WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:03.839 Hey, it's Jennifer Jones. Lee. You're listening to KFI, a M. 2 00:00:03.960 --> 00:00:10.919 Six forty wake up call on demand on the iHeartRadio app. Tuesdays aren't 3 00:00:10.960 --> 00:00:18.800 so bad when they start with Jennifer Jones Late. Here she is with your 4 00:00:18.839 --> 00:00:26.359 morning wake up call. You know how we often talk about the national days. 5 00:00:28.320 --> 00:00:37.000 Today is two that I feel are really important. One the most important 6 00:00:37.039 --> 00:00:45.880 one. It is National Teacher's Day. Any teacher who was up an atom 7 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:51.359 right now, probably a lot of you are. I have such respect for 8 00:00:51.439 --> 00:00:56.560 you because here's the way that I feel when it comes to who people who 9 00:00:56.560 --> 00:01:00.000 are like teachers get paid too much. Teachers don't get paid en up right, 10 00:01:00.039 --> 00:01:03.159 you get both sides of that coin. I look at this and I 11 00:01:03.240 --> 00:01:08.519 go, any teacher who had knee in their class did not get paid enough. 12 00:01:10.120 --> 00:01:14.560 I don't care if they were making six figures. Bottom line, I 13 00:01:14.719 --> 00:01:22.040 was that kid. So to mister Cropsey and mister Brown and missus Peterson and 14 00:01:22.159 --> 00:01:27.760 mister Edwards. Literally that's like fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh grades, 15 00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:38.239 I apologize and I celebrate you today. Today is also National Lost Sock Memorial 16 00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:45.680 Day. What is I'm one person in a house screen made three dogs who 17 00:01:45.760 --> 00:01:49.760 like socks. But what I'm saying is one person in a house, I'm 18 00:01:49.760 --> 00:01:53.040 in charge of all the laundry. I fold the laundry, I do the 19 00:01:53.120 --> 00:01:57.040 laundry. Where in the hell do those socks go? Is there a vortex? 20 00:01:57.359 --> 00:02:00.799 A sock vortex? You put them in the washer, and then who 21 00:02:00.599 --> 00:02:05.840 they're sucked up into the board. I'm convinced there is. Other people are 22 00:02:05.879 --> 00:02:09.439 convinced the vortex's name is Betty White the dog. Quite possible as well. 23 00:02:10.240 --> 00:02:15.199 Also, the writer's strike has entered its second week, and apparently the two 24 00:02:15.240 --> 00:02:20.960 sides are still way at odds over pay, streaming, residuals, and AI. 25 00:02:21.479 --> 00:02:25.080 We'll talk about the debt ceiling and the White House says it's got a 26 00:02:25.159 --> 00:02:30.400 constitutional duty to raise it. And we also got the autopsy results on actor 27 00:02:30.520 --> 00:02:34.360 ray Leota. I'll tell you what those are in just a second, but 28 00:02:34.439 --> 00:02:37.400 let's start with some of these stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour 29 00:02:37.520 --> 00:02:43.479 newsroom. The writer's strike has entered its second week. WGA negotiator Chris Kaiser 30 00:02:43.599 --> 00:02:46.560 says the two sides are still at odds over pay, streaming, residuals, 31 00:02:46.639 --> 00:02:51.400 and AI. To become a gig economy, there's no ladder up for writers. 32 00:02:51.400 --> 00:02:53.919 They get the same pay over and over again, year after year, 33 00:02:53.960 --> 00:02:57.199 and our members they're telling us they just can't make it. Many of the 34 00:02:57.319 --> 00:03:01.759 more than eleven thousand striking writers have called out streaming services because they are changing 35 00:03:01.800 --> 00:03:06.759 the way that the writers are paid unlike network shows. Now, the creators 36 00:03:06.800 --> 00:03:12.000 of Stranger Things have shut down production of its final season until the strike ends. 37 00:03:12.120 --> 00:03:16.400 Other Netflix series like Cobra Kai and Rob Blow's new project Unstable, We're 38 00:03:16.439 --> 00:03:20.240 also shut down. But you know, what I was thinking about, sort 39 00:03:20.280 --> 00:03:25.240 of the ripple effect that this strike has not taking a side of you know, 40 00:03:25.400 --> 00:03:30.039 the writers or the studios. Here, all I'm saying is this writer's 41 00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:35.840 strike is impacting more than just the writers. Right, You've got the hair 42 00:03:35.840 --> 00:03:39.400 and makeup people, the caterers, the people who's living, you know, 43 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:46.039 make their living renting out the microphones and the stages and the sets and all 44 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:50.319 that kind of stuff. All those people, and I know far more than 45 00:03:50.360 --> 00:03:54.039 I'm even thinking of. But it's just anytime that you hear, oh it's 46 00:03:54.039 --> 00:03:59.479 the writers strike. No, this impacts Hollywood. I mean, this could 47 00:03:59.520 --> 00:04:03.400 impact your neighbor, right, maybe your neighbor is a set designer, or 48 00:04:03.400 --> 00:04:08.680 maybe your neighbor is the clothing person, the stylist for one of these shows. 49 00:04:09.120 --> 00:04:14.000 They're not working right now either. The White House says it is Congress's 50 00:04:14.039 --> 00:04:18.079 constitutional duty to raise the debt ceiling. There shouldn't be negotiations on the debt 51 00:04:18.120 --> 00:04:23.240 limit. This is something that they should get to regular order and get to 52 00:04:23.279 --> 00:04:28.199 work on. White House Press Secretary Korean Jean Pierre says President Biden will make 53 00:04:28.240 --> 00:04:31.360 that clear today when he meets with Republican leaders to talk about the debt limit. 54 00:04:31.399 --> 00:04:34.639 Now, we're going to talk with ABC's Karen Travers more about this in 55 00:04:34.680 --> 00:04:39.680 just a second. The La School District Board of Education is said to give 56 00:04:39.759 --> 00:04:44.279 final approval to a new labor agreement with the union representing its teachers. The 57 00:04:44.319 --> 00:04:48.199 agreement includes a twenty one percent pay hike in increments that go back to July 58 00:04:48.360 --> 00:04:53.720 one of last year, then run through January first of twenty twenty five. 59 00:04:53.839 --> 00:04:58.120 When the agreement was announced, the district noted the increases were on top of 60 00:04:58.120 --> 00:05:01.439 a five percent hike that was included did in the twenty twenty one twenty two 61 00:05:01.600 --> 00:05:08.879 budget. Ray Leoda, we've now found out that the actor died from cardiovascular 62 00:05:09.000 --> 00:05:13.079 disease. The Good Fellows actor died in his sleep last May while filming in 63 00:05:13.120 --> 00:05:17.399 the Dominican Republic. Officials confirmed yesterday he died from a build up of fat's 64 00:05:17.480 --> 00:05:24.879 cholesterol and other substances in and on the artery walls. They cited pulmonary edema, 65 00:05:25.120 --> 00:05:29.839 heart and respiratory failure as all things that contributed to his death. The 66 00:05:29.920 --> 00:05:34.240 National Institute of Health say about six hundred ten thousand people die of heart disease 67 00:05:34.439 --> 00:05:39.920 every year in the US. Will they won't they? Karen Travers, good 68 00:05:39.920 --> 00:05:45.000 morning to you. Let's talk debt ceiling negotiations and frustrations. Yeah, it's 69 00:05:45.040 --> 00:05:47.079 good today, big meeting at the White House. President Biden's sitting down with 70 00:05:47.120 --> 00:05:51.160 House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other congressional leaders. But really this is all about 71 00:05:51.279 --> 00:05:56.199 the presidents and the House Speaker. It's the first time that they have sat 72 00:05:56.279 --> 00:06:00.279 down and talks in February. First. It's a really significant meeting. But 73 00:06:00.560 --> 00:06:03.639 I can say the expectations are really being managed, if not lowered, for 74 00:06:03.720 --> 00:06:09.839 any major breakthrough on the debt ceiling and the bigger issue about budget and spending 75 00:06:09.879 --> 00:06:15.680 cuts because the two sides are so firmly entrenched in their positions, and it's 76 00:06:15.680 --> 00:06:18.680 not clear where there's any room for negotiating. The White House is saying yesterday, 77 00:06:18.839 --> 00:06:23.759 the President isn't budgeting, he does not want to negotiate on the debt 78 00:06:23.800 --> 00:06:28.639 ceiling, and is insisting that Congress just raised that without any conditions, without 79 00:06:28.680 --> 00:06:31.279 any strings attached. Well, the House Republicans have said, we've already raised 80 00:06:31.279 --> 00:06:35.000 the debt ceilings legislation that we passed. But that legislation, of course, 81 00:06:35.040 --> 00:06:39.839 cut federal spending by more than four and a half trillion dollars over a decade 82 00:06:40.199 --> 00:06:44.639 and rolled back some of the key parts of the President's domestic agenda. That's 83 00:06:44.639 --> 00:06:48.000 a nonstarter for the Senate Democrats and for the President. So that's where we 84 00:06:48.040 --> 00:06:51.519 stand right now, and that's where we've stood now for several months. And 85 00:06:51.560 --> 00:06:55.639 it's not quite clear then, if these two sides are going in with these 86 00:06:55.759 --> 00:07:00.360 very firm positions, how there's a negotiation today and they talk about It's been 87 00:07:00.399 --> 00:07:03.240 my question and other people have been asking this at the White House for a 88 00:07:03.279 --> 00:07:06.360 week since this meeting has been announced. What are they even going to talk 89 00:07:06.399 --> 00:07:11.199 about if they're both saying here's what we will not negotiate on how do you 90 00:07:11.240 --> 00:07:14.040 have a meeting today? Well, that's what I'm thinking. Is this a 91 00:07:14.079 --> 00:07:16.879 waste of time? Is this just so that each side can go Well, 92 00:07:16.879 --> 00:07:20.680 we tried to push our agenda and the other person wouldn't budge. So it's 93 00:07:20.759 --> 00:07:25.600 their fault, it might be, And we'll find out afterwards. We're going 94 00:07:25.639 --> 00:07:28.480 to see the beginning of the meeting. They're gonna let cameras and reporters in 95 00:07:28.600 --> 00:07:31.560 for the photo opportunity at the start. Most likely President Biden is the only 96 00:07:31.639 --> 00:07:34.639 one that talks that that is his meeting. He invited them down to his 97 00:07:34.720 --> 00:07:39.439 turf at the White House. But then afterwards, I think we'll hear from 98 00:07:39.519 --> 00:07:43.879 lawmakers who will come out to the cameras afterwards to talk about what was discussed 99 00:07:43.879 --> 00:07:46.720 in the meeting. And that's always the managing of or you know, the 100 00:07:46.839 --> 00:07:50.759 narration, the narrative setting afterwards, so you know, here's what my side 101 00:07:50.879 --> 00:07:54.360 was, and here's what we got out of the other side, and we'll 102 00:07:54.399 --> 00:07:58.879 see. But it's always interesting afterwards because presidents don't come out and talk like 103 00:07:58.959 --> 00:08:01.000 that, but the law acres do, so they're the ones that get to 104 00:08:01.000 --> 00:08:05.319 set the tone a little bit afterwards. We'll likely get a paper statement to 105 00:08:05.480 --> 00:08:09.120 read out from the White House about what they think happened in the meeting, 106 00:08:09.279 --> 00:08:13.279 But I think there'll be a lot of political spin from both sides. You 107 00:08:13.319 --> 00:08:16.879 can guarantee, Oh, absolutely, June first being the day that Treasury Secretary 108 00:08:16.959 --> 00:08:22.720 Janet Yellen gave as sort of the deadline to have this budget passed before we 109 00:08:22.920 --> 00:08:28.759 default. She also made some comments when it was suggested that, oh, 110 00:08:28.800 --> 00:08:33.200 the President could invoke the fourteenth Amendment and go for the validity of the public 111 00:08:33.240 --> 00:08:37.480 debt and make the decision himself. And I just thought it was interesting that 112 00:08:37.519 --> 00:08:41.360 basically she was like, Nah, that's not a good option either. She 113 00:08:41.519 --> 00:08:45.759 essentially said there's no good option unless these two sides can figure something out. 114 00:08:46.879 --> 00:08:48.720 Yeah. And you know, this is a White House that, on many 115 00:08:48.879 --> 00:08:54.039 issues always says like the best option is always to do it the right way 116 00:08:54.159 --> 00:08:58.159 with Congress and legislation. And the President was asked about this in an interview 117 00:08:58.200 --> 00:09:01.039 last week, about invoking the fourteenth and them and to unilaterally raise the debt 118 00:09:01.080 --> 00:09:07.120 ceiling. He said he's not there yet. It would surely face constitutional challenge, 119 00:09:07.240 --> 00:09:09.679 So it's it's unlikely. I don't want to say it's completely a zero 120 00:09:09.720 --> 00:09:13.240 possibility, but unlikely that they would do that. They are still saying it's 121 00:09:13.279 --> 00:09:18.399 Congress that needs to do this. Pass legislation that just raises the debt ceiling, 122 00:09:18.480 --> 00:09:22.279 as they have done dozens of times before the President was sign it, 123 00:09:22.559 --> 00:09:26.720 take the threat of default off the table, and then the conversation can begin 124 00:09:26.879 --> 00:09:28.919 about the budget and spending cuts. All right, Karen, thank you so 125 00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:33.799 much. I appreciate it, and have fun. It's a photo by today. 126 00:09:33.919 --> 00:09:39.799 Oh yeah, inside scoop you two see you later. ABC's Karen traversed, 127 00:09:39.879 --> 00:09:46.480 don't you ever wonder what these White House reporters actually find out about some 128 00:09:46.600 --> 00:09:52.720 of our nation's political leaders, like their quirks, you know, like, 129 00:09:52.320 --> 00:09:58.480 oh, we had one governor. I don't know if this is common knowledge. 130 00:09:58.480 --> 00:10:03.440 So he bit to myself, but he was colorblind, and from what 131 00:10:03.519 --> 00:10:09.600 I understand, his wife had to put out his clothes so that he matched. 132 00:10:09.360 --> 00:10:13.240 And the joke was when he showed up to like a briefing, you 133 00:10:13.279 --> 00:10:16.960 know, in the I don't know, when he was wearing orange on top 134 00:10:16.960 --> 00:10:20.960 and pink pants or something. He had no idea. He thought he looked 135 00:10:20.960 --> 00:10:26.440 awesome. Just little things like that, Little quirks like that that I wish 136 00:10:26.440 --> 00:10:28.240 we knew. Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the 137 00:10:28.320 --> 00:10:33.240 KFI twenty four hour newsroom. LA City Council is expected to get a report 138 00:10:33.279 --> 00:10:39.360 calling for more funding and more resources to expand street medicine services for city funded 139 00:10:39.399 --> 00:10:45.600 housing. Street medicine provides general medical care, counseling, therapy, addiction recovery 140 00:10:45.679 --> 00:10:50.879 services, and health insurance and rome meant to homeless people. Emotion introduced in 141 00:10:50.960 --> 00:10:54.919 April, says the city had already made a large investment in street medicine in 142 00:10:54.000 --> 00:11:01.200 February, but there's an urgent need to provide more on site services. Renters 143 00:11:01.240 --> 00:11:05.200 at the Barrington Plaza apartments in West La are being forced to move out so 144 00:11:05.240 --> 00:11:11.799 the complex can renovate with fire sprinklers and other safety upgrades. There have been 145 00:11:11.840 --> 00:11:16.080 two huge fires at that complex over the past decade, including one that killed 146 00:11:16.080 --> 00:11:20.720 a nineteen year old foreign exchange student. Eight floors in one of the complex's 147 00:11:20.799 --> 00:11:24.759 three towers have been red tagged and out of service since the fire. Remember 148 00:11:26.279 --> 00:11:30.879 I knew we covered this one January twenty twenty. Hundreds of people have until 149 00:11:30.919 --> 00:11:35.840 September to get out. Here's the thing. If somebody was like, you 150 00:11:35.919 --> 00:11:41.440 know, the building you're living in, it's not the safest thing. I 151 00:11:41.480 --> 00:11:46.000 wouldn't wait till September. Granted I would have to have somewhere else to go, 152 00:11:46.519 --> 00:11:50.759 and that's always a problem, but don't give me a timeline. I'll 153 00:11:50.759 --> 00:11:56.039 get out. Yesterday, social media suggests the man who killed eight people at 154 00:11:56.039 --> 00:12:01.080 Amalin Allen, Texas, may have scouted the location for over a year. 155 00:12:01.759 --> 00:12:07.799 He apparently posted a dozen images from the mall parking lots, even taking a 156 00:12:07.879 --> 00:12:13.759 screen grab of peak hours Saturday's three pm to six pm, exactly when the 157 00:12:13.759 --> 00:12:18.759 shooting happened. ABC's Matt Gutman says the shooters social media activity also includes references 158 00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:24.960 to Nazi ideology, hatred of women, racism, and anti Semitism. A 159 00:12:24.039 --> 00:12:28.679 three year old boy and two young girls were among those killed Saturdays. Seven 160 00:12:28.720 --> 00:12:31.639 people were hurt. The girls that were killed I think were fourth in sixth 161 00:12:31.639 --> 00:12:37.399 graders. I think there were sisters. A bill in Texas to raise the 162 00:12:37.399 --> 00:12:43.039 age for buying assault style weapons to twenty one has passed a House committee vote. 163 00:12:43.159 --> 00:12:46.200 Families have lost loved ones in mass shooting celebrated the vote yesterday. Jerry 164 00:12:46.200 --> 00:12:50.200 Modi says he lost his daughter in the mass shooting last year at rob Elementary 165 00:12:50.200 --> 00:12:54.799 School in Uvaldi, Texas. He and his wife have been fighting ever since 166 00:12:54.840 --> 00:12:58.840 for stricter gun laws. No matter what happens in the floor, whether it 167 00:12:58.960 --> 00:13:01.960 dies in the floor or not, we're gonna continue. We're gonna continue the 168 00:13:03.000 --> 00:13:07.120 fight. We're not gonna stop. Not to and his wife say they cried 169 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:09.200 when they heard about the age vote. He says it's a big step because 170 00:13:09.240 --> 00:13:13.600 they've been told it would never happen in the Capitol. The bill still has 171 00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:16.759 to pass in the Senate, then get to Governor Abbott's desk for his signature. 172 00:13:18.720 --> 00:13:22.080 Have you gone outside if you live in Sherman Oaks, there's a chance 173 00:13:22.159 --> 00:13:26.960 that you've got a river running through it as in the streets. A sheared 174 00:13:26.960 --> 00:13:31.440 fire hydrant has created this huge mess in Sherman Oaks. The hydrant was apparently 175 00:13:31.519 --> 00:13:35.480 hit by a car this morning on Woodcliff Road, and it caused water to 176 00:13:35.600 --> 00:13:41.559 shoot up about one hundred feet high. I know I shouldn't be excited about 177 00:13:41.559 --> 00:13:43.440 this, but have you ever been by a fire hydrant that gets cheered? 178 00:13:45.000 --> 00:13:48.159 It is impressive. Streets and several homes were flooded. That's not good. 179 00:13:48.360 --> 00:13:52.360 The driver did not stick around. That's not good either. And a jury 180 00:13:52.399 --> 00:13:56.799 in Riverside County has found a guy convicted of fatally stabbing his girlfriend was sane 181 00:13:56.840 --> 00:14:01.600 when he did it. The woman was killed in twenty seventeen. Her body 182 00:14:01.679 --> 00:14:07.000 was dumped by a cemetery. Then apparently her mobile home was set on fire. 183 00:14:07.320 --> 00:14:11.679 Christian Potaco pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. He will be sentenced 184 00:14:11.000 --> 00:14:16.840 next month. Let's say good morning now to ABC's Inez de la Kutera. 185 00:14:16.000 --> 00:14:20.840 Mexico's president is saying, sure, I'll talk with President Biden today about the 186 00:14:20.840 --> 00:14:24.519 federal crisis in immigration, but I have a feeling in Es there might be 187 00:14:24.600 --> 00:14:28.360 some finger pointing going on. Hey, good morning. Yeah, that's right. 188 00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:33.279 So President Biden will be speaking with the Mexican president today. They're going 189 00:14:33.320 --> 00:14:35.279 to be speaking by a phone. And this is important because it comes just 190 00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:41.159 days before the title forty two Border restrictions. Let's you'll remember those Dark Pandemic 191 00:14:41.159 --> 00:14:46.679 era immigration restrictions that allowed US authorities to quickly expel migrants to cross the border 192 00:14:46.720 --> 00:14:48.000 illegally. So they're gonna talk about that. They're going to talk about how 193 00:14:48.039 --> 00:14:54.080 to develop programs to help stem the flow of migrants to the US border. 194 00:14:54.679 --> 00:14:58.639 We know, for instance, Local Overdoor previously out the US government to contribute 195 00:14:58.720 --> 00:15:03.840 more aid to Hello. Oh sorry, and as our connection is horrible, 196 00:15:03.879 --> 00:15:05.799 I'm gonna let you go for half a second so we can try and reconnect 197 00:15:05.840 --> 00:15:09.559 with you and see if we can get a slightly better connection. It's just 198 00:15:09.759 --> 00:15:15.080 very digitally. We're kind of getting every other word from Inez. I hate 199 00:15:15.080 --> 00:15:18.840 when that happens, especially when they get them on and they check them and 200 00:15:18.960 --> 00:15:20.399 Tyler and Ann are like, we're good to go, and then all of 201 00:15:20.440 --> 00:15:24.039 a sudden they start talking in their phone. Craps out happens all the time. 202 00:15:24.639 --> 00:15:31.799 A woman from Kaipa who made child porn with two kids, including an 203 00:15:31.840 --> 00:15:35.399 infant, has been sentenced to forty years in prison. Stephanie Stevens admitted to 204 00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:41.159 investigators she made videos of herself performing oral sex on the infant and taking several 205 00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:45.720 nude photos with the other kid. US Attorney spokesman Kieran McAvoy says Stevens was 206 00:15:45.799 --> 00:15:48.799 babysitting the kids when she made the porn in twenty eighteen and twenty nineteen. 207 00:15:50.320 --> 00:15:54.279 These were moms and a mom and a dad who had to work these were 208 00:15:56.000 --> 00:16:00.399 different families. Macavoy says. Investigators found online messages between Stevens and another person 209 00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:04.480 in which Steven's expressed excitement to have the infide in her care so she could 210 00:16:04.519 --> 00:16:14.879 make porn with the baby Blake trolley. K if I News. That's possibly 211 00:16:15.639 --> 00:16:18.720 one of the worst stories I've heard. I mean, granted, the shootings 212 00:16:18.720 --> 00:16:23.919 and everything, but what are you watch my mouth on that one? All 213 00:16:23.960 --> 00:16:27.600 right, let's say good morning now again to ab season as dala kuta. 214 00:16:29.039 --> 00:16:32.360 I hear our line has cleared up, so if you could go back and 215 00:16:32.440 --> 00:16:34.919 tell us everything that you said before, because we didn't catch a lot of 216 00:16:34.960 --> 00:16:41.840 it. So Mexico President is meeting with President Biden today and immigration obviously going 217 00:16:41.919 --> 00:16:45.320 to be right at the top of the list considering the expiration of Title forty 218 00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:48.159 two on Thursday. Oh hey, that's right. Yeah, so hopefully you 219 00:16:48.159 --> 00:16:51.679 can hear me better now. But yes, they're gonna be talking about immigration, 220 00:16:51.720 --> 00:16:53.600 They're going to be talking about economic cooperation, and they are going to 221 00:16:53.639 --> 00:16:56.840 be talking about the fentinel crisis as well. The immigration part of it is 222 00:16:56.960 --> 00:17:03.080 especially interesting because it comes just days before the Title forty two border restrictions lift, 223 00:17:03.159 --> 00:17:07.000 so those are, of course, those pandemic era immigration restrictions that allow 224 00:17:07.160 --> 00:17:11.480 US authorities to quickly expel migrants who across the border illegally. So they're going 225 00:17:11.559 --> 00:17:14.640 to talk about that. They're going to talk about how to, excuse me, 226 00:17:14.680 --> 00:17:18.119 how to develop programs to help stem the flow of migrants to the US 227 00:17:18.200 --> 00:17:21.880 borders, so we know, for instance, the Mexican president had previously asked 228 00:17:21.880 --> 00:17:26.119 the US government to contribute more aid to help develop the region economically, to 229 00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:29.759 help crack down on crime, for instance, so that people wouldn't have to 230 00:17:29.799 --> 00:17:33.119 migrate in the first place. The Mexican president has also recently slammed Republicans for 231 00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:37.640 putting forward proposals that would make it more difficult for migrants to apply for asylum 232 00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:41.640 and easier for authorities to block migrants at the border. But it's a tricky 233 00:17:41.640 --> 00:17:45.160 situation for Mexico as well. We should point out Mexico has been accepting and 234 00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:49.599 continues to accept migrants from Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba, Nicaragua who are turned 235 00:17:49.599 --> 00:17:52.680 away at the border, So if they don't make it into the US, 236 00:17:52.720 --> 00:17:55.960 then they stay in Mexico. Mexico for now has been accepting that, but 237 00:17:56.079 --> 00:18:00.160 that does put a strain also on Mexican resources. Of course, now as 238 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:03.240 this continues to be a problem and it's going to you know, become more 239 00:18:03.240 --> 00:18:07.440 and more of a problem for Mexico's resources, so the Mexican president also has 240 00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:11.359 a vested interest in resolving this situation. And of course the concern here is 241 00:18:11.359 --> 00:18:15.039 an ask title forty two runs outs, there could be a surge of migrants 242 00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:18.519 heading to the US border, you know, some some new caravans. We've 243 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:22.759 seen those caravans pop up time and time again, and and that's as expected 244 00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:26.519 here as Title forty two runs out, okay, and it has Mexico said 245 00:18:26.640 --> 00:18:32.000 specifically, we have X resources that are stretched to the limit and therefore we 246 00:18:32.079 --> 00:18:36.000 can't accept anybody else. Have they given a timeline for how long that they'll 247 00:18:36.039 --> 00:18:41.039 be able to use sustain this acceptance? You know, I don't know about 248 00:18:41.039 --> 00:18:44.880 a specific timeline. I do know that they have said that they're going to 249 00:18:44.960 --> 00:18:48.200 continue accepting migrants from Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba, and Nicaraqua places like that. 250 00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:52.559 So it doesn't seem like right now they're looking to crack down on those 251 00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:57.079 arrivals. But that is something that certain you know, officials are pushing for 252 00:18:57.200 --> 00:19:00.839 in the US. They feel that it would be or if to to stop 253 00:19:00.880 --> 00:19:06.680 this migration problem if Mexico just didn't accept the migrants to you know, if 254 00:19:06.680 --> 00:19:11.200 it didn't allow the migrants to come into Mexico to begin with. So yeah, 255 00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:15.400 there's a bit, a little bit of the US blaming Mexico here for 256 00:19:15.720 --> 00:19:18.599 this problem. Right. It feels like which came first, the chicken out 257 00:19:18.640 --> 00:19:22.400 of the egg. Either it's your fault for letting them in, or it's 258 00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:26.160 your fault for letting this expire. It's somebody's fault along the way. Right 259 00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:29.799 on the fentyl crisis portion of it. I just happened to be watching El 260 00:19:29.880 --> 00:19:33.000 Chapo, that series on Netflix. I've never I hadn't watched it, and 261 00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:34.599 I know it's a couple of years old, but they just got to the 262 00:19:34.640 --> 00:19:40.240 part about fentyl and it being smuggled in in some I mean, I guess 263 00:19:40.279 --> 00:19:45.000 that we haven't really dealt specifically with the fentyl crisis until the last couple of 264 00:19:45.079 --> 00:19:51.000 years. But knowing it was a while ago when we started getting that drug 265 00:19:51.039 --> 00:19:55.480 into the United States, to see the growth that it has had just over 266 00:19:55.519 --> 00:19:59.960 the last couple of years, or the explosion somebody's got to stop it somewhe. 267 00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:02.119 I mean, it can't be good from Mexico. It's got to be 268 00:20:02.200 --> 00:20:06.599 killing their people, but it's also killing ours left and right. Yeah, 269 00:20:06.680 --> 00:20:08.440 I mean similar to immigration. Like you say, these are big problems that 270 00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:11.480 have been going on for years, and so both sides they're facing lots of 271 00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:15.880 pressure to domestically to actually resolve them. So this is going to be another 272 00:20:15.920 --> 00:20:22.279 interesting one, this topic of fentanel. So the US knows that the drugs 273 00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:26.079 are being mainly smuggled in from Mexico, but the Mexican president denies that drug 274 00:20:26.119 --> 00:20:33.240 cartels make fentanyl in Mexico. He's acknowledged that that precursor chemicals and finished fentinel 275 00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:37.279 are smuggled into Mexico from China. China denies that. So again we're seeing 276 00:20:37.279 --> 00:20:40.119 that finger pointing. What we do know is that it is a very real 277 00:20:40.119 --> 00:20:42.440 problem for the US with um, you know, the centinel crisis causing about 278 00:20:42.839 --> 00:20:49.000 seventy thousand overdosed deaths per year in the US. And so yeah, President 279 00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:52.759 I did it under lots of pressure to resolve this, find a way to 280 00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:55.240 stop the flow of drugs into the US. Do you think that he and 281 00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:59.119 the Mexican president can come to any sort of agreement on that. I mean, 282 00:20:59.200 --> 00:21:02.079 I know, I know he says that it's not the drug cartels who 283 00:21:02.119 --> 00:21:06.519 are producing it. However, I think history would maybe disagree with that, 284 00:21:06.680 --> 00:21:10.000 or at least they would say, you guys might not be the A plus 285 00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:12.799 B equals C on this one, but you're certainly the distributor of it into 286 00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:18.000 the United States. Yeah, you know, And I was just gonna say 287 00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:19.880 that that the Mexican prigels are very, very powerful, and that's the Mexican 288 00:21:19.920 --> 00:21:23.680 president, um, you know, much as the trance to crackdown on corruption, 289 00:21:23.799 --> 00:21:27.400 and there are some would argue that he doesn't do enough, but um, 290 00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:33.519 he has domestic concerns that he also needs to contemporally, let's put it 291 00:21:33.559 --> 00:21:37.319 that way. And so and there have been Mexican officials who actually accuse the 292 00:21:37.400 --> 00:21:41.359 US of overstepping and entry enacting too much of Mexico and trying to meddle in 293 00:21:41.640 --> 00:21:45.319 Mexican affairs. So, um, that's you know, part of all of 294 00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:48.880 this. I think there's also the very real possibility that this will cause friction 295 00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:52.359 between the US and Mexico, and they certainly want to maintain a good kind 296 00:21:52.359 --> 00:21:57.359 of neighborly relationship. And then the other part of it is is China, 297 00:21:57.400 --> 00:22:02.640 of course, and and China. Recently, because of the tensions between the 298 00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:08.440 US and China over Taiwan, China said that it was going to stop stopping 299 00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:14.599 the flow of drugs. Oh, now we've lost her complete eventually, So 300 00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:18.680 that's another part of all of the defichiens. Oh and as I'm sorry at 301 00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:22.279 the end we lost you, and as if you can hear me, thank 302 00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:26.240 you very much, or as we tried. You know. I think one 303 00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:30.119 of the most interesting parts of I know I keep talking about it about this 304 00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:33.160 El Chapo Netflix series. Yes, it's a drama and all of that kind 305 00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:41.799 of stuff, but it whether you watched Narcos, any one of them, 306 00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:45.279 or whether you watched El Chappo. I think there's Pablo Escobar, which is 307 00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:56.200 an extramentalist. The thing that cannot be dramatized is over and over and over 308 00:22:56.359 --> 00:22:59.720 again. I don't care what series that is you're watching, or what you've 309 00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:06.599 been reading or what news organization. The thing is, these Mexican drug cartels 310 00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:14.920 control Mexico. And I feel like, not that he's gonna say it, 311 00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:19.519 but that the Mexican president. I wish that there was at least acknowledgement of 312 00:23:19.559 --> 00:23:22.480 it, like, hey, yeah, I don't know what. I don't 313 00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:26.480 know what I'm supposed to do. You know, there are assassination attempts left 314 00:23:26.599 --> 00:23:30.920 right up down, I'm sure, all the time on him. Anytime he 315 00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:34.960 does crack down, he's got to know his life and his family's life is 316 00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:44.920 in danger because these guys don't stop. But still it's also killing his own 317 00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:48.559 people. So at what point does he go, all right, you know 318 00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:51.640 what, I gotta bite the bullet. Well, that's a bad phrase. 319 00:23:51.839 --> 00:23:55.279 I've got to, you know, I've got to crack down on this and 320 00:23:55.359 --> 00:24:00.519 get I can't have my own people being killed just so these drugs smugglers and 321 00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:06.160 drug cartels can get their stuff over the US border and don't Hey, I 322 00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:11.079 don't have a solution for it. But there have been presidents who have tried, 323 00:24:11.119 --> 00:24:15.240 there have been governments who have tried. There have been police organizations in 324 00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:19.839 Mexico who have tried, or that have tried to fix this problem. I 325 00:24:19.880 --> 00:24:23.640 don't know. Is it too big to fail? Are they like the banking 326 00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:30.319 industry? Maybe The writer's strike has entered its second week WGA negotiator Chris Kaiser 327 00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:36.759 says that two sides are still way at odds over pay streaming residuals and AI. 328 00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:41.240 The White House says it is Congress's constitutional duty to raise the debt ceiling, 329 00:24:41.640 --> 00:24:45.480 and we do have the autopsy now on Actor ray Leota, and he 330 00:24:45.640 --> 00:24:52.079 died of cardiovascular disease. Hey, there are some people who are saying, 331 00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:56.359 you don't need AM radio in your car. You can get those alerts on 332 00:24:56.400 --> 00:25:02.000 your phone, pup Lees. There is talk about AM radio being removed from 333 00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:06.079 new cars and trucks, but if you get rid of AM radio, yes, 334 00:25:06.119 --> 00:25:08.319 we have an obvious vested interest in this. However, think about it. 335 00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:15.000 We are the way that millions of Americans get their local emergency information, 336 00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:18.599 especially when the cell towers are dead and there's no power. How are you 337 00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:22.599 going to charge your phone? How are you going to get any of those 338 00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:26.200 alerts on your phone if it's dead. So what we're trying to do is 339 00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:33.200 make sure our voices are heard and make sure that you get Congress to hear 340 00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:37.039 you. And the way you can do that is don't let AM radio out 341 00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:41.160 of the cars. Just text AM to five to eight, eight to six 342 00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:45.240 and tell Congress to keep AM radio in all cars and trucks. That's AM 343 00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:48.519 to five to eight eight six. That's the way that you can tell Congress 344 00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:52.960 to keep AM radio in your car. Mike Dubuski, good morning to you. 345 00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:56.920 I'm pretty sure that you wrote this in French. I have no idea 346 00:25:56.000 --> 00:26:00.319 what steet skylines, the fetaverse and Blue Sky are all right. Well, 347 00:26:00.359 --> 00:26:03.880 let's start with blue Sky then, because that's kind of the hot new app 348 00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:10.000 of the moment. It's where people kind of are congregating popular Twitter figures like 349 00:26:10.039 --> 00:26:15.160 Alexandriocazio Cortez, Chrissy Teagan Drill, the popular comedy account are all showing up 350 00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:19.519 on this new app called blue Sky. And it's very similar to Twitter jen 351 00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:23.960 It's sort of short posts that are character limited. You can follow people, 352 00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:27.400 those people can follow you. You can post pictures if you want. It 353 00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:33.680 looks and feels and has the same sort of vibe generally as Twitter. And 354 00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:37.039 that's kind of no surprise because Blue Sky got off the ground as sort of 355 00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:41.200 a side project at Twitter, a pet project of Jack Dorsey, who used 356 00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:44.480 to be head of that company. Okay, so if you have big name 357 00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:48.680 people like a Chrissy Teagan on there and they can pull their followers from Twitter 358 00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:52.400 and bring them to Blue Sky. Is this something Elon must needs to be 359 00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:57.240 worried about? So as of right now, Blue Sky only has a couple 360 00:26:59.200 --> 00:27:03.839 we'll say, about sixty to sixty five thousand users on it. It is 361 00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:07.839 right now inclosed beta, which means that in order to get onto Blue Sky 362 00:27:07.880 --> 00:27:11.279 you need to be invited by someone who's already on the platform. So right 363 00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:14.319 now it's pretty exclusive club. And I think that also contributes to why it's 364 00:27:14.359 --> 00:27:17.720 kind of being discussed so much. It's like people always want what they can't 365 00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:21.240 have, right tell someone they can't go somewhere, they inevitably want to go 366 00:27:21.319 --> 00:27:26.799 there, So that that's part of it. But yeah, the idea that 367 00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:30.279 you know, Jack Dorsey has gone along and created just like a Twitter that 368 00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:33.880 is not run by Elon Musk, I think certainly is speaks to kind of 369 00:27:33.880 --> 00:27:37.519 where Twitter is at right now, and a lot of people are very dissatisfied 370 00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:41.319 with the way that Elon Musk has run Twitter during his tenure there, the 371 00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:48.799 sort of scuffles over verification, the lacks content moderation guidelines allowing you know, 372 00:27:48.200 --> 00:27:52.200 sort of hateful accounts and hateful content to sort of run rampant there. You 373 00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:56.680 can see why people would be looking for other options, and Blue Sky is 374 00:27:56.720 --> 00:28:00.920 presenting that to them. Admittedly a pretty exclusive club of them, but you 375 00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:04.720 know, I expected to kind of open up and become a less exclusive club, 376 00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:08.119 you knows, as the app sort of irons out some of it's more 377 00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:12.599 rougher edges. But even in the Jack Dorsey part of it, where he 378 00:28:12.640 --> 00:28:15.359 can go, hey, remember when you liked Twitter. That was the thing 379 00:28:15.359 --> 00:28:18.119 that I created back in the day. So let's go back to the good 380 00:28:18.119 --> 00:28:22.880 old days. Get on Blue Sky. However, also, it's kind of 381 00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:27.400 like when um, I'm just going to use a Kardashian when they endorse something 382 00:28:27.599 --> 00:28:32.000 or when they're like, oh, I love this lipstick. That lipstick is 383 00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:34.880 sold out for the next six months or so because people want to be like 384 00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:38.160 them. And I can only imagine all the people that will be knocking at 385 00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:41.839 the door hoping that they get one of those invitations so that they too can 386 00:28:41.880 --> 00:28:45.920 be part of the you know, fancy people's network. Right, And it's 387 00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:49.359 also worth mentioning that since Elon Musk took over Twitter, there's been a bunch 388 00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:53.880 of Twitter clones, right, just accident popped up that operate and and sort 389 00:28:53.880 --> 00:28:57.319 of you know, function similarly to Twitter. It's just the Blue Sky is 390 00:28:57.440 --> 00:29:00.640 the Jack Dorsey one, right, It's the one that you know is from 391 00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:06.359 the guy who created Writer. And it's also worth mentioning that it's not a 392 00:29:06.559 --> 00:29:10.119 strict Twitter clone. It looks and feels like Twitter. You use it just 393 00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:12.039 like you would use, you know, a normal Twitter app, but it's 394 00:29:12.079 --> 00:29:17.200 built on a different technology. It's built on what's known as a decentralized protocol, 395 00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:21.279 which is essentially what Jack Dorsey is trying to do with this app and 396 00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:25.640 another app that he's built called Noster. And it's this idea that your social 397 00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:29.640 profile, right the things that you post on social media, the people that 398 00:29:29.680 --> 00:29:33.640 you follow, the people that follow you right now, that is segmented to 399 00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:37.720 the app that you use. Your Twitter followers are your Twitter followers, Your 400 00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:41.839 Instagram followers are your Instagram followers. Under a decentralized protocol, which you know 401 00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:45.640 Blue Sky is built on. That doesn't necessarily need to be the case, 402 00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:49.480 though, your followers can just be your followers and you can access them and 403 00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:55.960 interact with them and post to them through whatever app you like kind of similar 404 00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:57.480 to email, right, Like I could have a Gmail account, you could 405 00:29:57.480 --> 00:30:00.160 have an Outlook account, but we can st will communicate with one another. 406 00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:03.640 We just prefer different apps. And one last thing before I let you go 407 00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:07.839 the fetaverse, tell me what exactly that is? So that is what a 408 00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:12.279 decentralized protocol kind of gets at. Right, So, decentralized protocol is at 409 00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:15.960 the architecture that Blue Sky is built on right now, It's called the at 410 00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:21.440 protocol. They've built Blue Sky a sort of their flagship app. Right, 411 00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:25.599 this is the Twitter of the Fetaverse. But you could conceivably build a Green 412 00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:29.559 Sky and it could be an Instagram clone, or it could be a YouTube 413 00:30:29.640 --> 00:30:33.200 clone or something like that. It's this idea that I can log into a 414 00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:37.480 federated Facebook and like your federated tweet, right, and it would all just 415 00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:41.559 play very nicely together. The question is, you know, how if that's 416 00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:45.559 actually going to play out the way they sort of scripted it. There's not 417 00:30:45.599 --> 00:30:49.440 a ton of money in the fetaverse right now, but you know a lot 418 00:30:49.440 --> 00:30:53.519 of people really seem to be pushing this idea. Jack Dorsey among them. 419 00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:56.960 All right, thank you so much, Mike, You're so much fun. 420 00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:59.400 We'll do it again soon, of course. Take care jin All right, 421 00:30:59.440 --> 00:31:03.799 thanks ABC's Mike Debuskie. So it's looking up. How do you get an 422 00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:11.119 invite specifically? And there's a Digital Trends dot com. Okay, how about 423 00:31:11.119 --> 00:31:17.160 this. You know how you wait in line at Disneyland, Like you get 424 00:31:17.160 --> 00:31:21.839 in the queue right and it says, okay, you can get on the 425 00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:29.799 matterhorn in forty minutes. Okay. That's what a Blue Sky invite essentially is. 426 00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:33.640 You have to log onto the Blue Sky Beta website. Then you get 427 00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:40.400 on a wait list, so you put your yourself in the queue. And 428 00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:45.119 there are times, like Mike was saying, that some of these these different 429 00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:49.680 people who are on there will give an invite code. However, scammers are 430 00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:55.680 lovingness and here's the thing, I bet there you are going to nab a 431 00:31:55.720 --> 00:32:00.400 bunch of people. Digital Trends says, we do not recommend spending money to 432 00:32:00.440 --> 00:32:06.319 get a Blue Sky code because a there's very little stopping somebody from taking your 433 00:32:06.319 --> 00:32:08.599 money, and be they might take your money and not give you a code 434 00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:14.319 after all. So don't do it, don't fall for it. Just watch 435 00:32:14.359 --> 00:32:17.400 the fancy people for a while, put your name in the queue. What 436 00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:22.480 else are you doing at five forty five in the morning, and then just 437 00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:25.960 wait and see but don't pay for it. And what is a Tuesday without 438 00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:35.599 a story about Koalas and chlamydia? Right, Koalas and chlamydia as the fun 439 00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:38.519 Tuesday. Some of the other stories we're watching in the KFI twenty four hour 440 00:32:38.599 --> 00:32:42.319 newsroom. Also, we're keeping an eye in Sherman Oaks. In fact, 441 00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:45.400 we've got like trolley on his way there. There was a sheered fire hydrant 442 00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:50.960 that created this huge mess. There's a little river going down some streets and 443 00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:54.960 even several homes were flooded. And the driver who hit that fire hydrant apparently 444 00:32:55.000 --> 00:33:00.279 did not stick around. Weird. Let's say good morning now to ABC's Jim 445 00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:05.359 Ryan. Jim the state of Texas. Man, it had an awful weekend. 446 00:33:05.680 --> 00:33:08.599 Let's start in Allen, Texas. First off, as investigators are still 447 00:33:08.640 --> 00:33:15.599 trying to figure out exactly what caused that man to shoot up a shopping center. 448 00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:19.079 And I think that the backstory on this is that I can't believe how 449 00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:22.680 much research this guy did for so long. Yeah, research on the mall 450 00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:25.759 first of all, trying to figure out the layout of the place is like 451 00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:30.960 a huge strip shopping center. I think you inscribed yesterday one of the biggest 452 00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:36.559 outdoor outlet malls anywhere, one hundred and twenty store or something like that. 453 00:33:36.599 --> 00:33:40.440 And Mauricio Garcia was very thorough in looking at all the angles there, figuring 454 00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:44.920 out where to pull his car into the parking lot and then start shooting. 455 00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:50.160 And that's what he did on Saturday and killing eight people altogether. Others are 456 00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:53.480 still hospitalized, some in critical condition and so, and you're right, and 457 00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:58.880 finding out exactly why he did this. It's going to be tricky watching his 458 00:33:59.000 --> 00:34:02.160 social media or looking at it as investigators are now. They are seeing all 459 00:34:02.160 --> 00:34:07.200 these different pictures of time and time again where he took pictures of the mall 460 00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:12.000 he thought, you know, he categorized when the most people happened to be 461 00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:14.760 there, and that kind of thing. I mean, the planning that went 462 00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:16.400 into this. Is this going to be another one of those see something, 463 00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:21.559 say something things considering he was posting this stuff, or is it going to 464 00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:23.800 be like, well, that's that weird guy that post pictures of the mall 465 00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:27.960 all the time. Well yeah, yeah, well probably a little of each. 466 00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:30.639 I think there is some indication that maybe some of this could have been 467 00:34:30.679 --> 00:34:34.239 caught by a person who could have done something about it. But at the 468 00:34:34.280 --> 00:34:39.119 same time, Mauricio Garcia had no criminal background. He had no criminal record, 469 00:34:39.159 --> 00:34:44.800 He hadn't done anything wrong before he was kicked out of the army in 470 00:34:44.800 --> 00:34:47.280 two thousand and eight because of some mental health condition, but he had never 471 00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:52.960 broken the law before walking onto that parking lot and opening fire on people. 472 00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:59.079 Besides the planning that went into this, he also had been online researching neo 473 00:34:59.159 --> 00:35:04.440 Nazi view who's apparently visiting white supremacist sites, and in fact, he had 474 00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:07.280 a patch on his tactical vest that he wore at the time of the shooting. 475 00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:12.599 Our w d S is what it said. That's come to be known 476 00:35:12.840 --> 00:35:17.760 as right wing that squad, as something that was in that community. So 477 00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:23.440 yeah, that's it's it's been kind of adopted by extremists over the last couple 478 00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:27.119 of years. And I get you know, a lot of people are sort 479 00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:32.199 of parsing the fact that he was looking at neo Nazi things and yet he 480 00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:37.360 is a Hispanic manner was right, Yeah, he was. You know, 481 00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:39.440 That's that kind of leads to some of the confusion here is it is it 482 00:35:40.159 --> 00:35:45.400 realistic for a Hispanic to be a neo Nazi. It is. We've seen 483 00:35:45.400 --> 00:35:49.519 that in the past. Back the head of the Proud Boys was not white, 484 00:35:49.840 --> 00:35:53.039 right, so you know that's I don't think he can be ruled out 485 00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:58.360 as somebody who has these sorts of views just because of his background, his 486 00:35:58.400 --> 00:36:01.440 family's background. All right. Yesterday I was watching the news conference out of 487 00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:07.519 Brownsville and the chief they're talking about just the horrific accident. The thing that 488 00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:10.800 I thought was so interesting is walking in yesterday morning reading the news, it 489 00:36:10.880 --> 00:36:15.000 was this could be intentional. Seems like some people at the scene say that 490 00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:20.599 this guy was shouting different, you know, things at them before he crashed 491 00:36:20.599 --> 00:36:22.920 into them, or once he crashed into the people at the bus stop. 492 00:36:23.159 --> 00:36:27.599 But then when I watched the police chief giving the news conference yesterday, the 493 00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:31.079 vibe around it anyway, although he couldn't rule out it was intentional, but 494 00:36:31.119 --> 00:36:36.199 the vibe was this was just a horrible accident, right, Yeah, George 495 00:36:36.199 --> 00:36:42.039 Albarez, he has an extensive criminal background, unlike Maria Ceo, and that 496 00:36:42.639 --> 00:36:46.280 criminal background doesn't include at least one DWI conviction. We're waiting now for the 497 00:36:46.320 --> 00:36:52.199 toxicology report to see if he was drunk at the time, that wouldn't rule 498 00:36:52.239 --> 00:36:54.519 out his doing this on purpose, but it would seem to suggest that it 499 00:36:54.679 --> 00:36:58.400 was, as you point out, an accident. He ran a red light 500 00:36:58.440 --> 00:37:01.159 and then went up on the curb, striking eighteen people, killing eight of 501 00:37:01.159 --> 00:37:06.400 them there on the scene. Some are still hospitalized today. The vehicle flipped 502 00:37:06.400 --> 00:37:10.519 on its side and Alvarez got out. He apparently tried to leave the scene. 503 00:37:10.599 --> 00:37:14.360 I've seen video of the crowd there that closed in on him to get 504 00:37:14.440 --> 00:37:15.880 him to stay in place, and there was a lot of shouting going on. 505 00:37:15.960 --> 00:37:19.760 He may have been yelling at them. I think he knew who those 506 00:37:19.760 --> 00:37:22.159 people were because he was from Brownsville. He knew that that bus stop was 507 00:37:22.199 --> 00:37:28.039 there. That bus stop is right in front of an immigrant services type center, 508 00:37:28.039 --> 00:37:32.400 and so yeah, it may be a little of both. He had 509 00:37:32.440 --> 00:37:36.519 a gripe against these folks, but he also might have been drunk. Yeah, 510 00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:37.679 it could be a two fur on that one. All right, thanks, 511 00:37:37.760 --> 00:37:40.800 Jim, I appreciate it, all right, see you later. Maybec's 512 00:37:40.840 --> 00:37:49.480 Jim Ryan. Well, whatever we find out that the actual cause is or 513 00:37:49.679 --> 00:37:55.039 was, doesn't matter. Eight people were killed. That's what matters. And 514 00:37:55.199 --> 00:38:00.679 according to the police chief yesterday that ten people who were injured, some of 515 00:38:00.719 --> 00:38:07.239 them are still uncritical, so we could see the manslaughter charges go up against 516 00:38:07.239 --> 00:38:10.079 that driver. If God forbid, more people end up dying in the hospital. 517 00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:16.960 Russian President Putin has told his country the West, this is so fun, 518 00:38:17.079 --> 00:38:25.559 this is rich coming from the old blad. He says, the West's 519 00:38:27.159 --> 00:38:39.119 untamed ambition, arrogance and impunity are driving the real war against Russia. Hello, 520 00:38:39.159 --> 00:38:43.800 pot, this is kettle. He praised soldiers taking part in the war 521 00:38:43.840 --> 00:38:47.360 in Ukraine and urged Russians to stand together. He made the comments during a 522 00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:53.000 traditional Victory Day parade, which I might point out hat did not look at 523 00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:57.360 anything like the ones that we have seen in the past. Why because they 524 00:38:57.400 --> 00:39:00.320 don't have a freaking tank to spare. So, yeah, you had a 525 00:39:00.360 --> 00:39:04.360 lot of older ones that were in the parade. There's older ones that are 526 00:39:04.400 --> 00:39:07.920 defunct, like yeah, this one can still roll down the street, but 527 00:39:07.960 --> 00:39:12.679 it can't shoot anything anymore, or it doesn't have the technology in it to 528 00:39:12.760 --> 00:39:17.719 actually be part of a war. That's what was in the parade yesterday. 529 00:39:21.000 --> 00:39:23.559 I don't know if you were if I was going to be a rapper, 530 00:39:24.920 --> 00:39:30.880 I don't know what my name would be. Actually hit me up on Twitter. 531 00:39:30.920 --> 00:39:35.800 This would be a fun one. If I was a rapper, what 532 00:39:35.840 --> 00:39:43.119 would my rap name be? I don't know that it would be Boozy Badass. 533 00:39:44.079 --> 00:39:47.199 But there is a rapper named Boozy Badass who has been arrested in San 534 00:39:47.239 --> 00:39:51.840 Diego for gun possession. Oh, by the way, his name is all 535 00:39:52.079 --> 00:39:57.159 is actually Torrence Hatch Junior, who goes by Boozy Badass. Of course he 536 00:39:57.239 --> 00:40:00.440 does. He was performing at a nightclub and Say Diego last week, where 537 00:40:00.719 --> 00:40:07.440 videos show him leading a chant of f San Diego police. That's going to 538 00:40:07.519 --> 00:40:10.079 go well for you. Hatch was arrested during a traffic stop later Sunday for 539 00:40:10.199 --> 00:40:15.679 illegal possession of a gun. The rapper was acquitted a first degree murder in 540 00:40:15.760 --> 00:40:19.440 twenty ten. All right, do you have any plans to go to Florida? 541 00:40:19.599 --> 00:40:22.719 To go to Disney World? The resort in Florida says it is no 542 00:40:22.800 --> 00:40:28.480 longer going to make you have a reservation date when you're buying tickets, so 543 00:40:28.639 --> 00:40:34.360 partgoers will just buy a ticket and then select a date at checkout now. 544 00:40:34.400 --> 00:40:39.559 Disney also announced it's bringing back dining plans and it's bringing back the early entry 545 00:40:39.639 --> 00:40:43.400 to the park for people who are staying at one of the hotels there. 546 00:40:43.760 --> 00:40:49.480 The changes take effect in January. Once old for the older set, hearing 547 00:40:49.519 --> 00:40:52.039 aids are now being used more and more by the young UN's by the age 548 00:40:52.039 --> 00:40:55.440 of thirty. The CDC says about twenty percent of Americans have damaged their hearing 549 00:40:55.440 --> 00:40:59.480 because of noise. That's on top of the younger Americans who have hearing lost, 550 00:40:59.480 --> 00:41:01.480 tight netics, or medical conditions, and more and more, the younger 551 00:41:01.480 --> 00:41:05.960 sets seem okay with the idea of hearing aids. The FDA started allowing the 552 00:41:06.000 --> 00:41:08.280 sale of hearing aids over the counter last year, and since then companies like 553 00:41:08.320 --> 00:41:12.639 Sony and job Or have jumped into the market, adding new designs and features 554 00:41:12.760 --> 00:41:15.199 that appeal to young consumers. There are dozens of brands to choose from. 555 00:41:15.360 --> 00:41:19.920 Most new models have Bluetooth capability, and some of the over the counter options 556 00:41:19.920 --> 00:41:22.880 can even be ordered online with free shipping. Amy King kf I knew. 557 00:41:23.119 --> 00:41:29.039 My dad just got some hearing aids that are Bluetooth equipped. Oh my god, 558 00:41:29.039 --> 00:41:30.800 I want to use them. He used to sit. My dad worked 559 00:41:30.800 --> 00:41:35.159 on heavy equipment, you know. He was a paver and then he was 560 00:41:35.199 --> 00:41:39.760 also a heavy equipment mechanic, so his ears from the ringing of those that 561 00:41:39.920 --> 00:41:44.599 machinery. He's got that what's it called tenitus? Right? Yes? I 562 00:41:44.639 --> 00:41:47.639 think so. Anyway, he got hearing aids. Holy God, he can 563 00:41:47.639 --> 00:41:52.360 answer the phone. Would like a touch of his ear. They're bluetooth enabled 564 00:41:52.400 --> 00:41:57.960 so he can hear what's on the TV. They're fantastic if he ever, 565 00:41:58.880 --> 00:42:01.320 if one day he akes up and goes, hey, where are my hearing 566 00:42:01.360 --> 00:42:06.039 aggs? Don't look at me. Then finally we end with two stories out 567 00:42:06.079 --> 00:42:12.360 of Australia. The first one scientists there say they have started vaccinating wild koalas 568 00:42:12.480 --> 00:42:19.880 against clamidia. They say they hope to protect the marsupials against the disease that 569 00:42:19.960 --> 00:42:24.599 causes blindness, infertility, and death. Experts say clamidia is killing koalas because 570 00:42:24.599 --> 00:42:29.559 they become so sick they are unable to climb trees, get food, escape 571 00:42:29.559 --> 00:42:35.559 predators, and the females can become infertile. The first koalas were vaccinated in 572 00:42:35.599 --> 00:42:38.760 March and the trial is expected to last about three months. And finally, 573 00:42:38.800 --> 00:42:45.280 this woman I feel like is the Shannon Farren of Australia, because I feel 574 00:42:45.280 --> 00:42:52.239 like if Shannon got lost in the bush in Australia, she too could survive 575 00:42:53.159 --> 00:42:58.639 on lollipops and wine. In her case, it might be bacon and wine. 576 00:42:58.920 --> 00:43:02.239 But this woman who got lost in a remote bushland survived for five days 577 00:43:04.320 --> 00:43:10.039 on wine and lollipops. So police there showed this aerial picture of where she 578 00:43:10.320 --> 00:43:14.599 was. It was super dense. How they even found her, I don't 579 00:43:14.639 --> 00:43:17.360 know, but her car got stuck in the mud when she was kind of 580 00:43:17.360 --> 00:43:23.440 exploring the area, so she was forced to wander on foot alone for five 581 00:43:23.559 --> 00:43:29.159 days before the team spotted her. Police said she was able to survive the 582 00:43:29.320 --> 00:43:32.840 ordeal on a few provisions that she had. She had lollipops in the car 583 00:43:34.519 --> 00:43:37.320 and a bottle of wine that was supposed to go to a friend of hers 584 00:43:37.360 --> 00:43:40.880 as a gift. The woman apparently was just fine when police found her, 585 00:43:42.400 --> 00:43:49.880 and she apparently was very great to see them, very grateful to see them. 586 00:43:49.920 --> 00:43:55.000 Shannon hashtag dreams, hashtag goals. So Cowweather from KFI. It's a 587 00:43:55.039 --> 00:43:59.199 partly gray day today. That's because we could have a little mist and drizzle 588 00:43:59.280 --> 00:44:02.280 coming in. Should taper off though, buy tomorrow and warm and more sunshine 589 00:44:02.280 --> 00:44:07.440 for the weekend. We lead Local Live from the KFI twenty four hour Newsroom. 590 00:44:07.519 --> 00:44:10.320 I'm Jennifer Jones Lee. This has been your wake up Call. You've 591 00:44:10.320 --> 00:44:14.559 been listening to your wake up Call with me, Jennifer Jones Lee, and 592 00:44:14.639 --> 00:44:17.719 you can always hear wake Up Call five to six am Monday through Friday at 593 00:44:17.760 --> 00:44:22.639 KFI AM six forty and anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app