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and you as Amy Kay. Good morning. It's five o'clock. This
is your wake up call for Friday, March twenty second. I'm Amy King.
We've got so much ahead for you. We've got bees, we've got
ghosts, we've got computer chips and brains and so much more. And we're
gonna get you all caught up on what's going on in the world and somehow
managed to have a little fun. Glad you're along for the ride this morning.
Here's what's ahead on wake Up Call. Hollywood Boulevard is getting more bike
and bus lanes and wider sidewalks in an effort to attract tourists and make the
streets safer for pedestrians and bicyclists. The city's Access to Hollywood plan, unveiled
yesterday, will take away traffic lanes and more than two hundred parking spots.
The House is set to vote on a government spending package to avoid a partial
government shutdown. It's expected to pass with strong support, despite a group of
conservative members who really want to roll back spending. The deadline to pass the
plan that would fund the government through the end of the fiscal year is midnight
tonight. Forecasters say California may be drought free again this year following a wet
winter. Scientists say there's actually an equal chance of rain and snow and higher
than average temperatures for April, May and June. Let's get started with some
of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour news room. A
convicted killer has walked away from a halfway house in Orange County. Ike Suser
was convicted of fatally stabbing his mother when he was thirteen years old. He's
twenty now. He also escaped from juvenile hall and was later sentenced for making
a shank while in the Orange County jail. He pleaded guilty this week to
painting graffiti on a freeway underpass. He checked into the halfway house on Wednesday
and then left and never returned. Touchups are headed to Hollywood Boulevard. The
street is getting protected bike lanes, wider sidewalks, and dedicated bus lanes.
LA City Councilman Hugo Soda Martinez says well the project is set to make Hollywood
more walkable. Other issues in the area will be addressed in the future.
Hollywood has a lot of issues. We know we have homelessness, we have
shutter businesses. Construction crews will begin working on the more than three and a
half miles of changes this fall. The project is set to cost about eight
million dollars, with Metro paying most of the bill. On Hollywood Boulevard,
Blake Trolley, Kafiez State Farm is dropping more than seventy thousand property and commercial
apartment policies in California. The changes are expected to take effect at the end
of the year. Those impacted should be notified between July third and August twentieth.
One of the fbis Most Wanted has been arrested at the California Mexico border.
Rennie Ivan andris Parada, also known as Lucky to park View, was
busted at the Sandy SiGe Report of Entry. Federal law enforcement sources say andris
Parada is a member of MS thirteen's Leadership Council Ramsla Nacional. It used to
be called the Twelve Apostles of the Devil. Sources say andris Parada was arrested
March seventh, but wouldn't offer any details about the takedown. Andres Parada is
believed to be one of the most powerful leaders of the worldwide cartel and had
been indicted for dozens of killings in offering material support to terrorists in the US
and Central America. Steve Corregory tay if I News. Secretary of State Anthony
Blincoln has met with Israeli leaders in Tel Aviv. He says he's sharing alternatives
to Israel's planned ground assault into the southern Gaza town of Raffa. A major
military operation in Raffa would be a mistake, something we don't support, and
it's also not necessary to deal with Hamas, which is necessary. It's Blencoln's
sixth visit to the region since the war began. In October, a second
flight carrying American citizens out of Haiti has reached the US. The State Department
says the flight, with eighty people on board, landed in Miami yesterday.
The US government has encouraged all US citizens to leave Haiti as political unrest and
gang violence escalates. Life expectancy in the US has gone up for the first
time two years. A report released by the CDC yesterday found that in twenty
twenty two, life expectancy at birth was seventy seven and a half years.
The rate still hasn't reached pre pandemic levels, but COVID was not included in
the top three leading causes of death that year. The report says heart disease
and cancer were House Republicans have released a budget proposal to raise the age of
social security eligibility due to the increased life expectancy. The head of the administration
warned against doing so yesterday while at a House committee hearing. He says Americans
want their government to strengthen social security and expand it, not to cut it
or contract it. Now, let's say good morning to ABC's Tom Rivers.
Tom sounds like things are getting a little more desperate, or maybe a lot
more desperate in Ukraine, and EU leaders are looking for ways they can help.
Yeah, more desperation though among the EU leaders. Two days meeting in
Brussels, and you don't have to be a Rhodes scholar to find out that
ammunition is very, very slow and in short supply in Ukraine. What to
do about it? Well, over the past two years, Europe has dug
a big hole do you keep digging or do you look for alternative options?
And it looks like they're going to be doing more digging, trying to channel
more ammunition to Ukraine itself. Heard some other things too. Over the past
few days. We had President Macron. It's got his own domestic personal issues
going on in his country, but he's been floating the idea maybe getting French
soldiers on the ground in Ukraine, possibly in Odessa. And there's a great
growing schism between the hawkish language of most European leaders and the general population.
Sixty eight percent of the French say no way, We're not getting into World
War III. So that's kind of been shot down. So we keep watching
one very very closely. And again it looks like the European Union is on
this one way track and they're going to continue to keep funding and trying to
do what they can for Kiev, despite the fact many countries are now in
recession, having big problems with price of natural gas et cetera, et cetera,
but they see no way of getting off this track. Yeah, and
the mentioning of possibly sending French troops to Ukraine, that's something that Putin has
I don't know if you want to call it saber rattling, but he said,
don't even go there, that that would be a provocation of another level.
Yeah, but does that surprise you No, well, exactly. One
of the other options Brussels is looking at now. Of the billions and billions
of Russian assets that are frozen in central banks in Europe, one idea that
the European Union is very controversially looking at is to take the interest on that
and use that to supply ammunition for the Ukraine side. It would work out
a little over three billion dollars a year US dollars per year. And guess
what, just like your last question, Moscow says, that will be met
with a very very strong response if you want to go down that road.
Yeah. And so is the situation in Ukraine? Tom, Are they holding
their ground? Are they losing ground? Do we know Ukraine's Ukraine is losing
They're losing the war. For every shell they fire now at the eastern side
of their country, ten shells come in the other direction. You know,
if you put it in parlance of American sports, you're, you know,
the Green Bay Packers versus your local park board team right now. Uh,
it's one way traffic and it's really difficult to see how that's going to be
changing. Okay, so the and for the EU leaders too, Russia is
in their backyard. I mean for US it's a big deal, but Russia
is right there. And well again though the expansion is Russia been expanding into
Europe or is Europe been expanding towards Russia? M okay, so maybe Russia
is just fighting back. Well, they almost said they wanted Ukraine neutral.
You know, we go back to the days when everything changed with the fall
of the wall in Germany. And at that time we had Gorbachev saying,
yes, you can have Germany united in the NATO full, but do not
come close to our border, similar to do not put Soviet missiles in Cuba,
And that was heated for about seven years until Clinton changed the dynamics.
And back then, thirty years ago, you had sixteen countries in NATO.
You know how many have now double that? Right exactly, We've got twice
as many now. So there's a line. It's a red line for Moscow.
You may not like it, but they're saying, no, this is
not going to be changed. We're going to fight tooth and nail to do
what we have to do, and what they see is Mission Creep and getting
closer and closer to the Russian border. Yeah, and either way to EUSE
Council. President says that they're facing the biggest security threats since the Second World
War. So it'll be interesting to see what happens in interesting as well.
Yeah, a European commissioned president. She's looking for a re election as well.
This week she told Finland that at least you should do some preparations in
case there is a third World War. She was interviewed over here in Europe
as well, and she was asked directly, would you be willing to put
your kids in uniform and sent to Ukraine? And she laughed, she said
no way. So hence the schism between the governments, the leaders in Europe
and the general population over here. Yeah. Okay, Tom Rivers, thank
you so much for the information. Appreciate it. Thank you. All right,
let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty
four hour newsroom. A judge in la is set to request from prosecutors to
revoke Rebecca Grossman's jail phone privileges. The co founder of the Grossman Burne Foundation
is accused of making improper and possibly illegal calls since she was convicted of killing
two young boys with her car in twenty twenty. A woman in Burbank has
been arrested for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend during what police call a domestic assault.
Officers responded to Vickro Park yesterday where they saw the woman, who was naked,
chasing the man while holding a bloody knife. She was arrested on suspicion
of attempted murder. The guy needed surgery, but he's expected to survive.
Governor Newsom has celebrated the passage of Proposition one, surrounded yesterday by local officials.
He says the state has done its part and now more work is needed
at the local level. We need to see the cities and counties be full
partners and participants in advancing this effort. Prop one passed with fifty point two
percent of the vote despite thirteen million dollars spent to support the campaign, only
one thousand dollars was spent by its opponents. It'll provide more than six billion
dollars in funding for homeless housing, as well as drug and mental health,
mental illness treatment centers, so many things to do and see around Southern California
every weekend, and so we're bringing in the expert, Nick Poliochanne has Nick's
top picks for the weekend. Nick, give us some of your favorite things
that people might want to check out this weekend. So as of yesterday,
it was just the sixtieth anniversary of SeaWorld in San Diego, and so that
is kicking off a four day a stint all the way through Sunday. You
can check that out. And also this summer it's going to be a huge
celebration of the sixty years of SeaWorld down in San Diego. So one hundred
and ten percent worth your time to make that trip a little bit south of
us. And also something fun, and this is something we talked about here
on KFI quite a bit. Comedians versus AI. Stage against the Machine is
a bunch of really well known comedians that'll be taking the stage against Yes Chat
GBT here in La So it's a very interesting situation where they'll be given a
prompt for the comedians and AI and they'll go head to head on the stage,
so like an improv thing exactly. It's totally improv. But it's kind
of like if you remember they had Jeopardy versus that Microsoft Winston computer, it
was Ken Jennings a few years ago, so think of that's smart versus smart.
This is funny versus computer. So that interesting though to see the if
AI is funny. Yeah, I agree with you on that one. I
mean, I'm really curious to see how that plays out because we've heard so
many things of audio recordings and mimicking of human voices, and then to see
that people are worried about it taking over things in Hollywood. So we'll see
really how that plays out. This is something that will be happening monthly.
So that is the first installment of that happening. When that one's gonna be,
it's gonna be here in La So let's say I don't have off the
top of my head where the location is. It's gonna be at the Lyric
Hyperion Theater and Bar, which is not too far from downtown La. Okay,
And is that that's this weekend? Obviously? Okay, that's this weekend.
And then what's your third top pick? Third top pick is going to
be down in Orange County. It's the sixty fourth annual Swallows Day Parade and
Mercando Street Fair, the celebration of the Fiesta de las Goldrinas, which is
the swallows that come back every March. The nineteenth was the actual celebration of
it, which is Saint Joseph's Day, but San Juay Capistrano, the Mission
will be celebrating specifically. If you've never it's absolutely insane and it's one of
those traffic incidents that happens on the weekend, so it really falls into my
wheelhouse. But if you've never been to the Swallow's Day Parade, it's really
an amazing time. And as far as I understand, Tim Conway Junior and
crew will be there as well. I heard Bill Handle might be making an
appearance. I mean, if he's living in Orange County these days, or
you know, if he's making a plan to move down there, it totally
makes sense. And isn't San Juan I haven't been to San Juan capis Front.
I think I was there maybe when I was a kid, But isn't
it just really cool. It's a beautiful place, and it's right off the
five at or take a highway, and that's where you'll see the most traffic
this weekend because the activities will be going down for that. But it's a
beautiful area. It really is nice. And then if you are you know,
fourth grader in the state of California and studying missions, it is one
of those missions from back in the day with Unibrosera. So okay, it's
a good opportunity, all right. So those are the three top picks from
Nick. But with so many things going on around southern California, where can
they get more and more and more? You can always visit This week Nick
dot com or Nick pollio'kee or This Weekend Nick on Instagram check the link in
bio for more details, or the show notes again at this Weekend with Nick
dot com. Thank you so much, Nick. When we come back,
a paralyzed man is learning to move again thanks to Elon Musk. It's totally
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You're listening to Wake Up Call on Demand from KFI AM six forty.
The family of a fifteen year old boy who was shot to death at a
home in Apple Valley earlier this month has filed a legal claim against the San
Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. The family claims the department knew he had autism,
and says deputies had been called to the house at least five other times.
The UN Security Council will vote today on a US sponsored Gaza ceasefire resolution.
It warns against an Israeli military offensive in the southern city of Rafa and strongly
condemns restrictions that prevent AID from getting into the Gaza strip. The resolution also
calls for an immediate ceasepe All nine Star Wars movies are coming back to movie
theaters. The re releases are to celebrate the twenty fifth anniversary of The Phantom
Menace. The movies will be released in order through the summer, starting on
Star Wars Day, May the fourth, at six oh five, It's handle
on the news. The Dodgers' Mookie Bets is putting down his bat and turning
to chicken. Tell you about that. Right now, let's say good morning
to ABC's Jim Ryan. So, Jim, we're going to talk about an
implant in your brain, which is super exciting and super scary all at the
same time. Yeah, I think you're right, and others I've talked with
this morning, Like, what's so scary about this? What's the issue?
Well, you're right, it's called a brain computer interface. The BCI,
amy and lots of companies have been working on this for the last several years,
but this Neurallink. Since the company was founded by Elon Musk, it's
getting a lot more attention because it's Elon Musk, right, and he and
Neurallink released a video on Wednesday, a nine minute video that shows Nolan Arbaugh,
a twenty nine year old from here in Texas, doing things with his
mind. He was paralyzed in an accident a few years ago, paralyzed from
the shoulders down, but using his mind, and in this video he's looking
at a computer screen. He's able to use his thoughts to move the cursor
around and to move chess pieces on a computer screen around. Says he can
play another video game that he hasn't been able to play since the accident,
simply by using his mind. So Muralink says that it's evidence that this actually
works. I just don't eat. My brain just can't even wrap itself around
how that would work. But obviously there are many smarter people than I,
So that's a first step. So can he can think about moving the cursor
around. And now they're saying this is going to lead to more things,
that it's going to be a lot bigger than moving a cursor around a screen.
Yeah, that's true. And other companies have been working on this,
as I said, Australian company among them, has found ways to use a
patient's thought to move their limbs. Right, So your legs are paralyzed,
but using thought you may be able to move your legs and eventually to walk
again, which would be amazing. This has been advancing, I think,
kind of under the radar for a few years now. The FDAD give its
approval to Near a Link to do this kind of testing, and now even
Nolan to Arball, the kid involved in this one, the twenty nine year
old, I should say, des urging other people with paralysis issues to sign
up and take part in studies. But a near a Link out of other
companies too, so it's you know, the possibilities are almost limitless, and
of course that's being near a Link. Elon Musk himself has said that he'd
like to have this thing planted in his brain, even though he's perfectly healthy,
in order to get access to the internet wherever he might be. Just
think about the Internet and then you're on the internet, or make a phone
call. Think about that and make a phone call without a phone. Yeah,
there are some scary implications here. I think, amy uh yeah,
And I think having more Internet is a bad thing, not a good thing.
It's just easier ac Yes, do we know of any kind of side
effects or anything? Is he having any kind of weird reactions to having a
chip in his brain? No, he is not. Thinks about the size
of a quarter, maybe a little smaller than a quarter, implanted physically into
the brain by a robot surgeon who got a hole in the skull, implanted
this thing, then closed up and and now he's got this chip in his
brain. There the other the other company that's working on this, So one
of them, the one in Australia, actually went through a jugular vein and
so very much like putting in a stent, they sent this tube up into
the brain. It leaves this little mesh tube there, and that mesh tube
then has the electronics that can sense thoughts and do things with that. But
yeah, it's the possibilities are endless, and they're a little scary too.
Also regarding side effects, neuralink has been criticized for animal testing that there were
lots of you know, monkeys that die that they had severe infections, painful
side effects from the implantation of this device and had to be put down,
and you know, so, yeah, there are potential side effects and I
think they saw some of those in this animal testing. Either way, like
I said, it's going to be scary, but it's also very exciting,
so we'll keep watching it is. Yeah, it'll be interesting to see where
we are. They started this what ten twelve years ago I mentioned, more
will be ten or twelve years from now in this area. Yeah, all
right. ABC's Jim Ryan, thank you so much for the information. See
me. House and Senate negotiators have released the text of a massive spending package
aimed at avoiding a partial government shutdown. ABC Stephen Portnoy says the one point
two trillion dollar measure would provide funding for several agencies through the end of the
current fiscal year. Congress will have to act at breakneck speed to meet the
Friday Night funding laps deadline. The thousand page bill increases migrant detention beds and
staffing to the border patrol, it provides a boost to head start and childcare
programs. He says the bill does not include funding for the UN Agency for
Palestinian Refugees. California Republican Senate candidate Steve Garvey's reportedly deep in the hole with
state and federal taxes. Garvey's February financial disclosure statement shows he owes at least
three hundred fifty thousand and up to seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars in back
taxes from twenty eleven. He says he also owes eight percent entrance interest on
the balance. Due Garvey's going to face off against Adam Schiff in November for
California's open Senate seat. The House Judiciary Committee sued two Department of Justice tax
attorneys involved in the investigation of Hunter Biden. The lawsuit alleges Mark Daily and
Jack Morgan defied previous subpoenas to testify in their investigation of President Biden's sun.
The Justice Department says the attorneys have cooperated with the Republican lad panel and will
respond in court. Hey guess what time it is. It's almost time for
the annual wiggle Waggle Walk. I hope you'll join me and the wake Up
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and helps them care for thousands of animals they take in every year. Such
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adoptable pups, check out the booths, maybe even participate in the costume contest,
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in Pasadena. You're listening to Wake Up Call on demand from KFI AM
six forty. Thanks for starting your day with us today. Here's what we're
following in the KFI twenty four news room. Hollywood Boulevard getting more bike and
bus lanes and wider sidewalks in an effort to attract tourists and increased pedestrian safety.
The city's so called Access to Hollywood plan, unveiled yesterday, will take
away traffic lanes and more than two hundred parking spots. It's expected to be
completed by the middle of next year. Authorities in Orange County are on the
hunt for a convicted murderer who walked away from a halfway house. The Orange
County DA's office says this is the third time twenty year old Iike Sauser has
escaped from custody. He stabbed his mother to death when he was thirteen years
old. He's considered extremely dangerous and violent. New York Attorney General Letitia James
has taken the first steps towards seizing some of former President Trump's assets, targeting
his golf course in private estate. Trump has until Monday to post a four
hundred and sixty four million dollar bond in a civil fraud case, or convince
an appeals court to let him post a smaller amount until after he appeals the
decision. At six o five, it's handle on the news. The deadline
is just hours away. Can lawmakers get their job done and keep the government
funded? Bill's going to give you the latest on that. At five point
fifty, we're going to be checking in with Jason Nathanson about what's new in
theaters and on the stream and whether they're worth a watch. But right now,
it's time to talk about being very happy with the house. Whisperer Dean
Sharp, I know, good morning Amy, Hi Dean. So it's it's
about to be B season. It is, in fact, it is B
season. It's already right now. Tina and I were actually sitting in our
backyard last week and on one of our sunny days last week, and a
cloud of bees just kind of temporarily flew over the backyard. We're like,
yep, it's time. Spring is here. It's happening, okay. So,
and when people see clouds of bees, they get a little nervous,
like they freak out. They totally freak out. We know our very own
mo Kelly. I mean, he every time I would bring up the subject
of bees when I was on his show with him, he would just like
cringe and freak out. I'm like, bees are good, and he's like,
just keep them away from me. Yeah, it's true, and you
know, and that's allowed a lot of people are afraid of bees. And
you know, people have been stung by bee. I've been stung a few
times. I'm a bee keeper. I've got bees in my backyard. Oh
you do. I love that. I've got about thirty thousand little ladies sitting,
you know, twenty feet away from me right now, so you get
fresh honey from them? Yes, we do, Yes, we do tons
of it. Cool is that? But most importantly, you know, and
I've been stung on occasion as well, and then it's no fun. Okay.
But here's the thing. You know, we all know. I think
at this point that bees are good for us. They are good for everybody,
and that is both in a rural and an urban environment. Bees are
really really important in both cases. They're responsible, They're going to be responsible
this year as always for pollinating eighty percent of the pollinating flowers and trees out
there, and they're responsible for about one third of the food that's sitting in
our supermarkets. So they are a critical keystone species. And I know you
can say that all day long, and at the end of the day people
are like, yeah, but they freak me out. And I don't want
to hive hanging off a tree in my front yard. And the thing that
I wanted to share with you this morning is that's not a hive. And
people do not have to overreact to a swarm of bees. And when we
say swarm, swarm is a very special word in bee parlance. It doesn't
just mean a bunch of bees. A swarm is a very specific thing.
It is a colony of bees that has just broken off from another hive.
It's a hive reproducing itself. So it's it's it's like a stock split.
It is okay, it is exactly like a stock split. So they and
swarms happen in the spring. It's how we get more bees and more bee
colonies. So the old queen has allowed the birth of a new queen inside
the hive. She's left the new queen behind. She's taken about a third
of her workers with her, and now they are off looking for a new
home. That's a swarm. A swarm has They've filled their bellies up with
as much food as they can. That's their last meal until they find their
home. They are incredibly docile, like after a Thanksgiving dinner kind of docile.
They have They have no interest in humans whatsoever unless we agitate them.
All they're looking to do is find themselves a new place. And so when
you if you go outside and you're in the backyard and you're like, oh,
oh my gosh, there's a there's a there's a hive of bees hanging
on my back fence or off my tree, don't panic bring the dogs in
so that they don't bug them, but just let them be. They they
are hopscotching their way across town right now looking for their new permanent home.
That is not a home. A pile of bees hanging from a tree is
not a home. It's just a temporary resting spot. I guarantee you,
okay, So leave them alone and they'll move on on their own. Just
don't bug them exactly anywhere from twelve to forty eight hours, they'll be gone.
You don't have to call an exterminator or hose them down, which is
the worst thing you could do. Just let them be and they'll move on.
I just love that. Let them be, okay, and what if
one does land and they decide to set up a hive at your house,
then what do you do that. That's the thing to be concerned about.
Again. A hive is not where you see a bunch of bees exposed.
A hive is where you'll go out and maybe be looking at the corner of
your house and you're like, hey, why are there a few bees flying
in and out and around the facia border at the top of my roof.
Now we have an indication because hives are hidden, right, they hide themselves
from predators. If you see bees flying in and out of a little tiny
crack in the corner of your roof, now we've got concerns that we've got
a hive going on inside and it should not as good as it is to
have bees around. We don't need bees with hives in your roofline or your
structures. And that is when you call somebody to deal with it. But
still don't call an exterminator, because just killing the bees is not going to
be good for the bees, nor will it be good for your home,
because they're temperature controlling everything that's going on in there while they're alive, and
when they're gone, the honey, the wax it starts dripping down inside your
walls, caused mold and mildew. Not a good thing. The thing to
do, especially here in southern California, because we have these resources, is
to call a live be removal service. They will come, they will harvest
the hive, they'll get everything out of your wall. They'll do it for
at the same price, if not less usually than an exterminator. And then
they'll take those bees off to a rescue and re home them be rescue.
There are b reveues. There's a massive b rescue in Porter Ranch in the
North San Fernando Valley. That's so funny. And you know what, if
you don't believe us that bees are good, go watch the bee movie.
We need bees, Yes, we do. Do you remember that one,
the movie with Jerry Seinfeld. Yeah, and it was funny, but it
was actually very prophetic because we're having problems keeping the bees alive and thriving.
Thank you, Dean. Deane's going to be talking more about bees because springtime
is bee time. And you can listen this weekend sick to eight am right
here on KFI to the House Whisper. Also Home with Dean is on Sundays
from nine to noon, or you can follow him at home with Dean.
Thank you, Dean, Thanks Amy. You're listening to Wake Up Call on
demand from KFI Am six forty. Here's what we're following in the KFI twenty
four hour newsroom this Friday morning. A street vendor has been killed by a
stray bullet in Long Beach. Officials say he was caught in the crossfire of
a shooting Wednesday afternoon down the block from where he was working. The police
have not made any arrests. One in six municipal jobs in the city of
Los Angeles is unfilled. City Controller Kenneth Mahea says crucial functions in finance,
general services, transportation and recreation, and parks are affected because of the vacancies.
At least ten city departments or bureaus have vacancy rates of at least twenty
five percent. All nine Star Wars movies coming back to movie theaters. The
re releases are to celebrate the twenty fifth anniversary of The Phantom Menace. The
movies will be released in order through the summer, starting on Star Wars Day,
May the fourth. We're just minutes away from Handle on the news this
morning. Former President Trump has until Monday to come up with a massive million
dollar, multi million dollar bond so he can appeal that civil fraud case.
But the New York Attorney General isn't waiting until Monday to start making moves to
seize his stuff. Right now, let's say good morning to ABC's Jason Nathanson.
Who are you gonna call? Ghostbusters? Yeah? Okay, so the
new Ghostbusters is out and you haven't had a chance to see it yet.
But what are you hearing as or as rumblings? Well, it's gonna win
the weekend. In terms of box office, we're looking at forty five million
dollars, which is a good start and something we desperately need. We've had
a couple of good weeks over the past month or so with June and Kung
Fu Panda, but we're still ten percent behind last year in terms of box
office because we had a really slow start this year. So that's good for
the box office. Critics have not been so high on Ghostbusters Frozen Empire.
It's a forty four percent on Rotten Tomatoes right now from critics, but in
the first Thursday night showings it's eighty six percent from audiences, really audiences.
I mean, and you know we've seen that before. Yeah, so audiences
are digging it. So that means the box office is probably gonna be good
this weekend. And if you're a Ghostbusters fan, you have, you know,
all the original guys who are still left or were teaming up with this
new cast, including Paul Rudd and some of the others, and they're back
in New York where the first film, the first reboot film in twenty twenty
one, was out in the fields of Ohio or yeah, something like that.
So you get to go back to New York, you get the Firehouse,
you get a top secret research lab that the Ghostbusters have been using and
making, and so a lot of nostalgia in terms of that. Yeah,
so I would. I won't elaborate because we've got other stuff to talk about,
but I was disappointed with it. We went and saw it yesterday.
I mean, there are parts of it. It was definitely nostalgic. It
definitely had that cool Ghostbusters vibe, the same one from the original, which
I think is very fun. Sure, but there were several problems with it.
So just don't set your expectations too high. I think most people going
probably don't have super high expectations. I'm guessing, Okay, let's go to
the stream. Jake Jillenhall, he's looking a little buffed. If you want
to see Jake Jillenhall shirtless a lot, then Roadhouse is the film for you,
which is a remake of the nineteen eight and I'm Patrick Swayze cult classic
which was panned by critics terribly when it first came out, but found life
afterwards and people really seemed to kind of grow to like it. I don't
know why this movie of all movies is being remade. It makes absolutely no
sense to me. But and with Jake Jillenhall, who is a fantastic actor,
and we really, I feel don't see enough in good stuff. It's
a strange pick for me, but he is so good and charismatic and really
kind of carries this film, which is kind of delightful. I mean it
has delightful. Yeah, it has serious problems. I think the last fight
scene goes on way too long, and it's one of those where they hit
each other so many times in such brutal hits that you're like, there's no
way anybody could survive Two of these punches. Yeah, much less fifteen of
them. But that said, Jake Jollenhall is very good. Connor McGregor,
who makes his film debut The UFC Champ, is a lot of fun.
He plays a really crazy kind of villain type guy. And you know,
the basic premise is that Jake Jillenhall is a former UFC fighters hit tough times.
He ends up as a bouncer for this Florida Keys bar. I like
the setting. It makes you kind of want to at least go on vacation,
if not moved to the Florida Keys and just have that kind of easy
way of life on the water there, you know, except for the alligators
and crocodiles and things like that. But you know, otherwise, it's it's
fun, it's funny, it's campy. It doesn't take itself too seriously.
Oh good, which it knows exactly what it is, which I appreciate,
okay, and which which streaming services that's on Prime Video? Oh I have
that one. Maybe maybe I'll be watching it this weekend. Okay. And
then there's also a biopic of Shirley Chisholm, yes called Shirley and I think
I need a history lesson because I do not remember this or this person.
Yes. So the Regina King stars as Shirley Chisholm, who was the first
Yeah, and she's great. And Shirley chism was the first black woman elected
to Congress, Okay, and then she became the first black woman to run
for president in nineteen seventy two. So I knew she was in Congress.
I didn't realize that she ran for president. Yeah. And so this focus
is on that year that she ran for president, which I appreciated a biopic
because you know, sometimes they try to do too much, they try to
tell too much of somebody's life story and it just gets all watered down.
So this one, focusing on just this year of this extraordinary woman's life,
is a really good choice. And much like Jake Chillenhall Carey's Roadhouse, Regina
King Carrie Shirley. She's fantastic in this. I question Netflix as to why
they're putting this out now when they just saw great Oscar success in getting nominations
for Rustin and for Maestro, two movies that kind of had split opinions but
had really fantastic performances. I think Regina King could have gotten maybe a nomination
for this. I mean, I think she's really really good in it.
Overall the film. I think she's better than the film is as a total
but fascinating life, fascinating woman and definitely worth a watch. Okay, and
then I just saw a promo for this because I was getting my weekly fix
of my Apple TV shows and saw that Palm Royal just debuted on Apple TV
with Kristin Wig. Yeah, this is kind of a skippet show. I
love Kristin Wig. I love Alison Janney who's in this. I love Carol
Burnett who is in this as well. But this show doesn't really know exactly
what it is or what it's trying to do. Kristen Wig stars as a
woman in eighteen sixty nine trying to break into the Palm Beach country club scene.
She doesn't fit in that they don't like her. They spot her immediately,
but she tries really hard to get in. It's the tone is kind
of all over the place. It's slapstick, it's funny, it's serious.
It just doesn't really know what it wants to be. I think I watched
a couple of episodes. I'm not sure I'm gonna keep watching. Okay,
So if you have absolutely nothing left to do, and there are lots of
good shows to stream, but if you have nothing left to do, maybe
Palm Royal Els for you. Now, there's some other stuff I'd watched before
that. Okay, Jason Nathanson, thanks so much for your time and all
of your great insight. Again, sure they take it all right, Let's
get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour
newsroom. A UN Security Council is said to vote on a resolution declaring an
immediate and sustained ceasefire in Gaza is imperative to protect civilians and allow for the
delivery of humanitarian aid. ABC's and as Delicaterra says. The resolution is sponsored
by the US Supporting to Reuters, the latest version of the draft resolution proposes
a ceasefire that would last roughly six weeks. US Ambassador Linda Thomas Greenfield says
she's optimistic the draft resolution will be approved by the fifteen member council. Russia's
deputy UN ambassador says Moscow won't be satisfied with anything that doesn't call for an
immediate ceasefire and question the strength of the word imperative. Scientists with NASA's JPL
say the recent El Nino storms have caused sea levels to rise. Researchers noted
during El Nino events, rainfalls into the oceans and not onto land, whereas
Law Nina storms drop rain onto land and not into oceans. From twenty twenty
two two to twenty twenty three, scientists say the global average sea level rose
by three tenths of an inch, one of the biggest jumps since NASA started
monitoring sea levels thirty years ago. To put it into perspective, researchers say
the total rise is equivalent to draining a quarter of Lake Superior into the ocean
over a year's time. Since nineteen ninety three, the average sea level has
risen four inches. Steve Gregory kaya Fine News and speaking of the CE SeaWorld
San Diego is celebrating at sixtieth anniversary this weekend. Had a vision of creating
a marine mammal part that's entertaining and at the same time providing an atmosphere of
conservation, education, rescue, rehabilitation, and then returning to the wild for
animals. Seaworlds Byron Sirett says SeaWorld is so much more than just killer whales.
We've rescued over forty one thousand animals and returned to the wild, and
at the same time, we continue to embrace the atmosphere of a fun time
for the guests. The park kicks off the year long celebration this weekend with
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