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That is true. It is time for your wake up call. Good morning.
It is Monday, April eighth. I'm Amy King. I'm going to
get up, get your day started. I got my coffee ready to go.
Another big week and a very busy day. Of course, it's the
eclipse today. I don't have my viewing glasses yet. I'm hoping Gary and
Shannon have an extra hair. I think they're going to be out on the
on the balcony this afternoon or the actually later this morning to watch it,
or you can stop by a library and get it. It's also one week
until tax day. Do you have everything done? Is your return filed?
Mine is. I'm just waiting for the money to hit the account because,
like I've told you before, for the first time in like fifteen years,
I'm actually getting a little bit of a refund. So quite a cause for
celebration. And sorry to say, you didn't win unless you just happen to
be up in Portland, Oregon and bought a lottery ticket. But somebody did
win that one point three billion dollar powerball jackpot from the drawing on Saturday night.
Here's what's ahead on wake up call. The eclipse gets underway in LA
at ten oh six. The moment of greatest eclipse here happens at eleven twelve.
That's when more than half the sun will be covered as the moon passes
in front of it. We're going to be talking with the deputy Deputy director
of the Griffith Park Observatory a little bit later this hour about what you can
expect, how to safely see it here in LA, and where you can
watch the total eclipse. Despite what the Supreme Court says, the Biden administration
is for giving more student loan debt. We're going to find out who qualifies
and how much it's gonna cost everyone. Coming up with Karen Travers in just
a couple of minutes. A perfect season. The South Carolina women's basketball team
has capped off a thirty eight and oh season with an eighty seven to seventy
five win over Ohio in the championship game the Men's Championship, What oh did
I say? It. I said, thank you Iowa in the championship game.
And then the men's championships game is tonight, right, who's playing in
that? I don't even know. Uh, it's going to be Yukon and
Purdue. Oh okay, thank you our resident sports extra expert. You know
it. The Austray game was amazing, by the way. Yeah, sad
for Kitlin though. It was sad, but she's the best player college basketball
player of all time. Yep. So congratulations to South Carolina at six oh
five. It is handle on the news, and of course we'll be talking
about the eclipse, but let's get started with some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Ten people have been hurt in an
apartment fire in Cavena. All ten were taken to hospitals after the three story
building caught fire about two yesterday afternoon. Eight people had minor injuries, two
were having breathing issues. Only one unit was actually damaged in the fire.
About about forty residents had to clear out of the complex. It's not clear
what caused the fire. Let's go ahead into CLAI emergency for Southwest Southwest Airlines's
flight headed to Houston from Denver had to make an emergency landing because part of
the plane came off. I think the collapse on the inboard side of the
engine, between the engine and the pugarage with don on takeoffs. A passenger
recorded video yesterday that shows the engine cover peeling back, flying off and hitting
the plane's wing flap as the plane started to lift off the ground. The
plane was towed back to the gate. The passengers were put on another flight
to Texas. Salvage crews in Baltimore started to remove containers from the deck of
the cargo ship that caused the Francis Scott Key Bridge to collapse. Official said
yesterday. The removal process will continue this week as weather permits. Crews are
also working to remove sections of the bridge from across the ship's bow. The
ship hit a bridge support late last month. Eight workers on the bridge fell
into the river below. Only two of them survived. A cargo ship has
lost power near the Verenzano Narrows Bridge in New York Harbor. ABC's Derek Dennis
says three tugboats had been escorting the ship out of the harbor Friday night,
which is standard procedure. The tugboats were able to tow the ship until it
regained propulsion. Authorities note even if the ship had come close to the bridge,
the design of the bridge, with protective rock islands built around its posts,
would have likely prevented the kind of March twenty six catastrophe in Baltimore.
The ship in New York was anchored near the bridge before it was inspected and
allowed to continue to South Carolina. A rock music website in Ohio says it's
going to start playing Pink Floyd's album Dark Side of the Moon about forty two
minutes before the eclipse can be seen from its headquarters in Akron. If they
time it out correctly, the eclipse will sync up with the closing line from
the last song on the album, and everything under the Sun is in tune,
but the sun is eclipsed by the moon. That's kind of cool.
Right. Let's say good morning now to ABC's Karen Travers. Hey, Karen,
the Biden administration is planning to forgive more student loan debt. What's the
latest plan. Yeah, this is going to be announced today by the President
in battleground Wisconsin. No surprise, traveling to a critically important state and going
to a big college Town Madison to announce this latest effort to help people pay
down student loan debt tens of millions of borrowers, the White House says,
combined with their previous efforts, there could be more than thirty million Americans then
who would see relief. To date, they've already canceled about one hundred and
forty six billion dollars for nearly four million Americans. So what they're focusing on
today is under this new plan, to twenty thousand dollars in interest would be
canceled for the twenty five million Americans who owe more than what they originally borrowed,
which they say is because of ballooning interest. Borrowers who make less than
one hundred and twenty thousand dollars a year would be eligible to have their interest
just canceled. People who've been repaying loans for more than twenty years would also
see debt relief, as well as borrowers who qualify for existing relief programs outlined
by the administration but they haven't actually applied for it. They would get automatic
relief without applying for these specific programs. So the White House says that with
this effort, I say a total of thirty million Americans could now see relief
to this latest effort by the administration to make good on a campaign promise by
the President after that big effort was blocked last year by the Supreme Court.
Okay, so because that was blocked by the Supreme Court, I'm still confused
on how they can just say, forget what the Supreme Court said, we're
doing it anyway. So they say that this is a much more tailored focus
on this, that they studied that Supreme Court six' three ruling very carefully,
and that this isn't last year's plan to relieve debt for millions of Americans.
That this is much more targeted than the original effort. It's based on
a different law and that makes it more likely to survive legal challenges. This
is based on a specific education law, So they say that they feel more
confident in this Higher Education Act. That they say then gives it firmer legal
ground than the debt relief program that was struck down last year. Now,
all that said, there will almost certainly be legal challenges to this and that
will likely affect the timeline of it because this new plan requires a month's long
public comment period before it could take and go into effect. Officials told us
yesterday that only some of the provisions would be gin and going into effect in
early fall of this year, but then, factoring in the legal challenges,
it could take months to resolve. As these things tend to play out in
court, the plan could be in limbo when voters head to the polls in
November. And that's important because this is why they're doing it. You know,
it's an election year and they want to get this going so that people
are feeling the relief and feeling the help when they're voting. Okay, then
quick question. So you said it's going to affect up to like thirty million
people. So, and it's for people who've been paying down the debt for
twenty four plus years. So what if I've paid off my debt because my
loan was more than twenty years ago. Can I still apply for any relief
for if it's already paid then forgetting if you're already done. I don't believe
in that. I think no, it's people who are currently looking at debt,
So, people who currently owe more than what they did when the repayment
started, people who are eligible for the current existing loan forgiveness programs but haven't
applied. People who are still living with debt because they've been paying it for
twenty plus years, but haven't had any forgiveness so far. And people who
want other kind of like murkier areas, people experiencing hardship in daily lives.
You'd have to specifically apply under those circumstances. Okay, So the announcement today,
but nothing's probably going to happen before the election a couple months. Yeah,
but they want to see this go into effect in the fall. All
right, great, ABC's Karen Travers, thank you so much for the information.
Have a great day, all right, Happy at clips day. Let's
get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour
newsroom. Actor Cole brings plenty has died. The body of the actor,
known for his role in the Yellowstone spin off nineteen twenty three, was found
Friday in Kansas. He was reported missing about a week ago after some sort
of domestic dispute. Authorities say the body was found in a wooded area.
No details of his cause of death have been released. He was twenty seven.
An attorney in Hawaii says termites might be responsible. For starting that deadly
wildfire on Maui last August. Attorney John Oppo says in the over nine hours
of August eighth, Pole seven, a weakened by termite damage, snapped from
high winds. Hawaiian Electric re energized those lines at about six o'clock in the
morning when it was laying in dry grass. That's what started the fire.
Oppo testified before Hawaii's Finance Committee. Hawaiian Electric Company wants to issue bonds to
cover victim compensation, but critics, including Oppo, say it's not fair for
ratepayers to put the bill. You'll get more money the investors who will get
secured. The fire destroyed the town of Lehina and killed one hundred and one
people. Steve Gregory kaf I News, the head of the UN's Atomic watchdog
agency, has condemned a drone strike on one of six nuclear reactors at the
Zaparijia Nuclear power plant in Ukraine. It's controlled by Russia. Raphael Grossi says
there were at least three direct hits yesterday and that such attacks significantly increased the
risk of a major nuclear accident. Officials at the plant reported one casualty.
Ukraine and Russia each blamed the other for the strike. We're going to be
talking with ABC Steve Roberts about Ukraine in just a couple of minutes, because
Congress has come back from their break and they're going to start talking about whether
we're going to give them the sixty billion dollars that we've said that we were
going to provide for them. That's coming up at about five twenty. A
service at First Ame Church in Los Angeles has paid tribute to Reverend Cecil Murray,
who died on Friday. LA Mayor Bass and former Mayor Via Rigosa were
at the service yesterday. Murray was pastor at the church for nearly thirty years
and helped calm the city during the riots in nineteen ninety two. The Los
Angeles Urban League says Murray was a towering figure whose lifelong dedication to justice,
equality and community upliftment profoundly impacted the African American community and beyond. Cecil Murray
was ninety four. So we're just a couple weeks away from the Wiggle Waggle
Walk. It's happening Sunday, April twenty first at Brookside Park in Pasadena.
We would love to have you come and join us on that day. It's
all to benefit the Pasadena Humane to help them care for thousands of animals they
take in every year. You can come out and see adoptable pups. So
you can check out our booths, costume contests, games, demonstrations, food
and more. And we would love it if you joined our team the wake
Up Call Wigglers come and walk with us. Just saw that Jesse and Zara
and Brian just joined the team and would love to have you join the team
too. We need more to get on board and if you can't join us,
that's okay. You can still donate to help us reach our goal.
So the Wiggle Waggle Walk Again is coming up Sunday, April twenty. First
you can find out all the information about joining the team or making a donation
or what to expect that day and maybe check out a pupp or two kfiam
six forty dot com. Slash Wiggle is where you can find all the information.
Cell Phone use has expected to spike during the solar eclipse. Officials in
the path of totality are expecting hundreds of thousands of people to be on their
phone to capture the event and to share it at and T says it is
prepared for the surge ahead of the eclipse. Cruz have begun removing cargo containers
from the ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore late last
month and caused the bridge to collapse. Coastcart officials a cruise are making progress
toward removing pieces of the bridge from the ship so they can take the weight
off it and start to move it. A Houston based Southwest Airlines flight had
to return to Denver when an engine cover came off a Boeing jet. The
plane made an emergency landing. Everyone got off the plane safely and got onto
another flight. I think I would be very nervous to get onto another flight,
but they all got there safely. At six oh five, it's handle
on the news. Governor Sanders has declared a state of emergency ahead of the
eclipse. What that's all about? Right now, let's say good morning to
ABC's Steve Roberts. Good morning, Steve. Oh right, okay, I
lost my notes. So we're talking about Ukraine. Congress is coming back and
what are they expected to do with this whole Ukraine funding thing. Well,
it's really coming to a crunch here. Army back in the back. In
February, the Senate passed by seventy to twenty nine by big bipartisan vote,
a bill that included sixty billion dollars for Ukraine, which is desperately needed by
the Ukrainian forces on the battlefield who have been suffering some reverses as Russia an
endless amount of money and endless number of troops into this battle. But this
has been held up in the House Representative by a hardcore group of Republicans who
are really following the isolationist policies of Donald Trump. You know, there's a
real split in the Republican ranks because you have the heirs to Ronald Reagan.
You know Ronald Reagan who said tear down the wall, mister Gorbachev, who
had a very robust view of America's responsibilities around the world and particularly opposing Russian
territorial ambitions in the heart of Europe. But now you have Donald Trump.
He doesn't say tear down the wall, mister Putin. He says, well,
come on in, mister Putin, and even encouraging Putin at times to
threaten a Western Europe and even when he was president, he had a far
dimmer and more negative view of the Western Alliance in America's responsibilities in Europe than
Ronald Reagan ever did. So you have a real split in Republican ranks.
But right now, the Trumpian wing, with Liz Cheney calls the Putin wing
of the Republican Party, has leverage and won't let this bill come to the
floor. So the real question here if it ever does come to the floor,
it's going to pass easily, but this hardcore group has pressured the Speaker,
Mike Johnson to not bring it up. Now, what I think is
going to happen is that the pressures will get to Johnson from the other side
and that he will allow a vote, maybe with some amendments. But the
fate of the Ukraine's ability to withstand this persistent and threatening Russian assault really hangs
in the balance here. Okay, And you mentioned Steve the pressure from the
other side, so the other side of the Republican Party or from the Democrats.
Well, there's pressures from all sides. You have the White House and
the Democrats pressuring strongly for a vote. You have the Republican leader of the
Senate, Mitch McConnell has pressured very heavily for a vote. He has said
over and over again and in no uncertain terms, that there's no cheap option
in Ukraine and that if the United States does not support these the resistance now,
it's only going to encourage Putin to gobble up more territory, threaten more
countries, and that the price will be much much higher to on the road.
And this is just a foolish focus on the cost now. But there's
another factor here that doesn't get enough attention, which is that sixty billion dollars
almost all of that actually gets spent in America. It gets spent on American
made weapons in Los Angeles. You know, you've got all of these aerospace
companies. That sixty billion actually means jobs and contracts for American workers in American
companies. But that doesn't get enough attention either. Okay, And so we've
got the sixty billion hanging in the balance. Are other countries chipping into or
are we pretty much funding the lion's share of Ukraine's war effort? Well,
you know, Donald Trump argues that the other countries of NATO have not ponied
up, they're full due bill and there's some truth to that, but there
are many other countries that have, you know, that have rallied behind Ukraine.
After all, they are much closer to the front line. Because you're
in Germany today, you know, you have a much clearer vested interest in
the United States saying it was true of France. And look, all countries
are under budgetary stress, and you've got in Europe you add the you know,
the problems of refugees in some of these countries. But I think by
and large the European countries have been have come to the aid of Ukraine because
they they can see their own national interest a lot more clearly than some Americans
can. Okay, And then back to in Congress that you mentioned that the
Senate had passed the plan by you know, an almost four to one margin.
So, right, can the Senate really put much much pressure on the
House or does the House pretty much say nope, it's it's our decision.
Well, that's a good question, and the Senate leaders from both parties.
This is not a Democrat versus Republican issue. A lot of Republicans voted for
the bill in the Senate. The Republican leader, as I say, in
the Senate Mitch McConnell might be the strongest supporter of Ukraine aid from any party.
Chuck Schruman, the Democratic leader, is also pressuring the speaker, Mike
Johnson. The problem is Johnson's knew to his job. He's weak as a
person and as a speaker. His margin in the House, as we've seen
over and over again in this Congress, it's so small that a small group
of Republicans can exert outside leverage. This is exactly why Kevin McCarthy from California
was deposed as a speaker. And there's a larger problem here because a lot
of these Republicans, these hardcore Republicans, are not legislators. They're performers.
They don't come to Congress to legislate. They come to Congress to make speak
is, not make deals. And they're therefore they're impervious to a lot of
traditional pressures. But when you've got the Democrats holding the Senate, holding the
White House, the Republican margin in the House is only a handful of seats.
There's only one way, one way, any one way to get anything
done. That's to bipartisan compromise. But this group of Republicans said we will
not compromise, we will not negotiate, we will not deal with Democrats.
It's a totally head in the sand refusal to recognize reality. But because of
the numbers, they even a handful can exert outsize leverage. And that's what's
crippled the House since the new Congress came in. It's what drove McCarthy out
of office, and what's driving a lot of people in both parties crazy.
Okay, and Steve, when can we expect to see any kind of movement
action on this or do they just table it in tune? Soon? Soon?
I mean Speaker Johnson has told others that he promises deal with Ukraine in
the next week or two. Congress comes back tomorrow, and look for some
action sooner rather than LEGA. All right, ABC's Steve Roberts, thank you
so much for the information. We'll be watching anytime maybe. All right,
now, let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI
twenty four hour newsroom. We're just getting this into the newsroom. Former President
Trump says abortion laws should be left to the states to decide for themselves.
Many states will be different, many will have a different number of weeks or
some will have more conservative than others, and that's what they will be at
the end of the day. This is all about the will of the people.
Trump said in a video posted on his truth social account that states will
decide by vote or by legislation, or perhaps both. The announcement comes as
the Republican led states have passed a wave of new restrictions following the Supreme Court's
decision to overturn Roe versus Waded in twenty twenty two. This was a pretty
much anticipated announcement because somebody asked him about it a few days ago and he
said, I've got an announcement coming on Monday. Well, there it is.
Israel's military says it's finished its ground operation and with drawn forces from the
city of Hanunis in southern Gaza. Defense officials said yesterday troops are regrouping as
the army prepares to move into Hamas's last stronghold in Rafa. The US and
other allies of Israel have demanded to see a credible plan to protect civilians.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Nettanyah, who says his country will not agree to a
ceasefire with Hamas until the hostages being held in Gaza are released. ABC's Christian
Cordero says Netanyahu spoke over the weekend as a new round of truce talks begins
in Egypt. According to Egyptian State News, all sides have agreed on key
issues. Negotiations are expected to return to Cairo within two days to agree on
a final deal. She says the return of Palestinians displaced by the war is
a main sticking point. When we come back, We're going to be talking
with you about one of the largest animal rescue events in Los Angeles. It's
coming up this weekend at one of the prettiest places in Los Angeles. The
eclipse gets underway at ten o six. The moment of greatest eclipse in La
happens at eleven twelve. That's when about half the Sun's going to be covered
as the moon passes in front of it at five point fifty. We're going
to be talking with the deputy director of the Griffith Park Observatory about what to
expect, how to safely see it here in LA and where you can watch
the total eclipse. Despite what the Supreme Court said, the Biden administration is
moving forward with forgiving more student loan debt. President Biden will be announcing the
latest round of debt forgiveness at a campaign event today in Wisconsin. Spirit Airlines
is adding new flights between San Jose and LA The low cost carrier is going
to start flying two flights daily between the two cities on June fifth. It's
also going to offer five new destinations out of San Diego. The first we'll
start operating two Sacramento later this week. Let's say good morning now to the
founder of the Malibu Farmers Market. It's Deborah Bianco. Good morning, Deborah,
good morning. How are you today? Fabulous? You've got a big
event coming up. It's the Malibu Farmers Market. Pause for the cause I'm
really excited about we do. It's April fourteenth. April fourteenth, okay,
so tell us about this because it's build as one of the largest rescue events
in Los Angeles. So what are people going to see when they when they
come out? Okay, you know, we we do it as an annual
event usually, and the good news is that what are they going to see?
Lots of different rescues, man, you know, and it's comfortable,
but they're not all on top of each other. If you're looking for a
little furry friend to bring home, bring a friend there. There's brunch because
if you conjunction with the farmer's market and these rescue you know, they really
don't have a platform to go to. They're out there, they're they're they're
rescuing. We have fosters, but they have nowhere really to display them out
in the open. You know, in Malibu's a keating location. I mean,
they have lots of I'm not dropping names because they're not going to but
these animals find good homes there. They really really do. So you're saying
they might have a famous new mommy or daddy, they usually do. Yeah
and yeah, yeah, and you know this was at once a year thing.
We're going to do it on a quarterly basis and we have small scale
ones there that were starting to do you know when you usually see them like
in how should I say a front of stores and stuff. Well, we'll
have one or two there on the weekends, but on a quarterly basis,
it could be I don't know how many, but maybe one hundred animals.
Okay, you know that's a that's a lot to pick fub it is and
uh now, Deborah, it's not just dogs and cats, right, Well,
it depends. Last year we had Portland miniature horses, we had monkeys.
We've had so I don't know. Because it's down to the deadline,
people are still signing up, okay, so you never know what you just
might find. But lots of pups and kitties because those are going to be
the main attraction for most people who can get that. I mean, if
you want to miniate your horse, it's a little more specialized. But well,
you know what we had last time when I say miniature horses, we
had the miniature therapy horses, so they could actually show the public. They
weren't really up the rescue, but they could use donations and show the public
what they do with the people and most children. Okay, And it's happening
in Malibu at the Farmer's Market, and you know, it's a kind of
an exclusive area, but everybody's welcome to come and see it and check it
out. Right, Oh my god, yes, yes, you know.
And another thing that we're known for, it's not just well see that's part
of our missions. Just so you know, the Cornucopia Foundation founded the Farmer's
Market, so it can it could do. Two of our missions is one,
of course, animal outreach, and the other is environmental education. Okay,
So we started, we used to do. We had our own property,
we taught environmental education. We were the first in northern California, excuse
me, southern California to get hands on education in the schools. But now
what we do. We got a platform. This Farmer's Market's a great platform
to bring many many nonprofits together to educate people. So when we're not we're
not doing rescues. We're doing now okay. And it's the farmers market.
And tell us where and when again, all Malible Farmers wonket every Sunday,
rain and shine nine to two. It's located on a civic centor way.
And if you have a navigator, just put in Malible Farmance Market form you're
right there. Okay. And there's going to be a bunch of animals up
to like one hundred animals plus. You said brunch. What's the brunch?
Well, you know, the former's market is known for their cafe area.
Okay, we have we have rotating chefs, We have really really good food
there and we have about twenty five tables and chairs where people could sit down,
tablecloths, enjoy a day malable. When people come to all Market,
yes they're coming to shop to get the fruits of their veggies. But the
food is the food. I mean, will notice of that we hand select
all vendors. They have to be invited to All Market. They just don't
get it because they have the money and we have the loan. Okay,
there's a standard to uphold for the Malibu Farmers Market. I love that,
okay. And if people want to find out more information, is there a
website they can go to. They can go to the website. They can
go to the website now beforeleswalket dot net. Instagram's constantly getting updated Malibu Farms
Market. Yeah, I love that, okay, Deborah, thank you so
much for your time. We hope that you have a wildly successful weekend and
find lots of new homes for little pups and cats and maybe even you know,
a little horse or bunnies, all kinds of things. And yes,
yes, please please, if you're listening to this, spread the word,
bring a friend, let's find homes, and thank you for this time.
You got it. It's pause for a cause at the Malibu Farmers Market.
Coming up this weekend. Thanks Debrah, Let's get back to some of the
stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A powerball ticket sold
in Portland, Oregon has met all six numbers for the one point three billion
dollar jackpot. The numbers were drawn after a three hour delay on Saturday.
Lottery officials said one state needed more time to complete required procedures that are meant
to protect the security and integrity of the game, so they gave it to
him. Nationwide, seven tickets were sold, matching five of the six numbers.
They're worth a million dollars. None of those was sold In California,
A suspected shoplifter has been killed running away from a store in West Hills.
Another was seriously hurt. The pair was running out of a TJ Max after
allegedly robbing the store yesterday when they ran in front of a car and were
hit. A woman in a Tesla has been arrested for allegedly driving the wrong
way on the ten Freeway, causing a crash that killed a nineteen year old
driver and hurt his two teenage passengers. The Fire Department says the thirteen and
fifteen year olds have major injuries. The Tesla driver was also hurt in the
crash early yesterday, which happened in the westbound lanes at Overland Avenue. Parks
in La could soon have life life saving equipment installed. A couple of years
ago, Michael of Science father suddenly went down in cardiac arrest while they were
playing soccer at a city park in La. His dad lived and his son
told the La City Council's Neighborhoods Committee last week every park should have an automated
external defibrillator. I always like to the park first responders who arrived in a
matter of minutes with automated external difficult lators. The committee agreed, and now
the full council could look for one point four million dollars in funding. There's
an average of three emergencies a year where an AED was used at a city
site. Michael Monks KFI News. New Jersey has experienced nearly forty after shocks
following Friday's magnitude four four point eight quake. The US Geological Survey says the
quake was the strongest to hit the East Coast in a few years. Seismologists
say they expect more after shocks in the coming week, especially near the epicenter
in Reddington, New Jersey. A makeshift ferry has sunk off the northern coast
of Mozambique, killing ninety four people. The boat sunk yesterday afternoon. Says
it was overcrowded and many of those who drowned were children. An official says
there were one hundred and thirty people on board. Several were rescued and are
in the hospital. Fifteen states are expected to go dark for a few minutes
in the middle of the day as the moon eclipses the Sun today. Millions
of people are traveling to those states in hopes of catching the celestial event,
which will be seen from Texas all the way up to Maine. Experts are
reminding people to use safety glasses when looking at the Sun and a filter on
the phone if using it to watch the sun. The eclipse is expected to
draw the biggest crowd in North America. Ever, a lot of people could
miss the celestial event, though because of clouds, clear skies are only predicted
from northern New England to Canada. Several swastikas have been plastered on buildings,
sidewalks, roads, and street signs around Santa Monica, the graffiti showed up
yesterday. Police are investigating, but say no arrests have been made. Crews
have started removing cargo containers from the ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key
Bridge and ball More, causing the bridge collapse last month. Coast Guard officials
say Cruz are making good progress toward getting pieces of the bridge off the ship
so they can take the weight off of it and start to move it.
The Army Corps of Engineers said last week they're hoping to have access to the
Port of Baltimore restored by the end of next month. Country star Morgan Wallen
has been arrested for allegedly throwing a chair from a rooftop bar in Nashville Metropolis.
Two officers were standing outside the bar shortly before eleven last night when they
saw the chair hit the sidewalk just a few feet away from them. Witnesses
say Wallen tossed the chair and then laughed about it. We're just minutes away
from a handle. On the news this morning, Israel is pulling out of
the southern city of hon Yunis, but they're far from done with the war.
Telling you the latest on that, but right now it's time to talk
at clips. So let's say good morning to the deputy director of a Griffith
Park Observatory, Mark Pine. Good morning, Mark, Good morning Amy.
How are you. I'm doing great. It's a big day for you,
guys, I would imagine. And so tell us I want to do eclipse
one on one. So tell us what happens when an eclipse happens. So
when an eclipse happens, the Moon moves in front of the Sun. It's
a new moon, so you wouldn't normally see it in the sky, and
it moves in front of the Sun. And though the Sun is four hundred
times larger than the moon, the Moon is four hundred times closer to the
Earth, and so they are exactly sized. So that the Moon can completely
cover the disk of the Sun as we see it in the sky. That's
a total eclipse. If it takes less than one hundred percent of the surface
of the Sun, then that's a partial eclipse. And that's what folks will
see in Los Angeles. Okay, And since we're getting a partial, how
much of the Sun is going to be covered here? About fifty percent.
Oh, so that's a pretty so we'll see it we'll see the light dim
right, Well, the Sun is incredibly bright, and this is obviously this
is obviously a moment for a little safety message, which is don't look at
the Sun without proper eye protection because the sun people hear that there's an eclipse,
and they think, well, half of the Sun means half as much
light. And to a certain extent, that's true. But the problem is
as a point source of light, the Sun is so bright that you really
can't safely look at it until literally the moment before perhaps it's totally eclipsed.
Ninety nine point nine percent of the Sun is still bright enough to harm you.
Okay, So, and and that's the reason for eclipse glasses, not
sunglasses. They don't count. But are eclipse glasses still available? That's an
interesting question. Certainly. I'm actually in Ohio at the line in the line
of Totalityoh, okay, there are not many available here, at least so
far as I've been able to find. In Los Angeles, I think you
have a better chance, but you need to get them quickly, because the
partial eclipse in Los Angeles starts today at ten o six and runs through twelve
twenty two, And so you've only got a couple hours to get out to
the store and try to get a pair of eclipse glasses. Okay, and
what it starts at ten oh six. What's the moment of the greatest eclipse?
When when half the sun will be blocked? It's about halfway through.
It happens to be at eleven twelve, So that's when people can go outside
and they'll see about half of the sun blocked by the moon. Okay,
through their glasses. They can also do a pin hole projector Oh yeah,
I wanted to ask you about that. Yep. You poke a little hole
in like a piece of cardboard, and then you have the sun shine through
it onto preparably a white surface, and you'll be able to see the bite
out of the sun. You can also take a mirror and reflect it onto
a white surface. Just make sure you do not reflect that light into someone
else's eyes. Okay, So reflect a mirror onto a white surface. I
remember doing the poking the hole into the piece of cardboard when I was a
kid. We did it at school one day, I think, so I'm
like, the very practical, it's a very practical way to have kids watching
eclipse along the path of totality. In a lot of places, schools decided
they didn't want to try and deal with all of this. And also because
you know, people might want to be with their family, So a lot
of schools here are out of session today so kids can stay at home and
watch the eclipse with their parents. Very cool. And if you do have
the glasses, can you just look at the sun indefinitely or do you still
need to limit your viewing time? Yeah, you really don't want to stare
at the sun. The eclipse glasses are very good, but the sun is
very intense, and uh, you should just look at it periodically. And
the other thing is put your glasses on before you look at the sun.
I know that sounds a little odd, it does, but I think it's
a good reminder. Yeah. Yeah, So just everybody, you just want
to be safe. Just be safe, Just be safe. You wouldn't normally
look up at the sun anyway. The eclipse is something that's happening, but
fundamentally in Los Angeles the sun looks exactly the same and it has all of
the same destructive tendencies. Okay, so then I have a question for you
for looking at the sun, which no, don't do it. But like
if you do look at the sun, even for just a moment, it's
like you your eyes start to hurt, like you can't look at it for
very long. So does that hopefully prevent anybody who might be dumb and kicked?
It is? That is your body trying to warn you to stop doing
something. The only problem can be that the discomfort may not come fast enough
to protect some eye damage. So it just really is something where you want
to be just as careful as you've been the rest of your life in looking
at the sun, which is not looking at the sun. Okay, So
you mentioned Mark that you are in Ohio. Why are you in I mean,
obviously for the eclipse, but you're doing something for the Griffith Park Observatory
in conjunction with the eclipse. I am not. I Actually my mom actually
bought a house thirty five years ago that happened to be near the center line
of the passive totality in Cleveland, and so it was just too much to
avoid coming here and celebrating that with her and standing on the front lawn and
watching the eclipse. Most of the observatory team is actually in Texas. The
foundation, our foundation sponsored to Trips one to Mexico one to Tech Texas.
Texas had the best chance of clear weather, But unfortunately I found out last
night that the broadcast team that we sent is on their way I think probably
right now to Little Rock, Arkansas, where the weather is looking like it's
going to be clearer, and here in Cleveland, where we've got a pretty
good chance. So we got very lucky against the against the odds for this
time of year. Okay, And so for areas where there is cloud cover,
it's still going to get dark. You just won't be able to see
it. For areas in the past of totality, it gets dark. This
eclipse is about twice as long in the totality area as it was in twenty
seventeen. So it's three and a half to four minutes of totality where it
will get dark and street lights come on and animals behave oddly and it really
is I know this is the last one in the United States for twenty years,
but there are other ones around the world. If you have if you
have an ability to get to one, I strongly encourage you to do it.
It's not just one more thing. It's sort of a transformative thing to
have happened. And I say that as a person who often stayed behind and
only saw his first total eclipse in twenty seventeen and then realized, Oh,
this is what the big deal is about. So were you up in Oregon
for the last one? I actually went to the center part of the United
States because by that time Oregon and Idaho and Montana were completely full and sold
out and crazy extensive. So I flew to Kansas City and drove into Nebraska
and watched from a public park on the outside of a little town called Beatrice
and got a glimpse of it, just between clouds on one side and clouds
on the other side. But during totality it just sort of popped through.
Okay, and the Griffith Observatory, you've got the teams there are there.
I'm guessing they're filming it. So we're not having an event at the observatory
today. We decided to focus on the live broadcast of the total eclipse,
Okay, and our team was until last night in Belston, Texas, and
now they are going to be trying to broadcast today from Little Rock, Arkansas.
Okay, Well, that would be for people in Los Angeles. Who
can't get to totality to see the total eclipse on the Griffith Observatory broadcast and
you just go to Griffithbservatory dot org and the link and everything is right there
Griffith Griffith Observatory dot org. Okay, great, Thank you so much.
Mark. I hope you enjoy watching the eclipse with your mom. What a
special treat that's going to be. And for everybody else out there. If
you don't have the glasses, don't look. But I love your recommendations about
poking the hole in a piece of cardboard and looking at it that way,
or getting the reflection of a mirror onto a white surface. Either one will
work, but don't look at the sun. Absolutely great to talk to you.
Happy eclipse day. All right, thank you so much. That was
Mark Pine, the deputy director of the Griffith Park Observatory. It's gonna be
a big day. I can't wait. It is time for Dodger baseball.
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