WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:05.919 You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call with me Amy King on 2 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:15.800 demand on the iHeartRadio app KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. 3 00:00:15.839 --> 00:00:26.960 It's time for your morning wake up call. Here's Amy King. This 4 00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:31.839 is your wake up call for Thursday, April eleventh. Good morning, I'm 5 00:00:31.879 --> 00:00:37.520 Amy King. We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Today's National Pet Day. 6 00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:42.399 A good excuse to love up your pets, just a little extra today, 7 00:00:42.759 --> 00:00:46.000 not that they don't already get too much love. Hey, you know 8 00:00:46.079 --> 00:00:51.000 I've talked about like my little menagerie of animals around. I saw raccoons last 9 00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:56.479 week. I had my possum porch out again last week, and this morning 10 00:00:56.520 --> 00:01:03.319 owls had owls who outside my door. I'm just calling at my little monasherie. 11 00:01:03.560 --> 00:01:07.239 Here's what's ahead on wake up Call, and we got a lot for 12 00:01:07.280 --> 00:01:12.840 you today. The woman who police say stabbed her boyfriend, then pushed her 13 00:01:12.879 --> 00:01:17.000 two young daughters out of a moving car in the four h five, killing 14 00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:21.280 one of them, and then crashed and killed herself in Redondo Beach was an 15 00:01:21.280 --> 00:01:26.760 astrology enthusiast who posted online messages warning of the dangers of the solar eclipse. 16 00:01:27.959 --> 00:01:34.439 Those posts were made just hours before the crime spree show Heyo Tani apparently off 17 00:01:34.480 --> 00:01:38.879 the hook. Federal investigators say he wasn't involved in his former interpreter's gambling. 18 00:01:38.239 --> 00:01:42.239 The interpreter may be facing federal charges and is apparently working on a plea deal. 19 00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:47.200 Got a lot of spacey things going on today. Very excited because we're 20 00:01:47.239 --> 00:01:52.280 going out of this world with astronaut Nick Haig. He's in training for a 21 00:01:52.319 --> 00:01:56.959 mission to the International Space Station. We're going to be talking with him in 22 00:01:57.000 --> 00:02:01.120 about fifteen minutes. We're also going out and about to a galaxy far far 23 00:02:01.159 --> 00:02:04.959 away. To the Reagan Library. We're gonna go check out their new scar 24 00:02:05.239 --> 00:02:08.000 Star Wars exhibit that's coming up a little bit later this hour at six oh 25 00:02:08.080 --> 00:02:12.840 five. It's handle on the news. President Biden is calling on Hamas to 26 00:02:12.879 --> 00:02:15.560 take the deal for a ceasefire with Israel. Let's get started with some of 27 00:02:15.599 --> 00:02:19.479 the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The woman who 28 00:02:19.479 --> 00:02:23.240 fatally stabbed her boyfriend in Woodland Hills then pushed her young daughters out onto the 29 00:02:23.280 --> 00:02:29.439 four h five in Culver City was an astrology influencer who warned of an eclipse 30 00:02:29.479 --> 00:02:34.000 related apocalypse. Danielle Johnson, who goes by the online name of Danielle Aoka, 31 00:02:34.080 --> 00:02:37.800 is a self proclaimed divine healer with more than one hundred thousand followers on 32 00:02:37.840 --> 00:02:40.439 the x platform. In the days leading up to the eclipse, Johnson posted 33 00:02:40.439 --> 00:02:46.120 to social media that the upcoming event was spiritual warfare and people needed to choose 34 00:02:46.159 --> 00:02:50.039 a side. LAPD says it believes Johnson's fear of the eclipse is what drove 35 00:02:50.039 --> 00:02:52.960 her to kill her boyfriend, push her nine year old and eight month old 36 00:02:53.000 --> 00:02:55.280 daughters out on the freeway, killing the baby, and to kill herself by 37 00:02:55.280 --> 00:02:59.960 slamming her portion to a tree in Redondo Beach. All of the deadly events 38 00:03:00.039 --> 00:03:05.360 happened in the early morning before Monday's eclipse. Chris Adler KFI News. The 39 00:03:05.400 --> 00:03:10.240 Metropolitan Water District has approved it's two point four billion dollar annual budget that includes 40 00:03:10.280 --> 00:03:15.080 an eight and a half percent rate hike next year and another eight and a 41 00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:20.599 half percent the year after twenty six local agencies by water from the MWD. 42 00:03:21.400 --> 00:03:24.840 Justin breck with La water keeper says the district was faced with financial and climate 43 00:03:24.919 --> 00:03:30.400 challenges. They had looked at other options potentially increasing property taxes a little bit 44 00:03:30.400 --> 00:03:35.319 more than what they chose, but this is developed the found the MWB. 45 00:03:35.919 --> 00:03:40.280 MWD rather says the rate increases are necessary to cover the costs of sustainable water 46 00:03:40.560 --> 00:03:45.719 and the impact of drought. Property taxes could also be raised. A bill 47 00:03:45.759 --> 00:03:51.319 introduced by San Francisco Assembly Wman Matt Haney is trying to make California more pet 48 00:03:51.360 --> 00:03:55.199 friendly. It says just thirty percent of available rental units in any given city 49 00:03:55.280 --> 00:04:00.000 allow pets, but seventy percent of renters have a pet, and he says 50 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:05.240 the issue is dramatically exacerbating the state's housing crisis. His bill would require landlords 51 00:04:05.280 --> 00:04:10.319 to have reasons for not allowing pets in rentals. It also means property owners 52 00:04:10.360 --> 00:04:15.719 can't ask about a tenant's pet ownership status until after their application has been approved. 53 00:04:15.399 --> 00:04:18.600 Three sons of a Hummas leader have been killed in an Israeli airstrike in 54 00:04:18.639 --> 00:04:26.240 Gaza. Hamasa's four of Ishmael Haneya's grandchildren were also killed yesterday. The Israeli 55 00:04:26.279 --> 00:04:31.639 military says the men killed were involved in militant activity in central Gaza, and 56 00:04:31.759 --> 00:04:38.279 Aya claims Israel acted in the spirit of revenge and murder. Golfers wanting to 57 00:04:38.279 --> 00:04:41.279 play at city courses in LA are going to have to pay a non refundable 58 00:04:41.399 --> 00:04:46.240 ten dollars deposit per person, which will be applied toward green fees upon check 59 00:04:46.279 --> 00:04:50.079 in. The changes will happen starting on Tuesday. They're being made in response 60 00:04:50.120 --> 00:04:56.040 to complaints about people not being able to book tea times at municipal golf courses. 61 00:04:56.360 --> 00:05:00.800 A group of golfers filed a proposed class action lawsuit earlier this year, 62 00:05:00.800 --> 00:05:03.680 claiming it was nearly impossible to book tea times because bots were scooping up all 63 00:05:03.720 --> 00:05:09.120 the reservation times and then they were being resold by brokers. Let's say good 64 00:05:09.120 --> 00:05:13.920 morning now to ABC's Jim Ryan. So, Jim, it's almost palpable. 65 00:05:14.040 --> 00:05:17.040 The country's divided. The rhetoric is nasty, but there may be hope for 66 00:05:17.120 --> 00:05:20.519 us in coming back together. Yeah, and in fact, maybe we weren't 67 00:05:20.560 --> 00:05:24.720 too far apart in the first place. But what we hear, what we 68 00:05:24.800 --> 00:05:27.639 see, and what we read is all about division, right, It's not 69 00:05:27.759 --> 00:05:31.120 how people so deeply disagree. I think a lot of it has to do 70 00:05:31.160 --> 00:05:36.560 with the fact that you know, whether you are on X or on Facebook 71 00:05:36.639 --> 00:05:42.279 or whatever you hear those voices of one extreme or the other extreme, and 72 00:05:42.319 --> 00:05:45.920 not a lot in between. It turns out that very few people actually go 73 00:05:45.959 --> 00:05:49.560 on x ever few people tweet in the first place, But in the vast 74 00:05:49.600 --> 00:05:54.079 majority of us, according to recent pulling, are somewhere in the middle, 75 00:05:54.399 --> 00:05:59.160 you know, closer to the middle than to either extent, either the fringe 76 00:05:59.240 --> 00:06:01.920 and the left or the right. And that seems to be born out in 77 00:06:02.040 --> 00:06:09.240 a new survey and ap nork survey which was done to pull nearly thirteen hundred 78 00:06:09.240 --> 00:06:13.279 people over the course of a week last month, twelve hundred and eighty two 79 00:06:13.279 --> 00:06:17.639 adults nationwide, and that's a pretty representative amount, and it finds that people 80 00:06:17.800 --> 00:06:24.759 are in agreement on more things than they are on disagreement. Right Democrats or 81 00:06:24.759 --> 00:06:30.040 Republican disagree on what's important to us identity. But in terms of the Constitution, 82 00:06:30.800 --> 00:06:34.600 the right to vote, for example, nearly ninety percent of a field 83 00:06:34.600 --> 00:06:40.600 that's very important or extremely important of both parties people in both parties. Freedom 84 00:06:40.639 --> 00:06:43.680 of speech falls into that category. But if you break it down by the 85 00:06:43.720 --> 00:06:47.680 two parties, the right to vote, Republicans seventy two percent say that's very 86 00:06:47.720 --> 00:06:53.519 important, Eighty three percent of Democrats. You look at the right of everyone 87 00:06:53.600 --> 00:06:58.279 to equal protection under the law, it's almost an even split Democrats and Republicans. 88 00:06:58.279 --> 00:07:00.360 So maybe we just don't disagree on as many things as we think we 89 00:07:00.480 --> 00:07:03.240 do. Amy, And I think it's interesting what you said about that, 90 00:07:03.360 --> 00:07:08.639 not that many people actually post on Twitter. Yeah, and so we're sitting 91 00:07:08.639 --> 00:07:15.360 there and being bystanders. But the biggest, loudest voices are the ones screaming, 92 00:07:15.600 --> 00:07:16.720 and they're the ones that are on the far left and far right. 93 00:07:16.959 --> 00:07:23.800 Yeah, exactly, And those are the folks that get the attention of politicians 94 00:07:23.800 --> 00:07:26.680 in so many cases, right, the politicians are afraid to be somewhere in 95 00:07:26.720 --> 00:07:30.680 the middle because they know how loud those voices on either side of them can 96 00:07:30.800 --> 00:07:35.079 be. And so yeah, it kind of drives policy, and that policy 97 00:07:35.120 --> 00:07:39.480 guides everybody, everyone who is in the middle. Right. It's not just 98 00:07:39.519 --> 00:07:43.360 the folks in the far left and far right who are affected by laws that 99 00:07:43.399 --> 00:07:46.560 their lawmakers come up with. It's all the rest of us do. And 100 00:07:46.720 --> 00:07:50.839 it's a little bit scary. But I mean, look at this in terms 101 00:07:50.920 --> 00:07:58.399 of the rights guaranteed under the Constitution, the freedom of religion, it's almost 102 00:07:58.439 --> 00:08:05.920 a precise even split among Democrats and Republicans, sixty one percent of Democrats sixty 103 00:08:07.000 --> 00:08:11.519 six percent of Republicans say that the freedom of religion is very important. One 104 00:08:11.519 --> 00:08:15.680 place where you do find a lot of disagreement even in this survey is the 105 00:08:15.800 --> 00:08:20.199 right to keep and bear arms right. Sixty percent of Republicans nineteen percent of 106 00:08:20.240 --> 00:08:24.680 Democrats say that that the right to bear arms is very important. But on 107 00:08:24.720 --> 00:08:26.879 the rest of it, most of the rest of the bill rights, the 108 00:08:26.920 --> 00:08:31.240 two parties seem to agree. It's interesting on the Second Amendment that there's that 109 00:08:31.639 --> 00:08:35.120 big of a disparity in that one. Well, I suppose, but I 110 00:08:35.159 --> 00:08:39.039 mean that's kind of been the rallying cry for the two parties for a long 111 00:08:39.080 --> 00:08:41.480 time, hasn't it. I mean, the Republicans have been the Second Amendment 112 00:08:41.519 --> 00:08:46.120 to the Democrats have been more gun control over the last thirty forty fifty years. 113 00:08:46.200 --> 00:08:50.559 Even so that one, I don't know if it's that surprising, but 114 00:08:50.600 --> 00:08:52.679 some of these other ones, freedom of speech, that two parties, people 115 00:08:52.679 --> 00:08:58.200 on Republicans, people on the Democrats, they say that's an extremely important right 116 00:08:58.279 --> 00:09:01.799 in this country. Yeah, you know, I think this is interesting, 117 00:09:01.840 --> 00:09:05.200 and listening to those numbers, I'm kind of It's heart heartening to hear that, 118 00:09:05.679 --> 00:09:09.639 because you know, I remember a time not too long ago when I 119 00:09:09.759 --> 00:09:15.519 had friends and I didn't know what their party affiliations were, didn't matter. 120 00:09:16.320 --> 00:09:20.039 But like in the last less than ten years, now, you know, 121 00:09:20.399 --> 00:09:22.600 and it actually does affect your friendships. I know I have a couple of 122 00:09:22.600 --> 00:09:26.000 friends that I don't talk to because I just don't want to deal with it. 123 00:09:26.200 --> 00:09:28.840 I don't want to deal with it. I don't want the uncomfortable conversation. 124 00:09:30.360 --> 00:09:33.799 I don't want the disagreement. So maybe we can come back together, 125 00:09:35.360 --> 00:09:37.799 Yeah, I would hope. So it's torn families apart, hasn't it. 126 00:09:39.279 --> 00:09:41.200 I know of a woman who died recently. She was eighty eight, eighty 127 00:09:41.240 --> 00:09:45.799 nine years old. Hadn't spoken with her brother, who's also in his eighties, 128 00:09:46.200 --> 00:09:50.360 for seven years because she couldn't stand Trump. He loved Trump, and 129 00:09:50.399 --> 00:09:52.879 the two of them just could not sit down in the same room. They 130 00:09:52.879 --> 00:09:58.240 couldn't even have a phone conversation. And unfortunately she's gone and that relationship is 131 00:09:58.240 --> 00:10:01.960 over. Yep. Well, how about one nation under God, indivisible injustice 132 00:10:01.960 --> 00:10:05.159 for all. That's I'm off for that. There you go, all right, 133 00:10:05.240 --> 00:10:09.159 Jim Ryan, thank you so much for your time today, say let's 134 00:10:09.159 --> 00:10:11.559 get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour 135 00:10:11.639 --> 00:10:15.960 newsroom. A lift driver has been arrested in LA for allegedly sexually assaulting a 136 00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:18.759 passenger. The woman told Santa Monica police she fell asleep when the man drove 137 00:10:18.799 --> 00:10:22.440 her home from a restaurant in the West Hollywood area last September. She says 138 00:10:22.480 --> 00:10:26.279 she woke up in the car to inappropriate touching. She says the driver offered 139 00:10:26.320 --> 00:10:31.679 to walk her to the door when she realized several hours had passed since she 140 00:10:31.799 --> 00:10:35.639 was picked up. LAPD says two dogs had been shot, one fatally, 141 00:10:35.799 --> 00:10:39.399 in the Newton Division. Police say they don't know if the same person shot 142 00:10:39.440 --> 00:10:43.279 both dogs, and the shootings happened about three miles apart. The first was 143 00:10:43.279 --> 00:10:46.600 shot March twenty ninth, around eleven pm near twenty third Street in Santa Fe 144 00:10:46.639 --> 00:10:50.440 Avenue. When officers arrived, they say they found a dog with multiple gunshot 145 00:10:50.440 --> 00:10:54.080 wounds. They immediately took it to a veterinarian hospital and miraculously it survived. 146 00:10:54.399 --> 00:10:58.279 The other dog was hit April seventh, around three thirty in the morning near 147 00:10:58.320 --> 00:11:01.919 fifty second Street, navalon. When officers arrived, they say they found the 148 00:11:01.919 --> 00:11:05.840 dog dead at the scene. Steve Gregory ka if I News Long Beach is 149 00:11:05.879 --> 00:11:11.399 trying to get street vendors to comply with new sidewalk regulations by giving away vending 150 00:11:11.519 --> 00:11:13.919 carts. It's the second phase of a program called the Sidewalk to Success. 151 00:11:15.360 --> 00:11:18.399 Forty businesses that comply with the city's new rules will be eligible for a free 152 00:11:18.440 --> 00:11:22.840 cart. The program already covered business licenses and health permit fees. Within the 153 00:11:22.840 --> 00:11:28.399 first year of street vending operations, insurance costs up to four hundred and fifty 154 00:11:28.440 --> 00:11:33.240 dollars those are also being reimbursed. Now it's time for Nick's top picks. 155 00:11:33.279 --> 00:11:37.320 We know that we have this weekend with Nick. Every weekend he covers all 156 00:11:37.360 --> 00:11:39.440 the fun stuff going on around in southern California, so we've asked him for 157 00:11:39.480 --> 00:11:45.200 his top picks to share as we head toward the weekend. Nick tell us, 158 00:11:45.559 --> 00:11:46.879 I'm very interested in this. I haven't been to this yet, but 159 00:11:48.919 --> 00:11:52.440 we'd like to Payleyfest Pailey Fest LA twenty twenty four. Where is it and 160 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:56.879 when is it? Going on? At the Dolbey Theater starting today, runs 161 00:11:56.919 --> 00:11:58.600 all the way through the twenty first, and this has been going on for 162 00:11:58.600 --> 00:12:03.000 forty one years and it's both here in in New York. Started out in 163 00:12:03.039 --> 00:12:05.399 a very small venue in Beverly Hills, which is still where you can go 164 00:12:05.480 --> 00:12:11.240 to visit the Pailey Center. But tomorrow night Or will be the morning show 165 00:12:11.279 --> 00:12:15.320 that'll be opening up the show Loki. This weekend Young Sheldon and Avatar, 166 00:12:15.360 --> 00:12:18.360 the Last Airbender from Netflix, and then wrapping up the show will be The 167 00:12:18.440 --> 00:12:20.759 Late Show with Stephen Colbert. So that's a really good time, definitely worth 168 00:12:20.840 --> 00:12:24.679 checking out. And you get the details about that and so much more at 169 00:12:24.679 --> 00:12:28.600 this weekend at nick dot com, along with a special night market going on 170 00:12:28.639 --> 00:12:33.279 over in Santa Monica. Yeah correct, which you and I have done before, 171 00:12:33.320 --> 00:12:37.320 but this one is in partnership with HBO or Max with The Sympathizer, 172 00:12:37.320 --> 00:12:39.559 which is a new show based on a Vietnamese book. And also at the 173 00:12:39.559 --> 00:12:45.240 OC Fair and Events Center in Coasta Mesa, it's Imaginology, which is both 174 00:12:45.279 --> 00:12:48.279 Saturday and Sunday ten to four. Admission is free, ninety nine parking twelve 175 00:12:48.320 --> 00:12:52.200 bucks and it's a great opportunity to get out there and if you're interested in 176 00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:56.120 a steam science, technology, engineering, arts and math. Great time for 177 00:12:56.159 --> 00:12:58.679 you to go out with the kids and enjoy yourself. Okay, awesome, 178 00:12:58.720 --> 00:13:01.879 Thank you so much, Nick, and you find all the information about those 179 00:13:01.639 --> 00:13:07.440 events and so much more at this weekend with Nick on your social and ware 180 00:13:07.480 --> 00:13:13.840 else. Also this weekend on Nick dot com Perfect Federal investigators have determined Dodgers 181 00:13:13.840 --> 00:13:20.440 star Shohei Otani had no involvement in his former interpreter's gambling scheme. TMZ is 182 00:13:20.480 --> 00:13:24.759 saying Epe Mishura Misahura is expected to be charged within the next few days for 183 00:13:24.840 --> 00:13:28.759 embezzling more than four million dollars from the baseball Star. The top general for 184 00:13:28.879 --> 00:13:33.399 US forces in Europe is told Congress Ukraine's going to be outgunned ten to one 185 00:13:33.480 --> 00:13:37.320 by Russia within a matter of weeks if Congress doesn't find a way to approve 186 00:13:37.399 --> 00:13:41.919 sending more ammunition and weapons to Kiev soon. Congress is sitting on a sixty 187 00:13:43.039 --> 00:13:48.440 million or billion dollar aid package for Ukraine because of infighting between hard right Republicans 188 00:13:48.440 --> 00:13:52.039 and House Speaker Mike Johnson, Margo Robbie's making the move from barbie to board 189 00:13:52.120 --> 00:13:56.159 game. It was announced at the CinemaCon conference in Las Vegas yesterday that the 190 00:13:56.159 --> 00:14:01.519 producer and star of the blockbuster Barbie movie has teamed up with Hasbro and Lionsgate 191 00:14:01.559 --> 00:14:05.720 to make a Monopoly movie at six, So five at handle on the news. 192 00:14:05.759 --> 00:14:09.559 Instead of going down as hoped, inflation is inching back up. And 193 00:14:09.639 --> 00:14:16.559 speaking of going up, let's say good morning to Space Force Guardian Colonel Nick 194 00:14:16.720 --> 00:14:20.399 Haig. Good morning, Colonel Haig, Yeah, good morning Amy. Thanks 195 00:14:20.399 --> 00:14:24.159 for having me back on. Well, we're thrilled that you were able to 196 00:14:24.200 --> 00:14:26.799 come back on. Now. You may or may not have heard this. 197 00:14:26.840 --> 00:14:30.639 We got to talk to Colonel haigu a few weeks ago because he's going to 198 00:14:30.639 --> 00:14:33.759 be the first Space Force Guardian to launch and then spend six months on the 199 00:14:33.799 --> 00:14:37.759 International Space Station, so we thought we'd be kind of fun to learn more 200 00:14:37.799 --> 00:14:43.240 about that. Colonel Haig, Are you on loan to NASA from the Space 201 00:14:43.279 --> 00:14:48.440 Force? Yeah? So, actually I am so. I'm still an active 202 00:14:48.519 --> 00:14:52.960 duty Space Force officer, Okay, but there's an agreement between the Department of 203 00:14:52.000 --> 00:14:58.960 Defense and NASA for the Department to assign us to NASA, And essentially we 204 00:15:00.120 --> 00:15:05.759 work for NASA and they reimburse the Department for our salaries. So roughly twenty 205 00:15:05.799 --> 00:15:11.600 percent of the current Astronaut Corps, which is about fifty people are active duty 206 00:15:11.600 --> 00:15:16.600 military from the various branches. Okay, and then just refresh our memory because 207 00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:18.720 it was about I don't know, three four weeks that we talked to you. 208 00:15:18.799 --> 00:15:22.600 When are you guys planning to launch? Not the specific date, but 209 00:15:22.799 --> 00:15:26.399 the kind of general timeframe. Yeah, roughly we're going to launch the end 210 00:15:26.399 --> 00:15:30.799 of August. That doesn't really get locked down until we get within about a 211 00:15:30.840 --> 00:15:33.600 month or two of the launch date. And we'll plan on being on a 212 00:15:33.600 --> 00:15:39.399 long duration mission to the International Space Station, which could be more than six 213 00:15:39.440 --> 00:15:43.440 months. And who are you going up with? So I'm going up on 214 00:15:43.480 --> 00:15:46.440 a US vehicle. So We're going to launch out of the Kennedy Space Center 215 00:15:46.440 --> 00:15:52.799 in Florida. My crew is two other NASA astronauts, Xena Cardman and Stephanie 216 00:15:52.799 --> 00:15:58.120 Wilson, along with a Russian cosmonaut, Alex Gormanov. Okay, so do 217 00:15:58.639 --> 00:16:03.759 you speak Russian? We have to. Life on the station is bilingual, 218 00:16:03.799 --> 00:16:08.200 so the two official languages on the space station are English and Russian. So 219 00:16:08.720 --> 00:16:12.919 I didn't speak Russian before NASA selected me, and for the last ten years 220 00:16:12.960 --> 00:16:18.639 I've been taking one on one Russian lessons every week a couple times a week 221 00:16:18.159 --> 00:16:22.720 to struggle through trying to learn a second language halfway through my life. And 222 00:16:22.720 --> 00:16:26.720 you're pretty good at it now, huh I survive? Okay? Good morning 223 00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:34.399 in Russia is Russian? Okay? So tell us, with four months until 224 00:16:34.440 --> 00:16:37.440 you leave Earth, what are some of the ways that you're training for the 225 00:16:37.480 --> 00:16:41.120 mission? Like, what are some of the activities you're doing now to get 226 00:16:41.159 --> 00:16:45.600 ready for four months from now? All the activities that we're doing now are 227 00:16:45.799 --> 00:16:49.519 the activities that are you know, it's prepping us for all the things we're 228 00:16:49.559 --> 00:16:53.200 going to do on orbit. So it's a flying laboratory. So first and 229 00:16:53.240 --> 00:16:59.960 foremost we're preparing to do all of the different scientific payloads and learning the basic 230 00:17:00.039 --> 00:17:03.079 skills we need to do those different experiments. And over the course of six 231 00:17:03.079 --> 00:17:07.720 months up there, we're going to do roughly three hundred different types of experiments. 232 00:17:07.960 --> 00:17:11.119 But that's just one part of it. We also have to perform maintenance 233 00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:15.640 on the laboratory that's up there and make sure that it continues to go. 234 00:17:15.319 --> 00:17:18.240 Some of that maintenance is inside, some of that maintenance is outside, and 235 00:17:18.279 --> 00:17:23.680 so we also prepare to do spacewalks and go outside and fix how do we 236 00:17:23.839 --> 00:17:30.519 prepare for a spacewalk here on Earth because it's a different environment there. Yeah, 237 00:17:30.559 --> 00:17:34.359 for sure, when you open the hatch for the airlock up there and 238 00:17:34.559 --> 00:17:38.440 you're in the vacuum of space inside your spacesuit and you look through the hatchway 239 00:17:38.799 --> 00:17:42.960 and you see the Earth kind of gliding gently by two hundred and fifty miles 240 00:17:42.960 --> 00:17:48.160 below your feet, it's unreal and nothing really fully prepares you for that. 241 00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:53.359 But we do lots of different things. We work with the tools and learn 242 00:17:53.400 --> 00:18:00.000 how all the mechanisms work. But primarily we're in the neutral buoyancy lab practicing 243 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:06.680 underwater in a neutrally buoyant environment that comes close to simulating floating around on the 244 00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:10.119 outside of the space station. Okay, so here's a weird question for you. 245 00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:11.640 You know, like when you watch movies about space, everybody kind of 246 00:18:11.680 --> 00:18:17.079 moves in slow motion. Do you kind of move in slow motion when you're 247 00:18:17.119 --> 00:18:22.319 in space? You do, and it's intentional. Everything in space is weightless 248 00:18:22.599 --> 00:18:29.640 because we're all falling around the Earth in orbit and so relative to each other, 249 00:18:29.799 --> 00:18:33.359 we look like there's no gravity, but everything still has mass. So 250 00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:36.559 some of those things that we're moving around, whether it's inside or outside, 251 00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:41.720 may weigh a thousand pounds, and so you want to move slow because the 252 00:18:41.799 --> 00:18:45.039 faster you start to move it, the more force it takes to stop it. 253 00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:49.519 And I can assure you that soft things like humans are still soft on 254 00:18:49.640 --> 00:18:55.000 orbit, and hard things like metal are still very hard, so it's easy 255 00:18:55.039 --> 00:19:00.400 to hurt yourself. Okay, Now I want to also talk about what you 256 00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:03.599 get to take to the space station with you, because I found out from 257 00:19:03.599 --> 00:19:08.759 talking to Neil deGrasse Tyson that's my little name drop, that weight is a 258 00:19:08.880 --> 00:19:12.559 key element to getting out of the Earth's atmosphere. So I'm guessing that you're 259 00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:15.400 restricted, But do you get to take any personal things up with you? 260 00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:22.359 Yeah? So the psychological aspect of being up on orbits, you know, 261 00:19:22.359 --> 00:19:25.359 you're up there for six months, you're with set, you know, six 262 00:19:25.400 --> 00:19:29.440 other people in kind of a confined space. Being able to take a small 263 00:19:29.480 --> 00:19:36.920 little bag of personal things that help you connect to friends and family really helps, 264 00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:41.519 you know, keep you engaged and effectively. While I'm on orbit, 265 00:19:41.640 --> 00:19:45.799 I feel super connected to people on the ground. So being able to share 266 00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:52.000 the experience up there in any way I can is just really a thrill. 267 00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:55.200 And so you know, some of the things I do are taking up personal 268 00:19:55.240 --> 00:19:59.079 things for my family so that we can maintain that contact and we have those 269 00:19:59.079 --> 00:20:02.240 heirlooms. But some of the other things are like, you know, so 270 00:20:02.319 --> 00:20:06.039 I'm a Space Force guardian, I'm going to take up some mission patches, 271 00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:10.599 some squadron patches, you know, some Space Force flags, some things that 272 00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:15.680 I can show, you know, my connection to all those guardians around the 273 00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:21.160 globe that are helping support the Space station mission. They're not part of the 274 00:20:21.200 --> 00:20:25.720 main NASA effort doing human research and space, but all those other things that 275 00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:30.200 they do help us do the NASA mission. And so it's really fun to 276 00:20:30.599 --> 00:20:36.519 stay connected in that way. Okay, and so you mentioned Space Force. 277 00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:41.039 How many Space Force baces are there now in the US? I know we 278 00:20:41.079 --> 00:20:45.000 have Vandenberg Space Force Space which is north of Los Angeles, but how many 279 00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:51.000 are there now? Yeah, Space Force baces. You've got Vandenburg is a 280 00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:56.559 primary based Los Angeles, right there in the La Basin. You've got La 281 00:20:56.599 --> 00:20:59.960 Air Force Base, which is kind of the home of all of our acquisitions 282 00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:03.519 Space Systems Command. You also have in Colorado a lot of presence there with 283 00:21:03.599 --> 00:21:08.400 Peterson Shriever Space Force based Buckley Space Force Base, and then if you start 284 00:21:08.400 --> 00:21:14.559 working your way to the East coast. Primary locations are in DC at the 285 00:21:14.559 --> 00:21:18.039 Pentagon as well as down at Kennedy Space Center the Eastern Launch Range. But 286 00:21:18.119 --> 00:21:22.799 there are space Force presents, whether it's a proper space Force based space Force 287 00:21:22.839 --> 00:21:30.480 station or it's Space Force people deployed and impositioned at other bases. Guardians are 288 00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:34.319 around the globe. Okay. And in case people didn't hear our last conversation, 289 00:21:34.559 --> 00:21:38.039 because space Force has only been in existence for about five years, what 290 00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:47.079 is the mission for Space Force? Space Force is developing the people, the 291 00:21:47.119 --> 00:21:51.519 guardians is what we call Space Force members, the guardians that are necessary to 292 00:21:51.599 --> 00:21:55.759 perform the mission, and then all the equipment they need to perform the mission. 293 00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:59.079 But what is the mission? So the mission is making sure that we 294 00:21:59.240 --> 00:22:06.160 maintain s to build in space and we do that through missile warning or GPS 295 00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:12.920 and providing navigation and precision timing or it's communications. All of those activities bring 296 00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:18.240 stability not just in space, but they also support life on the ground as 297 00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:23.799 well as the rest of the military services and their ability to do their missions. 298 00:22:23.880 --> 00:22:26.640 Okay, and how can people learn more about Space Force. There's a 299 00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:30.119 website, right yeah, space Force dot mill. It's easy to go to 300 00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:36.079 and there's all kinds of information there. Okay, And if someone has always 301 00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:40.920 always dreamed of going to space, there obviously are a lot of requirements. 302 00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:45.480 But we just might have one of tomorrow's astronauts listening to us right now. 303 00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:48.359 Because NASA is looking for astronauts. Where can they find out about that? 304 00:22:49.240 --> 00:22:55.880 Yeah, so you want to go to NASA dot gov slash astronauts or you 305 00:22:55.920 --> 00:23:00.359 go to USA Jobs right now. We're accepting applications until the six teenth of 306 00:23:00.359 --> 00:23:03.440 April. So this is the opportunity. If you've ever dreamed about going to 307 00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:07.960 space, if you've ever wanted to be an astronaut, go there. Submit 308 00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:14.359 an application. My advice is, if you don't submit an application, there's 309 00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:18.799 absolutely one hundred percent chance that your dream will not come true. So submit 310 00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:22.680 an application. I love that, Colonel Haig. If it's okay with you, 311 00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:26.279 I would love to talk to you again in a few weeks and find 312 00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:29.079 out what it's like to actually live on the space station. Because we kind 313 00:23:29.079 --> 00:23:30.200 of ran out of time. We didn't get to talk about that. And 314 00:23:30.599 --> 00:23:34.279 I and you've been there before and are going back again. I think that 315 00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:37.440 would be so interesting because none of us are going to go, except for 316 00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:41.240 maybe that person who applies for NASA. But yeah, no, I'd love 317 00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:45.119 to share about life on orbit. It's spectacular. Okay, thank you so 318 00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:48.279 much. Well, we're looking forward to learning more about your out of this 319 00:23:48.359 --> 00:23:52.960 world adventure. Space Force Guardian Colonel Nick Haig, thank you so much for 320 00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:57.559 your time today. Good day, all right. Metrolink is getting one point 321 00:23:57.599 --> 00:24:03.559 three million dollars from the Federal GUFF for a trespasser detection system. It's going 322 00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:07.000 to be designed to detect obstacles on the tracks, including people and objects. 323 00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:12.519 Between July and December of last year, trains using MetroLink's service lines hit vehicles 324 00:24:12.599 --> 00:24:18.480 or pedestrians fifty three times. A celebration of the end of Ramadan has devolved 325 00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:23.920 into panic in Philadelphia's rival groups exchanged gunfire. At least three people were hurt 326 00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:27.680 as parents and children in a park scattered yesterday afternoon, but Lease say at 327 00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:32.799 least thirty shots were fired. A fifteen year old with a gun was shot, 328 00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:34.960 a man was shot in the stomach, and another juvenile has a hand 329 00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:41.400 injury. Five people were detained. Marine scientists are looking for a whale that's 330 00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:45.039 tangled in fishing net and buoys in the waters off Daily City. They were 331 00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:49.359 trying to free the thirty foot long whale of the net wrapped around its tail 332 00:24:49.400 --> 00:24:52.440 when they lost track of it. Signed to say if they don't find it 333 00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:56.160 and get the fishing gear off, the whale could die. At six oh 334 00:24:56.240 --> 00:25:00.319 five, it's handle on the news, Shohei Otani is off the hook, 335 00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:06.039 his former interpreter not so much. At five fifty tax days just four days 336 00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:08.039 away. And if you're freaking out because you haven't yet tackled your taxes, 337 00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:15.680 help is available. So this week we went out and about to the Reagan 338 00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:19.839 Library, which has a new exhibit called Defending America and the Galaxy. Yeah, 339 00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:25.319 it's Star Wars. So what's super cool about this is that, unlike 340 00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:29.640 the traveling exhibits, which are also very cool around the US, they are 341 00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:34.160 mostly fan recreations when they have like a Stormtrooper or an R two D two 342 00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:38.240 or a C three po. But what you get at the Reagan Library are 343 00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:44.279 actual props and cameras and wardrobe from the original Star Wars movie. It's the 344 00:25:44.319 --> 00:25:47.680 real deal. It's very cool. We got to catch up with the chief 345 00:25:47.880 --> 00:25:52.920 marketing officer at the Reagan Presidential Library, Melissa Giller. Melissa, what is 346 00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:57.039 the connection between Star Wars and the Reagan Library. I know it seems a 347 00:25:57.079 --> 00:26:00.880 little weird, but in nineteen eighty three, Old Reagan announced his plans for 348 00:26:02.480 --> 00:26:07.240 the Strategic Defense Initiative. In short, basically, it was a research program 349 00:26:07.359 --> 00:26:11.039 aimed at bringing an end to nuclear war. Love it. The very next 350 00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:14.119 day, Senator Ted Kennedy went on the news to make fun of it and 351 00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:15.880 called it Star Wars, and the name just stuck. And that was in 352 00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:21.119 nineteen eighty three. Star Wars had come out in seventy seven, and no 353 00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:25.039 matter what Ronald Reagan or his administration tried to do to stop it being called 354 00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:27.319 Star Wars, they couldn't do it. They finally gave in in eighty five. 355 00:26:27.400 --> 00:26:30.200 Ronald Reagan basically gave a speech where he said, it's not about war, 356 00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:33.240 it's about peace. But may the Force be with us. I love 357 00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:37.200 that, Okay. So we have the tie in and we have this exhibit 358 00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:42.440 with again some of the original things from Star Wars, and like, this 359 00:26:42.599 --> 00:26:47.480 is so cool to me. The technology that they had to use to make 360 00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:52.000 Star Wars really look real. Was they had to invent new cameras, and 361 00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:55.799 so these are some of the a couple of the cameras that were actually used 362 00:26:55.799 --> 00:26:57.119 in the movies, right right, So before this movie, there was no 363 00:26:57.200 --> 00:27:02.359 such thing as computer controlled motion controlled cameras. If you wanted to film a 364 00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:07.559 space ship fight in space, you made miniatures and you made the miniature sort 365 00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:10.640 of whiz past the cameras. But with the invention of these cameras, you 366 00:27:10.640 --> 00:27:14.640 could make the cameras go around the miniatures and it made the dog fights look 367 00:27:14.880 --> 00:27:18.039 real, made it look like the cameras were flying in space with the fighting, 368 00:27:18.359 --> 00:27:21.359 and just they went on and won an Academy Award for this, Okay. 369 00:27:21.680 --> 00:27:23.640 And then the other cool thing is when you come up here, you 370 00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:29.000 can go and you can read all about the magic that is made with this. 371 00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:32.799 But then you can also take an audio tour so you can get all 372 00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:34.799 the nitty gritty. Especially for big Star Wars fans, this is a cool 373 00:27:34.839 --> 00:27:38.920 place to I really really recommend the audio tour. It's about extra thirty minutes 374 00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:44.240 of content that really teaches you the history behind Star Wars, the movie magic 375 00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:47.839 of Star Wars, the where and the why, of George Lucas, and 376 00:27:47.880 --> 00:27:49.240 you just you learn so much more that way. Okay, And here's a 377 00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:56.039 little trip tick that we learned, and that is the third movie was Return 378 00:27:56.079 --> 00:27:59.599 of the Jedi, but before they called it Return of the Jedi, it 379 00:27:59.640 --> 00:28:02.799 was actually really called Revenge of the Jets, right, and then they switched. 380 00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:04.480 They switched it, so we have the posters for both. Okay, 381 00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:11.039 And then if you just turn the camera around, done, Dun da dun, 382 00:28:11.160 --> 00:28:17.000 dun dud. This is actually Darth Vader's helmet. It is. But 383 00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:18.759 to me, what's even cooler than his helmet is the fact that he signed 384 00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:22.759 his original nineteen seventy seven script, which was just to the right of the 385 00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:26.759 helmet. And as I shared with you earlier, when Dave Pross was hired, 386 00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:30.359 he was given the option of being Darth Vader or Chebacca, and he 387 00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:34.440 chose Darth Vader choose wisely, wisely. And another cool thing that we learn 388 00:28:34.680 --> 00:28:38.720 is that a lot of the props that are made for Star Wars came from 389 00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:42.880 existing things, but they had to create new things, right, So George 390 00:28:42.920 --> 00:28:47.680 Lucas really wanted things to be realistic with sort of sci fi feel, so 391 00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:51.599 he didn't just like to create the blaster or the lightsaber from scratch. He 392 00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:56.839 started with real things like flashlight handles or the bulbs of the flashes that attached 393 00:28:56.839 --> 00:29:00.559 to cameras, and he used those and you know guns for World War One 394 00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:04.119 and World War Two. He used those things to actually create and design the 395 00:29:04.119 --> 00:29:08.160 blasters and the lightsabers that were used in the various movies. Okay, so 396 00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:11.640 looking at the blasters when I watched the movie, I didn't realize that it's 397 00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:15.640 a gun. It's literally a gun right here. It's not a futuristic gun. 398 00:29:15.039 --> 00:29:18.799 And they took the gun and they added sort of parts to it and 399 00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:23.279 it became the blaster. The lightsaber started as the arm of the flash bulb 400 00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:27.440 that was on top of a camera flash and they turned it into a lightsaber. 401 00:29:27.599 --> 00:29:30.400 Okay. And then after you do all of the Star Wars cool and 402 00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:36.039 the gawking that you do for anything that has Star Wars name attached to it, 403 00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:38.599 you also take us and teach us a little bit about the SDI program 404 00:29:38.920 --> 00:29:42.119 which was nicknamed Star Wars. Right. So that's the rest of the exam 405 00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:45.400 it is, right, So we were realistic. We know that guests are 406 00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:48.319 coming to see Star Wars, you know, not naive, But the hope 407 00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:51.880 is that they come in and they're drawn in by the Star Wars franchise, 408 00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:55.720 and then they learn about Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, which is still being 409 00:29:55.799 --> 00:30:00.759 used today by an agency called the called MDA, and their whole goal is 410 00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:04.799 to make sure that our country and the word and all of NATO really is 411 00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:11.079 protected from a possible nuclear attack. Okay, And in included in the exhibit 412 00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:15.759 is pieces of some of the missiles that were destroyed as part of the treaty 413 00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:19.559 between gorbachok that's right, Reagan, that's right. And even a full on 414 00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:23.559 missile, a full hours, a full on missile that when all of the 415 00:30:23.559 --> 00:30:29.039 missiles were destroyed due to the inf treaty, YEP, team were kept for 416 00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:30.960 educational purposes. And we have one of those on display. That's so great. 417 00:30:32.160 --> 00:30:36.960 So this exhibit opened through September September eight. And how do we get 418 00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:38.039 here? And how much does it cost to winning you open? Hey? 419 00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:41.480 Yeah? So the Reagan Library is here in Seama Valley, California, Reaganlibrary 420 00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:44.880 dot com. YEP. You can purchase tickets in advance, or you could 421 00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:47.599 do it right here on site. It doesn't matter. Reagan Library dot com 422 00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:51.559 slash Star Wars to learn more specifically about the exhibit. We're open seven days 423 00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:53.559 a week, ten am to five pm, So come on out and see 424 00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:56.960 it before it goes okay. And not only are you going to see this 425 00:30:56.000 --> 00:31:00.240 cool Star Wars exhibit exhibit, but you can also go and see the Oval 426 00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:04.759 office and climb on board Air Force War Air Force one. It's really spectacular. 427 00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:07.440 If you haven't been out here, and if you haven't been out here 428 00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:11.920 in a while, come see this because it is worth of you. Thanks 429 00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:15.920 so much, Melissa Hiller, appreciate you so much. Such a great way 430 00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:19.400 to spend an afternoon. The Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley. 431 00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:22.119 Like I said, it only takes about half hour forty five minutes to get 432 00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:29.359 there from Los Angeles, and it's really really an interesting place. And then 433 00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:33.960 it's got a whole other level of interesting because of the Star Wars exhibit that 434 00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:37.039 there is there. Also want to remind you that we have the Wiggle Waggle 435 00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:41.359 Walk coming up in just over a week on Sunday, April twenty. First, 436 00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:45.519 we're going to be walking around Brookside Park and around the Rose Bowl all 437 00:31:45.640 --> 00:31:49.559 to benefit the Pasadena Humane and that helps them care for thousands of animals that 438 00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:53.599 they take in every year. Come out see the pops. They're going to 439 00:31:53.640 --> 00:31:59.960 have a wiggle Waggle Wagon with several of the adoptable animals from the Pasadena Human 440 00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:05.200 We were going to have booths, costume contest, games, canine demonstrations, 441 00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:07.440 food, all kinds of great stuff and we would love for you to join 442 00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:12.599 our team, the Wake Up Call Wigglers. Come out walk with us. 443 00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:15.039 Kim just joined the team yesterday. Thanks Kim. And if you can't join 444 00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:17.920 us, you can still donate help us reach our goal. Every little bit 445 00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:22.519 helps. Want to say thanks to Bob who made a donation yesterday. Again, 446 00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:27.400 it's the Wiggle Waggle Walk and you can join the Wiggle Waggle Wigglers, 447 00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:30.319 the wake Up Call Wigglers. There's a lot of wiggling in Waggling. It's 448 00:32:30.359 --> 00:32:35.200 happening April twenty first join our team, won't you find out all the information 449 00:32:35.319 --> 00:32:38.039 k if i am six forty dot com slash wiggle. You can also find 450 00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:42.839 out how to donate there. Another cold, soggy weekend is on the way 451 00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:46.599 for southern California. Forecasters say the summer like weather we've been experiencing is going 452 00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:52.000 to make way for cooler temperatures and rain by late tomorrow night. A quarter 453 00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:54.720 to three quarters of an inch of rain is expected before the storm moves out 454 00:32:54.720 --> 00:33:00.960 on Sunday. Federal investigators have determined that Dodger Stars show Hey Oti has no 455 00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:07.000 involvement in his former interpreter's gambling scheme. TMZ is reporting Epe Misuhura is expected 456 00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:10.559 to be charged within the next few days for emvezzling more than four million dollars 457 00:33:10.599 --> 00:33:15.119 from the baseball Star. California state employees are being called back to the office. 458 00:33:15.200 --> 00:33:21.160 Governor Newsom's administration announced yesterday that all state employees will be required to work 459 00:33:21.200 --> 00:33:24.000 at least two days a week in the office beginning in June. US and 460 00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:29.599 SA data found that roughly fifteen percent of American workers are now fully remote. 461 00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:34.200 That's three times higher than before the pandemic. We're just minutes away from handle 462 00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:37.880 on the news this morning, President Biden and Japan's Prime minister have announced an 463 00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:44.359 even stronger alliance to counter the threat from China. All right, well, 464 00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:50.039 let's say good morning to the Vice President of Economic Security Project, Adam Rubin. 465 00:33:50.119 --> 00:33:52.279 Good morning, Adam, good morning. Nice to do with you. 466 00:33:53.119 --> 00:33:59.599 I wanted to talk to you today because we are well, it's tax day 467 00:33:59.680 --> 00:34:04.440 in just four days, and let's address the elephant in the room first. 468 00:34:04.720 --> 00:34:07.360 A lot of people haven't filed their taxes yet. That's right, About one 469 00:34:07.360 --> 00:34:10.280 in three people wait until the last couple of days to get it done. 470 00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:15.199 And so there's a new tool this year called IRS Direct File to make it 471 00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:20.639 free and simplified for people to file their taxes. No one loves having to 472 00:34:20.760 --> 00:34:22.840 do their taxes, but at least you shouldn't have to pay to get it 473 00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:27.760 done. So that's why we're excited about the IRS Direct File website. If 474 00:34:27.760 --> 00:34:31.159 you want to use a local tax prep service or commercial software, you still 475 00:34:31.199 --> 00:34:35.960 can, But if you'd like to be able to file your taxes for free 476 00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:38.599 on your phone or your computer, usually in less than an hour this year, 477 00:34:38.599 --> 00:34:43.639 you can use IRS direct File. Okay, So how is this different 478 00:34:43.679 --> 00:34:46.440 than if I just filled out my tax return on my own like I normally 479 00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:51.239 do and this new program is it just a helping hand to help you get 480 00:34:51.280 --> 00:34:55.119 everything done or what's the difference there. This is a free, easy and 481 00:34:55.199 --> 00:35:01.400 secure website provided directly by the IRS to help people do their taxes. The 482 00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:06.800 average taxpayer spends one hundred and fifty dollars and nine hours doing their taxes, 483 00:35:07.239 --> 00:35:12.119 and most people would rather pay their bills than pay turbo tax. So that's 484 00:35:12.119 --> 00:35:14.800 why I think this is so popular. This year, eighty eight percent of 485 00:35:14.880 --> 00:35:19.760 voters across party lines say they support the IRS creating a free, simple and 486 00:35:19.800 --> 00:35:23.440 secure website like direct file okay. And this is a new program. It's 487 00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:28.519 in California and I think twelve other states, so eventually they're going to expand 488 00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:31.760 to nationwide if at least as the plan, right, that's exactly right, 489 00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:36.239 Yeah, just twelve states this year, including California. It'll help you file 490 00:35:36.280 --> 00:35:38.519 your federal return and then take you straight to the state website where you can 491 00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:45.280 file your taxes for free okay. And who is eligible for this. It's 492 00:35:45.320 --> 00:35:49.280 for folks with simple tax situations, so generally that means employees who get their 493 00:35:49.280 --> 00:35:52.760 income reported on a W two form. This year, it's not going to 494 00:35:52.800 --> 00:35:58.440 cover contractors or gig workers, but we think it's going to be expanded in 495 00:35:58.480 --> 00:36:01.920 the future to more state, more tax situations, and more tools to help 496 00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:07.039 people claim refunds that they're missing. Out on like the Child Tax Credit and 497 00:36:07.280 --> 00:36:13.079 earn Income Tax Credit. In fact, Economic Security California's analysis finds that in 498 00:36:13.639 --> 00:36:17.719 nationally, it could save people eleven billion dollars in tax prep fees and time 499 00:36:17.760 --> 00:36:23.320 saved and billions more back into people's pockets from the tax credits that they're eligible 500 00:36:23.320 --> 00:36:28.440 for. In California, that's two point three billion dollars a year that Californians 501 00:36:28.480 --> 00:36:30.599 could save, including close to a billion dollars in filing fees. So that's 502 00:36:30.639 --> 00:36:35.360 real money back into working in middle class families pockets. So saving time and 503 00:36:35.440 --> 00:36:38.039 money good stuff. So a lot of people are nervous or afraid of the 504 00:36:38.079 --> 00:36:40.800 IRS, and if that's the case, what would you say to those people? 505 00:36:43.599 --> 00:36:49.320 People can check their eligibility and learn more information addirectfile dot IRS dot gov. 506 00:36:49.599 --> 00:36:52.360 One of the most popular things about the website this year is that if 507 00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:54.920 you have questions, and who doesn't when they're filing their taxes, you can 508 00:36:54.960 --> 00:36:59.880 actually chat with a real life human, an IRS employee who's there to answer 509 00:36:59.920 --> 00:37:02.639 your questions as you go, so it really helps people through the process. 510 00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:07.000 So you can do that while you're filling it out on the website and you 511 00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:09.239 go, oh, I've got questions about this, and then you can make 512 00:37:09.239 --> 00:37:13.119 the phone call. That's right. Yeah, you don't get stuck in some 513 00:37:13.480 --> 00:37:15.679 AI chatbot. There's a real person there to help you out. Okay. 514 00:37:15.760 --> 00:37:20.079 That's helpful because I know that a lot of times when I'm searching for stuff, 515 00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:22.719 I'm like, I just want to talk to somebody to get an answer. 516 00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:27.639 That's right. That's been really popular this year. And there's another program 517 00:37:27.679 --> 00:37:31.599 happening this year in La County called Clean your Cash, which is for people 518 00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:37.880 who are connected to safety net benefit programs to help them get access to free 519 00:37:37.920 --> 00:37:42.840 tax prep help. So it's just another way that the government is helping make 520 00:37:42.840 --> 00:37:46.800 it easier and simpler and free for people to file their taxes and get access 521 00:37:46.800 --> 00:37:50.639 to the tax refunds that they're eligible for. Okay, And where do they 522 00:37:50.679 --> 00:37:54.599 get more information about the claim your cash. It's for people who are connected 523 00:37:54.639 --> 00:38:00.199 to local safety net benefit programs and the people they're talking to already in the 524 00:38:00.199 --> 00:38:04.039 county government and feed them straight into free tax prep help okay, and then 525 00:38:04.400 --> 00:38:07.960 once again to fill out those taxes and have the irs help you do it 526 00:38:07.000 --> 00:38:09.960 and make it simple and direct and you don't have to pay somebody to do 527 00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:15.639 it. Where do they go? People can go to directfile dot IRS dot 528 00:38:15.679 --> 00:38:17.880 gov and it takes most people less than an hour to get it done. 529 00:38:17.880 --> 00:38:22.199 You've got till Monday, April fifteenth, so the clock is ticking. Adam 530 00:38:22.280 --> 00:38:27.159 Rubin, Vice President of the Economic Security Project, thank you so much for 531 00:38:27.199 --> 00:38:31.239 your time and information today. Thanks for having me. Okay, procrastinators unite. 532 00:38:31.400 --> 00:38:36.760 I actually got my taxes done early this year, which was totally different 533 00:38:36.760 --> 00:38:39.639 for me, but that was It's nice because it's not so stressful, but 534 00:38:39.679 --> 00:38:44.800 I remember in years past what it's like. So get it done and then 535 00:38:44.840 --> 00:38:46.559 have a nice weekend. Let's get back to some of the stories coming out 536 00:38:46.559 --> 00:38:51.840 of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. People have been blowing real money on 537 00:38:51.960 --> 00:38:55.039 counterfeit items in downtown LA. The sale of knockoff items has risen in both 538 00:38:55.079 --> 00:39:00.239 the fashion district and You're La Live and it's out in the open. Trying 539 00:39:00.320 --> 00:39:05.079 to a baby by working with our undercoosters, working with our partners in the 540 00:39:05.119 --> 00:39:08.840 community. LAPD Captain reul Javel says jerseys, sunglasses, and handbags are the 541 00:39:08.880 --> 00:39:14.199 most common counterfeit items. He says some of the items have realistic looking tags 542 00:39:14.360 --> 00:39:17.800 and are being sold at about the same price as their authentic counterparts. Investigators 543 00:39:17.800 --> 00:39:22.920 recently recovered more than one hundred and forty thousand dollars worth of fake Lakers jerseys 544 00:39:22.280 --> 00:39:27.920 in downtown La Blake trolley k if I News and Islamic Center at Rutgers University 545 00:39:27.960 --> 00:39:31.840 has been vandalized. Sad Admani with the New Jersey Muslim Lawyers Association says he 546 00:39:31.840 --> 00:39:36.840 doesn't think it's a coincidence. It happened on the last day of Ramadan yesterday, 547 00:39:36.960 --> 00:39:42.000 also called id. I've received multiple calls and text messages from students and 548 00:39:42.239 --> 00:39:45.559 they're very distraught. This student says the Islamic holiday is supposed to be a 549 00:39:45.679 --> 00:39:50.559 joyous occasion and she feels for her Muslim friends. I think it's just so 550 00:39:51.000 --> 00:39:53.199 upsetting to see that people have like that type of hatred in their hearts. 551 00:39:53.760 --> 00:40:00.480 The police are considering the vandalism a bias in incident. Ukraine's parliament has passed 552 00:40:00.480 --> 00:40:04.280 a law to draft more soldiers as the war with Russia continues. The law's 553 00:40:04.280 --> 00:40:07.599 passage today was spurred by a request from Ukraine's military to mobilize up to five 554 00:40:07.719 --> 00:40:13.519 hundred thousand more troops part of the law expands the powers of Ukrainian authorities to 555 00:40:13.599 --> 00:40:24.480 issue draft notices using an electronics system. A lift my sing it. Tony 556 00:40:25.159 --> 00:40:30.360 Tony Bennett's artwork is being auctioned off at the Lincoln Center in New York City. 557 00:40:30.400 --> 00:40:34.440 The late singer's watercolor paintings of New York scenes, including Central Park, 558 00:40:34.719 --> 00:40:39.480 will be up for grabs April eighteenth and nineteenth at the Center's Ertigan Jazz Hall 559 00:40:39.519 --> 00:40:44.079 of Fame. The auction will also be online. Bennett died in twenty eighteen. 560 00:40:44.559 --> 00:40:49.280 He was ninety four. The Dodgers return to Dodgers Stadium tomorrow night to 561 00:40:49.320 --> 00:40:52.599 take on the Padres, with the first pitch going out at seven o'clock. 562 00:40:52.679 --> 00:40:55.960 You can listen to every play of every Dodgers game on AM five seventy LA 563 00:40:57.000 --> 00:41:00.960 Sports live from the Galpin Motors Broadcast Booth. You can stream d stream games 564 00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:07.519 in HD on the iHeartRadio app Keyword AM five seventy LA Sports. This is 565 00:41:07.599 --> 00:41:13.280 KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County live from the KFI twenty 566 00:41:13.320 --> 00:41:16.280 four hour Newsroom. I'm Amy King. This has been your wake up call, 567 00:41:16.320 --> 00:41:19.400 and if you missed any of wake up call, you missed a lot, 568 00:41:19.519 --> 00:41:22.599 We got spaced out. We went to a galaxy far far away, 569 00:41:22.679 --> 00:41:24.719 We talked to an astronaut, We found out what's up this weekend with This 570 00:41:24.760 --> 00:41:28.440 Weekend with Nick, And if you missed any of that, you can listen 571 00:41:28.519 --> 00:41:32.000 anytime on the iHeartRadio app. You've been listening to Wake Up Call with me 572 00:41:32.239 --> 00:41:37.039 Amy King, You can always hear Wake Up Call five to six am Monday 573 00:41:37.079 --> 00:41:43.000 through Friday on KFI AM six forty and anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app.