 00:37:15.199 --> 00:37:19.639 the House before. Most recently it was when well, first of all, 508 00:37:19.719 --> 00:37:22.920 when Speaker McCarthy was trying to get himself elected at the start of this year, 509 00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:25.159 we saw a pretty elaborate leadership crisis playing out in real time. But 510 00:37:25.280 --> 00:37:30.039 I remember in twenty fifteen when John Bayner suddenly resigned that you know, there 511 00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:36.880 was quite an extended saga for a few days where no one was sure who 512 00:37:36.960 --> 00:37:39.599 was going to emerge, and ultimately it was Paul Ryan, who was drafted 513 00:37:39.679 --> 00:37:44.159 by his colleagues so well, he would really wanted either right, well, 514 00:37:44.239 --> 00:37:46.920 he was reluctant, he sa he expressed reluctance. But let's see what happens 515 00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:52.480 here. Okay, it's sort of real life succession perhaps House of Cards. 516 00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:58.079 But yeah, okay, I'll go along too. Okay, And just my 517 00:37:58.199 --> 00:38:01.679 final thought too, it's I thought McCarthy's speech after he lost the gavel was 518 00:38:01.800 --> 00:38:06.880 good, and I think it played to our better angels, which doesn't happen 519 00:38:07.000 --> 00:38:08.639 very often in DC. Well, I think you know what we have to 520 00:38:08.719 --> 00:38:12.760 remember at the end of the day, as the Constitution sort of presumes that 521 00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:16.239 they'll be compromised between the two sides. It's the only way to have measures 522 00:38:16.280 --> 00:38:20.920 passed. Either clear majorities, which we don't have in the Congress, or 523 00:38:21.079 --> 00:38:23.880 compromise. Those are the two options. Yeah, all right, Stephen Portnoys, 524 00:38:23.920 --> 00:38:28.239 thank you so much for your time this morning. It's a rocky road 525 00:38:28.360 --> 00:38:30.679 and we're going to be running down it together. I'm sure i'll talk to 526 00:38:30.760 --> 00:38:35.280 you soon. All right. Hey, if you think you're too old, 527 00:38:36.239 --> 00:38:39.559 check this out. A one hundred four year old woman in Chicago just jumped 528 00:38:39.559 --> 00:38:44.119 out of a plane. She became the oldest person to skydive on Sunday. 529 00:38:44.559 --> 00:38:50.119 They're pending Guinness World Records verification, but she left her walker behind and made 530 00:38:50.159 --> 00:38:52.760 her way to sky Vane plane in Ottawa, Illinois, which is south of 531 00:38:52.880 --> 00:38:58.280 Chicago. She first went skydiving when she was one hundred years old, and 532 00:38:58.320 --> 00:39:00.519 apparently she had to be pushed out of the plane. This time, but 533 00:39:00.119 --> 00:39:05.480 that time. But this time she willingly and joyfully, as the story says, 534 00:39:05.960 --> 00:39:09.199 lad the tandem thirteen thousand, five hundred foot jump. 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