WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:05.839 You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call with me Amy King on 2 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:15.279 demand on the iHeartRadio app KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. 3 00:00:15.279 --> 00:00:34.479 It's time for your morning wake up call. Here's Amy King. It's 4 00:00:34.560 --> 00:00:39.520 five o'clock. Stra right up, good morning. This is your wake up 5 00:00:39.520 --> 00:00:46.200 call for Monday, July twenty second. I'm Amy King. You ready for 6 00:00:46.280 --> 00:00:51.039 this? It was such a great, chill weekend. My best friend was 7 00:00:51.079 --> 00:00:54.600 in town. We got to go to dinner at Curtis Stone's restaurant. Gwen, 8 00:00:54.640 --> 00:00:57.079 I'm gonna tell you a little bit about that. A little bit later 9 00:00:57.159 --> 00:01:02.359 on. We went to the Dodgers game on Saturdayday night. I think I 10 00:01:02.439 --> 00:01:07.519 might have shattered an ear drum. I'll tell you about that. But fabulous 11 00:01:07.519 --> 00:01:11.920 games, such a great weekend, and then yesterday ten forty five, the 12 00:01:11.920 --> 00:01:15.159 big news that you know, I think we were all expecting it, but 13 00:01:15.480 --> 00:01:21.079 were we? Because it was on again, off again, and of course 14 00:01:21.359 --> 00:01:25.519 President Biden created a political earthquake. So let's get to it. We're going 15 00:01:25.599 --> 00:01:30.159 to have you covered for this. We've got lots and lots of information about 16 00:01:30.200 --> 00:01:34.840 what happened, what's coming next. Oh my goodness. The roller coaster ride 17 00:01:34.879 --> 00:01:38.959 continues, but we got you covered here on wake up Call, and we're 18 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:42.799 glad you're starting your day with us. Here's what's ahead. President Biden has 19 00:01:42.840 --> 00:01:48.560 sent shock waves across the political world announcing on social media he's dropping out of 20 00:01:48.599 --> 00:01:53.599 the twenty twenty four presidential race. The announcement came three weeks after a very 21 00:01:53.680 --> 00:01:57.840 bad debate performance against former President Trump and a diagnosis of COVID nineteen last week. 22 00:01:59.159 --> 00:02:01.680 The President said as he will focus on serving out the remainder of his 23 00:02:01.840 --> 00:02:07.640 term and endorsed Vice President Harris to become the nominee. He encouraged his party 24 00:02:07.640 --> 00:02:13.639 to unite behind her. Governor Newsom has gone ahead and endorsed Vice President Harris 25 00:02:13.680 --> 00:02:16.520 to be the next presidential nominee. A lot of people were speculating that Newsom 26 00:02:16.680 --> 00:02:20.919 himself would get into the race, although publicly he always said he wouldn't. 27 00:02:21.639 --> 00:02:25.960 Pennsylvania Governor Joe Shapiro, another possible nominee, has also endorsed Harris to become 28 00:02:27.000 --> 00:02:30.159 the Democratic Party candidate. We're going to bring you the latest on the fallout 29 00:02:30.360 --> 00:02:34.439 and the future for the Democrats. We're going to be checking in with ABC's 30 00:02:34.520 --> 00:02:37.400 Karen Travers at the White House in just a couple of minutes. At the 31 00:02:37.400 --> 00:02:39.599 bottom of the hour, Steve Roberts is going to tell us what's ahead as 32 00:02:39.639 --> 00:02:43.960 we are less than a month away from the Democratic National Convention and just one 33 00:02:44.000 --> 00:02:46.479 hundred and six days away from the election. And at five point fifty Stephen 34 00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:51.719 Portnoy with what the Republicans are saying about Biden's news and what they plan to 35 00:02:51.759 --> 00:02:53.919 do next. Let's get started with some of the stories coming out of the 36 00:02:53.960 --> 00:02:59.719 KFI twenty four hour newsroom. President Biden is expected to give more details soon 37 00:02:59.719 --> 00:03:04.159 about his decision to drop out of the presidential race. ABC Selena Wang says 38 00:03:04.199 --> 00:03:07.159 it should happen sometime this week, not in the coming days. I'm told 39 00:03:07.240 --> 00:03:09.319 later in the week. And we did hear from the President's doctor today. 40 00:03:09.400 --> 00:03:15.000 He said he is still isolating, but his symptoms are improving significantly. Biden 41 00:03:15.039 --> 00:03:21.159 has been recovering from COVID at his beach house in Delaware. The Biden for 42 00:03:21.199 --> 00:03:25.800 President campaign is now officially the Harris for President campaign. ABC's Mary Bruce says 43 00:03:25.800 --> 00:03:30.319 campaign aides have told her they've officially filed the paperwork in the last few hours. 44 00:03:30.360 --> 00:03:34.360 We are told for small dollar donors, they have raked in over twenty 45 00:03:34.439 --> 00:03:38.400 seven and a half million dollars. Harris has picked up some big name endorsements 46 00:03:38.439 --> 00:03:45.039 following the announcement of Biden's decision to end his run for reelection. ABC's Rick 47 00:03:45.120 --> 00:03:49.479 Clines. Biden also announced his support for Harris yesterday and called on others to 48 00:03:49.599 --> 00:03:53.719 join him. They have locked down almost all of the major potential rivals, 49 00:03:53.719 --> 00:03:58.240 some of her biggest frenemies, even Gavin Newsom, Pete boudagees real big players 50 00:03:58.240 --> 00:04:00.360 in Democratic politics, all moving alway. Almost all of the members of the 51 00:04:00.360 --> 00:04:05.919 so called squad, including Alexandria Ocasio Cortes. Tennessee is the first state delegation 52 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:11.680 to fully endorse Harris. During the conference call yesterday afternoon, the seventy seven 53 00:04:11.759 --> 00:04:16.319 Democratic National Committee delegates from Tennessee voted unanimously to support her. Recent polls show 54 00:04:16.360 --> 00:04:20.800 a race between former President Trump and a vice President Harris would be close. 55 00:04:21.319 --> 00:04:27.720 A CNN poll of poll's average shows Trump with forty eight percent support to Harris's 56 00:04:27.759 --> 00:04:32.639 forty seven percent. Third party or independent candidates were not included in the polling 57 00:04:32.720 --> 00:04:40.360 average. Right now, let's check in with Karen Travers ABC's White House correspondent. 58 00:04:40.560 --> 00:04:45.079 So, Karen, we're less than twenty four hours since the announcement that 59 00:04:45.360 --> 00:04:49.519 President Biden will not continue his campaign for reelection. Two days ago he said 60 00:04:49.519 --> 00:04:54.920 he was getting ready to hit the campaign trail again. So what's the latest. 61 00:04:55.439 --> 00:04:59.680 Yeah, the latest is a massive fundraising hall for the Harris for President 62 00:04:59.680 --> 00:05:03.279 campie because now the Biden for President campaign committee was changed yesterday. According to 63 00:05:03.279 --> 00:05:09.920 an official filing, the campaign brought in nearly fifty million dollars in donations in 64 00:05:09.959 --> 00:05:15.160 the hours after the President announced that he was not seeking reelection and was endorsing 65 00:05:15.319 --> 00:05:17.759 Vice President Harris. So the campaign feels, you know, this is a 66 00:05:17.800 --> 00:05:21.920 sign of enthusiasm on their side for this change, of course, But it 67 00:05:23.000 --> 00:05:28.360 was a move yesterday that sent Democrats scrambling. It surprised even the president's own 68 00:05:28.439 --> 00:05:31.680 campaign staff and the White House staff, and it certainly upended the race for 69 00:05:31.720 --> 00:05:35.839 the White House with just weeks before the Democratic National Convention and just over three 70 00:05:35.879 --> 00:05:41.360 months until election day. The President in that letter said that he believes it's 71 00:05:41.360 --> 00:05:45.399 in the best interests of his party in the country to stand down and to 72 00:05:45.439 --> 00:05:48.399 focus solely on fulfilling his duties as president. For the remainder of his term. 73 00:05:48.600 --> 00:05:53.879 In a second post, he then gave his full support and endorsement for 74 00:05:53.959 --> 00:05:57.519 his vice president to be the nominee of the Democratic Party. He wrote, 75 00:05:57.639 --> 00:06:00.319 quote, Democrats, it's time to come together. Beat Trump. Let's do 76 00:06:00.439 --> 00:06:04.720 this, okay, And you mentioned that it was a surprise to just about 77 00:06:04.720 --> 00:06:09.240 every one. We heard that Kamala Harris didn't even know about it until just 78 00:06:09.480 --> 00:06:13.800 right before the announcement was made. No, they talked multiple times yesterday. 79 00:06:14.319 --> 00:06:17.079 Sources told us they took several times throughout the day he let her know about 80 00:06:17.079 --> 00:06:23.480 this decision. So no, but he did speak at about one with his 81 00:06:23.839 --> 00:06:28.199 core group of senior staff telling him about this decision. And then it was 82 00:06:28.319 --> 00:06:31.480 just one minute later when he released that letter on social media. So when 83 00:06:31.560 --> 00:06:34.560 was the decision made? Do we know? You know? We are told 84 00:06:34.639 --> 00:06:40.360 that the president on Saturday night began to come to this decision, and on 85 00:06:40.439 --> 00:06:45.360 Sunday he started making phone calls, including those multiple conversations with the vice president. 86 00:06:45.759 --> 00:06:47.759 The President, in his letter yesterday said that he would speak to the 87 00:06:47.839 --> 00:06:53.319 nation later this week to explain his decision. I think until we hear it 88 00:06:53.360 --> 00:06:57.720 directly from him, we have to wait and see exactly how this process played 89 00:06:57.720 --> 00:07:00.560 out. But remember the President still his COVID right now, he's not even 90 00:07:00.560 --> 00:07:02.040 here at the White House. He's in Delaware, and we don't have a 91 00:07:02.079 --> 00:07:05.199 sense yet of when he would be coming back. He only said later this 92 00:07:05.319 --> 00:07:10.680 week he would be delivering those remarks. But you can imagine he's eager to 93 00:07:10.759 --> 00:07:15.079 be able to explain this talk to the American people, be surrounded by family, 94 00:07:15.160 --> 00:07:19.399 supporters, staff, and go out with his own remarks on this very 95 00:07:19.600 --> 00:07:26.800 important political and personal topic for him. So the COVID diagnosis is maybe the 96 00:07:26.839 --> 00:07:30.240 reason that we haven't seen him. It's just so weird to hear that somebody 97 00:07:30.360 --> 00:07:34.639 is not going to continue to run for the presidency of the United States for 98 00:07:34.759 --> 00:07:40.360 reelection. In a note on social media, it's definitely the reason we haven't 99 00:07:40.360 --> 00:07:43.480 seen him. I mean, he's isolating at his house in Delaware. We're 100 00:07:43.480 --> 00:07:46.560 told that, you know, he was meeting there presumably not in an unsafe 101 00:07:46.639 --> 00:07:51.000 environment with a very small group of senior staff as well as the first lady 102 00:07:51.079 --> 00:07:55.759 was out there. But you know, he has, according to his doctor, 103 00:07:55.879 --> 00:08:00.720 has been isolating because he still has COVID. Okay, and just from 104 00:08:00.759 --> 00:08:03.279 your experience, why would why release this on a Sunday, Like, what's 105 00:08:03.319 --> 00:08:07.399 the strategic region? Reason for that? I think the pressure was growing. 106 00:08:07.519 --> 00:08:11.680 I think, you know, the pressure was increasing. Ultimately, we saw 107 00:08:11.800 --> 00:08:16.519 forty Democratic lawmakers come out and say that the president should step aside, and 108 00:08:16.720 --> 00:08:20.680 you know that number was not slowing down. Though yesterday we saw the president's 109 00:08:20.680 --> 00:08:24.120 allies out there on the political talk shows still saying he was in it to 110 00:08:24.160 --> 00:08:28.639 win it. The political reality was setting in for the president, as you 111 00:08:28.680 --> 00:08:33.679 know. Poles were certainly showing Americans very concerned about his age, and polls 112 00:08:33.720 --> 00:08:37.759 showing he was not beating Donald Trump in the key battle ground states. Okay, 113 00:08:37.320 --> 00:08:43.200 ABC's Karen Travers never a dull moment, right, absolutely, all right, 114 00:08:43.240 --> 00:08:46.600 Thanks by Thanks so much for the update and the information this morning. 115 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:50.080 Thanks all right, We've got lots more to share with you on the fallout 116 00:08:50.120 --> 00:08:54.440 from the decision, what's coming next, what the GOP response is. We're 117 00:08:54.440 --> 00:08:58.399 going to be talking to ABC Steve Roberts and the ABC Stephen Portnoy during wake 118 00:08:58.480 --> 00:09:01.039 up call this morning, So stick around. We've got lots more coming. 119 00:09:01.120 --> 00:09:03.600 But let's get back now to some of the stories coming out of the KFI 120 00:09:03.639 --> 00:09:07.480 twenty four hour newsroom. Along with the political earthquake, there was a real 121 00:09:07.840 --> 00:09:13.600 earthquake in the South End yesterday afternoon. A three point five magnitude earthquake jolted 122 00:09:13.679 --> 00:09:18.279 Palace Verdi's Estates, about five miles from Redondo Beach. Hundreds of homes in 123 00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:22.519 Riverside are being threatened by a fire that's burned about five hundred acres. Riverside 124 00:09:22.519 --> 00:09:28.120 Fire Deputy Chief Steve mckinster says the fire started around two yesterday afternoon in the 125 00:09:28.159 --> 00:09:31.639 area of Hayward and Drive and Mary Street in the Alessandro Heights neighborhood. We 126 00:09:31.679 --> 00:09:41.320 have estimated three destroyed structures with four damaged. Fifteen hundred homes are surrounding the 127 00:09:41.399 --> 00:09:46.480 area. Those homes are under evacuation orders and evacuation center has been set up 128 00:09:46.519 --> 00:09:50.960 at the Orange Terrace Community Center. A fire burning between Lake Matthews and Corona 129 00:09:50.960 --> 00:09:54.960 in Riverside County has grown to more than sixteen hundred acres. It's twenty five 130 00:09:56.000 --> 00:10:01.320 percent surrounded. The fire was reported about two yesterday after so another fire starting 131 00:10:01.360 --> 00:10:05.600 around the same time near Cahalco and Eagle Canyon Roads. It quickly grew to 132 00:10:05.639 --> 00:10:11.120 about seventy five acres and just kept spreading. Multiple air and ground resources were 133 00:10:11.159 --> 00:10:16.240 assigned. Evacuation orders have been downgraded to warnings. Riverside County fire crews have 134 00:10:16.279 --> 00:10:20.960 stopped a fast moving brush fire in El Cerrito. That fire also started yesterday. 135 00:10:22.000 --> 00:10:24.759 It burned through about one hundred and twenty five acres in the area of 136 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:28.799 Los Sierra Avenue and ten Mine Road west of Lake Matthews. There were no 137 00:10:30.000 --> 00:10:35.879 injuries. The largest wildfire in California has been seventy three percent surrounded. Fire 138 00:10:35.919 --> 00:10:41.039 crews continue to make progress against the fire that started back on July fifth in 139 00:10:41.080 --> 00:10:46.360 San Bernardino sorry Santa Barbara County. The fire has burned through forty thousand acres. 140 00:10:46.720 --> 00:10:50.759 Some evacuation orders have been lifted, but areas around Los Padres National Forest 141 00:10:50.919 --> 00:10:56.919 are still at risk from the wildfire. Part of Wilshire Boulevard could be closed 142 00:10:56.960 --> 00:11:01.240 to cars to expand green space at MacArthur Park. The plan already has a 143 00:11:01.279 --> 00:11:03.519 two million dollar grant from the federal government and half a million from the Southern 144 00:11:03.559 --> 00:11:09.799 California Association of Governments. LA City Councilman Unsices Hernandez says the project would reconnect 145 00:11:09.799 --> 00:11:13.320 the park nearly one hundred years after Wilsher was paved through its middle. This 146 00:11:13.480 --> 00:11:16.879 project is not just about closing the street to traffic. It's about opening up 147 00:11:16.879 --> 00:11:22.440 this neighborhood to the possibilities that come when we center people's needs over the needs 148 00:11:22.480 --> 00:11:24.799 of cars. The issues only being studied now, with neighborhood feedback to be 149 00:11:24.840 --> 00:11:31.159 collected starting next month in downtown La. Michael Monks KFI news Twisters has blown 150 00:11:31.159 --> 00:11:35.559 away the competition at the box office. The sequel to the nineteen ninety six 151 00:11:35.720 --> 00:11:41.039 movie Twister Gosh thirty years ago almost has taken in more than eighty million dollars 152 00:11:41.039 --> 00:11:46.399 in its opening weekend. That's about thirty million dollars more than it was expected 153 00:11:46.399 --> 00:11:50.960 to make in weekend Number one, Despicable Me four finished second, adding almost 154 00:11:52.080 --> 00:11:54.799 twenty four million dollars to its three week total of two hundred and sixty million 155 00:11:54.840 --> 00:12:01.600 dollars, and Inside Out was third. La Mayor Karen Bass, who was 156 00:12:01.639 --> 00:12:07.000 reported to be on board Biden's shortlist of possible VP candidates back in twenty twenty 157 00:12:07.039 --> 00:12:11.759 when she was a congresswoman, has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to be the 158 00:12:11.799 --> 00:12:16.200 new Democratic nominee for president. Of course, that news comes after President Biden 159 00:12:16.240 --> 00:12:22.720 announced yesterday that he is no longer running for reelection. Basses Harris leads with 160 00:12:22.799 --> 00:12:26.679 strength, courage, and compassion. Republican Senator Rick Scott of Florida says he'll 161 00:12:26.720 --> 00:12:31.360 introduce a resolution this week urging the Cabinet to invoke the twenty fifth Amendment, 162 00:12:31.360 --> 00:12:35.879 which would lead to President Biden being removed from office. Senator Scott said Biden 163 00:12:35.960 --> 00:12:41.159 shouldn't be running the country if he can't run for reelection. Vice President Harris 164 00:12:41.240 --> 00:12:48.600 is going to be delivering remarks at an event celebrating National Collegiate Athletic Association championship 165 00:12:48.679 --> 00:12:52.679 teams. It's happening on the White House South Lawn this morning at eight thirty 166 00:12:52.679 --> 00:12:56.120 our time. We'll see if she sticks to the script or talks about how 167 00:12:56.120 --> 00:12:58.960 she plans to, in her words, earn and win the Democratic Party nomine 168 00:13:00.639 --> 00:13:03.279 At six o five, it's handled on the news. The cash is coming 169 00:13:03.320 --> 00:13:09.399 in following Biden's announcement that he's not running any longer. What does that mean 170 00:13:09.840 --> 00:13:13.080 right now? Let's say good morning to ABC's Geordana Miller. Of course, 171 00:13:13.320 --> 00:13:18.440 the President announced yesterday he's not going to run for reelection. The Democrats are 172 00:13:18.440 --> 00:13:22.639 scrambling to find out who their Canada be. Republicans are scrambling to figure out 173 00:13:22.679 --> 00:13:26.039 how to compete. But still there's the business of the country that needs to 174 00:13:26.080 --> 00:13:31.759 continue, and part of that is a visit by Israeli President Prime Minister Benjamin 175 00:13:31.799 --> 00:13:39.399 Netanyahu. That's right, And he departed earlier today this morning local time, 176 00:13:39.799 --> 00:13:45.519 and said that he realizes he's coming to Washington, Washington under a time what 177 00:13:45.600 --> 00:13:52.679 he calls great political uncertainty. And having said that, you know, the 178 00:13:54.960 --> 00:14:01.879 uncertainty of what's happening in the Democratic Party is something which actually you know is 179 00:14:01.919 --> 00:14:05.320 in a sense from the Tomielle himself, bad news. This means that instead 180 00:14:05.360 --> 00:14:13.399 of the Taielle thinking as any wiggle room with President Biden to perhaps you know, 181 00:14:13.559 --> 00:14:18.159 delay or ignore or somehow in his mind say well, you know, 182 00:14:18.279 --> 00:14:22.799 he's not going to be President Trump, so Trump's probably going to be then 183 00:14:22.840 --> 00:14:24.000 a president. I'll just wait, I'll wait, I'll wait. Well, 184 00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:28.919 he can't really say that now, because you know, with Kamala Harris looking 185 00:14:30.039 --> 00:14:35.000 like the Democratic Party is supporting her and she will be the nominee, it's 186 00:14:35.039 --> 00:14:39.679 a very different race. And Thetaell now is going to have to really take 187 00:14:39.720 --> 00:14:45.759 into consideration all the discussions about the guys of war with Biden, and he 188 00:14:45.919 --> 00:14:50.000 is meeting with Kamala Harris as well during this trip, and there's lots of 189 00:14:50.639 --> 00:14:54.799 questions about not only the direction of the war, what's happening, you know, 190 00:14:54.000 --> 00:15:00.919 after this war ends the ceasfire talk, you have an escalation now with 191 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:05.320 the running backed rebels out of Yemen, as well as an escalation along Israel's 192 00:15:05.360 --> 00:15:09.120 northern border. I mean, when Natania says he's coming to Washington and there's 193 00:15:09.120 --> 00:15:13.840 a lot of uncertainty, well that equally applies to Nataniel and all of the 194 00:15:15.120 --> 00:15:18.840 different facets of the war. So it's going to be a complicated visit for 195 00:15:18.919 --> 00:15:24.159 him. He's addressing both sessions of Congress on Wednesday, where he says he'll 196 00:15:24.320 --> 00:15:30.399 defend Israel's just war against Hamas, but it remains a very controversial war. 197 00:15:30.679 --> 00:15:35.840 There will be some Democrats who will not attend that address, and we do 198 00:15:35.960 --> 00:15:41.080 expect there to be lots of protests in Washington, and not only pro Palestinian 199 00:15:41.120 --> 00:15:46.639 protesters, some Israelis who are also protesting why the Israeli Prime minister is in 200 00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:52.559 Washington when again, war is raging here in Israel and there's still one hundred 201 00:15:52.600 --> 00:15:56.039 and sixteen hostages in the clutches of Hamas. And by the way, just 202 00:15:56.080 --> 00:16:00.720 a couple hours ago, we learned that two of the hostages that is role 203 00:16:00.799 --> 00:16:04.840 hoped we're still alive, have now been declared definitively dead. They now make 204 00:16:04.960 --> 00:16:10.840 up more than forty hostages who are dead leaving you know, a little more 205 00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:15.639 than seventy five who may be allotted, but really nothing is certain until they're 206 00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:19.919 back. Yeah, and I think you know, you're saying that there's going 207 00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:23.879 to be protesting saying why is he here when the war rages on? Which 208 00:16:23.919 --> 00:16:27.480 I totally get that, But on the flip side, doesn't he kind of 209 00:16:27.519 --> 00:16:32.279 need to be here to try to shore up that support because we're giving them, 210 00:16:32.519 --> 00:16:36.720 We're giving Israel a lot of money to fight this war. Well, 211 00:16:36.720 --> 00:16:44.879 it's interesting because initially I think Natagnielle saw this as an opportunity to hobnob with 212 00:16:44.960 --> 00:16:51.120 the Republicans and he may still on the download try to reach out to the 213 00:16:51.159 --> 00:16:55.679 Trump team, And so a lot of people here saw this as, you 214 00:16:55.679 --> 00:17:00.840 know, a step that Nautonnelle is doing with his eye on the next administration. 215 00:17:00.399 --> 00:17:03.839 I mean, he's had fights with Biden over this war, but they've 216 00:17:03.839 --> 00:17:11.039 been resolved. He's sent people to Washington. They've had difficult phone conversations that 217 00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:17.400 tell me out doesn't really need to go to Washington right now. But he, 218 00:17:17.440 --> 00:17:21.319 I think is also hoping it will help him politically, you know here 219 00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:26.440 domestic politics, because his right wing base likes to see him, you know, 220 00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:32.480 go to Washington and state Israel's case and and you know, prove that 221 00:17:32.559 --> 00:17:37.039 he is a world leader that you know, can have not with the Americans 222 00:17:37.519 --> 00:17:44.039 and sometimes even stand up you know, for Israel's right, Israel's positions when 223 00:17:44.079 --> 00:17:48.519 they are in conflict with those in the American administration. So you know, 224 00:17:48.799 --> 00:17:53.079 that's that that is part of the reason why there's so much there's criticism about 225 00:17:53.079 --> 00:17:59.559 this, this trip to Washington, and there were protests here for for weeks 226 00:17:59.640 --> 00:18:06.839 before this visit to Washington. Was Vice President Harris scheduled to meet with Netanyahu? 227 00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:10.000 Or is that new because of the events of the last less than twenty 228 00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:18.039 four hours, So she was scheduled to meet with N'atagnielle before Biden's announcement. 229 00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:26.880 Obviously, now it takes on a different kind of urgency, but yes, 230 00:18:26.000 --> 00:18:32.920 it was. It was on the books before but of course it's the meaning 231 00:18:32.960 --> 00:18:36.279 that looks very different. Now, Yeah, and was is he meeting with 232 00:18:36.319 --> 00:18:41.519 Trump or any plans for that? Well, we have heard, we were 233 00:18:41.559 --> 00:18:45.079 trying to confirm reports that he has reached out to the Trump team to try 234 00:18:45.119 --> 00:18:49.319 to at least have a phone call with Donald Trump, but we haven't been 235 00:18:49.359 --> 00:18:53.039 able to confirm that. I am, I'm working on it, but I 236 00:18:53.079 --> 00:18:57.119 do. I do think that Natagnielle will make it a priority to reach out 237 00:18:57.240 --> 00:19:02.880 to the Trump folks. He'll do it through Jared Kushner, who is a 238 00:19:02.920 --> 00:19:10.680 longtime friend before Trump won the presidency back in twenty sixteen, with a family 239 00:19:10.759 --> 00:19:17.039 friend and still obviously in contact with Nathaniel Right, He's married to President Trump's 240 00:19:17.079 --> 00:19:19.119 daughter. Right. Okay, Jordana Miller, thank you so much for the 241 00:19:19.200 --> 00:19:23.119 update. We appreciate it and we'll be watching. Thank you all right, 242 00:19:23.200 --> 00:19:27.799 talk soon. President Biden and former President Trump were supposed to have their second 243 00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:33.400 debate in September. Now Trump's campaign has to wait and see why or who 244 00:19:33.440 --> 00:19:37.480 the Democratic candidate is going to be. Republican National Committee chair Michael Watlace's former 245 00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:41.920 President Trump will take on any opposition, whether it's Kamala Harris or it's anybody 246 00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:47.720 else. They have doubled down on every single one of the policies that we've 247 00:19:47.720 --> 00:19:52.000 seen the Biden and Harris administration adopt over the last four years. We're going 248 00:19:52.079 --> 00:19:56.559 to be talking with ABC Stephen Portnoy more about what the Republicans' next steps are 249 00:19:56.559 --> 00:20:00.880 coming up before the end of the hour. Watley says Trump lands on sticking 250 00:20:00.880 --> 00:20:03.599 to the script, talking directly to the American people about the issues they care 251 00:20:03.599 --> 00:20:07.200 about. He says the contrast could not be bigger news brought to you by 252 00:20:07.279 --> 00:20:11.599 one eight hundred got junk. The director of the Secret Service set to testify 253 00:20:11.680 --> 00:20:17.400 before a House committee this morning about the attempted assassination of former President Trump. 254 00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:22.359 Secret Service director Kim Cheedle not expecting a friendly reception at her public house hearing 255 00:20:22.599 --> 00:20:26.400 many of the committee's Republican majority members demanding she resigned after the attempt on Donald 256 00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:32.519 Trump's life. ABC's Andy Field says Cheatle has said her agency would be transparent 257 00:20:32.640 --> 00:20:37.039 and communicate with the people. She also said she plans on staying on as 258 00:20:37.119 --> 00:20:40.720 director of the Secret Service. Two people have been hurt in a shooting that 259 00:20:40.759 --> 00:20:45.359 happened during a street takeover in Compton. Video posted on social media by La 260 00:20:45.440 --> 00:20:52.279 County Sheriffs Unleashed shows cars spinning around in intersection last night when the rear of 261 00:20:52.319 --> 00:20:56.160 a dark car swung into the rear of a white car. The driver of 262 00:20:56.160 --> 00:21:00.519 the white car gets out and appears to fire a gun at the people in 263 00:21:00.559 --> 00:21:04.039 the dark car. Two people later showed up at the hospital to be treated 264 00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:14.160 for gunshot wounds. The answer is the newest post office stamp what is? 265 00:21:14.279 --> 00:21:18.559 How is Alex Trebek being honored? This week? The US Postal Service will 266 00:21:18.599 --> 00:21:23.799 honor longtime Jeopardy host Alex Trebek on what would have been his eighty fourth birthday, 267 00:21:25.160 --> 00:21:29.359 the daytime Emmy Award winner died in twenty twenty from pancreatic cancer. The 268 00:21:29.440 --> 00:21:33.119 new first class Forever stamps design is in the form of a Jeopardy style question. 269 00:21:34.279 --> 00:21:38.480 So I told you that we went out and about to Gwen the Steakhouse 270 00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:42.240 in Hollywood to talk to Curtis Stone. You can see that on my Instagram 271 00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:45.440 at Amy K. King. He cooked me the most delicious steak and so 272 00:21:45.440 --> 00:21:48.519 I thought, you know what, I need to go and have a dinner. 273 00:21:48.559 --> 00:21:52.079 So my best friend was in town. It was just her birthday. 274 00:21:52.599 --> 00:21:56.839 So we went to Gwen in Hollywood, and I got to tell you it 275 00:21:56.920 --> 00:22:02.359 was so great delicious. We had steak, of course, but then we 276 00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:07.680 also had this amazing or cotton yoki and I don't even remember how to explain 277 00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:11.119 the corn dish, but it was to die for and we had an amazing 278 00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:15.759 dessert and it was just this great time. And you know, part of 279 00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:18.400 when we go out and about which I usually talk about on Thursdays, is 280 00:22:18.440 --> 00:22:22.519 to go and kind of discover things that you can find around LA because there's 281 00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:27.400 so many amazing things. And so I took my own advice and went out 282 00:22:27.440 --> 00:22:30.480 and about to Gwenn. So if you're looking for something special, you know 283 00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:33.720 what, it's not an inexpensive evening, but it was so cool, and 284 00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:38.079 there's so many great restaurants around LA. So maybe save up a little bit 285 00:22:38.599 --> 00:22:42.200 go have a special dinner with a friend or a boyfriend or a girlfriend, 286 00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:48.440 or a husband or a wife, maybe even kids if they would behave themselves. 287 00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:51.480 But anyway, I wanted to say thanks again to the folks at Gwen. 288 00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:55.599 That was an amazing, amazing experience. That is the Biden for President 289 00:22:55.680 --> 00:23:00.559 campaign has now become the Harris for President campaign, Harris is already reached out 290 00:23:00.559 --> 00:23:03.200 to supporters with a fundraising email. She said in the message that it's been 291 00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:07.640 the honor of a lifetime to serve along President Biden and that she's eager to 292 00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:12.359 run on the record of what she and Biden have accomplished together. Lawmakers from 293 00:23:12.359 --> 00:23:17.759 around southern California have been weighing in on the president's decision to get out of 294 00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:22.519 the race for re election. Democratic Assemblyman Isaac Bryan of Culver City's comments were 295 00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:27.039 short and precise, the right decision, selfless, powerful, historic. The 296 00:23:27.119 --> 00:23:32.839 Democratic National Committee chair says her party will soon announced the next steps for the 297 00:23:32.880 --> 00:23:37.599 nomination process. Delegates will have to pick the party's nominee on the convention floor 298 00:23:37.640 --> 00:23:42.279 in Chicago in four weeks, or maybe during a virtual role call scheduled for 299 00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:45.960 the start of August at six oh five. It's handle of the news. 300 00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:49.480 On the news, you're not gonna want to mishandle this morning. I'm guessing 301 00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:56.200 he'll be in rare form with the weekend events and his very interesting perspective and 302 00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:59.160 take on all of that. Right now, let's say good morning to ABC's 303 00:23:59.279 --> 00:24:03.440 Steve Robert. So, Steve, what everybody seems to be calling a political 304 00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:07.240 earthquakes kind of rocked the election. Of course, the president announcing he's stepping 305 00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:14.759 aside. So the big question now is what happens next. Well, as 306 00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:18.680 you were indicating, Amy, I think it's almost certainly a done deal with 307 00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:22.559 Kamila Harris will be the party standard bearer three reasons. First of all, 308 00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:26.279 logistically, it's much easier, particularly in terms of transferring campaign funds to her, 309 00:24:26.359 --> 00:24:32.440 she was already on the ticket. Secondly, it's hard for me to 310 00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:37.519 see how the party passes over a black woman. Black women are the single 311 00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:41.039 most loyal voting group in the Democratic Party. They vote ninety one percent for 312 00:24:41.119 --> 00:24:45.319 the ticket last time. If you passed her over, there would be splinters 313 00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:48.599 and fragments already, which is what you don't want. And third, there's 314 00:24:48.599 --> 00:24:53.119 no real obvious option. Sure, Gavin Newsom thinks he should be president, 315 00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:57.799 and there are half a dozen young governors and senators around the country who might 316 00:24:57.880 --> 00:25:03.599 be ready at some point, but there's no one obvious option to her. 317 00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:07.880 So I think this is pretty much a done deal. And she is not 318 00:25:07.599 --> 00:25:12.519 anybody's ideal of a perfect candidate. When she ran herself for the presidency. 319 00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:17.119 She was a dismal candidate. She has not been, particularly in the beginning, 320 00:25:17.599 --> 00:25:21.640 a particularly successful vice president. But she has a couple of enormous advantages, 321 00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:25.160 starting with the fact that she ain't eighty one years old, and she 322 00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:30.319 didn't and she didn't daughter at the steps of Air Force one, and she 323 00:25:30.359 --> 00:25:37.440 didn't disgrace herself at the debate. And he just doesn't have the same baggage 324 00:25:37.079 --> 00:25:42.200 that Joe Biden had. And really, this morning, amy with Democrats are 325 00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:48.000 feeling is a sense primarily of relief. They've been hitting themselves over the head 326 00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:51.079 of the hammer for a month and if you're doing that, when you stop 327 00:25:51.160 --> 00:25:55.799 hitting yourself, suddenly it feels really good. And that's where they are this 328 00:25:55.839 --> 00:26:00.759 morning. And I think that you have to under that Kamala Harris is not 329 00:26:00.880 --> 00:26:06.799 going to attract a single vote from some Trump supporter. That's not what politics 330 00:26:06.920 --> 00:26:10.480 is about, particularly this year, given the fact that the elections last two 331 00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:15.279 have been so close determined on the margins in a few select states, California 332 00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:22.400 not being one of them. But she has the potential of energizing the party. 333 00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:26.319 She has the potential of getting people excited again. The single biggest problem 334 00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:33.680 Biden had was an intensity gap. Republicans were much more energized, much more 335 00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:40.599 excited about their candidates than the Democrats were. And this morning the world looks 336 00:26:40.599 --> 00:26:44.599 a lot different to Democrats than it did this time yesterday. And they all 337 00:26:44.640 --> 00:26:48.720 you can say is that this is a potential game changer. But it's real, 338 00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:53.160 and she has the ability or at least the potential of getting people excited 339 00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:59.200 again after a month of deeply disappointing bad news. Yeah, and there's been 340 00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:03.119 a very strong showing of support. People are saying she's our gal. She's 341 00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:07.200 the one they've raised like fifty million dollars in less than twenty four hours. 342 00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:11.480 But there's a couple of notable exceptions, Steve, and one of that is 343 00:27:11.599 --> 00:27:17.480 Hakeem Jefferies has not weighed in. Nancy Pelosi has not thrown her support behind 344 00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:22.279 Harris, and former President Obama hasn't spoken and supported her. He said thanks 345 00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:26.559 for her service, but he has an endorsed her. Yeah, but I 346 00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:30.559 think this is only a matter of time, you know. I think they 347 00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:37.160 they I think that those party leaders wanted to. You know, there's there's 348 00:27:37.359 --> 00:27:45.640 an accusation that somehows everybody swarms to Harris that it's not democratic that there should 349 00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:51.160 be a more open process, but that's that's just cable TV talk. I 350 00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:56.160 think there's just no conceivable way, in my view, that the party will 351 00:27:56.200 --> 00:28:00.759 turn to anybody else. And again, while she's far from idea of people 352 00:28:00.839 --> 00:28:04.359 in California, know that she does have some asset. She was elected statewide 353 00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:08.480 both as an attorney general and as a Senator in California. And I think 354 00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:14.000 what you're going to see in terms of She's basically going to be running on 355 00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:18.519 Biden's record, but with one significant difference. She's much better able to push 356 00:28:18.599 --> 00:28:23.200 the issue of abortion than Joe Biden ever was. Biden is a believing Catholic, 357 00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:26.559 He's never been very comfortable with that issue. And think about this, 358 00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:30.440 amy at the Republican convention, what was the word that was never spoken? 359 00:28:30.880 --> 00:28:37.440 Abortion? Why? Because the Republicans know that is the single best issue the 360 00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:41.200 Democrats have. The Republicans want people to be thinking about inflation, they want 361 00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:45.960 them to think about gas and grocery prices, they want them to think about 362 00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:49.160 immigration. These are issues that work for the Republicans, but abortion works for 363 00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:52.920 the Democrats. And she is going to be in a much stronger position, 364 00:28:53.400 --> 00:28:57.119 not just as a woman, but as someone who's comfortable with that issue in 365 00:28:57.200 --> 00:29:02.519 a way Biden never was. And when you think about it, Amy the 366 00:29:02.640 --> 00:29:08.039 Democrats cannot win the presidency without running up the score among female voters. They 367 00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:12.440 have to have a big majority, and this is an issue that Harris can 368 00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:18.680 go to the voters and say, look, elections matter, they have consequences. 369 00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:22.680 And here is the most obvious, clear example. It was Donald Trump 370 00:29:22.680 --> 00:29:26.559 who appointed those three judges to the court, who overturned Roe v. Wade. 371 00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:32.160 Donald Trump in a second term, who can continue to appoint judges which 372 00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:36.119 who are going to erode your rights as women, not just about abortion, 373 00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:41.680 but on other issues as well, contraception and other key issues relating to women's 374 00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:47.519 independence and autonomy. That's potentially, I keep using that word, potentially a 375 00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:52.279 game changer and can be a very powerful issue for UH and she is in 376 00:29:52.359 --> 00:29:56.119 a much better position to press that argument than Joe Biden would have been. 377 00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:59.799 Okay, Steve Roberts, thank you so much for your insight. Appreciated it, 378 00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:03.720 and I'm sure we'll be talking to you lots more in the coming weeks, 379 00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:07.400 I hope. So all right, take care when we come back. 380 00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:11.319 The Republicans haven't wasted any time in reacting to the news that Biden is no 381 00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:15.319 longer running for reelection. ABC's Stephen Portnoy's going to be with us with what 382 00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:19.720 they're saying and what they're doing. Hey, one of the things I did 383 00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:23.240 over the weekend was go to a Dodgers game. It was fantastic. We 384 00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:26.200 stayed till the end. Every once in a while we duck out early. 385 00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:30.279 We got to see the team go into extra innings and then win after a 386 00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:34.960 nice little hit into the outfield by Will Smith. It was a fabulous game. 387 00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:37.599 I think I have a shattered ear drum because there was this guy who 388 00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:41.960 was very nice behind me, but oh my gosh, he was loud. 389 00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:45.119 I mean, like screaming the whole time. I think somebody yelled up from 390 00:30:45.119 --> 00:30:48.200 the field that they could hear him. I mean it was crazy. So 391 00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:52.680 my ears are still recovering, but you know what worth every second, and 392 00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:55.799 tonight the Dodgers take on the Giants, with the first pitch going out at 393 00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:59.519 seven o'clock. You can listen to every play of every Dodgers game on AM 394 00:30:59.559 --> 00:31:03.319 five to seven d the LA Sports Live from the Galpin Motors Broadcast Booth and 395 00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:07.119 you can stream all the games in HD on the iHeartRadio app Keyword AM five 396 00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:15.200 seventy LA Sports Vice President Kamala Harris's campaign says it raised nearly fifty million dollars 397 00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:18.480 in donations in the first fifteen hours. After President Joe Biden dropped out of 398 00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:22.480 the race for president and endorsed her, The Republican Party of Orange County was 399 00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:29.119 quick to criticize President Biden's endorsement. Party statements said Democrats will be in chaos 400 00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:33.480 for the next four weeks until their convention starts in Chicago. With no nominee, 401 00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:38.640 it says Harris has failed up her entire career and has no place failing 402 00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:44.000 up to the highest office in the land. World leaders have offered their thanks 403 00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:48.079 and support to President Biden. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Biden's decision was 404 00:31:48.119 --> 00:31:52.480 based on what he thinks is best for the American people. Australian Prime Minister 405 00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:59.359 Anthony Albany's weighed in, and Ukraine's President Zelenski gave thanks for Biden's unwavering support 406 00:31:59.440 --> 00:32:01.880 in that country war against Russia. Of course, we're just minutes away from 407 00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:06.359 Handle on the news this morning. It's going to have lots to say about 408 00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:08.240 what happened less than twenty four hours ago. But right now, let's say 409 00:32:08.519 --> 00:32:15.519 good morning to ABC's Stephen portnoy So. Steven minutes after the announcement was made 410 00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:20.160 that President Biden wouldn't be trying to get reelected, the Republicans started weighing in 411 00:32:20.319 --> 00:32:22.039 and firing back. What are they saying, Well, a whole bunch of 412 00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:25.960 different things. I mean, look, some of the initial statements had suggested 413 00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:31.319 that Joe Biden ought to resigned from office. Now those calls have not intensified 414 00:32:31.400 --> 00:32:35.519 in the last eighteen hours or so, But I think it was the initial 415 00:32:35.920 --> 00:32:37.880 instinctive response to be like, well, if you can't run for reelection, 416 00:32:38.400 --> 00:32:43.839 then why is he serving another six more months. I don't know that Republicans, 417 00:32:43.880 --> 00:32:46.960 who are already nervous about running against Kamala Harris as vice president want to 418 00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:51.680 run against her as an incumbent president, But that would be the obvious outcome 419 00:32:52.200 --> 00:32:57.000 if Joe Biden were to step out of the White House. So no sign 420 00:32:57.039 --> 00:32:59.559 of that. By the way. President said in his letter yesterday announcing he 421 00:32:59.599 --> 00:33:01.960 was not going to run again, that he would be focused solely on his 422 00:33:02.400 --> 00:33:07.759 commitment as president, his job as commander in chief. So look, it's 423 00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:10.119 a brand new race this morning. Things are being recalibrated. The Democratic parties 424 00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:15.839 very quickly coalescing behind Kamala Harris. Last night on a Zoom call, they 425 00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:21.839 were reported to be forty five thousand African American women lining up behind Harris getting 426 00:33:21.880 --> 00:33:25.920 excited about her candidacy. And there is new enthusiasm on the left today with 427 00:33:27.160 --> 00:33:30.359 Joe Biden's departure from the race. Joe Biden is no longer the old man 428 00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:35.319 in the running. Donald Trump is. And with Joe Biden stepping aside, 429 00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:40.880 it deprives the Republicans of the argument that Joe Biden is too old to serve. 430 00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:44.680 Now the argument can be made against Donald Trump. Yeah, it's amazing 431 00:33:44.720 --> 00:33:49.799 how quick that switch flips. I was watching some of the shows last night. 432 00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:52.559 Not everybody, but a couple we're saying, now, oh, just 433 00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:54.400 thought Donald Trump is too old to run, And I was like, okay, 434 00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:59.519 two days ago it was okay, the Biden was running well, right 435 00:33:59.720 --> 00:34:00.960 exactly, So you were going to hear some of that. Look, when 436 00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:06.839 it comes to the issues and again, whether Harris is in fact going to 437 00:34:06.880 --> 00:34:08.239 be the nominee. It sir, it certainly looks that way. This morning, 438 00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:12.960 Republicans are preparing new lines of attack against her. Already, the leading 439 00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:19.119 pro Trump super pac MAGA Inc. Has a statement this morning describing Harris as 440 00:34:19.159 --> 00:34:22.920 a weak on crime prosecutor when she served to San Francisco's district attorney. The 441 00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:29.599 group also says that Harris owns Joe Biden's quote open border. And you know, 442 00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:30.920 there are going to be some things that are going to be said about 443 00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:38.440 Harris's early career, other things about her record. And the Republicans are right 444 00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:45.639 now working on dossier's about possible running mates. And that's a lot of energy 445 00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:49.360 and effort that they're going to have to devote to preparing something in a relatively 446 00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:52.679 short period of time. Let's see how it all plays out. I will 447 00:34:52.760 --> 00:34:58.400 say, so far, there's not really any kind of substantial opposition that's emerged 448 00:34:58.440 --> 00:35:02.119 in the last eighteen or nineteen hour to Kamala Harris becoming the new standard bearer 449 00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:07.280 of the party except Joe Manchin. The West Virginia Independent Senators were doing a 450 00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:12.320 round of interviews in which he's not entirely been consistent, but he has indicated 451 00:35:12.360 --> 00:35:15.000 that he's not interested in running for the nomination, but he believes there ought 452 00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:20.000 to be some sort of competitive process. He does believe that Harris is too 453 00:35:20.079 --> 00:35:23.840 far left. So will someone else take up that mantle or will we see 454 00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:29.679 a nomination by acclamation within the next day or two? The Rules Committee on 455 00:35:29.719 --> 00:35:32.239 the Democratic side as we meeting later this week to establish a process going forward. 456 00:35:32.280 --> 00:35:37.239 But it's pretty straightforward and simple that the nominee only needs to win a 457 00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:39.960 majority of the delegates of the convention, And the likelihood that someone's going to 458 00:35:39.960 --> 00:35:43.800 step forward to challenge Harris to such an extent that she would not be able 459 00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:45.719 to receive a majority on a first ballot, I think is very unlikely at 460 00:35:45.719 --> 00:35:51.400 this point. Well, yeah, and we were talking to Steve Roberts earlier 461 00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:57.239 and it was like, who would step in because Kamala Harris has that name 462 00:35:57.360 --> 00:36:00.159 recognition that you some of the other people that I've heard. I'm like, 463 00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:04.119 yeah, I know who Gretchen Whitmer is. But Josh Dearborn, who has 464 00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:08.039 supported Harris already, is like, who has not Josh Shapiro. I think, 465 00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:13.440 sorry, Josh Shapiro, you're right, But it's like again saying because 466 00:36:13.480 --> 00:36:15.400 they don't have that name recognition. I don't even know who they are. 467 00:36:15.760 --> 00:36:20.599 Well, it's exactly right. And not only does Kamala Harris have name recognition 468 00:36:20.639 --> 00:36:22.440 as the sitting Vice president for the past three and a half years, she 469 00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:27.079 also has access to the cash. Yeah, and already the Biden campaign is 470 00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:30.159 now legally known as Harris for President because they filed the paperwork with the Federal 471 00:36:30.199 --> 00:36:36.320 Election Commission last night. She's a right, she's able to continue spending the 472 00:36:36.599 --> 00:36:39.360 more than two hundred million dollars that has been collected in a joint fundraising committee 473 00:36:39.400 --> 00:36:44.519 with the DNC. There's no complication to any of that. If someone else 474 00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:46.800 were to emerge, there would be complications with moving some of that money around, 475 00:36:46.840 --> 00:36:49.960 and it would be limited as to how much could be spent on another 476 00:36:50.039 --> 00:36:55.599 candidate. So that certainly weighs in Harris's favor. And when Donald Trump last 477 00:36:55.719 --> 00:37:00.800 Saturday, just the night before last, standing at a rally in Grand Rapids, 478 00:37:00.840 --> 00:37:02.719 Michigan, put the question to his own supporters who they would rather see 479 00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:07.039 him run against. The obvious favorite was Joe Biden. Yeah, there was 480 00:37:07.079 --> 00:37:08.639 like a he said, should I run against Kamala And there was sort of 481 00:37:08.679 --> 00:37:14.039 a spattering of applause, But then he said Biden and the crowd went wild. 482 00:37:14.599 --> 00:37:17.639 There has to be a recognition amongst Trump supporters that Biden is easier to 483 00:37:17.719 --> 00:37:22.840 beat. There must be a bit more nervousness, skittishness, apprehension on the 484 00:37:22.880 --> 00:37:25.960 part of Republicans because all of a sudden, the abortion issue rises to the 485 00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:31.159 forefront. Young women get instantly energized and activated in a way they wouldn't have 486 00:37:31.280 --> 00:37:37.119 been for Joe Biden. And so now it's a totally different race with brand 487 00:37:37.119 --> 00:37:39.840 new vulnerabilities for the Republican ticket. Yeah, and then, like you mentioned, 488 00:37:39.840 --> 00:37:44.559 it sort of changes everything because right at this moment, it looks like 489 00:37:44.639 --> 00:37:49.960 it will probably be Kamala Harris. But right now Trump doesn't know who he's 490 00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:54.159 going to debate, and Vance isn't debating Kamala any longer, no matter what 491 00:37:54.280 --> 00:37:59.079 happens. Well, that's right, and so you know, it's sort of 492 00:37:59.360 --> 00:38:04.079 a big Q question mark is to how debates will be happening. I mean, 493 00:38:04.119 --> 00:38:06.440 we really don't know. Last night, the former president put out on 494 00:38:06.599 --> 00:38:09.119 social media that the ABC News debate, which was scheduled for September twelfth, 495 00:38:09.239 --> 00:38:14.559 is now a question mark because well, he has his own motivations for it. 496 00:38:14.599 --> 00:38:17.239 I don't want to repeat it, but the bottom line is, you 497 00:38:17.320 --> 00:38:22.440 know, there are big question marks hanging over this, and it's funny because 498 00:38:22.679 --> 00:38:24.840 I know we only have a few seconds. The Democrats had suggested that August 499 00:38:24.880 --> 00:38:29.800 twelfth would be a great day for the vice president's debate. The Republicans said, 500 00:38:29.800 --> 00:38:31.880 no, it wouldn't be fair because we don't know who the nominee will 501 00:38:31.880 --> 00:38:37.039 be. And that was a bit of snark and a bit of trolling that 502 00:38:37.119 --> 00:38:39.639 has borne out to be true. Yeah, all right, well, never 503 00:38:39.719 --> 00:38:43.360 a dull moment, and we were happy to have you along to help us 504 00:38:43.400 --> 00:38:45.559 sort everything out. Thank you, Stephen Port, and I have a great 505 00:38:45.639 --> 00:38:49.360 day you too. All right. This is KFI and kosd HD two Los 506 00:38:49.400 --> 00:38:53.159 Angeles, Orange County. We lead local live from the KFI twenty four hour 507 00:38:53.280 --> 00:38:58.039 newsroom. I'm Amy King. This has been your Monday wake up call, 508 00:38:58.119 --> 00:39:00.880 and have you missed any of wake up call? Have missed a lot, 509 00:39:00.280 --> 00:39:05.280 so much great information from our ABC partners about what's next for the Republicans and 510 00:39:05.320 --> 00:39:08.199 the Democrats now that President Biden is out. You can listen to it anytime 511 00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:13.639 on the iHeartRadio app. You've been listening to Wake Up Call with me Amy 512 00:39:13.760 --> 00:39:16.360 King. 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