WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:04.639 Hey, it's Jennifer Jones Lee. You're listening to kf I AM six forty 2 00:00:04.759 --> 00:00:12.119 wake Up Call on demand on the iHeartRadio app. That's Monday, man, 3 00:00:12.119 --> 00:00:19.039 it's time to rise and shine. Here's Jennifer Jones Lee with your morning wake 4 00:00:19.120 --> 00:00:28.519 up call. How was your weekend. I feel, for the first time 5 00:00:28.559 --> 00:00:34.280 like I actually accomplished something. I can now open the door to my garage. 6 00:00:35.679 --> 00:00:38.960 The jeeps in one side, so look at that. A whole space 7 00:00:39.039 --> 00:00:45.399 has been cleaned out, and I'm about a third of the way through wave 8 00:00:47.280 --> 00:00:55.520 six seven foot tall wall of just junk I don't need. I filled up 9 00:00:55.560 --> 00:01:03.000 two giant black you know, like the regular ash barrels, and it felt 10 00:01:03.359 --> 00:01:10.439 so freeing if it was. I was looking through things, going why didn't 11 00:01:10.439 --> 00:01:15.079 I keep this? Why did I think I would ever need this? I've 12 00:01:15.079 --> 00:01:18.840 been in this house since September, and so what I was telling myself was 13 00:01:19.280 --> 00:01:23.680 if this has been in a bag or a box since September, And yesterday 14 00:01:23.680 --> 00:01:27.000 I was saying this, and I was thinking, and tomorrow is May first, 15 00:01:27.719 --> 00:01:34.359 I clearly don't need it, and what wow, is there just a 16 00:01:34.400 --> 00:01:38.760 lot of stuff I don't need. I was finding shoes that only had one 17 00:01:38.319 --> 00:01:42.959 to them. Now where the hell the other one went in the move? 18 00:01:44.079 --> 00:01:47.480 I have no idea, and maybe it's in another bag for all I know, 19 00:01:47.799 --> 00:01:52.280 but that means I haven't worn those shoes since September. Off to goodwill 20 00:01:52.359 --> 00:01:56.359 those go, I mean, not just one shoe. Of course I'll find 21 00:01:56.400 --> 00:01:59.640 the other one. But what I'm saying is, if you've never done that 22 00:01:59.680 --> 00:02:02.640 before, where you went in your garage with the mindset that if I have 23 00:02:02.760 --> 00:02:07.560 not used this in months, I don't need it, try it. It 24 00:02:07.840 --> 00:02:12.319 was. It was the best thing I could have done yesterday. Anyway, 25 00:02:12.400 --> 00:02:15.800 I know, boring weekend, I guess you could say, but it felt 26 00:02:15.840 --> 00:02:20.120 really really good. So anyway, and thank you to my neighbor Cupcake, 27 00:02:20.520 --> 00:02:23.879 who knew I was going to be clean in the garage. Cupcake who calls 28 00:02:23.919 --> 00:02:28.479 Tyler by the way, t dollar sign or tea money, as the case 29 00:02:28.560 --> 00:02:32.199 may be. Cupcake went and got me a big old soda just give me 30 00:02:32.280 --> 00:02:37.199 some sustenance throughout the day. What a guy, I'm telling you, He's 31 00:02:37.240 --> 00:02:39.479 pretty amazing. So anyway, it was just a fun weekend. And it's 32 00:02:39.560 --> 00:02:43.280 you know, if you're also doing your garage, you get to hang out 33 00:02:43.280 --> 00:02:46.360 and see all the neighbors. You get to hang out and look in their 34 00:02:46.360 --> 00:02:50.560 garage. Is too because usually their doors are opening and closing, just saying 35 00:02:51.080 --> 00:02:54.599 it's a little voyeuristic. Then you see who also is like you and has 36 00:02:54.639 --> 00:03:00.520 a ton of crap in their garage, and who's very organized. Here's what's 37 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:04.199 ahead for your wake up call. So it looks like police in la are 38 00:03:04.280 --> 00:03:07.960 trying to find three home invasion robbers. These are so scary. They slipped 39 00:03:07.960 --> 00:03:13.400 in through a sliding door and assaulted a couple in bel Air, an elderly 40 00:03:13.479 --> 00:03:15.719 couple. Ooh. And the Crowning of King Charles. You know I love 41 00:03:15.719 --> 00:03:22.960 a good Lifetime movie. Apparently the UK is not without controversy in crowning the 42 00:03:23.080 --> 00:03:27.360 King. People in London are scoffing at the price tag. Wait till you 43 00:03:27.599 --> 00:03:34.120 hear how much this is going to cost taxpayers. It's not like it comes 44 00:03:34.120 --> 00:03:38.520 out of the I don't know King's Coronation fund, if there is such a 45 00:03:38.560 --> 00:03:43.400 thing. It's just really sad. I guess you could say. Five o 46 00:03:43.520 --> 00:03:46.120 five We're going to talk with ABC's Karen Travers all about the White House Correspondence 47 00:03:46.199 --> 00:03:53.520 dinner that happened over the weekend and the President did his own joke, and 48 00:03:53.840 --> 00:03:58.599 I'll tell you what it had to do with something that he's having to address. 49 00:03:59.319 --> 00:04:01.120 How's that for it? All that's coming up with Karen in just a 50 00:04:01.159 --> 00:04:04.199 few minutes. Let's start with some of these stories coming out of the KFI 51 00:04:04.319 --> 00:04:09.840 twenty four hour newsroom. LA police are trying to find three home invasion robbers 52 00:04:10.039 --> 00:04:14.319 who went into a home in bel Air through a sliding door and assaulted an 53 00:04:14.400 --> 00:04:17.800 elderly couple. Police say the man was punched several times in the face Friday 54 00:04:17.800 --> 00:04:21.720 when he told the intruders there were no valuables in his home. The couple's 55 00:04:21.720 --> 00:04:29.000 son says the intruders also stepped on his mom's head. The sun says the 56 00:04:29.040 --> 00:04:33.000 robbers took a safe and some cash. A man from Baldwin Park's been arrested 57 00:04:33.040 --> 00:04:38.240 for a hit and run crash that killed a pedestrian in Irwindale. Police say 58 00:04:38.399 --> 00:04:43.399 security video shows a guy walking along Azusa Canyon Road Saturday afternoon when he was 59 00:04:43.480 --> 00:04:46.879 hit by an suv. The driver took off. Cops eventually found the driver 60 00:04:47.160 --> 00:04:53.199 at his home and arrested him. Investigators are trying to figure out what caused 61 00:04:53.199 --> 00:04:57.079 the crash of a single engine plane that was reported missing while headed to the 62 00:04:57.120 --> 00:05:00.000 airport and Van Eyes. There was thick fog Saturday a night when the plane 63 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:05.199 crashed in LA's Beverly Crest area. The La City Fire Department says the plane 64 00:05:05.279 --> 00:05:10.720 was eventually found on a steep hillside that has a large water tank which was 65 00:05:10.839 --> 00:05:15.199 not damaged. One person on the plane was killed. And there's a survey 66 00:05:15.279 --> 00:05:19.600 by La Metro that is found eight hundred homeless people find shelter on Metro trains 67 00:05:19.680 --> 00:05:25.120 on any given night and nearly six hundred end up sleeping on the streets when 68 00:05:25.160 --> 00:05:29.240 the trains reached the end of the line. Metro has been scrambling to find 69 00:05:29.279 --> 00:05:33.839 solutions. That is considering enacting a homeless emergency similar to those enacted by the 70 00:05:33.920 --> 00:05:39.120 City and the County of La. Karen Travers, good morning to you. 71 00:05:39.319 --> 00:05:42.319 Did you get to go to the White House Correspondence dinner? Please say yes, 72 00:05:43.480 --> 00:05:46.079 I do. I'm actually on the board of the correspondence. Well look 73 00:05:46.160 --> 00:05:51.839 at you, wow, Okay, that's all. Yeah. I sit at 74 00:05:51.879 --> 00:05:56.639 the head table. I was sitting next to Roywood Jr. The entertainer, 75 00:05:56.639 --> 00:06:00.800 and Karen Jean Pierre, the Press secretary, and presented the Journalism Awards to 76 00:06:00.959 --> 00:06:04.560 our colleagues who won the awards on Saturday night, and it was a really 77 00:06:04.639 --> 00:06:10.439 great event. So the President was very serious, talking about the importance of 78 00:06:10.480 --> 00:06:15.600 a free press and the importance of what the industry does and bringing journalists who 79 00:06:15.600 --> 00:06:19.439 are detained overseas home thing he's working like hell to bring home Wall Street journal 80 00:06:19.439 --> 00:06:25.000 reporter Evan Gerskovich who's detained in Russia, and then also had a good time 81 00:06:25.040 --> 00:06:29.519 poking fun at himself and his age, which was the big topic of most 82 00:06:29.560 --> 00:06:31.600 of his jokes, and how old he is and how much everybody else likes 83 00:06:31.639 --> 00:06:35.120 to make jokes about how old he is. Right, And you know what, 84 00:06:35.240 --> 00:06:40.040 I think that that was smart of him to address the elephant in the 85 00:06:40.120 --> 00:06:42.800 room right away, to make it like, I know, you guys are 86 00:06:42.800 --> 00:06:46.519 all questioning this and joking about this, and so you know what, I'm 87 00:06:46.519 --> 00:06:48.279 going to not pretend like it's not there, just go ahead and hit it 88 00:06:48.319 --> 00:06:53.319 hard and then move on. Yeah, And you know, he started out 89 00:06:53.519 --> 00:06:57.759 very serious with his remarks, and it almost seemed like maybe he wasn't going 90 00:06:57.800 --> 00:07:00.000 to do any jokes. I was sitting next the Kareem, like I said, 91 00:07:00.040 --> 00:07:02.839 and I kind of turned her and said as transitioning, and she said, 92 00:07:02.879 --> 00:07:06.800 yeah, he's getting into it. And his transition line actually was really 93 00:07:06.839 --> 00:07:12.279 funny and proud loved it. As he's talking about journalism in the industry, 94 00:07:12.319 --> 00:07:15.160 he said, I believe in the First Amendment. He paused and said not 95 00:07:15.360 --> 00:07:18.879 just because my good friend Jimmy Madison wrote it. And everybody laughed, and 96 00:07:18.920 --> 00:07:23.240 then I kind of laughter the races with all the old person jokes and how 97 00:07:23.279 --> 00:07:25.519 old he is, and he said, you say I'm ancient. I say 98 00:07:25.519 --> 00:07:28.839 I'm Why do you say I'm over the hill? And then he got in 99 00:07:28.879 --> 00:07:31.800 the dig at the former CNN anchored Don Lemon. He said Don Lemon would 100 00:07:31.839 --> 00:07:35.000 say that's the man in his prime and then talks about how, you know, 101 00:07:35.040 --> 00:07:39.800 the media covers him being old, but they don't cover how old Donald 102 00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:42.879 Trump is. He talked about how that's unfair. But you know, he 103 00:07:43.360 --> 00:07:46.920 seemed to have fun and enjoyed being up there and enjoyed spending time at the 104 00:07:46.959 --> 00:07:51.600 dinner. But again, it's all about scholarships. The dinners an annual fundraiser 105 00:07:51.879 --> 00:07:56.920 scholarships that the WHDA gives out the college students who to go to the dinner, 106 00:07:57.160 --> 00:08:00.600 they had a chance to take a picture with the president before and and 107 00:08:00.680 --> 00:08:03.920 it's a really great event. And you know, yeah, there's always criticism 108 00:08:03.920 --> 00:08:07.360 too about the mingling of people from the government side and reporters, but it's 109 00:08:07.360 --> 00:08:11.240 also a chance to do some reporting there in the room too, when you're 110 00:08:11.240 --> 00:08:15.439 talking with those cabinet secretaries as you're sitting at a table with them and walking 111 00:08:15.439 --> 00:08:16.920 around the room and members of Congress or at the table next to you, 112 00:08:18.519 --> 00:08:22.120 Oh my gosh, I can only imagine. And was there anybody there that 113 00:08:22.319 --> 00:08:26.600 was I don't want to say, a controversial guest, but a surprise guest 114 00:08:26.800 --> 00:08:30.480 or anything like that. I always want to know, like what the backstory 115 00:08:30.600 --> 00:08:33.480 is on stuff. Yeah, so a couple of notable guests, John Legend 116 00:08:33.480 --> 00:08:37.200 and Christy Keegan were there. Brittany Griner was there. She got a lot 117 00:08:37.200 --> 00:08:43.480 of mentions in various remarks from the president to the comedian, but very notable, 118 00:08:43.759 --> 00:08:48.039 and a couple of standing locations. The people who seemed to be getting 119 00:08:48.080 --> 00:08:52.320 a lot of attention in terms of who people wanted to take the pictures with 120 00:08:52.519 --> 00:08:56.919 the most were the people from vander Pump Rules from Bravo, very very high 121 00:08:58.000 --> 00:09:01.159 in demand, so certainly seeing them showing up on a lot of social media 122 00:09:01.200 --> 00:09:05.840 accounts. Oh my gosh, yeah, I mean of all kinds of people. 123 00:09:05.200 --> 00:09:07.240 When I saw that too, I was like, oh, well, 124 00:09:07.799 --> 00:09:13.120 all right, I guess there's Secretary of State Anthony B. Lincoln and there 125 00:09:13.399 --> 00:09:18.759 is Lisa Vandal Pumps. So you know, it's that type of events. 126 00:09:18.679 --> 00:09:22.519 It's a little bit of everything I mean, And that's what makes it kind 127 00:09:22.519 --> 00:09:24.480 of fun, is you know that you don't know who's going to be there, 128 00:09:24.840 --> 00:09:30.919 and it does make it for you do have to have those uh I 129 00:09:30.919 --> 00:09:35.200 don't know, sort of the now trending kind of people in there, just 130 00:09:35.240 --> 00:09:37.639 so you got a little bit of that, like wait, what what are 131 00:09:37.639 --> 00:09:39.440 they doing here? You guys need to have fun while you're there too. 132 00:09:41.399 --> 00:09:43.360 Yeah, absolutely, And it creates buzz for the events, and then a 133 00:09:43.399 --> 00:09:46.480 lot of articles get written about it, and you know, you have those 134 00:09:46.519 --> 00:09:50.519 celebrities go back to Hollywood and talk a little bit about Washington and yeah about 135 00:09:50.559 --> 00:09:54.399 the event, and that's always good for it too, of course. But 136 00:09:54.600 --> 00:09:58.240 you know, it's again, it's really about the scholarship students. It's about 137 00:09:58.240 --> 00:10:03.080 honoring our all leagues and maybe awards that we gave out and just underlining the 138 00:10:03.120 --> 00:10:07.320 importance of the work that journalists in Washington do, and you know, at 139 00:10:07.320 --> 00:10:13.000 the time when they're layoff throughout the industry at local level and at the national 140 00:10:13.120 --> 00:10:18.000 level. A lot of news organizations in that room hit recently with layoffs. 141 00:10:18.039 --> 00:10:22.200 It was important to celebrate the work it's being done and the importance of the 142 00:10:22.240 --> 00:10:26.080 mission at the White House and in Washington. All right, Karen, thank 143 00:10:26.120 --> 00:10:30.480 you so much. And I kind of feel like I'm rubbing elbows with a 144 00:10:30.600 --> 00:10:33.840 celebrity here if you're on the board. For goodness sakes, holy cow. 145 00:10:33.279 --> 00:10:37.200 Well it was yeah, it was fun. It was really nice. But 146 00:10:37.279 --> 00:10:39.960 that's why my voice sounds like it does. Today is a long week, 147 00:10:41.039 --> 00:10:46.279 got it Monday and well yesterday, oh my gosh. All right, well, 148 00:10:46.279 --> 00:10:50.080 I hope you've got some vacation coming off. Just arrest that voice coming 149 00:10:50.159 --> 00:10:52.080 up. All right, Thanks Karen, appreciate it, Thank you, all 150 00:10:52.159 --> 00:10:56.120 right, see you later. That is ABC's Karen Travers. Hey, So, 151 00:10:56.240 --> 00:11:01.759 what is this a possibility of rain in the forecast? This was weirding 152 00:11:01.840 --> 00:11:05.879 me out like crazy. Yesterday it was warm, warm, warm, I'm 153 00:11:05.919 --> 00:11:09.000 sweating in the garage, and then by the time that I'm putting the show 154 00:11:09.039 --> 00:11:13.000 together, last night I was sitting out on my patio it got cold. 155 00:11:13.480 --> 00:11:16.759 National Weather Service meteorologist Todd Hall is on with us this morning. Todd, 156 00:11:16.840 --> 00:11:22.080 this is a rollercoaster weather ride I've never seen, or haven't seen in quite 157 00:11:22.080 --> 00:11:24.960 a while. Yeah, good morning, Jennifer. Yeah, we're looking at 158 00:11:26.399 --> 00:11:31.240 a really kind of a cold, unfeasonable storm system moving in. Uh, 159 00:11:31.799 --> 00:11:33.480 you know for this for this time of year. So for early day, 160 00:11:33.519 --> 00:11:39.120 you're going to start off pretty chili to start off, to start off May. 161 00:11:39.600 --> 00:11:41.320 What what are you expecting as far as chili? What's you know? 162 00:11:41.399 --> 00:11:45.759 Are we back in the sixties again? Yeah, I mean we're gonna see 163 00:11:45.799 --> 00:11:50.879 temperatures in the upper fifties to six feet across across the area. Um, 164 00:11:50.559 --> 00:11:54.720 chances of rain are going to increase through the week, So probably looking at 165 00:11:54.840 --> 00:12:01.360 Wednesday and Thursday five potential for rain and maybe maybe Iceland thundersporns. Wow. 166 00:12:01.440 --> 00:12:05.679 So how much rain are you expecting right now? It looks like about a 167 00:12:05.720 --> 00:12:09.000 half an inch for the close valleys, but there's a chance that we could 168 00:12:09.080 --> 00:12:13.039 see you know, it's a cutoff. It's it's one of these these these 169 00:12:13.080 --> 00:12:15.840 troughs that it's kind of going to wobble around and hang out, but it's 170 00:12:15.840 --> 00:12:18.200 gonna make us look bad over the over the coming week. Unfortunately, as 171 00:12:18.200 --> 00:12:22.200 far as meteorologists in Sounding California, it's not a great time to be a 172 00:12:22.200 --> 00:12:26.600 meteorologist when this kind of happened. So we're looking at the potential for you 173 00:12:26.639 --> 00:12:31.039 know, uh, you know where we could see you know, showers lingering 174 00:12:31.039 --> 00:12:35.720 and musi on Friday possibly and increasing those rainfall amount. So right now we're 175 00:12:35.720 --> 00:12:39.440 saying it happened to one inch, but it's it's there's certain that there is 176 00:12:39.440 --> 00:12:43.559 a certain amount uncertainty with that, you know. Um as we're starting to 177 00:12:43.600 --> 00:12:46.919 see more and more fires and they're just popping up here and there. A 178 00:12:46.960 --> 00:12:50.320 few have been in San Bernardino County recently, And I was talking with a 179 00:12:50.320 --> 00:12:54.200 friend of mine who's a firefighter, and he was talking about how, in 180 00:12:54.240 --> 00:12:58.720 spite of all the rain that we got and then obviously the fuel that grew 181 00:12:58.799 --> 00:13:03.879 from it, just this little tiny stint of dry weather that we had dried 182 00:13:03.960 --> 00:13:09.000 all that fuel out so fast. So from a fire standpoint, I guess 183 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:15.279 it's good if this thing lingers, Yeah, I mean, this will end 184 00:13:15.360 --> 00:13:18.039 up and actually help a little bit alleviate some of fire weather positions for a 185 00:13:18.039 --> 00:13:22.639 few weeks before we get into the summer. Um. So it's it's it's 186 00:13:22.679 --> 00:13:24.519 going to help a little bit. Um. But I mean, we have 187 00:13:24.559 --> 00:13:28.440 all this rain that happens over you know, over the winter, and then 188 00:13:28.799 --> 00:13:31.960 as we hit April May typically we start to dry out, and and we 189 00:13:33.080 --> 00:13:37.799 have these grasses, these fine grasses that dry out as well. So as 190 00:13:37.840 --> 00:13:41.799 we get that warmer weather as the terms begin into summer. So that's that's 191 00:13:41.840 --> 00:13:46.120 kind of what we're that's kind of what you know, those those vegetation is 192 00:13:46.120 --> 00:13:50.000 starting to respond to that by weather we had. All right, Todd, 193 00:13:50.080 --> 00:13:52.440 thank you so much. All Right, so we'll start looking for the grace. 194 00:13:52.559 --> 00:13:56.799 Guys, probably tomorrow. You think you think we'll have any sunshine today, 195 00:13:58.799 --> 00:14:01.919 we'll well, we may have a little bit of breaks of sunshine this 196 00:14:01.080 --> 00:14:05.159 afternoon, but it looks like we're going to continue to speak kind of the 197 00:14:05.759 --> 00:14:09.759 kind of a cloudy, dreary type May gray type pattern. Okay, you 198 00:14:09.799 --> 00:14:11.519 know that we're going to see over the next couple of days. I don't 199 00:14:11.519 --> 00:14:16.440 hate that because I love to nap when it's gray. So thank you Todd 200 00:14:16.480 --> 00:14:18.440 for that, Thank you so much. All right, see you later. 201 00:14:18.559 --> 00:14:22.960 National Weather Service meteorologist Todd Hall. Is there anything worse than when you're trying 202 00:14:22.960 --> 00:14:26.440 to take a nap and the birds are singing and the sun is out? 203 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:33.519 I have cussed birds more often than I would like to admit in my life 204 00:14:33.799 --> 00:14:37.679 because they're not on my schedule. How dare they? These are the Hollywood 205 00:14:37.679 --> 00:14:43.519 writers who could soon walk off the job if a new labor contract isn't reach 206 00:14:43.679 --> 00:14:48.440 the sticking points pay and security. The Writers Guild says TV execs have used 207 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:52.799 the transition to streaming to cut writer pay and separate writers from production, directly 208 00:14:52.840 --> 00:14:58.440 impacting scripts for series That's ABC's Derek Dennis. He says the writer's Guild is 209 00:14:58.519 --> 00:15:05.080 also concerned about artificial intelligence being used to generate scripts without the writers. I 210 00:15:05.080 --> 00:15:09.679 can only imagine, because that's what AI can do. It can write you 211 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:13.960 a song, it can write you a script, It can write your paper 212 00:15:13.000 --> 00:15:18.120 for school. Where the hell was AI when I was going to school. 213 00:15:20.080 --> 00:15:26.879 Some of TV's biggest shows could go dark as soon as midnight tonight if a 214 00:15:26.960 --> 00:15:31.399 deal is not reached. Cops in La are trying to find three home invasion 215 00:15:31.440 --> 00:15:35.240 robbers who slipped into a home in bel Air through a sladding door and assaulted 216 00:15:35.279 --> 00:15:39.240 an elderly couple. Police say the man was punched several times in the face 217 00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:43.799 late Friday when he told intruders that there were no valuables in the home. 218 00:15:45.240 --> 00:15:50.000 The couple's sons says the intruders stepped on his mom's head. I don't the 219 00:15:50.480 --> 00:15:54.000 punching of the man is bad enough, but then you step on an elderly 220 00:15:54.080 --> 00:15:58.600 woman's head. Yeah, no place in society for you as far as I'm 221 00:15:58.600 --> 00:16:03.679 concerned. The Sun says the robbers took a safe and some cash coming up 222 00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:07.960 at five thirty five. This is a horrific story that came out of Texas 223 00:16:08.039 --> 00:16:12.799 this weekend, and local, state, and federal investigators are trying to determine 224 00:16:12.840 --> 00:16:19.759 now what the connection is between five people who were aged eight to thirty one 225 00:16:21.799 --> 00:16:25.879 and the man accused of shooting them all to death. Over the weekend. 226 00:16:26.440 --> 00:16:30.960 Four people were dead at this scene, and that eight year old died at 227 00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:34.399 the hospital. Cops say all of the violence may have started as a dispute 228 00:16:34.399 --> 00:16:40.039 between neighbors in the city of Cleveland, Texas. That's about forty five miles 229 00:16:40.080 --> 00:16:42.240 north of Houston. So we'll get into that with Jim in just a few 230 00:16:42.279 --> 00:16:48.039 minutes. Well, some kids from Boyle Heights have become new horse riders thanks 231 00:16:48.080 --> 00:16:51.759 to the LAPD. It's part of a rebounded program in Metro's Mounted Unit. 232 00:16:51.960 --> 00:16:56.720 Lieutenant Carlos Figeroa says the kids were selected by the department's Community Safety Partnership Division. 233 00:16:56.799 --> 00:17:00.399 They selected kids from the Ramona Gardens Housing develop who got some funding through 234 00:17:00.440 --> 00:17:06.440 help of the Los Angeles Police Foundation to purchase helmets and boots, food for 235 00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:08.440 the kids when they were here. On Saturday, ten kids graduated from the 236 00:17:08.480 --> 00:17:12.160 Mini Mounties program. They spent five saturdays in a row here at the Almonds 237 00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:15.319 and Equestrian Center learning how to ride and care for horses. At first, 238 00:17:15.319 --> 00:17:18.960 I was nervous and I didn't want to go on the horse because I was 239 00:17:19.000 --> 00:17:23.160 like, what if I fall? But you get comfortable riding a horse and 240 00:17:23.279 --> 00:17:26.839 being with the horse, so it was it was pretty cool. He was 241 00:17:26.880 --> 00:17:30.640 fourteen and says this was life changing. Then there's fifteen year old Jose I 242 00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:36.079 came out. It turns out riding horse it turns out to be my passion 243 00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:38.079 is fun. What was it like when you first got on that saddle? 244 00:17:38.200 --> 00:17:41.240 When I first gone on that saddle? Kind of nervous, almost fell once, 245 00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:45.640 but I didn't give up. The kids got certificates, cool polo shirts 246 00:17:45.640 --> 00:17:48.400 and a bunch of memories in atwater. Steve Gregory, King of I News, 247 00:17:49.279 --> 00:17:55.720 I love that horses are the best. If you've never ridden a horse, 248 00:17:55.759 --> 00:18:00.039 you're doing yourself a disservice. Eric Katursky, good morning to you. 249 00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:02.839 You know that has to be my question. Have you ever ridden a horse? 250 00:18:04.400 --> 00:18:14.119 Yeah? Yeah, not like competitively. I was just thinking, right, 251 00:18:14.200 --> 00:18:15.880 but I was just thinking maybe, I don't know. You're a big 252 00:18:15.920 --> 00:18:19.319 city guy. I don't know if you've ever ridden a horse. Yeah, 253 00:18:19.400 --> 00:18:22.720 yeah, sure, like when I was eight at summer camp or something. 254 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:27.200 Sure, Okay, that makes only interactions of wildlife. We have her, 255 00:18:27.200 --> 00:18:30.079 you know, pigeons, cockroaches and rats. So like, if I try 256 00:18:30.200 --> 00:18:33.880 not to go too crazy, all right, well, you know what, 257 00:18:33.039 --> 00:18:37.279 I will take a horse over all of that any day. So come out 258 00:18:37.319 --> 00:18:40.440 and visit us. Aaron, good morning to you. Let's get back into 259 00:18:40.559 --> 00:18:44.000 what the trial is now or where we stand. I guess you could say 260 00:18:44.119 --> 00:18:48.680 of journalist E Jean Carroll, who will be back today and her federal battery 261 00:18:48.720 --> 00:18:53.599 and defamation suit against former President Trump. She's due back She's due back today 262 00:18:53.640 --> 00:18:59.960 for a cross examination, which will continue under Joe Tacopina, the defense attorney 263 00:19:00.079 --> 00:19:03.839 or former President Trump, and this morning, Jen he wrote to the judge 264 00:19:03.880 --> 00:19:07.319 asking for a mistrial. He said that the judge had improperly limited some of 265 00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:11.839 the questions that he was asking her about, why she didn't go to the 266 00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:15.160 police, why she didn't pursue security camera footage, why she just made some 267 00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:19.880 of the decisions that she did after she was allegedly raped. The judge at 268 00:19:19.920 --> 00:19:25.119 different points intervened and told Tacopina to move along, and he took exception to 269 00:19:25.160 --> 00:19:27.920 that, and so much so that he's now asking for a mistrial. I'm 270 00:19:27.920 --> 00:19:32.079 not sure that's necessarily going to go anywhere, but it does lay the groundwork 271 00:19:32.119 --> 00:19:37.480 for an eventual appeal perhaps, And so her cross examination will continue, and 272 00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:41.079 then we expect to hear from two friends of hers that she says she told 273 00:19:41.200 --> 00:19:48.039 in real time after the alleged rape occurred. Will that make a difference based 274 00:19:48.079 --> 00:19:52.839 on the line of questioning that Tacopino was going with, Well, the friends 275 00:19:52.920 --> 00:19:57.519 could because there's no physical evidence here and there's no direct eye witnesses. So 276 00:19:57.559 --> 00:20:03.640 in order to boast the bull Eegeene Carol's credibility with the jury that the pointiff 277 00:20:03.680 --> 00:20:07.240 side wants to show that, you know, she didn't just make this up 278 00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:11.640 whole cloth, as Trump alleges, but she actually told two friends about it 279 00:20:11.119 --> 00:20:15.440 at the time it allegedly occurred in the mid nineteen nineties, and those two 280 00:20:15.480 --> 00:20:18.640 friends, Carol Martin, a former television news anchor, and Lisa burned Back, 281 00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:23.359 a writer, are expected to testify about it. And we'll also see 282 00:20:23.400 --> 00:20:26.440 at some point during the trial, probably later this week, the so called 283 00:20:26.480 --> 00:20:32.720 Access Hollywood take to remember that from the twenty sixteen campaign, when you know, 284 00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:36.359 Trump has overheard telling then host Billy Bush about what he does with women 285 00:20:36.400 --> 00:20:41.480 without their consent, and although he's dismissed it as locker room banter, Carol's 286 00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:45.079 attorneys have said it wasn't locker room talk. It's exactly what he did to 287 00:20:45.079 --> 00:20:48.400 Egeene Carol. And then I'm sure then the defense will say, well, 288 00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:53.359 Eejeene Carroll came out with this after we all saw that video, so they 289 00:20:53.359 --> 00:20:56.799 could say that. I'm sure they'll try and say she's making it up or 290 00:20:56.839 --> 00:21:00.160 something. I mean, you're what the tip for to in this trial is 291 00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:04.319 kind of predictable. I'm a little bit surprised by it. Well, I 292 00:21:04.319 --> 00:21:10.599 mean, you know, absent any physical evidence or direct eyewitness accounts it you 293 00:21:10.640 --> 00:21:12.480 know, it isn't, he said, she said, but the you know, 294 00:21:12.519 --> 00:21:17.240 the plaintiffs insist it's not because they're these you know, corroborating witnesses. 295 00:21:17.440 --> 00:21:19.079 We'll see if the jury believes it. You know, the defense has already 296 00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:23.000 gotten Carol at a concide. She can't remember the exact date the alleged rape 297 00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:26.480 occurred. She did not go to the police, she didn't seek security camera 298 00:21:26.480 --> 00:21:32.279 footage, she didn't seek medical treatment or psychological help after. The defense is 299 00:21:32.319 --> 00:21:37.440 suggesting she didn't do the things that other rape victims do, including screaming during 300 00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:41.359 the alleged attack, and Carol said, he can't beat up on me for 301 00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:44.920 not screaming. Some women scream, some don't. And then she said, 302 00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:48.559 with dramatic flair, you know he raped me, whether I screamed or not. 303 00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:52.119 Wow. And I mean, oh my gosh, even from just a 304 00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:57.319 watcher of this, you can't judge what a rape victim does or does not 305 00:21:57.480 --> 00:22:02.279 do. Reporting remembering the day, you don't know what she's suppressed. Who 306 00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:06.440 she you know, was she so ashamed when it happened that she just didn't 307 00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:10.440 want you want to say anything about it or whatever. And now as she's 308 00:22:10.440 --> 00:22:14.559 gotten older, maybe she's gotten stronger and wants to say something about it. 309 00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:18.160 But you can see where Tacapino can look at this and say, hey, 310 00:22:18.200 --> 00:22:21.119 you never did any of this. So you told two friends, but you 311 00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:25.799 never did anything that a normal rape victim might or might not have done. 312 00:22:25.839 --> 00:22:29.279 I don't know what a normal victim is, but gosh, you can kind 313 00:22:29.319 --> 00:22:33.240 of see how both sides are or the believability I guess on both sides is 314 00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:40.720 there. Well, And that's exactly what the defense is hoping for to say 315 00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:42.880 that, look, you know, you may have some sympathy, but but 316 00:22:42.920 --> 00:22:47.759 she can't prove it that you know she's And even if you don't believe she's 317 00:22:47.799 --> 00:22:51.160 fully made it up, he's already gotten her to conceive that some of the 318 00:22:51.200 --> 00:22:55.640 details are odd and inconceivable. You know, it is a former president of 319 00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:59.079 the United States being accused of rape and open court. That's never happened before 320 00:22:59.079 --> 00:23:02.920 an American history, And so the defense is suggesting, you're gonna want to 321 00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:07.599 be sure, whereas you know, Carol's attorneys say it's Trump, it's his 322 00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:11.640 m just look at you know what two dozen other women have said, even 323 00:23:11.640 --> 00:23:15.640 though this would represent a first conviction. All right, Aaron, thanks for 324 00:23:15.680 --> 00:23:18.119 watching it for us. I'm sure we'll talk to you again. Thank you, 325 00:23:18.400 --> 00:23:23.160 all right, see you later. ABC's horse riding Aaron Katursky. I 326 00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:26.799 think I need to see Aaron on a horse, just for the record, 327 00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:36.240 because Aaron is probably one of the most city guys that I know, you 328 00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:41.039 know, like he's got when you see him on TV. He's got the 329 00:23:41.079 --> 00:23:44.119 coat and the scarf and the you know, he's dressed to the nines, 330 00:23:44.200 --> 00:23:48.839 as a reporter from New York would be. I kind of need to see 331 00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:53.960 him in jeans and like a snap up shirt and some boots. An assembly 332 00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:59.200 woman from Irvine is alerting small businesses about a new law that gives them equal 333 00:23:59.319 --> 00:24:03.680 chances. The Hollywood writers could soon walk off the job if a new labor 334 00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:08.759 contract is not reached. It's the writers Guild that's also concerned about artificial intelligence 335 00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:15.400 being used to generate scripts without the writers rightedly, so some of TV's biggest 336 00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:19.279 shows could go dark as soon as midnight tonight if a deal isn't reached. 337 00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:23.920 And speaking of deals. The FDIC says JP Morgan Chase Bank will take over 338 00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:30.519 all deposits and most of the assets of First Republic Bank, which has struggled 339 00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:33.960 since the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank in early March. The 340 00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:41.920 FDIC announced early this morning that regulators in California had closed First Republic and appointed 341 00:24:41.920 --> 00:24:45.480 it as a receiver. First Republic Banks eighty four branches in eight states are 342 00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:52.680 reopening today as branches of JP Morgan Chase Bank. It's so crazy because when 343 00:24:52.680 --> 00:24:56.359 I was working in the Bay Area pretty early on, I think when I 344 00:24:56.400 --> 00:25:03.039 started actually anchor, so it would have been twenty four, twenty five at 345 00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:07.200 the time, we had your weather forecast brought to you by First Republic Bank. 346 00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:11.759 First Republic Bank, where it's a privilege to serve you, and they 347 00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:15.400 were the hot thing. I remember them being the big up and comer. 348 00:25:15.400 --> 00:25:19.519 And then now this what twenty years later? That was fast. All right, 349 00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:22.599 let's say good morning now to ABC's Jim Ryan. Jim, what a 350 00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:26.079 horrific story out of Texas. Go ahead and give us just sort of the 351 00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:30.480 nuts and bolts of the story before we get into the investigation. So, 352 00:25:30.599 --> 00:25:33.960 yeah, Jennifer well, it started on Friday evening, and we're told that 353 00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:37.279 people in Cleveland, Texas, sometimes they get home from work on Friday, 354 00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:41.440 they blow off steam by shooting off guns in their yards, firing into the 355 00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:45.480 air. That's apparently, according to neighbors at least, what this man in 356 00:25:45.640 --> 00:25:51.720 this case was doing. And now he is gone. Francisco Orld pass his 357 00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:53.519 name. He's thirty eight years old. Neighbors told him to stop it. 358 00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:57.839 They had somebody sleeping inside, a baby was asleep. He said he was 359 00:25:57.880 --> 00:26:02.480 in his own property, on his own yard, and so he wasn't going 360 00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:06.720 to stop. Instead of stopping, he went next door with this ar fifteen 361 00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:11.480 semi automatic rifle, according to police, shot and killed five people, including 362 00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:15.240 an eight year old boy. Killed them execution style, shooting them in the 363 00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:18.480 head. And now he has disappeared. The police have been looking for him. 364 00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:22.799 They brought in the FBI, they brought in dogs, did an extensive 365 00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:26.519 search. They found his cell phone and some articles of clothing, but still 366 00:26:26.640 --> 00:26:30.440 Oral Pessa is nowhere to be found. All right. Do they think that 367 00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:33.279 he was drinking? Do they think that he on top of it all, 368 00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:37.799 it just seems like a random I'm shooting a gun I mean, that's weird 369 00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:41.880 enough. I'm shooting a gun in my own backyard. But was there more 370 00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:45.640 to it? Was he on something to the neighbors know? No, they 371 00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:48.640 haven't said, and we may not know that ever. In fact, by 372 00:26:48.640 --> 00:26:52.240 the time he's caught, if he's caught, then whatever was in his bloodstream 373 00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:56.400 might not be there anymore. So Yeah, was it drug induce? Was 374 00:26:56.440 --> 00:27:00.240 it alcohol induce? We don't know. But all we know is that this 375 00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:06.359 horrific crime has happened. An eighty thousand dollar reward has been issued. Oropeza 376 00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:11.079 is now subject to arrest in a five million dollar bond. Meanwhile, the 377 00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:14.160 people in this house are trying to recover. There was a civil There was 378 00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:18.319 a vigil last night in Cleveland. People from around that community of about seven 379 00:27:18.359 --> 00:27:26.880 thousand gathered in solidarity with the families that lost loved ones, both the shooter 380 00:27:26.359 --> 00:27:30.400 and the folks the victims are thought to be in the country illegally, but 381 00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:34.960 Cleveland still came around this family and said that they were supporting them. Was 382 00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:40.880 he illegal, No, he's from Mexico. The those who were killed, 383 00:27:40.880 --> 00:27:44.119 it's thought all of them were most of them at least were from Honduras and 384 00:27:44.160 --> 00:27:47.680 many of them had moved into this house only recently, so it's likely that 385 00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:49.759 he didn't know these people at all, that the neighbors didn't know him, 386 00:27:49.839 --> 00:27:53.759 he didn't know them, and that this was just a crime of passion or 387 00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:57.039 something. Well. Yeah, I mean it sounds like one of those almost, 388 00:27:57.279 --> 00:28:00.720 um, I don't know, I'm trying to like, can it somehow 389 00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:03.640 a road rage where all of a sudden you get mad at somebody really fast 390 00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:07.160 and you see red. But usually for most of us, we see red 391 00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:10.400 for half a second and then you go, wait a minute, that person 392 00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:11.960 might have a gun or that person you know, like, all right, 393 00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:15.799 never mind, I'm backing off. But this guy, it's I know, 394 00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:21.759 this sounds awful. It's one thing to go after adults, but in eight 395 00:28:21.839 --> 00:28:26.480 year old execution style. I mean, there's something screwed up with you if 396 00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:29.720 you're able to do that. Yeah. And I think there's there's a lot 397 00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:33.000 of credence to your theory that he was on something. He was either on 398 00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:37.160 drug store was drunk at the time, but again we just don't know that 399 00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:41.359 yet. All right, and then as far as he was not here legally, 400 00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:44.240 do they believe now they're going to have to work with Mexican authorities. 401 00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:47.680 Do they think he went to Mexico. Well, yes, and certainly the 402 00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:52.400 State of Texas working with the US Customs and Border Protection there along the US 403 00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:56.759 Mexico border in uh, you know, in South Texas, in West Texas, 404 00:28:56.759 --> 00:29:00.279 to try to let them know, distribute his picture to those folks out 405 00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:03.559 there, to those border patrol agents so that if he does kind of try 406 00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:07.720 to leave the country through one of the international bridges, that he'll be caught. 407 00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:11.079 Yeah, you're right. It's it's a difficult thing once somebody gets out 408 00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:15.000 of the country, but it's happened before. We've had fugitives from Texas who 409 00:29:15.319 --> 00:29:18.480 have made it into Mexico and have been caught and brought back to the US. 410 00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:22.039 Same story with California, I'm sure, all right. And the reward 411 00:29:22.119 --> 00:29:26.799 that you were talking about was that the Governor's office, who's it's a part 412 00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:29.599 of it, right, is from the Governor's office. That's part of it. 413 00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:33.799 The crime Stoppers, the multi county Crime Stoppers has put up five thousand 414 00:29:33.880 --> 00:29:37.880 dollars. The State of Texas, through the Governor's office, has put up 415 00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:41.839 a reward, and the FBI is offering another twenty five thousand, So fifty 416 00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:45.519 plus five and twenty five is thirty's at eighty thousand. All right, well, 417 00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:48.480 let's hope that that gets somebody to come forward and talk about where this 418 00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:52.640 guy is. Jim, thank you so much. See Jennifer. All right, 419 00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:56.200 see you later. That is ABC's Jim Ryan. I you know, 420 00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:03.599 don't know. It's not that I am in any way, shape or forms 421 00:30:03.640 --> 00:30:07.240 thing. It's it's okay for one person to shoot an adult. That's not 422 00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:14.079 what I'm saying. There's just that little the pit in your stomach when you 423 00:30:14.160 --> 00:30:22.759 hear a child was killed eight years old execution style. What the hell is 424 00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:27.960 wrong with people? Hey, I just I don't know why I can't wrap 425 00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:33.480 my head around it. All right, I'm gonna end with something light. 426 00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:37.599 Let's get out of that. Let's get out of that darkness, because we 427 00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:42.319 can laugh at this or giggle at this. I should say, although if 428 00:30:42.359 --> 00:30:47.000 I was a prior or, if I was a taxpayer in the UK, 429 00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:52.559 I might not be laughing. I might be a little annoyed. The crowning 430 00:30:52.599 --> 00:30:59.400 of King Charles comes with a one hundred twenty five million dollar price tag, 431 00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:03.599 and who pays that price? The taxpayers? It just doesn't stay quite right, 432 00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:07.200 they could be paying for it themselves, and how it would be like 433 00:31:07.359 --> 00:31:11.319 a nice gesture. Yeah, it's not like the royal family is without some 434 00:31:11.440 --> 00:31:15.599 money now. ABC's Lionel Moise says. People have also criticized the plans to 435 00:31:15.599 --> 00:31:25.240 have the archbishop asked the public to vocally vocally pledge allegiance to King Charles and 436 00:31:25.319 --> 00:31:29.880 his successors. Critics call the oath offensive and tone deaf, pointing out that 437 00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:33.960 it asked people to swear allegiance to Prince Andrew, who, despite being stripped 438 00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:38.640 of his royal titles, is still technically a successor. He's technically a successor. 439 00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:45.079 He's also been accused of being a Jeffrey Epstein, I don't know, 440 00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:52.079 partner in crime with the sexual assault of women. What are we doing? 441 00:31:56.480 --> 00:32:00.079 The coordination of Britain's new monarch and his wife, Queen Kimilla is less than 442 00:32:00.119 --> 00:32:07.720 a week away. You know, there's they're only part of me that is 443 00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:09.839 made happy by that story. Well two parts, I guess, Like I 444 00:32:09.880 --> 00:32:15.160 said that I'm not a UK taxpayer, but also apparently they are as screwed 445 00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:19.799 up as we are. At times that make you feel a little better, 446 00:32:19.880 --> 00:32:22.559 like misery loves company on that level a little bit. Hey, look at 447 00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:27.200 this, As of tonight at midnight, Hollywood writers could soon walk off the 448 00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:32.160 job. No, because that means some of TV's biggest shows could go dark 449 00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:37.000 as soon as midnight tonight if a deal isn't reached. Now. The writer's 450 00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:42.559 guild is very concerned about this new contract. But in addition to the contract, 451 00:32:42.880 --> 00:32:46.759 they're worried about artificial intelligence being used to generate scripts without the writers. 452 00:32:47.599 --> 00:32:52.640 I get that, because you could also have news anchors without the news anchor. 453 00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:57.400 Some of TV's biggest shows again, we will be watching because they could 454 00:32:57.960 --> 00:33:02.160 have to stop as of midnight tonight. Also, Tyler, I need your 455 00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:08.039 help on this one, or Michelle or Anne or all if everybody's in there. 456 00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:12.079 Nobody's in here, Oh dude, it's just you then, all right. 457 00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:17.559 Singer songwriter at Cheron's copyright infringement trial resumes today in Manhattan. Tyler, 458 00:33:17.640 --> 00:33:23.640 I need you to do the let's get it on part. He's facing a 459 00:33:23.640 --> 00:33:30.400 one hundred million dollar lawsuit over allegations that his song thinking Out Loud Baby UH 460 00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:38.119 Will Be Loving You to is seventeen. Tyler, it's a no for me, 461 00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:42.279 dog, dude, you were supposed to do. Good dog. It's 462 00:33:42.319 --> 00:33:45.799 a no for me. Dog. You suck the audio for you if you 463 00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:50.039 want it. No, I don't want it. I wanted you to sing, 464 00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:53.480 but screw that. Cheron is the claim, and says he has twenty 465 00:33:53.519 --> 00:33:59.920 fourteen hit Thinking out Loud was he very collaborative effort with co writer Amy wedd 466 00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:05.839 Hey. By the way, there is talk about AM radio being removed from 467 00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:10.719 new cars and trucks. Not okay. FEMA and first responders across the country 468 00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:17.239 rely heavily on AM radio to deliver public warnings and emergencies because of AM's unmatched 469 00:34:17.320 --> 00:34:22.599 reach resiliency. And don't forget, it's free. So here's the deal. 470 00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:25.280 If you're thinking, okay, I have a text alert on my phone and 471 00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:29.960 that's how I'm going to get it. That's lovely, but it's not a 472 00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:34.840 substitute for what broadcast radio provides in time of needs. If you get a 473 00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:37.719 one line text alert, it can't take the place of the voice on the 474 00:34:37.800 --> 00:34:42.719 radio who comes to you twenty four to seven until the emergency passes. And 475 00:34:42.800 --> 00:34:46.079 that's even assuming that the cell networks are up and running, which often they 476 00:34:46.079 --> 00:34:51.159 are not. In a big emergency, So when emergencies occur, your local 477 00:34:51.239 --> 00:34:55.199 broadcast radio station is there providing wall to wall coverage, life saving information and 478 00:34:55.280 --> 00:35:00.719 a live connection in the crisis when radio stays in the aftermath. So this 479 00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:04.880 hits home. Do you think it's right for you to lose access to KFI 480 00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:07.239 when you're on the road. I didn't think so. So you need to 481 00:35:07.239 --> 00:35:12.800 make your voice heard on this issue. Text the letters AM to five to 482 00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:17.039 eight eight six and tell Congress to keep AM radio in our cars and trucks. 483 00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:22.639 Standard data and messaging rates apply. Let's say good morning now to ABC's 484 00:35:22.679 --> 00:35:27.239 Inez de la Kutera. Inez. Last time we spoke to you about the 485 00:35:27.280 --> 00:35:31.079 evacuation in Sudan of US Americans. At that point, we knew that the 486 00:35:31.119 --> 00:35:36.320 embassy had been cleared and that it was a very quick and clean operation. 487 00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:39.280 Those helicopters on the ground. I think the whole thing lasted like an hour 488 00:35:39.440 --> 00:35:45.440 if I remember correctly. But there were also sixteen thousand Americans still in the 489 00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:49.440 country. What happens to them? And where are we now in the evacuation 490 00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:52.840 of our citizens? Hey, good morning. Yeah, so you'll remember that 491 00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:59.159 dramatic rescue from last weekend when the US decided to step in and evacuate embassy 492 00:35:59.360 --> 00:36:02.960 staff and their families from Sudan. So they came in with military planes. 493 00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:07.639 They got them all out safely. But the US at that point had told 494 00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:10.679 the remaining US nationals in Sudan, and there were a lot, I mean, 495 00:36:10.719 --> 00:36:15.440 there were over sixteen thousand Americans in Sudan at the time when the fighting 496 00:36:15.480 --> 00:36:20.960 first broke out. A lot of them were dual US Sudanese nationals, but 497 00:36:21.239 --> 00:36:27.039 over sixteen thousand US nationals in Sudan, and the US had told those Americans 498 00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:30.079 that they were basically on their own, that the situation on the ground was 499 00:36:30.159 --> 00:36:34.679 too difficult too, that it just wasn't safe enough for the US to come 500 00:36:34.679 --> 00:36:37.400 and get them. And then the US based quite a bit of criticism because 501 00:36:37.400 --> 00:36:39.719 there were a number of other countries who were able to go in and get 502 00:36:39.760 --> 00:36:44.679 their nationals. So Saudi Arabia, for instance, was pretty quickly able to 503 00:36:44.719 --> 00:36:49.920 send in ships to Sudan and evacuate Saudi nationals. We saw Germany sending in 504 00:36:50.440 --> 00:36:53.360 military plane, the UK evacuating some of its citizens as well, and so 505 00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:59.039 the question was why wasn't the US coming in to help US citizens. I 506 00:36:59.039 --> 00:37:02.400 actually spoke to one family so that the two parents were away. They were 507 00:37:02.440 --> 00:37:06.840 out of the country when the fighting first broke out, and the children were 508 00:37:06.880 --> 00:37:10.519 with their aunt. And the children were dual US Sudanese nationals, and the 509 00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:15.800 father was frustrated, but that he had been reaching out to the embassy repeatedly, 510 00:37:15.880 --> 00:37:17.639 he was getting kind of automatic emails back. He was having a really 511 00:37:17.639 --> 00:37:23.199 hard time getting ahold of anyone. And he pointed repeatedly since that Saudi Arabia 512 00:37:23.239 --> 00:37:25.880 had been able to get their citizens out, and he didn't understand why the 513 00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:29.440 US couldn't do the same. So we did. Over the course of this 514 00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:34.159 weekend, see the US begin to evacuate at citizens. They were using bus 515 00:37:34.159 --> 00:37:38.639 so bus convoys evacuating two hundred to three hundred Americans per bus convoys. There 516 00:37:38.679 --> 00:37:43.840 are drones flying overhead to ensure that the route is safe. And as far 517 00:37:44.239 --> 00:37:46.719 I mean in terms of the latest numbers, over a thousand Americans have now 518 00:37:46.760 --> 00:37:52.440 been evacuated. But again still the total out of Americans in Sudan was sixteen 519 00:37:52.480 --> 00:37:54.800 thousand, so you know, still a long ways to go before everybody is 520 00:37:54.800 --> 00:38:01.199 out. And faith where what was the US answer to the criticism? I 521 00:38:01.239 --> 00:38:05.360 guess that other countries were able to do it, so why weren't we? 522 00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:08.360 So the US had told its citizens. So there were two things. So 523 00:38:08.400 --> 00:38:13.159 when they were saying the situation on the ground just wasn't safe enough to conduct 524 00:38:13.159 --> 00:38:15.480 these evacuations. And then the US also pointed to the fact that the State 525 00:38:15.519 --> 00:38:20.039 Department had repeatedly told Americans not to travel to the Sudan and they had warned 526 00:38:20.079 --> 00:38:23.239 Americans that they wouldn't be able to get them out should things escalate, should 527 00:38:23.280 --> 00:38:27.440 the situation get to be too dire. So, uh, you know that 528 00:38:27.440 --> 00:38:30.880 that was also mean there had been a level for do not travel advisory in 529 00:38:30.920 --> 00:38:34.239 place for Sudan for a while. Now. We should point out also so 530 00:38:34.280 --> 00:38:37.679 that the two warn military groups right now, it's the Studentese military versus a 531 00:38:37.760 --> 00:38:43.159 paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces. They had struck a truth, 532 00:38:43.239 --> 00:38:45.719 but that truth, you know, and then they extended it another seventy two 533 00:38:45.760 --> 00:38:50.559 hours. So there's been a ceasefire in place for a little over a week 534 00:38:50.639 --> 00:38:55.159 now. The problem is that it doesn't appear that the ceasefire is really being 535 00:38:55.199 --> 00:39:00.320 respected. There have been reports of explosions and gunfire in the cap all of 536 00:39:00.360 --> 00:39:02.960 Khartoum, and so in a situation on the ground, it's still not safe. 537 00:39:04.320 --> 00:39:07.079 All right, thank you so much, and as I appreciate the update, 538 00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:10.960 thank you all right, see you later. That is ABC's Inez dela 539 00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:16.719 Kutera. And that's hard because on one hand, you think, okay, 540 00:39:17.199 --> 00:39:25.159 you should have abided by they do not travel to Sudan thing the issued, 541 00:39:25.239 --> 00:39:30.480 the warning that was issued. However, if you live there, then what 542 00:39:30.400 --> 00:39:37.119 If you are a Sudanese and American citizen, then what and at what point 543 00:39:37.239 --> 00:39:45.280 is the US responsible for you or are you responsible for yourself if you choose 544 00:39:45.320 --> 00:39:49.760 to live there. I honestly I don't I don't know how to split those 545 00:39:49.800 --> 00:39:53.480 hairs because legally, I don't know how all of that works. But it, 546 00:39:53.719 --> 00:39:59.480 I mean, it is. It is a mess. Right. Let's 547 00:39:59.480 --> 00:40:01.760 look at some more stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour news room. 548 00:40:01.840 --> 00:40:06.599 President Biden is meeting with the President of the Philippines. The meeting between 549 00:40:06.599 --> 00:40:10.440 President Biden and Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Junior at the White House showcasing US support 550 00:40:10.519 --> 00:40:15.960 for the strategically vital island, An administration officials saying the meeting will affirm that 551 00:40:15.079 --> 00:40:21.599 US security commitments to the Philippines remain ironclad amid provocative actions by China and Philippine 552 00:40:21.639 --> 00:40:25.800 waters. ABC's Dave Packer says the two leaders will also talk about various commercial 553 00:40:25.800 --> 00:40:32.679 initiatives to bolster the US Philippines relationship and break failure has been blamed for a 554 00:40:32.719 --> 00:40:38.920 bus crash in Mexico that killed at least eighteen people. ABC's Connor Finnegan says 555 00:40:38.920 --> 00:40:44.199 the bus was in the western state of Nyard on Saturday when it fell off 556 00:40:44.199 --> 00:40:47.039 a cliff and ended up about fifty feet down a ravine. The bus was 557 00:40:47.079 --> 00:40:52.440 traveling on a highway connecting the state capitol to the popular tourist destination Port of 558 00:40:52.480 --> 00:40:55.840 Way Arta. This same stretch of highway saw a deadly bus accident in December 559 00:40:55.880 --> 00:41:02.000 as well, when fifteen people were killed. Now more than thirty people were 560 00:41:02.079 --> 00:41:07.360 taken to the hospital in the crash on Saturday. Nearly a dozen kids were 561 00:41:07.400 --> 00:41:12.639 taken to the hospital. And I want to end with this story because I 562 00:41:13.519 --> 00:41:17.159 okay, so one thing that I noticed moving from northern California to southern California 563 00:41:17.679 --> 00:41:22.639 seven years ago now it's been was tinted windows. And I know that's a 564 00:41:22.639 --> 00:41:28.920 really goofy thing. However, I just knew that in northern California, Man, 565 00:41:28.960 --> 00:41:34.119 they really seem to nail you if you have tinted windows. The reason 566 00:41:34.239 --> 00:41:37.920 I know this is because I might have fallen victim. To the fallen victim. 567 00:41:37.960 --> 00:41:39.639 Please, I knew what I was doing, But then I come to 568 00:41:39.679 --> 00:41:44.079 southern California, I'm like, hey, wait a minute, everybody's got tinted 569 00:41:44.079 --> 00:41:49.840 windows, like dark tinted windows. So there was an article that came out 570 00:41:50.119 --> 00:41:53.920 in a newspaper in San Diego Fox five or TV station, I guess, 571 00:41:54.760 --> 00:42:00.159 called the Rules of the Road, and that was specifically our tinted windows legal 572 00:42:00.239 --> 00:42:04.960 in California. And I wanted to do it Friday, but I ran out 573 00:42:04.960 --> 00:42:08.280 of times, so we'll do it today. So what is legal and what 574 00:42:08.599 --> 00:42:15.920 is not? This station talked to California Highway Patrol Sergeant Brian Pennings. He 575 00:42:15.079 --> 00:42:21.960 says tinted windows have been a factor in a lot of crashes because drivers can't 576 00:42:22.000 --> 00:42:28.119 see out their windows. So this is what is legal for your rear window. 577 00:42:28.760 --> 00:42:32.519 Drivers can tint their rear windows as long as their vehicle has two side 578 00:42:32.559 --> 00:42:37.039 mirrors, not including the rear view mirror. All right, So most cars 579 00:42:37.039 --> 00:42:43.000 all have the two right, all right front windows. Here's the one where 580 00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:45.599 I was like, wait a minute, you know you've passed one of those 581 00:42:45.599 --> 00:42:49.719 cards where it's like blackout right. According to this front windows. When it 582 00:42:49.760 --> 00:42:55.320 comes to the front window, California law states drivers must have seventy percent transparency, 583 00:42:57.360 --> 00:43:02.559 meaning they can have thirty percent sent tint, which I'm sorry, but 584 00:43:02.679 --> 00:43:07.360 there's a whole load of boatload of people not abiding by that one. Front 585 00:43:07.440 --> 00:43:15.840 windshields. Drivers can tint their front windshields under certain circumstances. But apparently there 586 00:43:15.920 --> 00:43:21.119 is actually a mathematical formula for this. So if you put the driver's seat 587 00:43:21.239 --> 00:43:25.079 all the way back right this, I don't know who does this, but 588 00:43:25.199 --> 00:43:30.960 put the driver's seat all the way back, measure four inches out from the 589 00:43:30.039 --> 00:43:37.119 back and the bottom, and then measure twenty nine inches up. It can't 590 00:43:37.119 --> 00:43:43.199 cross that horizontal plane. Well the hell is doing math on a tinted window? 591 00:43:44.159 --> 00:43:50.719 And who was tinting their front window? Anyway? There are potential exceptions, 592 00:43:50.880 --> 00:43:55.480 like a doctor's note that does not allow drivers to permanently tint their front 593 00:43:55.480 --> 00:44:00.239 windows. However, you can have kind of a shape on it, so 594 00:44:00.320 --> 00:44:04.039 I don't know if you're gonna do it. Drive around with a doctor's note 595 00:44:04.079 --> 00:44:08.000 where your doctor says you can. Otherwise you're gonna have the officer in there 596 00:44:08.039 --> 00:44:12.719 with a tape measure twenty nine from the top and four when a mess. 597 00:44:12.960 --> 00:44:20.679 Anyway, basically, it is illegal to tint super super dark like that, 598 00:44:22.159 --> 00:44:27.039 but based on the number of people I see doing it, it doesn't feel 599 00:44:27.039 --> 00:44:31.559 like anybody's abiding by the rules. This is KFI and KOSTHD to Los Angeles, 600 00:44:31.599 --> 00:44:36.239 Orange County. This has been your wake up call. You've been listening 601 00:44:36.280 --> 00:44:38.280 to your wake up call with me, Jennifer Jones Lee, and you can 602 00:44:38.360 --> 00:44:43.519 always hear wake Up Call five to six am Monday through Friday at kf I 603 00:44:43.639 --> 00:44:47.000 AM six forty and anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app