Hey, it's Jennifer Jones Lee. You're listening to KFI, a m six
forty wake up call on demand on the iHeartRadio app. That's Monday, man,
it's time to rise and shine. Here's Jennifer Jones Lee with your morning
wake up call. How was your weekend? Oh, the weather was pretty.
You know what I like about it is we it finally felt like spring.
So we got up in the mornings and it felt cool outside and then
he get a little bit warm during the day, but then a little breeze
would blow. And the one thing that I went out and looked in my
backyard, I'd love to go sit in my backyard kind of in the evening
ish time, six ish a letter time. That's what I'm kind of doing
show prep for the next day. But I've just kind of gotten into a
routine, and the dogs run around, and my roses are blooming, and
I see I'm starting to get some apples on the trees and the oranges like.
It's a gorgeous backyard that I bought. I think about the house in
part just because I wanted the backyard for the dogs, of course, not
for my pleasure. Although Betty is an apple monster. That dog cannot get
enough apples off the ground, and so when I go to get them from
her, she plays, oh no, you don't with me. I'm just
giving up eat all the apples you want, Betty. But I was looking.
I was sitting there thinking this is so lovely in picturesque, and then
all of a sudden, I thought, by next weekend, this is gonna
be out of control. I'm gonna be back there with my clippers, thinking,
who in the hell thought it was a good idea to buy a house
from a man rest his soul who was a professional landscaper. Sounds like a
great idea, right, But I don't have professional landscaping skills. I have
professional landscaping. I don't admiration. It's just like that, when the music
runs out, it comes my ability of taking care of a backyard. So
I'm thinking that a call to my neighborhood guy who does the blow and you
know what do they call that mow and blow or whatever because they have turf.
But I'm thinking he's gonna need to come over and help me because it
looks great, Like I said today, gonna look like an overgrown forest.
In the next couple of weeks. I hope you had a nice weekend,
a relaxing one. Here's what's just ahead on your wake up call. Investigators
in Texas are trying to piece together what may have motivated an army soldier who
killed eight people at the mall in the Dallas area. Also, we're going
to talk about what happened in Brownsville, Texas. Don't get it confused with
the shooting. This was totally different, where eight people have died from a
crash into a bus stop outside of migrant shelter. And then the question was
that one intentional? I don't know. At least one person's been killed in
the three car crash on the one on one in East Hollywood. This one
is affecting your drive this morning. And nearly half a dozen electric boats have
been destroyed by a fire at a dock in Alamitos Bay. Also, we've
got a new ABC News Washington Post poll that President Biden might not want to
see. That's all I'm gonna say. So let's start with some of these
stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. At least one person
has been killed in the three car crash on the one oh one in East
Hollywood that may have involved a wrong way driver. Traffic through this area is
ridiculous. We'll talk with Robert in a Sack. Two cars caught fire this
morning. Firefighters say one person was taken to the hospital, two other seven
minor injuries. The HP says all southbound lanes of the one O one are
closed at Alvarado Street. Investigators in Texas are trying to figure out what the
motivation may have been for a former Army soldier who killed eight people at a
mall in the Dallas area. ABC's Melissa Aiden says Mauricio Garcia was discharged from
the Army in two thousand and eight because of mental health concerns. Investigators are
now pouring over his social media history, finding racially motivated post and they say
that he was wearing a patch with one supremacist insignia. Shooting Saturday started wing
Garcia pulled into the Outland Mall parking lot, got out, and fatally shot
people who were standing in front of him. He then was shot and killed
by a police officer who was in the area. On another call, Texas
Governor Greg Abbott says guns are not to blame for shootings like the one in
Allen. We've seen an increased number shootings and stays with easy gun laws as
well as stays with very strict gun laws. And what Texas is doing in
a big time way, we are working to address that anger and violence by
going to his root cause. He says that root cause is mental health problems.
Then, eight people in Brownsville, Texas, have died from a crash
into a bus stop outside of migrant shelter. At least ten people were hurt
yesterday, including the driver. Security video shows an SUV running a light before
crashing into more than a dozen people who are waiting at the bus stop.
ABC's Lindsay Watts says police say they're trying to figure out if the crash was
intentional or if the driver was intoxicated. A witness says the driver was yelling
insults before accelerating towards the group. Police say the man has been, as
they put it, very uncooperative. Karen Chavers, good morning to you.
Hope you had a great weekend. Not so great if you're the president and
you're looking at this new poll. Yeah, I mean these poll numbers are
really warning signs for the president's reelection campaign. Just to two weeks out after
he announced this. This is a new ABC News Washington Post pole and it
shows his approval rating is at a u low just thirty six percent approval fifty
six percent disapproval. That is the lowest of any first term president a year
and a half away from the next election. And the top concern for Americans
is President Biden's age. Sixty eight percent say he is too old for another
term as president, and interestingly, forty four percent say that Joe Biden's potential
opponent, Donald Trump, is too old, even though Donald Trump is less
than four years younger is than Joe Biden. Just to give you a couple
nuggets underneath that, just thirty two percent overall seeing President Biden has the mental
sharpness it takes to serve effectively as president. Just thirty three percent of Americans
think he is a physical help to serve effectively. And when you look at
Democrats or Democratic meaning independence, only thirty six percent say they would like to
see their party nominate President Biden for another term. Fifty eight percent said they
preferred someone else other than Joe Biden. You know, I think one of
the things that if you're the Democratic Party, maybe even more so than the
president. And you're looking at this and thinking to yourself, all right,
if not him, then who, Yeah, that's the question because right now
there isn't another person. And when Joe Biden announced he's running for reelection,
that effectively clears the deck. The DNC is the entity that released his campaign
reelection video. They're you know, all in at this point, there isn't
somebody that's going to mount a serious challenge to the president. And they've cleared
the field. So this is it for Democrats. And you know, maybe
those numbers then change in a month when people realize that this is your choice.
This is you know, your option going forward. But for what you
look at these numbers, people don't like their option right now, and they
have deep concerns about the president's ability to run for another term and continue serving
for another four years in the White House. Yeah, I'm glad you brought
that up, because when Nicky Hayley, who you know, is running for
president on the Republican side, when she brought up would Joe Biden be able
to make it for the next you know, now now into the end of
his term five years, and she said no, and essentially saying like,
if you vote for Joe Biden, now really you are voting for Kamala Harris
to be president. Did this poll look at that at all where people saying,
wow, I don't want to vote for him, not because it just
him, but because of her. It didn't. This was really just about
the president. Okay, you know, I think when you know, it
didn't get into like the kind of next step there. This is just about
him, and certainly you know, just these numbers though about the president are
concerning enough for if you're the re election campaign. But I would say we
asked the president's campaign about it. They brushed it off. They pointed to
his success, meaning the Democrats success better than anticipated in the midterm elections,
and what they say is his ability to defy conventional Beltway wisdom, and they
think that he could do that again and win a second term. All Right,
Karen, thank you so much. Have a great Monday, you too,
think thanks see you later. ABC's Karen Travers. I was having a
conversation with a friend who is a staunch Democrat, and he was talking about
how it was. It was interesting he was saying, I don't really mind
Joe Biden, and I said, you don't really mind Joe Biden. I
don't know if that's the most ringing endorsement for the person that you want as
president. Either way. If somebody had said to me, I don't mind
Donald Trump, I don't mind Joe Biden, but then he went on to
say, but I don't like Kamala Harris. And it's so interesting that in
many ways, kind of if you look back at the John McCain era,
when he brought Sarah Palin in, a lot of people say they didn't like
her, so they didn't vote for him. Now, the difference in this
is you've got the incumbent president, and a lot of people may say,
well, I hope he makes it for an entire term, you know,
and that he's got the both physical and mental agility to do it. But
do they like Kamala Harris? And I think that's one of the biggest questions
that a lot of Democrats are asking themselves right now. He's okay, but
her it's what a weird time we live in. Although I think I've been
saying what a weird time we live in for years now, so I guess
it's just always weird. President Biden, is that to meet with top Republican
leaders in Congress to discuss raising the debt ceiling. Now. He's also planning
to meet this week with rank and file Republican members. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen
has warned the US could default on its debts as early as June first if
the debt limit is not raised. Of course, there is a lot of
uncertainty, and I plan to update Congress as new information becomes available, but
that still our current thinking now. Republicans in the House have past a debt
limit bill that include spending cuts. Biden and Democratic lawmakers want no negotiations and
no conditions on the debt ceiling. A task force set up by Governor Newsom
has voted for reparations that include cash payments, but it's not a done deal.
The task force is recommending payments of up to one point two million dollars
for any African American over seventy that can trace their ancestry to enslaved people that
ABC's Derek Dennis says. The recommendations face two major hurdles. He says the
first is how to pay the estimated eight hundred billion dollars, which is more
than twice California's annual budget, and the recommendations are non binding, meaning state
lawmakers still have to approve the idea. Task Force leaders have said they expect
the legislature to come up with actual reparation amounts. The compensation would also include
a formal apology. UFC fighter Tony Ferguson has been arrested in La on suspicion
of driving drunk. The LAPD says he hits some parked cars in the Hollywood
area early yesterday and flipped his truck. He allegedly refused to take a breathalyzer
test at the scene, and we've got those boats. Nearly half a dozen
electric boats have been destroyed by a fire at a dock in the Alamitos Bay.
The fire was reported about one this morning. Long Beach Fire says four
or five of the boats burned sunk. No buildings in the marina burned and
no one was hurt. Still don't know how it's started. We're keeping an
eye on this story and actually we're covering it in traffic right now. Also,
Blake Trolley's going to go out to the scene this morning. At least
one person's been killed in the three car crash on the one on one in
East Hollywood that may have involved a wrong way driver, and investigators in Allen,
Texas are looking into whether white supremacist ideology led to that mass shooting at
a local outlet mall. We're going to get into that with ABC's Jim Ryan
in just a second. Well, making international headlines all weekend long was the
anxiety around the safety of Europe's largest nuclear plant. This is the one in
the Ukrainian region, the Zapparresia Nuclear Power Plant. It's come up in headlines
when we've talked about Russia's invasion of Ukraine before, but now it's kind of
feeling like it's at a fever pitch. And as Dala Kuta, good morning
to you. So tell us what happened this weekend that sort of changed the
landscape and heightened the anxiety around it. Well, hey, good morning.
Yeah, So the big headline is that Russia has ordered evacuations, or Russia's
evacuating more than sixteen hundred people from a town that is nearby the Zapparisia Nuclear
power plants. Some have described the evacuations as a mad panic, and the
big question is why Russia would be doing this so that has set of all
sorts of alarms I think for you know, for for Ukrainians, for for
for people watching this, Western leaders watching this and concerned about what uh you
know, shelling at the Zapparisia's power plant could mean for them. The feeling
is that Russia's evacuating civilians because they might intensify shelling at the plant, or
they might um be be getting gearing up for you know, something that would
escalate the situation here. So we don't really know what's going on inside the
plant, we should point out this is Zapparisia is you know, an area
that's controlled by the Russians. The Zapparisia Nuclear power plant has been in Russian
control for months now. Um. But you can bet that that that uh
Western leaders are going to be watching this closely should something happen at the Zapparisia
nuclear power plant. This is the largest power plant in Europe and so any
kind of um, you know, big accident, they are heavy shelling could
um results in a radiation cloud that could then spread all you know, all
the way to Europe. It wouldn't be just Ukraine or Russi affected. It
would also have very real or could have very real repercussions for Europe. So
we've seen the chief of the International Energy Atomic Agency, Raphael Grossie, He's
made repeated trips down there. We saw that in the fall. He's been
calling for the zone to be kind of demilitarized. He's calling for a security
zone to be set up around the power plant for Russian troops to withdraw from
the power plant. He was also down there assessing damage because we know the
plant has been damaged in the past. Over the summer, it was the
side of quite a bit of shelling there. Both you know, neither side
really taking responsibility for the shelling that damaged the plant, both side pointing the
finger at the other. But we know that radiation centers censors had been damaged
for a little bit. So anyway, I tend situation at the Zapparizia Nuclear
power plant. We just don't know what's going to happen next, okay,
And as tell me what it would what Russia would have to gain or what
it would gain should it start shelling this area, because if it hits Zapparisia
and God forbid, like you were saying, that you have the gases then
or the cloud that goes all over Europe that includes Russia. So I guess
two things happened over the weekend. I thought, at least one, is
this Russia just doing like, hey, we'll get them to focus over here
and then really we'll go out and do something else. And secondly, why
would they do that knowing they are putting their own people at risk? Dash,
I mean, that's the big question. We just don't know. So
there are some that say this is just a distraction. This is Russia trying
to you know, put the focus on Zapparisia because it is something that the
West really cares about, because Europe could be directly affected. So it is
something that makes headlines. And so there is a sort of thought that says
it's just a distraction, they're preparing something else in some other region. But
there are others that are, you know, concerned that there could be something
very real in the works. We just don't know. The fact that they
are evacuating again, you know, sixteen hundred people from the region is alarming.
Usually it's in a town where where a lot of the workers, the
people who work at those Apparisia power plant live. Um, so it's it's
a it's a strange situation. Um, you know, I think we're going
to see more and more statements today from Western leaders, from Raphael Rosie calling
for for for calm and for this situation, and again for that security zone.
I think that's the feeling, is that that would be the key here
to really set up a demailenterized zone around the plant. All right, Well,
hopefully we learn a little bit more, or at least Russia tips its
hand a little bit more so we know what's going on. But in the
meantime, I feel like I don't know we're as much, if we're as
alarming as this one feels. There's something in my gut that just says they're
not false flagging it. But again, just is this just a distraction because
it is such a big deal to the West. So we'll see, thank
you, and as I appreciate it, thank you, see you later.
That's Abcason as de la Kuta and the reason that I immediately went to the
I don't know if Russia's trying to just get us to do the something shiny,
you know, the officer bar Brady from south Park. Oh, nothing
to see here, move along. That's what I feel like, and only
because I like in some ways. President Putin of Russia to North Korean leader
Kim Jong Own. Remember any time that Kim Jong Own feels like, oh
they forgot about me. Let's set off a rocket. Don't forget about me,
everybody. I'm still over here being little and weird. That's how I
feel. And Putin, we haven't seen a ton of headlines coming out of
Russia's invasion of Ukraine recently, right, I mean we've had just the okay,
the day to day operations, and you have Zelenski still saying we need
more you know, ammo, we need more weaponry, that kind of thing.
But it's nothing necessarily new. This is new ish, so I don't
know. Just keep an eye on that one. The FAA is investigating the
emergency landing of a single engine plane in the hills between Moore Park and Simi
Valley. Ventura County got a call Saturday from a pilot who said he was
having mechanical problems. That plane was later found on a fire road in the
remote area along Los Alamos Canyon Road, kind of over near Moore Park College.
That former student at UC Davis has pleaded not guilty to fatally stabbing two
people near the University, including a student. Carlos Dominguez is also charged with
attempted murder for an attack on another person. The judge Friday denied bail for
Domingez, citing the risk to public safety and because the man was considered a
flight risk. The MTV Movie and TV Awards are in the books. A
hostless, pre taped, and muted MTV Movie and TV Awards became the first
big Awards show to during the screenwriters strike, offering a commercial heavy broadcast featuring
lots of past recycled live clips. The show was scaled back and pre taped
after host Drew Barrymore pulled out in solidarity with striking members of the Writers Guild
of America. Last night, Scream six one Best Movie, The Last of
Us was named Best TV Show, Jenna Ortega one Best Performance in a TV
Show for Wednesday, and Tom Cruise won Best Performance in a Movie for Top
Gun. Maverick Mark Ronner KFI News and speaking of the writer's strike, coming
up at five fifty this morning, we have the producers, actually, we've
got the chief operating officer and the founder of Kappa Studios who are going to
join us. Now. They're talking about not only this new inspirational movie that's
coming out about this incredible softball player wait till you hear her story. But
also I want to talk to them about how the writer's strike is impacting them.
And then also it's kind of refreshing. They've got a new idea when
it comes to getting revenue for movies in Hollywood. Isn't that nice? Jim
Ryan, good morning to you. All Right, such a sad, crazy
story coming out of Allen, Texas this weekend. So this shooter eight people,
I guess he killed. Tell me what went down in this outdoor mall
north of Texas. Yeah, and a lot of based on video dashcam video
from Uber drivers or others who were in the car or in the parking lot
with cameras pointed in that direction. This is Alan Premium Outlets. Allen is
about twenty five miles north of Dallas, about one hundred thousand people. It's
grown exponentially in the last few years. And this mall, this outdoor mall,
it's sort of like a gigantic strip shopping center, one hundred and twenty
stores. It's one of the largest in the area. And it was packed
when this man Mari so Garcia stepped out of his Dodge charger and with a
gun opened fire, killed eight people before a police officer who was there in
the lot for a different reason altogether heard the shots. He confronted the gunman
and killed him. So ye people altogether were killed on Saturday afternoon as a
result of this shooting. I mean, thank god that that security guard was
there, that law enforcement officer was there. When it comes to a motive,
do they have anything so far, well, if they do, they're
not talking much about it. We know that law enforcement sources have told ABC
News that that Garcia's digital footprint does have some features of white supremacy of extremist
ideology. He was warning a patch on this tactical vest that he wore during
the shooting that indicated the connection to or perhaps membership in some sort of white
supremacist group. So that's that's one potential the shootings. He didn't appear to
be targeting anyone in particular, and it's a very diverse group walking around outside
shopping center in an urban area like this. So you know, if if
that was the theory, if that's the if that was his motivation, then
it may have been a little misguided and he's a Hispanic guy, yeah,
who apparently has white supremacist tendencies. Yeah, it just doesn't make a whole
lot of sense. But we do know that he was kicked out of the
military in two thousand and eight because of some mental health issues, so that
may be a likely explanation for why this happened as well. And I guess
a lot of people figure, you know, Texas, it's easy to get
your hands on guns. I gotta be honest. I mean, the fact
that there was a police officer who was there, who then, you know,
as they say in law enforcement, neutralize the guy. I was kind
of surprised that nobody else it's Texas, for God's sake. I guess you
just assumed the stereotype is everybody's packing. Well, a lot of people do.
You're right, And you have to wonder, so if the officer hadn't
confronted and shot this man, would someone else have done? So? It's
possible, but you know, the what ifs are just terrifying to ponder.
If you think that that officer hadn't been there, what else could have happened?
What are the ages of the people who died? Do you know all
we know at this point only two of the people who have been identified,
and that's not coming from police, it's coming from family members. A twenty
year old security guard who was there at the mall, and then a twenty
seven year old woman who lived in Frisco or worked in Frisco, not far
from Alan. Beyond that, we haven't been told about the ages of the
victims. A hospital where some of the victims are being treated. Those victims,
those people range in age from five to sixty one. Some of those
people are in critical condition. Gen all right, thank you so much.
Jim, Thanks bye. That's ABC's Jim Ryan five. I know, I
know it shouldn't matter the age. I know, I don't know. There's
just something about a little kid, you know, five years old, and
I don't care if this kid got grazed by a bullet. For the rest
of that child's life, you're gonna tell me that he's not going to have
some sort of pt D from when he was a kid, or that he's
going to be one of these people who suppresses and then all of a sudden
when he's thirty five, can't figure out why he has. You know,
I don't know, whatever it is he every time he passes an outlet,
mall he flinches? Come on, it doesn't in many cases to me,
of course, it is heartbreaking and devastating when people die, but it's sometimes
a five year old who lives who for the rest of his life. As
Handle would say, this cockroach has in many ways bruised this child's life from
here going forward. Oh this makes me sick. Okay, this doesn't make
me sick. I was actually driving into work this morning and heard this story,
and I went, go President Biden. I don't always agree with the
administration, but on this one, pretty sure any of us who have gone
through any flight delays over the past couple of years are saying, pardon my
French bomb. Oh yeah. So, the Biden administration is proposing rule changes
to compensate passengers for flight delays. Airlines would be required to offer compensation beyond
refunds or controllable flight cancelations or significant delays. According to a White House official,
Biden and Transportation Secretary Pete Buddha Judge are taking the first step today in
this rulemaking process. So they're going to look at whether airlines must also provide
compensation and cover expenses for meals, lodging, and rebooking when they're responsible for
stranding passengers. In the meantime, consumers will be able to check the government
site flight rights dot gov flight rights dot gov to see what airline currently offer
which the administration it says is not enough. Now. I can't remember who
the travel person that we had on with us, but somebody said if you
oh, it was an interview that we did. They said that if you
go to your say, you get delayed on your flight, and then all
of a sudden, the airline says, here you go where we are going
to put you up in the you know, Acme hotel. And you're like,
oh god, no, I'm not staying in the Acme hotel. You
can ask for a different hotel. There's a good chance that they've got a
list and they're gonna, of course throw you in the ones that are cheapest.
But that might be the notel motel down the road right and you're thinking,
no, no, no, I don't want to stay in a hotel
that is half a star. I'd like to stay in one that's at least
I don't know, two stars, three stars, anti cockroach, one of
those. Anyway, always ask no matter what. That's the one thing I
learned from this person who I can't remember. Sorry. DLA County Fairs up
and running at the Fair Plex in Pomona. The theme this year is Spring
into Fair where fun blooms. How cute, But of course the talk is
all about the food. So this year's choices include I'm not down with this
one. Absolutely no hot cheetos, cheese, pickled pizza, hot cheetos,
pot stickers. When we come up with something other than a hot cheetos variety,
a deep fried batter covered smores filled with melted marshmallows, chocolate sauce,
and crushed Graham crackers. That sounds awesome, although I also I'm like,
I bet you would burn the roof of your mouth on that one. God,
I'm a kill joy. The fair open Friday. It runs through May
twenty ninth. And speaking of fairs, the oc FAR has put out the
help Wanted's fine because well it's that time of the year. The oc Fare
is looking for about one thousand seasonal employees. Most physicians are part time with
opportunities to build exhibits, work as a ticket taker, administrative assistant, or
customer service rep. Workers are also wanted to help with parking, security,
janitorial landscaping, maintenance, and admissions. Perks include discount tickets for friends and
family, a chance to win a fair employee scholarship, and of course free
admission for workers. Some year round jobs are also available in Orange County.
Corbin Carson KOFY News. At least one person has been killed in a three
car crash on the one on one in East Hollywood that may have involved a
wrong way driver. Two cars caught fire this morning. Firefighters say one person
was taken to the hospital and Robert Dubucky's going to have all your traffic for
you to make sure you can get through that area. At one point,
all lanes of the southbound one oh one we're closed at Alvarado. I just
saw one of the cams, though it looks like people are getting through now
maybe and the far right lane. So if you're driving that area, it's
going to be a mess. All right, Let's talk about something and I
you know what I love about this. It's a groundbreaking idea in Hollywood.
We have Paul Long, the founder of Kappa Studios, and Brad J.
Silverman, the chief content Officer, on with us this morning to talk about
not only a new movie that they have coming out, but I want to
get into everything on I know maybe that you're thinking a production company. I'm
not sure if I want to know what the funding is. Oh, you
do, because these gentlemen have turned the way that revenue is brought in on
its head. Paul and Brad, thank you so much. I appreciate your
time this morning. Hi, your morning. Hello, Hey Jennifer. Great
to be here. Well, thank you guys. So, first off,
can you tell me what the backstory is with Kappa Studios And maybe we should
probably start with you, Paul, because you're the founder. Yeah, sure,
what you know about thirty years ago Cappa Studios was brought into being and
we've been in business right over thirty years, and I say over the last
ten years. Ten ten years or so ago. I just really got convicted
about the way things were going in the culture and the way projects were coming
out, the things we're putting our hand to. I felt we were turning
the culture down, not really lifting it up. And so we just just
through prayer and just really trying to figure out which way to go. We
came to the place of saying we're going to pivot the company, and the
pivot at our company about six years ago to do just nothing but faith and
family, and the idea was just to lift up the culture and point people
to stories that would encourage them and point them to God. So it's funny,
obedience comes from blessing, I've been told. And we lost a lot
of work at first and all that, but it spawned two things, the
Christian Film Finishing Fund and cap of Distribution, which is what you were talking
about earlier. That's the vehicle we're using to get projects out and it's become
a real force multiplier and we have the capability to move out and we're projects
in the year that would point people to God and the hope that comes from
serving him. Brad. I'm curious because I know that sometimes there is backlash
not just in Hollywood but in the media as well, the minute that you
start to talk about faith in something or you say that something is faith based.
Have you guys had any pushback at all to things Some of those projects,
Paul that you were mentioning, were the ideas behind them some of the
things that maybe didn't get them picked up. Yeah, definitely, definitely there's
backlash probably in anything you can do, certainly in our world. But I
think there was kind of a self filtering process, Jennifer, where in our
case the backlash where people they wouldn't talk to us anymore. So it really
wasn't a you know, no one wrote back shot about us or said bad
things, but we I think it attracted the people that we were looking for
and sort of self filtered out those who maybe we weren't a good fit for.
How has the writers strike, if at all, affected your work.
Yeah, I'll jep in you know, go ahead, WHI you take this
one? Go ahead? So yeah, I would say that, Yeah,
I don't think the writer strike necessarily affected us yet because we're in the post
production side and the distribution side. It may affect us down river, but
it'll take it'll take months before we start to feel it if we do it
all. But you know, we're o our hearts and minds and work is
really focused on the post side, and like you mentioned earlier, we have
our our first film under this new model that we're taking out later this year
through our distribution company, so that's where our attention is. So we'll see
if that strike gets resolved quickly. But right now, we got plenty work
to do, Okay, so tell me the story of I can. The
minute I started reading up about what this is about. Oh my gosh,
this young woman named Caitlin has become such an inspiration. Yeah, well,
you know the story. We were very compelled by two This movie was brought
to us and we just jumped into it because we just saw something really good
here. And it's a story about a guy in the gal that meet each
other at work and they enter into an adulterous relationship and they turn their back
on their spouses and go off together. And the result of that adulterous union
is a little girl, cute little gal. Her name is Caitlin, and
Caitlin's burn was just part of one arm missing. And so it's the story
that's the backdrop to the parents and what they have to fight through and where
they have to walk that path. And the little girl is just like a
rocket. She becomes an athlete and just the light of the life of the
family. And I believe the father actually it was using the sports and background
to just sort of help take the shame away from him and how he and
his wife come to a place of recognizing that God has made Caitlin perfect for
his purposes, and she goes on to become a college all American and right
now there's just a lot of exciting stuff at hand for her. She's full
right college scholarship, and she's just an incredible young woman. I think that
that's the part of it that I really was. Anytime you watch somebody overcome
any sort of physical disability, especially one that they're born with, it is
so fascinating and inspirational and humbling, you know. I mean, it just
makes you look at yourself and go, oh, my gosh, I need
to be quiet when it comes to, you know, being upset about these
little things that are in my life. I could have a disability like that
that I have to deal with on the daily basis. And instead of her
focusing on that as a negative, she was like, that's all right,
this is what I have, this is my life, this is who I
am, and so now I'm going to figure out how to make the most
of it and continue my passion. I love stories like that. It is,
yeah, high a great thing. And I also say that one of
the other things that you'll notice is this concept also is really touching on is
God punishing us. That's what the parents were wondering. Is God punishing us
for what we've done? And I think that's another question. There's so many
things in the culture how people do stuff. We all make mistakes, and
this really talks about God's forgiveness is well for us and the consequence of same.
But they don't relate to her arm being malformed. She's been made perfect
with God's purposes and so he could use her in a mighty way. Well,
you guys, this movie sounds amazing. When is it coming out exactly?
And where can people go and see it? Well, the first question
is a million dollar questions. We're working on the askual release stage. Jennifer
s e side of again. Anyone can go to I can movie just IICN
movie dot info. I can movie dot info. We just released the first
trailer this last week and it's just tarnative. We're so we're so honored that
people are responding. It's a true story and I think, just like you
said a minute ago, Jennifer, people are really responding to and look at
what she is doing with one arm? What am I doing with two?
So it's exciting. Yeah, you guys, Thank you, both so much,
Paul Long, the founder of Kappa Studios, and Brad J. Silverman,
the chief content officer. I hope you both have a wonderful day,
and this movie sounds amazing. Thank you so much for your time. You
guys, you too. I know, even if you don't look at the
faith portion of it, I do just think it's such an inspirational movie.
Right here's a kid born with half an arm. It goes on to get
a college scholarship in softball? Did you get a scholarship of any kind?
That's what I thought. Don't worry. I didn't either. Oh that's not
true. I cut a five hundred scholarship from PEGNI to which if you see
the interview, oh my god, this is so reading. Pulling the car
over here for a quick story. I got the scholarship from PGNI. I
don't even remember exactly what it was. I don't know about how public power
was good, like I knew. I was seventeen in my senior year.
Anyway, I remember getting called into the principal's office, which happened to time
or two. I know you're shocked, and I just remember thinking, crap
would I do this? Time? And going into his office and he's like,
KRCR is here to interview you. We had one dinky little TV station
at the time like that. Maybe that's still all gits there, not dinky
to any krc R people who are listening. I didn't mean it like that,
but anyway, So a reporter shows up and a cameraman and I'm in
the quad. I remember what I was wearing. It was a white Stanford
shirt because not because I thought I was going to go to Stanford. No.
No, we had just one first place in small school at cheerleading competitions
at Stanford. That's the one and only time I made an onto the Stanford
campus was because I was a good cheerleader. Shock. Anyway, so they
came to interview me. Get into it. I in all of my seventeen
year old senior wisdom, she says. The reporter says, well, tell
me about your scholarship. Well, I went down to the public power place.
Oh my god, they should have just cut me right there. And
then I got the form to write this article. And so then I wrote
it and I submitted it and I won. Okay, that was me in
high school. I know. Some people say, yeah, I really haven't
changed much, but that was story of my one scholarship. Let's end it
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