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 --> 00:00:14.599 demand on the iHeartRadio app KFI hand KOST HD two, Los Angeles, Orange 3 00:00:14.640 --> 00:00:24.000 County. It's time for your morning wake up call. Here's Amy King. 4 00:00:28.640 --> 00:00:32.320 That is true. It is time for your wake up call. Good morning. 5 00:00:32.439 --> 00:00:37.200 It is Monday, April eighth. I'm Amy King. I'm going to 6 00:00:37.240 --> 00:00:39.960 get up, get your day started. I got my coffee ready to go. 7 00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:44.119 Another big week and a very busy day. Of course, it's the 8 00:00:44.159 --> 00:00:49.039 eclipse today. I don't have my viewing glasses yet. I'm hoping Gary and 9 00:00:49.079 --> 00:00:52.759 Shannon have an extra hair. I think they're going to be out on the 10 00:00:52.840 --> 00:00:56.560 on the balcony this afternoon or the actually later this morning to watch it, 11 00:00:57.240 --> 00:01:00.439 or you can stop by a library and get it. It's also one week 12 00:01:00.520 --> 00:01:04.519 until tax day. Do you have everything done? Is your return filed? 13 00:01:06.359 --> 00:01:08.840 Mine is. I'm just waiting for the money to hit the account because, 14 00:01:08.879 --> 00:01:11.920 like I've told you before, for the first time in like fifteen years, 15 00:01:11.959 --> 00:01:17.159 I'm actually getting a little bit of a refund. So quite a cause for 16 00:01:17.239 --> 00:01:21.959 celebration. And sorry to say, you didn't win unless you just happen to 17 00:01:21.959 --> 00:01:25.319 be up in Portland, Oregon and bought a lottery ticket. But somebody did 18 00:01:25.359 --> 00:01:30.280 win that one point three billion dollar powerball jackpot from the drawing on Saturday night. 19 00:01:30.760 --> 00:01:34.480 Here's what's ahead on wake up call. The eclipse gets underway in LA 20 00:01:34.760 --> 00:01:41.040 at ten oh six. The moment of greatest eclipse here happens at eleven twelve. 21 00:01:41.640 --> 00:01:44.760 That's when more than half the sun will be covered as the moon passes 22 00:01:44.799 --> 00:01:47.959 in front of it. We're going to be talking with the deputy Deputy director 23 00:01:48.040 --> 00:01:51.959 of the Griffith Park Observatory a little bit later this hour about what you can 24 00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:55.280 expect, how to safely see it here in LA, and where you can 25 00:01:55.319 --> 00:01:59.920 watch the total eclipse. Despite what the Supreme Court says, the Biden administration 26 00:02:00.120 --> 00:02:02.599 is for giving more student loan debt. We're going to find out who qualifies 27 00:02:02.640 --> 00:02:06.640 and how much it's gonna cost everyone. Coming up with Karen Travers in just 28 00:02:06.640 --> 00:02:12.719 a couple of minutes. A perfect season. The South Carolina women's basketball team 29 00:02:12.800 --> 00:02:16.000 has capped off a thirty eight and oh season with an eighty seven to seventy 30 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:22.319 five win over Ohio in the championship game the Men's Championship, What oh did 31 00:02:22.319 --> 00:02:27.400 I say? It. I said, thank you Iowa in the championship game. 32 00:02:27.680 --> 00:02:30.560 And then the men's championships game is tonight, right, who's playing in 33 00:02:30.599 --> 00:02:34.960 that? I don't even know. Uh, it's going to be Yukon and 34 00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:38.759 Purdue. Oh okay, thank you our resident sports extra expert. You know 35 00:02:38.840 --> 00:02:42.759 it. The Austray game was amazing, by the way. Yeah, sad 36 00:02:42.840 --> 00:02:47.159 for Kitlin though. It was sad, but she's the best player college basketball 37 00:02:47.159 --> 00:02:53.439 player of all time. Yep. So congratulations to South Carolina at six oh 38 00:02:53.479 --> 00:02:55.319 five. It is handle on the news, and of course we'll be talking 39 00:02:55.319 --> 00:02:59.439 about the eclipse, but let's get started with some of the stories coming out 40 00:02:59.439 --> 00:03:02.080 of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Ten people have been hurt in an 41 00:03:02.120 --> 00:03:07.000 apartment fire in Cavena. All ten were taken to hospitals after the three story 42 00:03:07.000 --> 00:03:12.680 building caught fire about two yesterday afternoon. Eight people had minor injuries, two 43 00:03:12.719 --> 00:03:15.560 were having breathing issues. Only one unit was actually damaged in the fire. 44 00:03:15.599 --> 00:03:20.080 About about forty residents had to clear out of the complex. It's not clear 45 00:03:20.240 --> 00:03:25.280 what caused the fire. Let's go ahead into CLAI emergency for Southwest Southwest Airlines's 46 00:03:25.280 --> 00:03:30.520 flight headed to Houston from Denver had to make an emergency landing because part of 47 00:03:30.520 --> 00:03:32.840 the plane came off. I think the collapse on the inboard side of the 48 00:03:32.960 --> 00:03:38.240 engine, between the engine and the pugarage with don on takeoffs. A passenger 49 00:03:38.319 --> 00:03:43.280 recorded video yesterday that shows the engine cover peeling back, flying off and hitting 50 00:03:43.280 --> 00:03:46.840 the plane's wing flap as the plane started to lift off the ground. The 51 00:03:46.879 --> 00:03:50.039 plane was towed back to the gate. The passengers were put on another flight 52 00:03:50.080 --> 00:03:54.479 to Texas. Salvage crews in Baltimore started to remove containers from the deck of 53 00:03:54.479 --> 00:04:00.360 the cargo ship that caused the Francis Scott Key Bridge to collapse. Official said 54 00:04:00.560 --> 00:04:04.560 yesterday. The removal process will continue this week as weather permits. Crews are 55 00:04:04.599 --> 00:04:10.000 also working to remove sections of the bridge from across the ship's bow. The 56 00:04:10.080 --> 00:04:13.400 ship hit a bridge support late last month. Eight workers on the bridge fell 57 00:04:13.439 --> 00:04:16.519 into the river below. Only two of them survived. A cargo ship has 58 00:04:16.560 --> 00:04:23.560 lost power near the Verenzano Narrows Bridge in New York Harbor. ABC's Derek Dennis 59 00:04:23.639 --> 00:04:27.680 says three tugboats had been escorting the ship out of the harbor Friday night, 60 00:04:27.720 --> 00:04:30.040 which is standard procedure. The tugboats were able to tow the ship until it 61 00:04:30.079 --> 00:04:34.279 regained propulsion. Authorities note even if the ship had come close to the bridge, 62 00:04:34.319 --> 00:04:39.759 the design of the bridge, with protective rock islands built around its posts, 63 00:04:39.839 --> 00:04:44.120 would have likely prevented the kind of March twenty six catastrophe in Baltimore. 64 00:04:45.519 --> 00:04:48.600 The ship in New York was anchored near the bridge before it was inspected and 65 00:04:48.680 --> 00:05:02.360 allowed to continue to South Carolina. A rock music website in Ohio says it's 66 00:05:02.360 --> 00:05:06.439 going to start playing Pink Floyd's album Dark Side of the Moon about forty two 67 00:05:06.439 --> 00:05:11.680 minutes before the eclipse can be seen from its headquarters in Akron. If they 68 00:05:11.680 --> 00:05:15.120 time it out correctly, the eclipse will sync up with the closing line from 69 00:05:15.160 --> 00:05:18.600 the last song on the album, and everything under the Sun is in tune, 70 00:05:18.959 --> 00:05:24.879 but the sun is eclipsed by the moon. That's kind of cool. 71 00:05:24.959 --> 00:05:30.879 Right. Let's say good morning now to ABC's Karen Travers. Hey, Karen, 72 00:05:30.040 --> 00:05:34.720 the Biden administration is planning to forgive more student loan debt. What's the 73 00:05:34.759 --> 00:05:38.920 latest plan. Yeah, this is going to be announced today by the President 74 00:05:39.040 --> 00:05:44.199 in battleground Wisconsin. No surprise, traveling to a critically important state and going 75 00:05:44.240 --> 00:05:47.759 to a big college Town Madison to announce this latest effort to help people pay 76 00:05:47.800 --> 00:05:51.759 down student loan debt tens of millions of borrowers, the White House says, 77 00:05:51.759 --> 00:05:56.000 combined with their previous efforts, there could be more than thirty million Americans then 78 00:05:56.000 --> 00:05:59.639 who would see relief. To date, they've already canceled about one hundred and 79 00:05:59.680 --> 00:06:03.199 forty six billion dollars for nearly four million Americans. So what they're focusing on 80 00:06:03.240 --> 00:06:09.439 today is under this new plan, to twenty thousand dollars in interest would be 81 00:06:09.560 --> 00:06:15.079 canceled for the twenty five million Americans who owe more than what they originally borrowed, 82 00:06:15.079 --> 00:06:17.800 which they say is because of ballooning interest. Borrowers who make less than 83 00:06:17.800 --> 00:06:21.399 one hundred and twenty thousand dollars a year would be eligible to have their interest 84 00:06:21.639 --> 00:06:27.399 just canceled. People who've been repaying loans for more than twenty years would also 85 00:06:27.439 --> 00:06:32.160 see debt relief, as well as borrowers who qualify for existing relief programs outlined 86 00:06:32.160 --> 00:06:36.319 by the administration but they haven't actually applied for it. They would get automatic 87 00:06:36.399 --> 00:06:42.279 relief without applying for these specific programs. So the White House says that with 88 00:06:42.399 --> 00:06:46.199 this effort, I say a total of thirty million Americans could now see relief 89 00:06:46.399 --> 00:06:48.839 to this latest effort by the administration to make good on a campaign promise by 90 00:06:48.839 --> 00:06:54.879 the President after that big effort was blocked last year by the Supreme Court. 91 00:06:55.040 --> 00:07:00.560 Okay, so because that was blocked by the Supreme Court, I'm still confused 92 00:07:00.959 --> 00:07:04.439 on how they can just say, forget what the Supreme Court said, we're 93 00:07:04.439 --> 00:07:11.079 doing it anyway. So they say that this is a much more tailored focus 94 00:07:11.120 --> 00:07:15.120 on this, that they studied that Supreme Court six' three ruling very carefully, 95 00:07:15.360 --> 00:07:19.480 and that this isn't last year's plan to relieve debt for millions of Americans. 96 00:07:19.759 --> 00:07:24.639 That this is much more targeted than the original effort. It's based on 97 00:07:24.680 --> 00:07:29.959 a different law and that makes it more likely to survive legal challenges. This 98 00:07:30.199 --> 00:07:33.639 is based on a specific education law, So they say that they feel more 99 00:07:33.680 --> 00:07:39.000 confident in this Higher Education Act. That they say then gives it firmer legal 100 00:07:39.079 --> 00:07:42.680 ground than the debt relief program that was struck down last year. Now, 101 00:07:42.759 --> 00:07:46.720 all that said, there will almost certainly be legal challenges to this and that 102 00:07:46.759 --> 00:07:51.680 will likely affect the timeline of it because this new plan requires a month's long 103 00:07:53.000 --> 00:07:57.600 public comment period before it could take and go into effect. Officials told us 104 00:07:57.680 --> 00:08:01.480 yesterday that only some of the provisions would be gin and going into effect in 105 00:08:01.680 --> 00:08:05.079 early fall of this year, but then, factoring in the legal challenges, 106 00:08:05.120 --> 00:08:09.560 it could take months to resolve. As these things tend to play out in 107 00:08:09.600 --> 00:08:13.879 court, the plan could be in limbo when voters head to the polls in 108 00:08:13.920 --> 00:08:16.519 November. And that's important because this is why they're doing it. You know, 109 00:08:16.560 --> 00:08:20.879 it's an election year and they want to get this going so that people 110 00:08:20.920 --> 00:08:24.000 are feeling the relief and feeling the help when they're voting. Okay, then 111 00:08:24.079 --> 00:08:28.160 quick question. So you said it's going to affect up to like thirty million 112 00:08:28.240 --> 00:08:33.000 people. So, and it's for people who've been paying down the debt for 113 00:08:33.279 --> 00:08:37.080 twenty four plus years. So what if I've paid off my debt because my 114 00:08:37.159 --> 00:08:39.840 loan was more than twenty years ago. Can I still apply for any relief 115 00:08:39.879 --> 00:08:45.159 for if it's already paid then forgetting if you're already done. I don't believe 116 00:08:45.159 --> 00:08:48.200 in that. I think no, it's people who are currently looking at debt, 117 00:08:48.240 --> 00:08:50.720 So, people who currently owe more than what they did when the repayment 118 00:08:50.759 --> 00:08:56.000 started, people who are eligible for the current existing loan forgiveness programs but haven't 119 00:08:56.039 --> 00:09:00.879 applied. People who are still living with debt because they've been paying it for 120 00:09:00.960 --> 00:09:05.279 twenty plus years, but haven't had any forgiveness so far. And people who 121 00:09:05.759 --> 00:09:09.840 want other kind of like murkier areas, people experiencing hardship in daily lives. 122 00:09:09.840 --> 00:09:15.080 You'd have to specifically apply under those circumstances. Okay, So the announcement today, 123 00:09:15.080 --> 00:09:16.960 but nothing's probably going to happen before the election a couple months. Yeah, 124 00:09:16.960 --> 00:09:20.480 but they want to see this go into effect in the fall. All 125 00:09:20.559 --> 00:09:22.720 right, great, ABC's Karen Travers, thank you so much for the information. 126 00:09:24.080 --> 00:09:26.759 Have a great day, all right, Happy at clips day. Let's 127 00:09:26.840 --> 00:09:28.399 get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour 128 00:09:28.440 --> 00:09:33.879 newsroom. Actor Cole brings plenty has died. The body of the actor, 129 00:09:33.000 --> 00:09:37.720 known for his role in the Yellowstone spin off nineteen twenty three, was found 130 00:09:37.919 --> 00:09:41.120 Friday in Kansas. He was reported missing about a week ago after some sort 131 00:09:41.120 --> 00:09:46.120 of domestic dispute. Authorities say the body was found in a wooded area. 132 00:09:46.240 --> 00:09:48.480 No details of his cause of death have been released. He was twenty seven. 133 00:09:50.080 --> 00:09:54.480 An attorney in Hawaii says termites might be responsible. For starting that deadly 134 00:09:54.519 --> 00:09:58.879 wildfire on Maui last August. Attorney John Oppo says in the over nine hours 135 00:09:58.919 --> 00:10:01.799 of August eighth, Pole seven, a weakened by termite damage, snapped from 136 00:10:01.879 --> 00:10:07.840 high winds. Hawaiian Electric re energized those lines at about six o'clock in the 137 00:10:07.879 --> 00:10:11.279 morning when it was laying in dry grass. That's what started the fire. 138 00:10:11.360 --> 00:10:16.519 Oppo testified before Hawaii's Finance Committee. Hawaiian Electric Company wants to issue bonds to 139 00:10:16.559 --> 00:10:18.879 cover victim compensation, but critics, including Oppo, say it's not fair for 140 00:10:18.960 --> 00:10:22.639 ratepayers to put the bill. You'll get more money the investors who will get 141 00:10:22.679 --> 00:10:26.200 secured. The fire destroyed the town of Lehina and killed one hundred and one 142 00:10:26.279 --> 00:10:31.840 people. Steve Gregory kaf I News, the head of the UN's Atomic watchdog 143 00:10:31.919 --> 00:10:37.960 agency, has condemned a drone strike on one of six nuclear reactors at the 144 00:10:37.039 --> 00:10:43.120 Zaparijia Nuclear power plant in Ukraine. It's controlled by Russia. Raphael Grossi says 145 00:10:43.320 --> 00:10:50.000 there were at least three direct hits yesterday and that such attacks significantly increased the 146 00:10:50.120 --> 00:10:54.120 risk of a major nuclear accident. Officials at the plant reported one casualty. 147 00:10:54.519 --> 00:10:58.159 Ukraine and Russia each blamed the other for the strike. We're going to be 148 00:10:58.200 --> 00:11:03.480 talking with ABC Steve Roberts about Ukraine in just a couple of minutes, because 149 00:11:03.519 --> 00:11:07.679 Congress has come back from their break and they're going to start talking about whether 150 00:11:07.759 --> 00:11:13.240 we're going to give them the sixty billion dollars that we've said that we were 151 00:11:13.240 --> 00:11:18.279 going to provide for them. That's coming up at about five twenty. A 152 00:11:18.360 --> 00:11:22.519 service at First Ame Church in Los Angeles has paid tribute to Reverend Cecil Murray, 153 00:11:22.559 --> 00:11:26.360 who died on Friday. LA Mayor Bass and former Mayor Via Rigosa were 154 00:11:26.360 --> 00:11:31.679 at the service yesterday. Murray was pastor at the church for nearly thirty years 155 00:11:31.720 --> 00:11:35.720 and helped calm the city during the riots in nineteen ninety two. The Los 156 00:11:35.720 --> 00:11:39.759 Angeles Urban League says Murray was a towering figure whose lifelong dedication to justice, 157 00:11:39.840 --> 00:11:46.679 equality and community upliftment profoundly impacted the African American community and beyond. Cecil Murray 158 00:11:46.879 --> 00:11:52.000 was ninety four. So we're just a couple weeks away from the Wiggle Waggle 159 00:11:52.039 --> 00:11:56.960 Walk. It's happening Sunday, April twenty first at Brookside Park in Pasadena. 160 00:11:58.399 --> 00:12:01.320 We would love to have you come and join us on that day. It's 161 00:12:01.320 --> 00:12:05.440 all to benefit the Pasadena Humane to help them care for thousands of animals they 162 00:12:05.480 --> 00:12:09.919 take in every year. You can come out and see adoptable pups. So 163 00:12:09.960 --> 00:12:15.360 you can check out our booths, costume contests, games, demonstrations, food 164 00:12:15.519 --> 00:12:18.639 and more. And we would love it if you joined our team the wake 165 00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:22.360 Up Call Wigglers come and walk with us. Just saw that Jesse and Zara 166 00:12:22.399 --> 00:12:24.600 and Brian just joined the team and would love to have you join the team 167 00:12:24.679 --> 00:12:28.840 too. We need more to get on board and if you can't join us, 168 00:12:28.879 --> 00:12:31.360 that's okay. You can still donate to help us reach our goal. 169 00:12:31.840 --> 00:12:37.080 So the Wiggle Waggle Walk Again is coming up Sunday, April twenty. First 170 00:12:37.879 --> 00:12:41.200 you can find out all the information about joining the team or making a donation 171 00:12:41.759 --> 00:12:46.960 or what to expect that day and maybe check out a pupp or two kfiam 172 00:12:46.000 --> 00:12:50.840 six forty dot com. Slash Wiggle is where you can find all the information. 173 00:12:50.320 --> 00:12:54.279 Cell Phone use has expected to spike during the solar eclipse. Officials in 174 00:12:54.320 --> 00:12:58.720 the path of totality are expecting hundreds of thousands of people to be on their 175 00:12:58.720 --> 00:13:03.120 phone to capture the event and to share it at and T says it is 176 00:13:03.200 --> 00:13:07.000 prepared for the surge ahead of the eclipse. Cruz have begun removing cargo containers 177 00:13:07.039 --> 00:13:11.360 from the ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore late last 178 00:13:11.360 --> 00:13:16.399 month and caused the bridge to collapse. Coastcart officials a cruise are making progress 179 00:13:16.399 --> 00:13:20.240 toward removing pieces of the bridge from the ship so they can take the weight 180 00:13:20.279 --> 00:13:24.679 off it and start to move it. A Houston based Southwest Airlines flight had 181 00:13:24.679 --> 00:13:28.720 to return to Denver when an engine cover came off a Boeing jet. The 182 00:13:28.720 --> 00:13:33.440 plane made an emergency landing. Everyone got off the plane safely and got onto 183 00:13:33.440 --> 00:13:35.840 another flight. I think I would be very nervous to get onto another flight, 184 00:13:35.879 --> 00:13:39.519 but they all got there safely. At six oh five, it's handle 185 00:13:39.600 --> 00:13:43.120 on the news. Governor Sanders has declared a state of emergency ahead of the 186 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:46.559 eclipse. What that's all about? Right now, let's say good morning to 187 00:13:46.799 --> 00:13:54.200 ABC's Steve Roberts. Good morning, Steve. Oh right, okay, I 188 00:13:54.240 --> 00:13:58.240 lost my notes. So we're talking about Ukraine. Congress is coming back and 189 00:14:00.120 --> 00:14:03.840 what are they expected to do with this whole Ukraine funding thing. Well, 190 00:14:03.879 --> 00:14:07.679 it's really coming to a crunch here. Army back in the back. In 191 00:14:07.720 --> 00:14:13.440 February, the Senate passed by seventy to twenty nine by big bipartisan vote, 192 00:14:15.159 --> 00:14:20.320 a bill that included sixty billion dollars for Ukraine, which is desperately needed by 193 00:14:20.360 --> 00:14:24.679 the Ukrainian forces on the battlefield who have been suffering some reverses as Russia an 194 00:14:24.879 --> 00:14:30.600 endless amount of money and endless number of troops into this battle. But this 195 00:14:30.720 --> 00:14:35.639 has been held up in the House Representative by a hardcore group of Republicans who 196 00:14:37.840 --> 00:14:43.919 are really following the isolationist policies of Donald Trump. You know, there's a 197 00:14:43.960 --> 00:14:46.759 real split in the Republican ranks because you have the heirs to Ronald Reagan. 198 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:52.000 You know Ronald Reagan who said tear down the wall, mister Gorbachev, who 199 00:14:52.360 --> 00:15:01.559 had a very robust view of America's responsibilities around the world and particularly opposing Russian 200 00:15:01.240 --> 00:15:07.759 territorial ambitions in the heart of Europe. But now you have Donald Trump. 201 00:15:07.159 --> 00:15:11.039 He doesn't say tear down the wall, mister Putin. He says, well, 202 00:15:11.200 --> 00:15:15.720 come on in, mister Putin, and even encouraging Putin at times to 203 00:15:16.320 --> 00:15:18.840 threaten a Western Europe and even when he was president, he had a far 204 00:15:20.039 --> 00:15:26.000 dimmer and more negative view of the Western Alliance in America's responsibilities in Europe than 205 00:15:26.120 --> 00:15:30.399 Ronald Reagan ever did. So you have a real split in Republican ranks. 206 00:15:30.440 --> 00:15:35.679 But right now, the Trumpian wing, with Liz Cheney calls the Putin wing 207 00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:39.720 of the Republican Party, has leverage and won't let this bill come to the 208 00:15:39.759 --> 00:15:43.480 floor. So the real question here if it ever does come to the floor, 209 00:15:43.480 --> 00:15:50.080 it's going to pass easily, but this hardcore group has pressured the Speaker, 210 00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:54.080 Mike Johnson to not bring it up. Now, what I think is 211 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:58.200 going to happen is that the pressures will get to Johnson from the other side 212 00:15:58.240 --> 00:16:03.600 and that he will allow a vote, maybe with some amendments. But the 213 00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:11.960 fate of the Ukraine's ability to withstand this persistent and threatening Russian assault really hangs 214 00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:15.200 in the balance here. Okay, And you mentioned Steve the pressure from the 215 00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:19.519 other side, so the other side of the Republican Party or from the Democrats. 216 00:16:21.919 --> 00:16:27.240 Well, there's pressures from all sides. You have the White House and 217 00:16:27.279 --> 00:16:33.759 the Democrats pressuring strongly for a vote. You have the Republican leader of the 218 00:16:33.799 --> 00:16:37.399 Senate, Mitch McConnell has pressured very heavily for a vote. He has said 219 00:16:37.720 --> 00:16:45.120 over and over again and in no uncertain terms, that there's no cheap option 220 00:16:45.279 --> 00:16:49.960 in Ukraine and that if the United States does not support these the resistance now, 221 00:16:51.639 --> 00:16:56.200 it's only going to encourage Putin to gobble up more territory, threaten more 222 00:16:56.240 --> 00:17:00.679 countries, and that the price will be much much higher to on the road. 223 00:17:02.320 --> 00:17:08.079 And this is just a foolish focus on the cost now. But there's 224 00:17:08.079 --> 00:17:14.240 another factor here that doesn't get enough attention, which is that sixty billion dollars 225 00:17:14.920 --> 00:17:18.960 almost all of that actually gets spent in America. It gets spent on American 226 00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:23.480 made weapons in Los Angeles. You know, you've got all of these aerospace 227 00:17:23.519 --> 00:17:32.200 companies. That sixty billion actually means jobs and contracts for American workers in American 228 00:17:32.279 --> 00:17:37.640 companies. But that doesn't get enough attention either. Okay, And so we've 229 00:17:37.680 --> 00:17:42.680 got the sixty billion hanging in the balance. Are other countries chipping into or 230 00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:48.920 are we pretty much funding the lion's share of Ukraine's war effort? Well, 231 00:17:48.039 --> 00:17:53.480 you know, Donald Trump argues that the other countries of NATO have not ponied 232 00:17:53.559 --> 00:17:59.440 up, they're full due bill and there's some truth to that, but there 233 00:17:59.480 --> 00:18:03.480 are many other countries that have, you know, that have rallied behind Ukraine. 234 00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:07.240 After all, they are much closer to the front line. Because you're 235 00:18:07.240 --> 00:18:11.319 in Germany today, you know, you have a much clearer vested interest in 236 00:18:11.319 --> 00:18:15.440 the United States saying it was true of France. And look, all countries 237 00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:21.200 are under budgetary stress, and you've got in Europe you add the you know, 238 00:18:21.279 --> 00:18:26.279 the problems of refugees in some of these countries. But I think by 239 00:18:26.319 --> 00:18:32.880 and large the European countries have been have come to the aid of Ukraine because 240 00:18:32.920 --> 00:18:37.400 they they can see their own national interest a lot more clearly than some Americans 241 00:18:37.440 --> 00:18:42.920 can. Okay, And then back to in Congress that you mentioned that the 242 00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:48.559 Senate had passed the plan by you know, an almost four to one margin. 243 00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:53.160 So, right, can the Senate really put much much pressure on the 244 00:18:53.160 --> 00:18:56.680 House or does the House pretty much say nope, it's it's our decision. 245 00:18:59.119 --> 00:19:03.960 Well, that's a good question, and the Senate leaders from both parties. 246 00:19:04.720 --> 00:19:11.319 This is not a Democrat versus Republican issue. A lot of Republicans voted for 247 00:19:11.359 --> 00:19:14.319 the bill in the Senate. The Republican leader, as I say, in 248 00:19:14.359 --> 00:19:19.559 the Senate Mitch McConnell might be the strongest supporter of Ukraine aid from any party. 249 00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:23.640 Chuck Schruman, the Democratic leader, is also pressuring the speaker, Mike 250 00:19:23.680 --> 00:19:29.319 Johnson. The problem is Johnson's knew to his job. He's weak as a 251 00:19:29.359 --> 00:19:33.960 person and as a speaker. His margin in the House, as we've seen 252 00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:37.839 over and over again in this Congress, it's so small that a small group 253 00:19:37.880 --> 00:19:44.880 of Republicans can exert outside leverage. This is exactly why Kevin McCarthy from California 254 00:19:45.039 --> 00:19:49.079 was deposed as a speaker. And there's a larger problem here because a lot 255 00:19:49.119 --> 00:19:55.480 of these Republicans, these hardcore Republicans, are not legislators. They're performers. 256 00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:59.920 They don't come to Congress to legislate. They come to Congress to make speak 257 00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:03.960 is, not make deals. And they're therefore they're impervious to a lot of 258 00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:10.359 traditional pressures. But when you've got the Democrats holding the Senate, holding the 259 00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:15.240 White House, the Republican margin in the House is only a handful of seats. 260 00:20:15.400 --> 00:20:18.559 There's only one way, one way, any one way to get anything 261 00:20:18.599 --> 00:20:23.799 done. That's to bipartisan compromise. But this group of Republicans said we will 262 00:20:23.839 --> 00:20:27.559 not compromise, we will not negotiate, we will not deal with Democrats. 263 00:20:27.559 --> 00:20:34.480 It's a totally head in the sand refusal to recognize reality. But because of 264 00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:40.599 the numbers, they even a handful can exert outsize leverage. And that's what's 265 00:20:40.680 --> 00:20:47.240 crippled the House since the new Congress came in. It's what drove McCarthy out 266 00:20:47.240 --> 00:20:51.079 of office, and what's driving a lot of people in both parties crazy. 267 00:20:51.599 --> 00:20:55.720 Okay, and Steve, when can we expect to see any kind of movement 268 00:20:55.799 --> 00:21:00.079 action on this or do they just table it in tune? Soon? Soon? 269 00:21:00.279 --> 00:21:07.119 I mean Speaker Johnson has told others that he promises deal with Ukraine in 270 00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:11.720 the next week or two. Congress comes back tomorrow, and look for some 271 00:21:11.839 --> 00:21:15.799 action sooner rather than LEGA. All right, ABC's Steve Roberts, thank you 272 00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:21.079 so much for the information. We'll be watching anytime maybe. All right, 273 00:21:21.079 --> 00:21:22.160 now, let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI 274 00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:26.599 twenty four hour newsroom. We're just getting this into the newsroom. Former President 275 00:21:26.640 --> 00:21:30.720 Trump says abortion laws should be left to the states to decide for themselves. 276 00:21:30.799 --> 00:21:36.400 Many states will be different, many will have a different number of weeks or 277 00:21:36.599 --> 00:21:41.680 some will have more conservative than others, and that's what they will be at 278 00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:44.480 the end of the day. This is all about the will of the people. 279 00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:48.799 Trump said in a video posted on his truth social account that states will 280 00:21:48.839 --> 00:21:52.880 decide by vote or by legislation, or perhaps both. The announcement comes as 281 00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:56.960 the Republican led states have passed a wave of new restrictions following the Supreme Court's 282 00:21:56.960 --> 00:22:03.400 decision to overturn Roe versus Waded in twenty twenty two. This was a pretty 283 00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:07.400 much anticipated announcement because somebody asked him about it a few days ago and he 284 00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:11.920 said, I've got an announcement coming on Monday. Well, there it is. 285 00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:17.240 Israel's military says it's finished its ground operation and with drawn forces from the 286 00:22:17.240 --> 00:22:22.359 city of Hanunis in southern Gaza. Defense officials said yesterday troops are regrouping as 287 00:22:22.359 --> 00:22:26.200 the army prepares to move into Hamas's last stronghold in Rafa. The US and 288 00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:32.039 other allies of Israel have demanded to see a credible plan to protect civilians. 289 00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:36.200 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Nettanyah, who says his country will not agree to a 290 00:22:36.279 --> 00:22:41.480 ceasefire with Hamas until the hostages being held in Gaza are released. ABC's Christian 291 00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:45.960 Cordero says Netanyahu spoke over the weekend as a new round of truce talks begins 292 00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:48.839 in Egypt. According to Egyptian State News, all sides have agreed on key 293 00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:53.680 issues. Negotiations are expected to return to Cairo within two days to agree on 294 00:22:53.720 --> 00:23:00.319 a final deal. She says the return of Palestinians displaced by the war is 295 00:23:00.359 --> 00:23:03.559 a main sticking point. When we come back, We're going to be talking 296 00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:07.400 with you about one of the largest animal rescue events in Los Angeles. It's 297 00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:12.559 coming up this weekend at one of the prettiest places in Los Angeles. The 298 00:23:12.599 --> 00:23:18.279 eclipse gets underway at ten o six. The moment of greatest eclipse in La 299 00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:22.559 happens at eleven twelve. That's when about half the Sun's going to be covered 300 00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:25.240 as the moon passes in front of it at five point fifty. We're going 301 00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:27.680 to be talking with the deputy director of the Griffith Park Observatory about what to 302 00:23:27.720 --> 00:23:30.759 expect, how to safely see it here in LA and where you can watch 303 00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:36.839 the total eclipse. Despite what the Supreme Court said, the Biden administration is 304 00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:41.039 moving forward with forgiving more student loan debt. President Biden will be announcing the 305 00:23:41.079 --> 00:23:47.920 latest round of debt forgiveness at a campaign event today in Wisconsin. Spirit Airlines 306 00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:51.759 is adding new flights between San Jose and LA The low cost carrier is going 307 00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:55.640 to start flying two flights daily between the two cities on June fifth. It's 308 00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:59.039 also going to offer five new destinations out of San Diego. The first we'll 309 00:23:59.039 --> 00:24:03.519 start operating two Sacramento later this week. Let's say good morning now to the 310 00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:08.880 founder of the Malibu Farmers Market. It's Deborah Bianco. Good morning, Deborah, 311 00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:12.319 good morning. How are you today? Fabulous? You've got a big 312 00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:18.160 event coming up. It's the Malibu Farmers Market. Pause for the cause I'm 313 00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:23.079 really excited about we do. It's April fourteenth. April fourteenth, okay, 314 00:24:23.119 --> 00:24:27.240 so tell us about this because it's build as one of the largest rescue events 315 00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:30.920 in Los Angeles. So what are people going to see when they when they 316 00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:36.680 come out? Okay, you know, we we do it as an annual 317 00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:41.440 event usually, and the good news is that what are they going to see? 318 00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:45.599 Lots of different rescues, man, you know, and it's comfortable, 319 00:24:45.599 --> 00:24:49.680 but they're not all on top of each other. If you're looking for a 320 00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:55.039 little furry friend to bring home, bring a friend there. There's brunch because 321 00:24:55.079 --> 00:25:00.319 if you conjunction with the farmer's market and these rescue you know, they really 322 00:25:00.359 --> 00:25:06.480 don't have a platform to go to. They're out there, they're they're they're 323 00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:12.640 rescuing. We have fosters, but they have nowhere really to display them out 324 00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:17.119 in the open. You know, in Malibu's a keating location. I mean, 325 00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:21.119 they have lots of I'm not dropping names because they're not going to but 326 00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:26.160 these animals find good homes there. They really really do. So you're saying 327 00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:30.599 they might have a famous new mommy or daddy, they usually do. Yeah 328 00:25:30.640 --> 00:25:37.039 and yeah, yeah, and you know this was at once a year thing. 329 00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:41.680 We're going to do it on a quarterly basis and we have small scale 330 00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:45.599 ones there that were starting to do you know when you usually see them like 331 00:25:45.880 --> 00:25:52.759 in how should I say a front of stores and stuff. Well, we'll 332 00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:56.119 have one or two there on the weekends, but on a quarterly basis, 333 00:25:56.160 --> 00:26:00.880 it could be I don't know how many, but maybe one hundred animals. 334 00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:04.359 Okay, you know that's a that's a lot to pick fub it is and 335 00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:11.000 uh now, Deborah, it's not just dogs and cats, right, Well, 336 00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:18.160 it depends. Last year we had Portland miniature horses, we had monkeys. 337 00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:22.559 We've had so I don't know. Because it's down to the deadline, 338 00:26:22.599 --> 00:26:27.000 people are still signing up, okay, so you never know what you just 339 00:26:27.119 --> 00:26:30.640 might find. But lots of pups and kitties because those are going to be 340 00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:33.440 the main attraction for most people who can get that. I mean, if 341 00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:37.960 you want to miniate your horse, it's a little more specialized. But well, 342 00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:40.759 you know what we had last time when I say miniature horses, we 343 00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:45.000 had the miniature therapy horses, so they could actually show the public. They 344 00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:48.720 weren't really up the rescue, but they could use donations and show the public 345 00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:53.759 what they do with the people and most children. Okay, And it's happening 346 00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:57.319 in Malibu at the Farmer's Market, and you know, it's a kind of 347 00:26:57.359 --> 00:27:00.799 an exclusive area, but everybody's welcome to come and see it and check it 348 00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:04.960 out. Right, Oh my god, yes, yes, you know. 349 00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:10.920 And another thing that we're known for, it's not just well see that's part 350 00:27:10.920 --> 00:27:15.640 of our missions. Just so you know, the Cornucopia Foundation founded the Farmer's 351 00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:19.480 Market, so it can it could do. Two of our missions is one, 352 00:27:19.519 --> 00:27:26.359 of course, animal outreach, and the other is environmental education. Okay, 353 00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:30.000 So we started, we used to do. We had our own property, 354 00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:37.440 we taught environmental education. We were the first in northern California, excuse 355 00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:44.960 me, southern California to get hands on education in the schools. But now 356 00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:48.359 what we do. We got a platform. This Farmer's Market's a great platform 357 00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:55.119 to bring many many nonprofits together to educate people. So when we're not we're 358 00:27:55.119 --> 00:28:00.319 not doing rescues. We're doing now okay. And it's the farmers market. 359 00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:07.799 And tell us where and when again, all Malible Farmers wonket every Sunday, 360 00:28:07.880 --> 00:28:12.000 rain and shine nine to two. It's located on a civic centor way. 361 00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:15.920 And if you have a navigator, just put in Malible Farmance Market form you're 362 00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:21.119 right there. Okay. And there's going to be a bunch of animals up 363 00:28:21.119 --> 00:28:25.559 to like one hundred animals plus. You said brunch. What's the brunch? 364 00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:30.359 Well, you know, the former's market is known for their cafe area. 365 00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:34.920 Okay, we have we have rotating chefs, We have really really good food 366 00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:41.599 there and we have about twenty five tables and chairs where people could sit down, 367 00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:45.200 tablecloths, enjoy a day malable. When people come to all Market, 368 00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:49.039 yes they're coming to shop to get the fruits of their veggies. But the 369 00:28:49.119 --> 00:28:53.400 food is the food. I mean, will notice of that we hand select 370 00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:59.640 all vendors. They have to be invited to All Market. They just don't 371 00:28:59.680 --> 00:29:03.160 get it because they have the money and we have the loan. Okay, 372 00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:07.759 there's a standard to uphold for the Malibu Farmers Market. I love that, 373 00:29:07.839 --> 00:29:11.519 okay. And if people want to find out more information, is there a 374 00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:15.279 website they can go to. They can go to the website. They can 375 00:29:15.319 --> 00:29:22.319 go to the website now beforeleswalket dot net. Instagram's constantly getting updated Malibu Farms 376 00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:26.799 Market. Yeah, I love that, okay, Deborah, thank you so 377 00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:30.200 much for your time. We hope that you have a wildly successful weekend and 378 00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:33.839 find lots of new homes for little pups and cats and maybe even you know, 379 00:29:33.880 --> 00:29:37.400 a little horse or bunnies, all kinds of things. And yes, 380 00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:41.519 yes, please please, if you're listening to this, spread the word, 381 00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:45.599 bring a friend, let's find homes, and thank you for this time. 382 00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:49.079 You got it. It's pause for a cause at the Malibu Farmers Market. 383 00:29:49.119 --> 00:29:53.599 Coming up this weekend. Thanks Debrah, Let's get back to some of the 384 00:29:53.599 --> 00:29:57.440 stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A powerball ticket sold 385 00:29:57.559 --> 00:30:03.240 in Portland, Oregon has met all six numbers for the one point three billion 386 00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:07.480 dollar jackpot. The numbers were drawn after a three hour delay on Saturday. 387 00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:11.319 Lottery officials said one state needed more time to complete required procedures that are meant 388 00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:15.279 to protect the security and integrity of the game, so they gave it to 389 00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:18.119 him. Nationwide, seven tickets were sold, matching five of the six numbers. 390 00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:22.400 They're worth a million dollars. None of those was sold In California, 391 00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:27.240 A suspected shoplifter has been killed running away from a store in West Hills. 392 00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:32.720 Another was seriously hurt. The pair was running out of a TJ Max after 393 00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:36.359 allegedly robbing the store yesterday when they ran in front of a car and were 394 00:30:36.440 --> 00:30:40.759 hit. A woman in a Tesla has been arrested for allegedly driving the wrong 395 00:30:40.839 --> 00:30:44.200 way on the ten Freeway, causing a crash that killed a nineteen year old 396 00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:48.960 driver and hurt his two teenage passengers. The Fire Department says the thirteen and 397 00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:52.319 fifteen year olds have major injuries. The Tesla driver was also hurt in the 398 00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:57.559 crash early yesterday, which happened in the westbound lanes at Overland Avenue. Parks 399 00:30:57.599 --> 00:31:02.200 in La could soon have life life saving equipment installed. A couple of years 400 00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:04.759 ago, Michael of Science father suddenly went down in cardiac arrest while they were 401 00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:08.519 playing soccer at a city park in La. His dad lived and his son 402 00:31:08.559 --> 00:31:12.720 told the La City Council's Neighborhoods Committee last week every park should have an automated 403 00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:17.920 external defibrillator. I always like to the park first responders who arrived in a 404 00:31:17.920 --> 00:31:21.880 matter of minutes with automated external difficult lators. The committee agreed, and now 405 00:31:21.880 --> 00:31:25.440 the full council could look for one point four million dollars in funding. There's 406 00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:29.720 an average of three emergencies a year where an AED was used at a city 407 00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:34.200 site. Michael Monks KFI News. New Jersey has experienced nearly forty after shocks 408 00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:40.720 following Friday's magnitude four four point eight quake. The US Geological Survey says the 409 00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:44.839 quake was the strongest to hit the East Coast in a few years. Seismologists 410 00:31:44.880 --> 00:31:48.200 say they expect more after shocks in the coming week, especially near the epicenter 411 00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:53.519 in Reddington, New Jersey. A makeshift ferry has sunk off the northern coast 412 00:31:53.559 --> 00:32:00.480 of Mozambique, killing ninety four people. The boat sunk yesterday afternoon. Says 413 00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:04.400 it was overcrowded and many of those who drowned were children. An official says 414 00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:07.000 there were one hundred and thirty people on board. Several were rescued and are 415 00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:10.720 in the hospital. Fifteen states are expected to go dark for a few minutes 416 00:32:10.759 --> 00:32:15.319 in the middle of the day as the moon eclipses the Sun today. Millions 417 00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:19.640 of people are traveling to those states in hopes of catching the celestial event, 418 00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:22.920 which will be seen from Texas all the way up to Maine. Experts are 419 00:32:22.920 --> 00:32:25.640 reminding people to use safety glasses when looking at the Sun and a filter on 420 00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:30.960 the phone if using it to watch the sun. The eclipse is expected to 421 00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:34.880 draw the biggest crowd in North America. Ever, a lot of people could 422 00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:38.720 miss the celestial event, though because of clouds, clear skies are only predicted 423 00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:45.559 from northern New England to Canada. Several swastikas have been plastered on buildings, 424 00:32:45.640 --> 00:32:49.720 sidewalks, roads, and street signs around Santa Monica, the graffiti showed up 425 00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:53.279 yesterday. Police are investigating, but say no arrests have been made. Crews 426 00:32:53.319 --> 00:32:59.119 have started removing cargo containers from the ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key 427 00:32:59.200 --> 00:33:02.279 Bridge and ball More, causing the bridge collapse last month. Coast Guard officials 428 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:07.400 say Cruz are making good progress toward getting pieces of the bridge off the ship 429 00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:09.200 so they can take the weight off of it and start to move it. 430 00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:14.359 The Army Corps of Engineers said last week they're hoping to have access to the 431 00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:19.319 Port of Baltimore restored by the end of next month. Country star Morgan Wallen 432 00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:23.480 has been arrested for allegedly throwing a chair from a rooftop bar in Nashville Metropolis. 433 00:33:23.640 --> 00:33:27.880 Two officers were standing outside the bar shortly before eleven last night when they 434 00:33:27.880 --> 00:33:30.440 saw the chair hit the sidewalk just a few feet away from them. Witnesses 435 00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:35.759 say Wallen tossed the chair and then laughed about it. We're just minutes away 436 00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:37.680 from a handle. On the news this morning, Israel is pulling out of 437 00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:42.640 the southern city of hon Yunis, but they're far from done with the war. 438 00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:45.680 Telling you the latest on that, but right now it's time to talk 439 00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:50.119 at clips. So let's say good morning to the deputy director of a Griffith 440 00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:54.079 Park Observatory, Mark Pine. Good morning, Mark, Good morning Amy. 441 00:33:54.119 --> 00:33:58.599 How are you. I'm doing great. It's a big day for you, 442 00:33:58.720 --> 00:34:02.880 guys, I would imagine. And so tell us I want to do eclipse 443 00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:08.679 one on one. So tell us what happens when an eclipse happens. So 444 00:34:08.719 --> 00:34:14.679 when an eclipse happens, the Moon moves in front of the Sun. It's 445 00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:17.559 a new moon, so you wouldn't normally see it in the sky, and 446 00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:22.039 it moves in front of the Sun. And though the Sun is four hundred 447 00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:27.039 times larger than the moon, the Moon is four hundred times closer to the 448 00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:31.239 Earth, and so they are exactly sized. So that the Moon can completely 449 00:34:31.280 --> 00:34:35.760 cover the disk of the Sun as we see it in the sky. That's 450 00:34:35.800 --> 00:34:40.320 a total eclipse. If it takes less than one hundred percent of the surface 451 00:34:40.360 --> 00:34:44.960 of the Sun, then that's a partial eclipse. And that's what folks will 452 00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:49.400 see in Los Angeles. Okay, And since we're getting a partial, how 453 00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:53.400 much of the Sun is going to be covered here? About fifty percent. 454 00:34:54.320 --> 00:34:59.119 Oh, so that's a pretty so we'll see it we'll see the light dim 455 00:34:59.239 --> 00:35:06.679 right, Well, the Sun is incredibly bright, and this is obviously this 456 00:35:06.800 --> 00:35:10.559 is obviously a moment for a little safety message, which is don't look at 457 00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:16.400 the Sun without proper eye protection because the sun people hear that there's an eclipse, 458 00:35:16.400 --> 00:35:21.159 and they think, well, half of the Sun means half as much 459 00:35:21.239 --> 00:35:23.920 light. And to a certain extent, that's true. But the problem is 460 00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:29.719 as a point source of light, the Sun is so bright that you really 461 00:35:29.760 --> 00:35:36.519 can't safely look at it until literally the moment before perhaps it's totally eclipsed. 462 00:35:36.960 --> 00:35:40.239 Ninety nine point nine percent of the Sun is still bright enough to harm you. 463 00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:46.440 Okay, So, and and that's the reason for eclipse glasses, not 464 00:35:46.599 --> 00:35:53.760 sunglasses. They don't count. But are eclipse glasses still available? That's an 465 00:35:53.760 --> 00:36:00.960 interesting question. Certainly. I'm actually in Ohio at the line in the line 466 00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:06.880 of Totalityoh, okay, there are not many available here, at least so 467 00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:09.199 far as I've been able to find. In Los Angeles, I think you 468 00:36:09.239 --> 00:36:15.679 have a better chance, but you need to get them quickly, because the 469 00:36:15.719 --> 00:36:20.880 partial eclipse in Los Angeles starts today at ten o six and runs through twelve 470 00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:23.920 twenty two, And so you've only got a couple hours to get out to 471 00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:28.400 the store and try to get a pair of eclipse glasses. Okay, and 472 00:36:28.480 --> 00:36:31.800 what it starts at ten oh six. What's the moment of the greatest eclipse? 473 00:36:31.840 --> 00:36:37.039 When when half the sun will be blocked? It's about halfway through. 474 00:36:37.239 --> 00:36:40.599 It happens to be at eleven twelve, So that's when people can go outside 475 00:36:40.639 --> 00:36:45.760 and they'll see about half of the sun blocked by the moon. Okay, 476 00:36:45.880 --> 00:36:51.239 through their glasses. They can also do a pin hole projector Oh yeah, 477 00:36:51.239 --> 00:36:53.880 I wanted to ask you about that. Yep. You poke a little hole 478 00:36:54.119 --> 00:36:59.400 in like a piece of cardboard, and then you have the sun shine through 479 00:36:59.440 --> 00:37:04.280 it onto preparably a white surface, and you'll be able to see the bite 480 00:37:04.280 --> 00:37:07.559 out of the sun. You can also take a mirror and reflect it onto 481 00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:12.840 a white surface. Just make sure you do not reflect that light into someone 482 00:37:12.920 --> 00:37:16.760 else's eyes. Okay, So reflect a mirror onto a white surface. I 483 00:37:16.840 --> 00:37:21.400 remember doing the poking the hole into the piece of cardboard when I was a 484 00:37:21.480 --> 00:37:23.719 kid. We did it at school one day, I think, so I'm 485 00:37:23.760 --> 00:37:28.800 like, the very practical, it's a very practical way to have kids watching 486 00:37:28.880 --> 00:37:35.760 eclipse along the path of totality. In a lot of places, schools decided 487 00:37:35.880 --> 00:37:40.000 they didn't want to try and deal with all of this. And also because 488 00:37:40.199 --> 00:37:44.360 you know, people might want to be with their family, So a lot 489 00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:49.440 of schools here are out of session today so kids can stay at home and 490 00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:52.599 watch the eclipse with their parents. Very cool. And if you do have 491 00:37:52.679 --> 00:37:55.760 the glasses, can you just look at the sun indefinitely or do you still 492 00:37:55.800 --> 00:38:00.440 need to limit your viewing time? Yeah, you really don't want to stare 493 00:38:00.559 --> 00:38:05.119 at the sun. The eclipse glasses are very good, but the sun is 494 00:38:05.280 --> 00:38:09.039 very intense, and uh, you should just look at it periodically. And 495 00:38:09.079 --> 00:38:14.960 the other thing is put your glasses on before you look at the sun. 496 00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:19.440 I know that sounds a little odd, it does, but I think it's 497 00:38:19.480 --> 00:38:24.199 a good reminder. Yeah. Yeah, So just everybody, you just want 498 00:38:24.199 --> 00:38:28.280 to be safe. Just be safe, Just be safe. You wouldn't normally 499 00:38:28.320 --> 00:38:32.039 look up at the sun anyway. The eclipse is something that's happening, but 500 00:38:32.320 --> 00:38:37.360 fundamentally in Los Angeles the sun looks exactly the same and it has all of 501 00:38:37.400 --> 00:38:43.159 the same destructive tendencies. Okay, so then I have a question for you 502 00:38:43.239 --> 00:38:45.800 for looking at the sun, which no, don't do it. But like 503 00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:49.119 if you do look at the sun, even for just a moment, it's 504 00:38:49.119 --> 00:38:52.760 like you your eyes start to hurt, like you can't look at it for 505 00:38:52.880 --> 00:38:57.119 very long. So does that hopefully prevent anybody who might be dumb and kicked? 506 00:38:57.199 --> 00:39:01.159 It is? That is your body trying to warn you to stop doing 507 00:39:01.199 --> 00:39:07.639 something. The only problem can be that the discomfort may not come fast enough 508 00:39:07.920 --> 00:39:14.920 to protect some eye damage. So it just really is something where you want 509 00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:17.400 to be just as careful as you've been the rest of your life in looking 510 00:39:17.440 --> 00:39:22.159 at the sun, which is not looking at the sun. Okay, So 511 00:39:22.360 --> 00:39:24.800 you mentioned Mark that you are in Ohio. Why are you in I mean, 512 00:39:24.840 --> 00:39:29.320 obviously for the eclipse, but you're doing something for the Griffith Park Observatory 513 00:39:29.400 --> 00:39:34.760 in conjunction with the eclipse. I am not. I Actually my mom actually 514 00:39:34.840 --> 00:39:37.400 bought a house thirty five years ago that happened to be near the center line 515 00:39:37.440 --> 00:39:43.280 of the passive totality in Cleveland, and so it was just too much to 516 00:39:44.719 --> 00:39:49.000 avoid coming here and celebrating that with her and standing on the front lawn and 517 00:39:49.039 --> 00:39:54.440 watching the eclipse. Most of the observatory team is actually in Texas. The 518 00:39:54.519 --> 00:40:00.360 foundation, our foundation sponsored to Trips one to Mexico one to Tech Texas. 519 00:40:00.760 --> 00:40:07.199 Texas had the best chance of clear weather, But unfortunately I found out last 520 00:40:07.280 --> 00:40:10.599 night that the broadcast team that we sent is on their way I think probably 521 00:40:10.679 --> 00:40:15.440 right now to Little Rock, Arkansas, where the weather is looking like it's 522 00:40:15.480 --> 00:40:20.480 going to be clearer, and here in Cleveland, where we've got a pretty 523 00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:25.039 good chance. So we got very lucky against the against the odds for this 524 00:40:25.199 --> 00:40:30.039 time of year. Okay, And so for areas where there is cloud cover, 525 00:40:30.159 --> 00:40:31.960 it's still going to get dark. You just won't be able to see 526 00:40:31.960 --> 00:40:37.559 it. For areas in the past of totality, it gets dark. This 527 00:40:37.639 --> 00:40:42.840 eclipse is about twice as long in the totality area as it was in twenty 528 00:40:42.920 --> 00:40:46.599 seventeen. So it's three and a half to four minutes of totality where it 529 00:40:46.639 --> 00:40:52.920 will get dark and street lights come on and animals behave oddly and it really 530 00:40:53.199 --> 00:40:58.239 is I know this is the last one in the United States for twenty years, 531 00:40:58.280 --> 00:41:00.920 but there are other ones around the world. If you have if you 532 00:41:00.920 --> 00:41:06.960 have an ability to get to one, I strongly encourage you to do it. 533 00:41:06.960 --> 00:41:10.440 It's not just one more thing. It's sort of a transformative thing to 534 00:41:10.519 --> 00:41:15.239 have happened. And I say that as a person who often stayed behind and 535 00:41:15.360 --> 00:41:21.079 only saw his first total eclipse in twenty seventeen and then realized, Oh, 536 00:41:21.159 --> 00:41:23.239 this is what the big deal is about. So were you up in Oregon 537 00:41:23.280 --> 00:41:28.880 for the last one? I actually went to the center part of the United 538 00:41:28.880 --> 00:41:32.719 States because by that time Oregon and Idaho and Montana were completely full and sold 539 00:41:32.719 --> 00:41:37.440 out and crazy extensive. So I flew to Kansas City and drove into Nebraska 540 00:41:38.519 --> 00:41:43.960 and watched from a public park on the outside of a little town called Beatrice 541 00:41:44.519 --> 00:41:49.840 and got a glimpse of it, just between clouds on one side and clouds 542 00:41:49.880 --> 00:41:52.280 on the other side. But during totality it just sort of popped through. 543 00:41:52.559 --> 00:41:58.559 Okay, and the Griffith Observatory, you've got the teams there are there. 544 00:41:58.719 --> 00:42:04.679 I'm guessing they're filming it. So we're not having an event at the observatory 545 00:42:04.760 --> 00:42:07.760 today. We decided to focus on the live broadcast of the total eclipse, 546 00:42:07.800 --> 00:42:15.519 Okay, and our team was until last night in Belston, Texas, and 547 00:42:15.599 --> 00:42:20.760 now they are going to be trying to broadcast today from Little Rock, Arkansas. 548 00:42:20.840 --> 00:42:23.360 Okay, Well, that would be for people in Los Angeles. Who 549 00:42:23.440 --> 00:42:30.840 can't get to totality to see the total eclipse on the Griffith Observatory broadcast and 550 00:42:30.920 --> 00:42:34.719 you just go to Griffithbservatory dot org and the link and everything is right there 551 00:42:34.880 --> 00:42:38.880 Griffith Griffith Observatory dot org. Okay, great, Thank you so much. 552 00:42:38.960 --> 00:42:42.719 Mark. I hope you enjoy watching the eclipse with your mom. What a 553 00:42:42.760 --> 00:42:45.360 special treat that's going to be. And for everybody else out there. If 554 00:42:45.360 --> 00:42:49.599 you don't have the glasses, don't look. But I love your recommendations about 555 00:42:49.599 --> 00:42:52.280 poking the hole in a piece of cardboard and looking at it that way, 556 00:42:52.639 --> 00:42:54.760 or getting the reflection of a mirror onto a white surface. Either one will 557 00:42:54.800 --> 00:43:00.320 work, but don't look at the sun. Absolutely great to talk to you. 558 00:43:00.559 --> 00:43:04.320 Happy eclipse day. All right, thank you so much. That was 559 00:43:04.360 --> 00:43:07.960 Mark Pine, the deputy director of the Griffith Park Observatory. It's gonna be 560 00:43:07.960 --> 00:43:12.519 a big day. I can't wait. It is time for Dodger baseball. 561 00:43:12.599 --> 00:43:15.320 I got the right promo this time. The Dodgers take on the Twins in 562 00:43:15.400 --> 00:43:19.320 Minnesota this afternoon. First pitch goes out at four forty, so way after 563 00:43:19.360 --> 00:43:22.239 the eclipse is over, you can listen to the action on AM five to 564 00:43:22.280 --> 00:43:25.519 seventy LA Sports live from the Gallupin Motors Broadcast Booth, and stream the game 565 00:43:25.559 --> 00:43:30.480 in HD on the iHeartRadio app. Keyword AM five seventy LA Sports. This 566 00:43:30.679 --> 00:43:37.639 is KFI and KOSTHD two Los Angeles, Orange County live from the KFI twenty 567 00:43:37.639 --> 00:43:39.920 four hour Newsroom. I'm Amy King. 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