WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:05.839 You're listening to KFI AM six forty Wake Up Call with me Amy King on 2 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:11.960 demand on the iHeartRadio app Tuesday, March fifth. I'm Amy King. Thanks 3 00:00:11.960 --> 00:00:15.199 for getting your day started with us today and you know what today is, 4 00:00:15.359 --> 00:00:29.399 right Super Tuesday. Poles open at seven o'clock. They'll be open until eight 5 00:00:29.399 --> 00:00:34.119 o'clock for in person voting. Of course, you can also drop ballots at 6 00:00:34.200 --> 00:00:40.240 like hundreds of different locations. Go'll prove all the experts wrong. They're saying 7 00:00:40.320 --> 00:00:44.439 voter turnout is going to be less than thirty percent in La County. You 8 00:00:44.479 --> 00:00:48.600 can change that. Here's what's ahead on wake Up Call. Three seats on 9 00:00:48.640 --> 00:00:52.960 the La County Board of Supervisors and seven seats on the La City Council are 10 00:00:53.079 --> 00:00:58.079 up for grabs in today's primary election. DA George Gascone is also facing eleven 11 00:00:58.200 --> 00:01:02.719 challengers in his bid for a second term. Measure HLA is also on the 12 00:01:02.719 --> 00:01:07.319 ballot in La. That's the road diet measure that would mandate replacing traffic lanes 13 00:01:07.359 --> 00:01:11.239 for bike and bus lanes. Expect gas and electricity prices to go up a 14 00:01:11.280 --> 00:01:18.239 lot. A California Air Resources Board has released a report that says amendments to 15 00:01:18.400 --> 00:01:23.879 the state's low carbon fuel standards could drive gas prices up thirty seven cents a 16 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:26.480 gallon this year, and then even more down the road. The price of 17 00:01:26.519 --> 00:01:32.040 gas in California is averaging four to eighty three a gallon. Nationally, it's 18 00:01:32.120 --> 00:01:36.400 three thirty five. A new immigration law in Texas is headed to the US 19 00:01:36.439 --> 00:01:41.040 Supreme Court. Justice Alito issued an order putting the law on hold yesterday for 20 00:01:41.120 --> 00:01:44.000 at least a week while the High Court takes a look at it. It 21 00:01:44.040 --> 00:01:49.120 would allow local police to arrest people crossing the border illegally. The law was 22 00:01:49.159 --> 00:01:52.680 blocked by a federal judge, but that ruling has been overturned and now it's 23 00:01:52.760 --> 00:01:56.200 headed up to the Supreme Court for a louxie. At six oh five, 24 00:01:56.200 --> 00:02:00.680 it's handle on the news. Some are surprised by a Supreme Court justice take 25 00:02:00.799 --> 00:02:04.439 on whether former President Trump can be on the ballot in Colorado. Bill's going 26 00:02:04.439 --> 00:02:07.239 to tell you about that. Let's get started now with some of the stories 27 00:02:07.280 --> 00:02:09.240 coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. One of the most closely 28 00:02:09.400 --> 00:02:15.240 watched races in this election is for the US Senate seat held by the late 29 00:02:15.400 --> 00:02:20.599 Dianne Feinstein. Looks to be a close contest between Democrats Katie Porter and Adam 30 00:02:20.639 --> 00:02:25.560 Schiff and Republican former Dodger Steve Garvey. The top two finishers will advance to 31 00:02:25.599 --> 00:02:30.400 a runoff in the general election in November. New faces are slated to represent 32 00:02:30.560 --> 00:02:35.360 southern California in the US House. Two incumbents are seeking the same promotion and 33 00:02:35.400 --> 00:02:39.080 two others are retiring. That leaves four House seats open. Fifteen candidates are 34 00:02:39.120 --> 00:02:44.240 vying for the thirtieth House district, currently represented by Democrat Adam Schiff. He's 35 00:02:44.319 --> 00:02:47.800 running for the US Senate along with fellow Democratic incumbent Katie Porter. Her forty 36 00:02:47.840 --> 00:02:53.000 seventh district in Orange County has ten candidates on the ballot. Competitive races have 37 00:02:53.039 --> 00:02:57.919 also emerged to replace retiring Democratic incumbents Tony Cardiness in the twenty ninth district and 38 00:02:57.960 --> 00:03:01.680 Grace Napolitano in the thirty first. Michael Monks KFI News, an ex employee 39 00:03:01.719 --> 00:03:07.800 of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Pasadena It's been sentenced for using federal COVID money 40 00:03:07.400 --> 00:03:13.199 to pay off his real estate debt. US Attorney spokesman Kirian McAvoy says the 41 00:03:13.240 --> 00:03:16.919 man also used the governmental loans to fund an illegal marijuana farming project. He 42 00:03:17.000 --> 00:03:23.680 pleaded guilty last year to defrauding a government sponsored loan program designed to help people 43 00:03:23.680 --> 00:03:29.879 and businesses survive the COVID nineteen pandemic's economic impact. A judge yesterday sentenced the 44 00:03:29.919 --> 00:03:32.439 man to two years probation and handed him a ten thousand dollars fine. The 45 00:03:32.520 --> 00:03:37.000 man admitted to lying on his loan application in twenty twenty, and pleaded guilty 46 00:03:37.080 --> 00:03:39.560 last year to account of wire fraud. A man and a woman have been 47 00:03:39.639 --> 00:03:44.599 killed in a fiery car crash in Alta, Dina. HP s's officers were 48 00:03:44.639 --> 00:03:49.560 called Di Loma View Drive just after midnight. They found the car flipped over 49 00:03:49.800 --> 00:03:53.120 and engulfed in flames. Fire crews had to pull the pair out of the 50 00:03:53.159 --> 00:03:57.560 wreckage. Both died at the scene. The cause of the crash not yet 51 00:03:57.639 --> 00:04:01.120 known. The laped says a guy's been busted trying to steal an autonomous vehicle 52 00:04:01.199 --> 00:04:04.360 an employee of way Mosas. The white Jaguar sedan had just dropped off a 53 00:04:04.360 --> 00:04:08.400 passenger in Your First Tomine in downtown LA. When the guy jumped into the 54 00:04:08.479 --> 00:04:11.400 driver's seat and tried to put the car into gear. The employee said they 55 00:04:11.400 --> 00:04:14.159 were alerted Saturday night about the attempt to mess with the car, and through 56 00:04:14.280 --> 00:04:17.240 remote communications inside the vehicle, they tried to warn the guy and told him 57 00:04:17.240 --> 00:04:20.120 to exit the car. He refused, so they called the police, who 58 00:04:20.199 --> 00:04:24.560 then arrested the thirty three year old A short time later. He was booked 59 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:28.839 for attempted grand theft auto. Steve Gregory kay off I News, Let's stay 60 00:04:28.839 --> 00:04:33.839 good morning now to ABC and five thirty eight senior elections analyst Jeffrey Skelly. 61 00:04:34.480 --> 00:04:42.160 Busy day for you today on Jeffrey, Yes, Super Tuesday is always the 62 00:04:41.560 --> 00:04:46.160 busiest day of the election calendar until you get to the actual general election in 63 00:04:46.199 --> 00:04:49.560 November. You know, I think most of the attention is on the Republican 64 00:04:49.600 --> 00:04:56.800 presidential race. They are fifteen states voting in that particular contest, but Democrats 65 00:04:56.839 --> 00:05:00.759 have sixteen races of their own on their presidential contest. And then I also 66 00:05:00.800 --> 00:05:04.040 have five states including California, with down ballot primaries. So yes, very 67 00:05:04.079 --> 00:05:09.560 busy day. Okay, So let's take a look at it by the numbers. 68 00:05:09.959 --> 00:05:13.879 Since you guys are the experts with the numbers, what are we looking 69 00:05:13.920 --> 00:05:17.360 at like in the presidential race? Does Nikki Haley have any chance of winning 70 00:05:17.399 --> 00:05:21.560 any states or is it just going to be Trump Trump Trump. Well, 71 00:05:21.600 --> 00:05:25.639 that is really the big question. I don't know. Trump is going to 72 00:05:25.680 --> 00:05:30.600 win most everywhere, and really the question is can Haley break through? You 73 00:05:30.639 --> 00:05:36.439 know, my guests would be no, based on what we're seeing in polls. 74 00:05:36.480 --> 00:05:40.600 However, I would say that, you know, her best states are 75 00:05:40.639 --> 00:05:46.079 probably going to be places that are maybe the Republican electorate is going to be 76 00:05:46.199 --> 00:05:50.879 a bit less conservative, in part because it allows non Republicans to vote like 77 00:05:51.839 --> 00:05:57.079 independence, say in a place like Massachusetts or Virginia, which is an open 78 00:05:57.079 --> 00:06:01.839 primary state with no voter registration. And then there's also Vermont, which is 79 00:06:01.879 --> 00:06:06.480 somewhat similar in that respect, and then maybe a place like Colorado. Otherwise, 80 00:06:06.560 --> 00:06:09.560 though, I mean a lot of the states in the South are going 81 00:06:09.639 --> 00:06:14.199 to vote very heavily for Donald Trump. You know, say like California with 82 00:06:14.519 --> 00:06:18.319 Republicans have a closed primary, so most of the people participating will identify as 83 00:06:18.360 --> 00:06:23.560 Republican, they'll be registered as Republican, but most of those people will identify 84 00:06:23.600 --> 00:06:27.120 as Republicans. So I would I would expect Trump to do quite well in 85 00:06:27.160 --> 00:06:30.519 California. I'm going to be interested to see what happens in Colorado since the 86 00:06:30.560 --> 00:06:34.160 Supreme Court just decided yesterday that yes, he can be on the ballot. 87 00:06:34.199 --> 00:06:39.399 So it'll be interesting to see, you know, what the vote count is 88 00:06:39.480 --> 00:06:43.120 on that, just as oh yeah, absolutely, you know it's interesting we 89 00:06:43.120 --> 00:06:46.519 actually had no polling in Colorado. I thought someone would have come in and 90 00:06:46.560 --> 00:06:54.240 asked about Trump on the ballot and Trump off the ballot among Republican potential Republican 91 00:06:54.279 --> 00:06:59.839 primary voters. But to be fair, Colorado hasn't has only recently started using 92 00:06:59.879 --> 00:07:03.279 a presidential primary, and so perhaps that was perhaps it was challenging to get 93 00:07:03.279 --> 00:07:05.759 a rid of that race. But you know, I, as in most 94 00:07:05.800 --> 00:07:11.439 places, I would expect Trump to be to be favored to win, Okay, 95 00:07:11.879 --> 00:07:15.680 And so because it's it's well, it's Hailey Trump on the primary. 96 00:07:15.720 --> 00:07:23.199 And then on the Democratic side there are there are contenders against Joe Biden on 97 00:07:23.399 --> 00:07:28.759 some of the ballots. But are they expecting because it's really kind of a 98 00:07:29.839 --> 00:07:32.839 ford, it's expected to be kind of a slam dunk, are they expecting 99 00:07:32.920 --> 00:07:38.720 voter turnout to be high or low or do we know? I mean, 100 00:07:38.720 --> 00:07:43.759 on the Democratic side, I would expect relatively low turnout when you have a 101 00:07:44.240 --> 00:07:47.600 situation where, now I know this might seem a little paradoxical, because on 102 00:07:47.639 --> 00:07:51.720 the one hand, what I was going to say is Biden is so heavily 103 00:07:51.720 --> 00:07:56.720 favored to win renomination that I would expect to see relatively low turnout because there's 104 00:07:56.720 --> 00:07:59.399 not much of a race there. Now on the Republican side, you could 105 00:07:59.519 --> 00:08:01.839 argue there's how much of a race there either. However, you do have 106 00:08:01.879 --> 00:08:07.439 a really noteworthy candidate and Haley still challenging Donald Trump, whereas on the Democratic 107 00:08:07.519 --> 00:08:13.040 side, I mean you have Dean Phillips. Technically Maryon Williamson apparently has gotten 108 00:08:13.079 --> 00:08:18.560 back into the race officially unsuspended her campaign. But these candidates are not remotely 109 00:08:18.600 --> 00:08:24.240 in Haley's league in terms of their sort of notoriety and their their campaign apparatus. 110 00:08:24.639 --> 00:08:30.279 So in that sense, the Republican contest is much more heavily contested. 111 00:08:30.480 --> 00:08:35.639 And if you're an independent voter, and even if you're a Democratic leaning independent 112 00:08:35.720 --> 00:08:39.039 voter, the race where maybe your vote would would seemingly make a difference would 113 00:08:39.039 --> 00:08:41.840 be more on the Republican side than the Democratic one. So if you're in 114 00:08:41.879 --> 00:08:45.639 a state where you can vote in that primary, you know, I would 115 00:08:45.679 --> 00:08:50.200 expect some of those voters to participate in the GOP contest instead of the Democratic 116 00:08:50.240 --> 00:08:56.440 one, and then Jeffrey by the numbers, barring any surprises after today, 117 00:08:58.360 --> 00:09:01.039 if Trump does as well as he's expected down, he's expected to like he's 118 00:09:01.120 --> 00:09:05.840 leading in some of your polls by thirty forty percent. Is there any path 119 00:09:05.919 --> 00:09:11.759 for Nikki if Trump does as well as expected today? Oh, I would 120 00:09:11.759 --> 00:09:16.399 say there hasn't been a path for Nicki Haley for some time, just to 121 00:09:16.440 --> 00:09:18.440 be just to be frank about it, you know, if the goal is 122 00:09:18.480 --> 00:09:22.039 to win now? Is her goal now to win or is her goal to 123 00:09:22.080 --> 00:09:28.600 sort of carry on the mantle of maybe a more traditional Republicanism or what have 124 00:09:28.679 --> 00:09:31.919 you. If if that's her goal, then she could keep going regardless of 125 00:09:31.960 --> 00:09:35.600 the results today. So it's kind of tough to know. I mean, 126 00:09:35.600 --> 00:09:39.919 the way she stated things previously is that she would at least take it to 127 00:09:39.960 --> 00:09:43.039 Super Tuesday, So you know, she very well could drop out tonight. 128 00:09:43.399 --> 00:09:45.639 Okay, I guess we'll have to wait and see. Well, thank you 129 00:09:45.639 --> 00:09:50.639 so much for the sharing the numbers and your numbered predictions, will call them. 130 00:09:52.240 --> 00:09:54.080 Hey, Well, thank you so much for having me, all right, 131 00:09:54.120 --> 00:09:56.759 take care. Jeffrey Skelley. If you want to follow Jeffrey also, 132 00:09:56.159 --> 00:10:05.840 you can follow him at Jeffrey VS at Jeffrey spelled Geoff r e y VS. 133 00:10:07.440 --> 00:10:09.639 Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty 134 00:10:09.679 --> 00:10:11.960 four hour newsroom. Six to eleven feet of snow has fallen on the Sierra 135 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:16.240 Nevada in this latest storm. That's great news for California snowpack. We're now 136 00:10:16.320 --> 00:10:22.159 up to one hundred and four percent of normal for this date and ninety four 137 00:10:22.240 --> 00:10:26.759 percent of our April first average, so we've come a very long way in 138 00:10:26.799 --> 00:10:31.159 a couple months. Lead scientist at the UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab, 139 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:35.480 Andrew Schwartz says the snowpack in January was just twenty eight percent of normal. 140 00:10:35.480 --> 00:10:39.879 What a change, huh. He says. The state should reach one hundred 141 00:10:39.919 --> 00:10:43.879 percent of its April first average, and might even get there a couple weeks 142 00:10:43.879 --> 00:10:46.480 early. We get so few of these years where we have an abundance of 143 00:10:46.559 --> 00:10:50.720 water and we don't have to worry about drout, and hopefully this will pay 144 00:10:50.759 --> 00:10:56.879 off in the summer as well with lowering wildfire dangers. Schwortz says, it's 145 00:10:56.960 --> 00:11:00.519 nice to not have some sort of water crisis for a second year in a 146 00:11:00.600 --> 00:11:03.639 row. After years of drought. Orange County has been named the hardest place 147 00:11:03.720 --> 00:11:09.240 to find an apartment in California. Study by rent Cafe shows ninety six percent 148 00:11:09.279 --> 00:11:13.200 of apartment complexes are full. Owner and president of Coldwell Banker Diamond Alex Horowitz 149 00:11:13.240 --> 00:11:16.679 has been in property management in sales for over thirty six years, and he 150 00:11:16.720 --> 00:11:20.960 says interest rates in the market are forcing people to rent. We've also noticed 151 00:11:22.039 --> 00:11:26.759 new developments coming in apartments, but they also seem to be more luxury driven 152 00:11:28.000 --> 00:11:31.799 in higher rents. Horowitz says. Another issue is that large corporations are buying 153 00:11:31.840 --> 00:11:37.039 single family homes and taking away opportunities from families and small investors who would normally 154 00:11:37.080 --> 00:11:41.480 rent the properties at a cheaper price. Chris Adler KFI News. Five people 155 00:11:41.480 --> 00:11:45.720 have been killed when a small plane crashed near a highway in Tennessee. National 156 00:11:45.759 --> 00:11:50.039 Police say the pilot made an emergency call early Friday night reporting engine trouble. 157 00:11:50.120 --> 00:11:54.759 They say was given clearance to make an emergency landing, but radio back saying 158 00:11:54.799 --> 00:11:58.279 the plane wouldn't get to the airport. Officials say it burst into flames when 159 00:11:58.320 --> 00:12:03.440 it hit the ground. Lawmakers in Colorado have shot down a bill that would 160 00:12:03.440 --> 00:12:09.440 have classified embryos and fetuses as a person. It would have allowed prosecutors to 161 00:12:09.480 --> 00:12:13.759 criminally charge mothers who got an abortion, and also said any judge who overruled 162 00:12:13.759 --> 00:12:18.159 a provision of the bill could be impeached. Claudia Perez with Planned Parenthood or 163 00:12:18.159 --> 00:12:22.159 the Rocky Mountain says the bill went too far and could have had dire situation 164 00:12:22.200 --> 00:12:26.919 consequences. The reasons we're concerned about that at Planned Parenthood is that bills like 165 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:31.399 these are abortion then bills, and they seek to strip away access to care 166 00:12:31.559 --> 00:12:37.519 for Colorado's The bill's only sponsor, Republican Scott Bottoms, introduced a similar, 167 00:12:37.639 --> 00:12:41.679 unsuccessful bill last year. The Kelsey brothers are going to be honored in Cleveland 168 00:12:41.799 --> 00:12:46.879 with bubbleheads at the Cavaliers game Kansas City Chiefs tied end Travis Kelcey and his 169 00:12:46.879 --> 00:12:52.679 brother Jason, who just retired from the Philadelphia Eagles yesterday, are Cleveland natives 170 00:12:52.679 --> 00:12:56.759 and have long supported the basketball team. The many Kelsey's will be given to 171 00:12:58.120 --> 00:13:03.879 a select number of fans tonight who are decked out in blue calves jerseys with 172 00:13:03.960 --> 00:13:09.480 their respective NFL numbers eighty seven and sixty two. When we come back, 173 00:13:09.679 --> 00:13:13.080 scammers are trying to get your tax refund before you do. And got a 174 00:13:13.120 --> 00:13:18.399 pet, been thinking about getting pet insurance. Joel Larsgart has some thoughts on 175 00:13:18.480 --> 00:13:22.399 that. You're listening to Wake Up Call on Demand from KFI Am six forty. 176 00:13:22.559 --> 00:13:26.759 You already know this. It's Super Tuesday. Here's what we're following in 177 00:13:26.799 --> 00:13:30.960 the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Voters in more than a dozen states, 178 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:35.399 including Colla, California, are casting ballots today. On the California ballot, 179 00:13:35.440 --> 00:13:39.000 Dianne Feinstein's old Senate seat is on the line, with the top two finishers 180 00:13:39.039 --> 00:13:43.320 moving on to the general election in November. Polls we'll open for in person 181 00:13:43.399 --> 00:13:50.039 voting at seven am and be open until eight tonight. Metros offering free rides 182 00:13:50.080 --> 00:13:54.159 on trains, buses, Metro bike share and the ride share Metro Micro for 183 00:13:54.240 --> 00:14:00.639 today's election. Ballot dropboxes are also set up at nine Metro locations, including 184 00:14:00.879 --> 00:14:05.960 Union Station. Well There are smart cars and now Riverside counties making a smart 185 00:14:05.960 --> 00:14:09.440 freeway. Construction on a stretch of the fifteen or Temecula is expected to get 186 00:14:09.519 --> 00:14:15.039 underway this summer, it'll use synchronized signal lights and even allow drivers to use 187 00:14:15.080 --> 00:14:18.399 the shoulder of the freeway during peak hours to reduce the logjam. Have you 188 00:14:18.440 --> 00:14:22.559 been out on the fifteen and Temecula lately or towards Temecula. It's crazy, 189 00:14:24.559 --> 00:14:28.279 a little two lane road and it does seem to be clogged up quite a 190 00:14:28.279 --> 00:14:31.120 bit. At six oh five. It's handled on the news. Bad guys 191 00:14:31.159 --> 00:14:35.919 in the Wheelshare district have figured out how to disarm your surveillance cameras and alarms. 192 00:14:37.039 --> 00:14:39.840 I'll tell you more about that, but right now, let's say good 193 00:14:39.840 --> 00:14:41.919 morning to the host of How to Money on KFI. It's our very own 194 00:14:41.960 --> 00:14:48.080 Joel Larsgard. Good morning, Joel, morning Amy. So we have several 195 00:14:48.159 --> 00:14:52.639 things to talk about today. But first I just saw this story, and 196 00:14:52.679 --> 00:14:56.240 that is that scammers are trying to get your tax refund before you do, 197 00:14:56.559 --> 00:15:00.879 and that affects our money. So let's figure out how to stop. Yeah. 198 00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:03.399 They're so sweet, right, always finding new ways to get into our 199 00:15:03.519 --> 00:15:07.720 savings to basically take money that's ours, And this one has kind of been 200 00:15:07.759 --> 00:15:11.799 around for a long time. Essentially, you go to file your taxes and 201 00:15:11.840 --> 00:15:16.240 you find out kind of towards the end when you attempt to file that somebody 202 00:15:16.279 --> 00:15:20.600 already filed your taxes for you, and you're kind of like scratching your head. 203 00:15:20.799 --> 00:15:24.000 Why would some benevolent citizen do this paperwork on my behalf so that I 204 00:15:24.039 --> 00:15:26.679 don't have to. Well, they're not actually nice people if they're stealing your 205 00:15:26.720 --> 00:15:31.759 refund that's the whole goal of this, right, So scammers are filing taxes 206 00:15:31.759 --> 00:15:35.440 as if they were you taking the refund check. And it is a massive 207 00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:37.559 pain to try to get that money that you are owed back. And a 208 00:15:37.559 --> 00:15:41.519 lot of people count on that tax refund amy just they're kind of planning on 209 00:15:41.559 --> 00:15:43.480 it every year, right, and for a lot of folks it's to the 210 00:15:43.519 --> 00:15:48.360 tune of three thousand dollars somewhere in that vicinity, And so it's a pain 211 00:15:48.440 --> 00:15:52.480 not to have that. It's a massive problem there is. For a long 212 00:15:52.480 --> 00:15:56.399 time, there wasn't really anything you could do. You were just hoping, 213 00:15:56.440 --> 00:16:00.159 crossing your fingers, praying to the deity above the you would not be the 214 00:16:00.240 --> 00:16:04.120 victim here. But the IRS has now implemented pin codes over the last couple 215 00:16:04.120 --> 00:16:07.200 of years. They did a trial run in a few states, and now 216 00:16:07.480 --> 00:16:10.679 you can get a pin code no matter what state you live in, and 217 00:16:10.759 --> 00:16:15.000 so go to IRS dot gov and get sign up for one of these identity 218 00:16:15.039 --> 00:16:18.360 protection pins and do it every year. You have to do this every year. 219 00:16:18.399 --> 00:16:23.799 I would put a reminder on your calendar in mid January when they allow 220 00:16:23.919 --> 00:16:27.960 you to start to start signing up for those pins. Then when you file 221 00:16:27.960 --> 00:16:32.240 your tax return, they won't accept it unless you have the PIN attached. 222 00:16:32.279 --> 00:16:34.679 It's kind of like dual factor authentication when you log into your retirement accounts. 223 00:16:34.679 --> 00:16:37.080 Okay, but then here's the question, what if a bad guy goes in 224 00:16:37.120 --> 00:16:41.240 and gets your pin or gets a pin for you? Okay, that's a 225 00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:45.120 really good question too. Yeah, I don't know, because you have to 226 00:16:45.159 --> 00:16:49.919 submit some personal information. So the IRS is it's a higher threshold to get 227 00:16:49.919 --> 00:16:55.559 that pin because you have to include a lot of different personal information that only 228 00:16:55.600 --> 00:16:59.320 you will likely know. It's a lower threshold to file taxes as if they 229 00:16:59.360 --> 00:17:03.160 were you of that information has been flying around the internet because of breaches like 230 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:08.160 equifaxes in twenty seventeen. But there's an extra threshold to get the pin to 231 00:17:08.599 --> 00:17:14.279 verify your identity there, so I think that's less of a worry. Do 232 00:17:14.400 --> 00:17:18.079 make sure you keep your login to IRS dot gov safe when you get that 233 00:17:18.119 --> 00:17:21.200 pin, because yeah, you don't want that floating around because then, yeah, 234 00:17:21.240 --> 00:17:22.880 your pin's at stake. Okay, Then one other question before we move 235 00:17:22.920 --> 00:17:26.480 on for that, how can they file your taxes without your W two. 236 00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:32.319 That's a yeah, So I don't know how they're getting some of this information 237 00:17:32.599 --> 00:17:36.119 right, and so that's it. Yeah, that's an interesting question. And 238 00:17:36.160 --> 00:17:40.119 sometimes the IRS will accept returns without having every single piece of paperwork there. 239 00:17:40.759 --> 00:17:44.440 I'm thinking about my own taxes right now, and I've got ridiculous amount of 240 00:17:44.440 --> 00:17:48.119 papers. Then I'm I might miss something right, and the IRS will still 241 00:17:48.160 --> 00:17:49.839 accept my tax return. They might come back and say, hey, guess 242 00:17:49.839 --> 00:17:53.200 what you're wrong, or they might say we think you lied, or we 243 00:17:53.240 --> 00:17:56.640 think you owe extra money. But oftentimes it will accept a return even if 244 00:17:56.680 --> 00:18:00.920 it's not one hundred percent complete, if you have it included every single document. 245 00:18:00.119 --> 00:18:04.559 Okay, Okay, let's move on to pet insurance. I have two 246 00:18:04.640 --> 00:18:10.599 kiddies now and going to the vet is not an inexpensive thing like it used 247 00:18:10.599 --> 00:18:12.960 to be, and so now you can get pet insurance. Is it worth 248 00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:18.359 it or is it really just kind of taking your money Okay, so you 249 00:18:18.440 --> 00:18:19.680 said if you had thoughts on this, Joey, I do have thoughts on 250 00:18:19.720 --> 00:18:22.279 this. I do have thoughts on this, and they typically upset pet owners. 251 00:18:22.319 --> 00:18:26.839 And it's not that I'm I don't want I don't want you to not 252 00:18:26.920 --> 00:18:29.559 take care of your pet. I don't want you to not love your pet 253 00:18:29.559 --> 00:18:30.920 and spend money on your pet in the ways that you've budgeted for, in 254 00:18:30.920 --> 00:18:37.240 the ways that you see fit. But pet insurance most of the time isn't 255 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:40.559 a good idea and it's not necessary, and I feel I think for most 256 00:18:40.559 --> 00:18:42.720 pet owners it feels like it's the use of mind is the security blanket, 257 00:18:44.039 --> 00:18:47.039 but it costs a lot of money too, And so it's about the numbers, 258 00:18:47.119 --> 00:18:48.680 right, It's not about making sure that your pet is taken care of 259 00:18:48.759 --> 00:18:52.079 because I want you to instead of buying pet insurance most of the time, 260 00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:56.799 because in some situations it can make sense, But most of the time, 261 00:18:56.799 --> 00:19:00.160 I want you to self insurance. That just means patting your savings account the 262 00:19:00.160 --> 00:19:04.200 tune of hundreds or probably in the case of let's say you have an expensive 263 00:19:04.240 --> 00:19:08.119 breed of dog, probably to the tune of thousands and thousands of dollars, 264 00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:11.279 just in case, And I know what this is, like, I've had 265 00:19:11.319 --> 00:19:14.640 a great day and I remember watching a friend's great day one time and she 266 00:19:14.680 --> 00:19:15.880 cut her paw while she was at our house. And it was a five 267 00:19:15.960 --> 00:19:18.799 hundred dollars fix. And it's probably that was twelve years ago, so it 268 00:19:18.839 --> 00:19:22.880 probably cost a whole lot more now. So it's expensive to make sure that 269 00:19:22.880 --> 00:19:25.960 your pets are taken care of. But when you look at pet insurance, 270 00:19:26.319 --> 00:19:30.519 premiums are skyrocketing, deductibles are going up, there's limits on policy payouts, 271 00:19:30.680 --> 00:19:34.079 claims are getting denied. The pet insurance might not be as good as you 272 00:19:34.160 --> 00:19:37.839 think, it is as good as you want it to be, And so 273 00:19:37.920 --> 00:19:40.480 I think the better thing to do is to just stick more money in your 274 00:19:40.519 --> 00:19:42.839 savings account what you would have paid in premiums, and then a little extra 275 00:19:44.279 --> 00:19:48.279 stick that aside for a rainy pet day, so you have your rainy day 276 00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:52.920 fund for you and your rainy day fund for your pet. Yeah, exactly. 277 00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:56.039 I mean I want people to be properly insured. There's lots of different 278 00:19:56.119 --> 00:20:00.960 kinds of insurance that really makes sense. But it's just like you go to 279 00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:03.440 the electronics store, you buy a laptop and they say do you want the 280 00:20:03.440 --> 00:20:07.559 extended warranty. The answer is always no, it's way too expensive. It's 281 00:20:07.559 --> 00:20:11.720 way too an expensive form of insurance. And now I realize that people want 282 00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:15.000 to make sure that their electronics item isn't at risk, But there are other 283 00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:18.480 ways to do that, and the best way to do that typically, especially 284 00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:21.880 given the low failure rates that we know of a lot of electronics items, 285 00:20:21.880 --> 00:20:25.400 if you do your due diligence ahead of time, you're better off pocketing the 286 00:20:25.400 --> 00:20:29.839 money that you would have spent on the quote unquote insurance and self insuring and 287 00:20:29.839 --> 00:20:33.920 buying something else if something were to go wrong. But buying that policy at 288 00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:36.640 the store is not a good idea. Joel Larsguard, you always make such 289 00:20:36.680 --> 00:20:38.720 good sense. And you can find out more of his good sense. You 290 00:20:38.759 --> 00:20:45.519 can listen to how to Money with Joel Larsgard on KFI Sunday's Noon to two. 291 00:20:45.559 --> 00:20:48.519 You can also follow him at how to Money. Joel. Thank you 292 00:20:48.559 --> 00:20:51.079 so much, Joel, we'll talk to you again next week. Sounds good. 293 00:20:51.079 --> 00:20:52.960 Thanks Amy. All right, let's get back to some of the stories 294 00:20:52.960 --> 00:20:55.799 coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Police in Orange County are 295 00:20:55.799 --> 00:20:57.960 looking for a guy who broke into a barber shop and stole a bolted down 296 00:20:59.000 --> 00:21:02.880 atm. This guy lives across from the shop, says he was awakened by 297 00:21:02.920 --> 00:21:06.880 the commotion early yesterday morning. He was getting in his truck, backing in 298 00:21:06.920 --> 00:21:08.119 and out, backing in and out. You could tell that he was trying 299 00:21:08.119 --> 00:21:11.920 to pull something out of the stores. Security footage shows the guy using a 300 00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:17.000 pickup truck with a toastrap to yank the ATM out of the Golden Touch barber 301 00:21:17.039 --> 00:21:19.000 shop and drag it away. The owner says he showed up to a mess. 302 00:21:19.079 --> 00:21:22.319 I was just in shocks because I've just seen all my heart work and 303 00:21:22.319 --> 00:21:23.799 all my life savings down the drain, like I'll just see a bush of 304 00:21:23.960 --> 00:21:27.839 glass everywhere, Like this place was unrecognizable. He says. Five thousand dollars 305 00:21:27.880 --> 00:21:32.599 in cash was inside the ATM. The business sat about five thousand dollars in 306 00:21:32.680 --> 00:21:37.319 damage. Police say the truck was stolen. News brought to you by Simper 307 00:21:37.400 --> 00:21:41.279 Solari's, a tax attorney in Orange County. It pleaded guilty to not reporting 308 00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:44.960 nearly two million dollars in income. Has been sent to five years probation and 309 00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:48.599 five hundred hours community service. The woman was also accused of embezzling from a 310 00:21:48.640 --> 00:21:53.039 dead person's family trust, but as part of the plea deal, she was 311 00:21:53.079 --> 00:21:57.279 not charged with that crime. She agreed yesterday to pay nearly seven hundred thousand 312 00:21:57.279 --> 00:22:03.119 dollars in restitution and transferred two properties acquired through the trust over to the irs. 313 00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:07.119 Krispy Kreme wants to reward voters for turning in their ballots this Super Tuesday. 314 00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:11.720 The donut chain says people can go to any Krispy Kreme and get two 315 00:22:11.839 --> 00:22:15.720 free original glazed donuts. In my huntbold opinion, those are the best ones 316 00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:22.799 anyway. They say it's their own version of Super Tuesday twos day. You 317 00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:25.240 don't need to show any proof of voting, but they say getting the I 318 00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:27.799 Voted sticker never hurts. When we come back, we're going to be checking 319 00:22:27.839 --> 00:22:32.440 out with ABC Stordana Miller to find out about a potential rift in the ruling 320 00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:37.559 party in Israel over a meeting with Vice President Harris. You're listening to a 321 00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:41.119 wake up call on demand from KFI Am six forty. Here's where we're following 322 00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:45.759 in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Three seats on the La County Board 323 00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:49.039 of Supervisors and seven seats on the La City Council are up for grabs in 324 00:22:49.119 --> 00:22:56.599 today's primary. DA George Gascone is also facing eleven challengers in his second term 325 00:22:56.720 --> 00:23:00.480 bid Measure HLA also on the ballot in Lost Angelus. That's the road diet 326 00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:06.920 measure that would mandate replacing traffic lanes for bike and bus lanes on thousands of 327 00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:11.480 miles of roadway. Forecasters say no widespread drought is expected in the Golden State 328 00:23:11.680 --> 00:23:15.960 through early twenty twenty six. The prediction by ACI Weather Forecast comes on the 329 00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:19.759 heels of one of the coldest snowiest winter storms that California's seen this year. 330 00:23:21.039 --> 00:23:23.599 More than seven feet of fresh powder fell in some locations across the Sierra over 331 00:23:23.640 --> 00:23:29.119 the weekend, and more snow is expected through midweek. A new immigration law 332 00:23:29.160 --> 00:23:33.000 in Texas is headed to the US Supreme Court. Justice Alito issued an order 333 00:23:33.039 --> 00:23:36.680 putting the law on hold for at least a week while the High Court takes 334 00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:40.200 a look at it. It would allow local police to arrest people crossing the 335 00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:42.839 border illegally. Was set to take effect this weekend. The law was blocked 336 00:23:42.839 --> 00:23:47.720 by a federal judge, but that ruling was overturned and that's why the Supreme 337 00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:49.880 Court's taken a look. At six oh five, it's handled on the news, 338 00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:55.079 and immigration law in Texas that would let local police make arrests is on 339 00:23:55.119 --> 00:23:57.160 hold. As I just mentioned, Bill's going to be talking about it. 340 00:23:57.200 --> 00:24:00.519 At five point fifty. A total eclipse of the sun is just a month 341 00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:04.240 away. ABC's Jim Ryan says, for some it's going to be a big 342 00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:10.559 boon for business. Right now, let's say good morning to ABC's Jordana Miller 343 00:24:10.640 --> 00:24:15.839 in Jerusalem. Jordana, Israeli Cabinet member Benny Gantz met with Vice President Harris 344 00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:22.720 yesterday. Why was Prime Minister Netanyahu's so peeved about that? Yeah, it's 345 00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:26.039 a great question. Well, first of all, General Benny Gantz is one 346 00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:33.519 of Nataniell's most formidable rivals. He helped push him out of power a few 347 00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:37.960 years ago, then he came back temporarily during COVID. He's the most popular 348 00:24:38.160 --> 00:24:44.240 politician in Israel, empoised to be the next prime minister, and of course, 349 00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:48.839 on the back of tensions between Nataniel and the administration, you know, 350 00:24:49.119 --> 00:24:56.960 he's suspicious of Gance going to Washington when he would really be like he would 351 00:24:57.000 --> 00:25:02.839 like to be the one going to Washington and represent venting Israel's views. Having 352 00:25:02.880 --> 00:25:07.440 said that, there's a lot for GNS to talk about. He's a former 353 00:25:07.640 --> 00:25:11.240 defense minister, he used to head the Israeli Army. He's in the war 354 00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:15.400 cabinet, he is part of you know, he's been part of planning and 355 00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:21.119 executing this war since October seventh. So you know, if the administration is 356 00:25:21.160 --> 00:25:26.279 looking for, you know, an inside look at what's happening, guns will 357 00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:32.960 be able to provide that, obviously within certain limits, and also to bring 358 00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:37.440 back a message from the United States about how important it is for AID to 359 00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:45.440 get into Northern Gaza. Israel weighing now opening two crossings directly into northern Gaza. 360 00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:52.640 That was going to be part of a hostage deal and ceasefire arrangement. 361 00:25:53.119 --> 00:25:57.920 But as those negotiations continue, it looks as if Israel's going to move first 362 00:25:59.119 --> 00:26:03.880 to get the AID in whether or not we get a deal. Okay, 363 00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:12.319 well that's that's obviously good news. So yeah, So I'm so confused about 364 00:26:12.359 --> 00:26:17.480 why why Gance, Why that was a problem for him to meet with Harris, 365 00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:22.880 I mean, because who sees it is undermining him exactly? He sees 366 00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:27.359 it as a threat YEP and undermining him. He called Gance and I think 367 00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:34.559 tried to convince him not to go, but that didn't really work, you 368 00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:41.039 know. And you know when Metaia, who buts heads with US presidents and 369 00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:45.799 administrations, there have often been people in the background that talk to the United 370 00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:52.640 States and try to smooth things over. Metanie well could have he could have 371 00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:57.920 welcomed Gans's trip there and sent messages and other things instead of having, you 372 00:26:57.960 --> 00:27:03.960 know, an adversary position to the visit. But even back when Natanyao used 373 00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:10.880 to clash with President former President Barack Obama about the Iran nuclear deal, there 374 00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:18.400 were close close people in nataniel circle who were also talking to American officials, 375 00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:25.279 such as General Gabi Ashkenazi who was then part of the Defense establishment. So 376 00:27:25.880 --> 00:27:30.359 you know, this has happened before. But Natanyao, you know, he 377 00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:36.440 he likes to stay the number one, you know, person on the political 378 00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:40.759 scene for Israel in this scene as kind of cutting them out a little bit. 379 00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:44.519 Yeah, I mean it's happened here in the US too, And I 380 00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:45.880 see that, Like, if you don't want to feel like you were end 381 00:27:45.880 --> 00:27:49.480 arounded by somebody, like you know, follow that chain of command. So 382 00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:56.200 I get that. So you mentioned that it was making efforts to reopen the 383 00:27:56.240 --> 00:28:02.200 truck routes and what other aid is getting in there, is the situation starting 384 00:28:02.279 --> 00:28:08.519 to improve or at all. Well, there's been several air drops another one 385 00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:14.480 today that the US took part in with Jordan and other regional partners, which 386 00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:19.960 helps. But we have to remember the air drops they can never really replace 387 00:28:21.640 --> 00:28:25.079 the amount of aid that can get in on trucks because usually an air drop 388 00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:29.000 will be the amount of one or two trucks. But you know, at 389 00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:33.960 its best, we've seen two hundred trucks come into the Gaza strip and that's 390 00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:37.119 already been half of what used to come in during peacetime and only a small 391 00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:44.240 fraction or getting to northern Gaza. So you know, air drops are helpful, 392 00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:48.160 that they can't they can't really solve the problem. That's why there has 393 00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:52.319 to be, you know more, there has to be some kind of I 394 00:28:52.319 --> 00:29:00.359 think international coalition that helps safe the safeguard the delivery of aid. The problems 395 00:29:00.400 --> 00:29:04.839 really the delivery of aid and it's getting it in because the goal is to 396 00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:08.200 not have Hamas take it and make sure that they're not getting any kind of 397 00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:14.960 weapons or any other supplies, right, you would think right that there the 398 00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:21.880 international coalition could help search those vehicles or something to speed this up. Right, 399 00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:26.480 It's really about protecting them from local gunmen and Hamas who also attack the 400 00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:32.640 trucks and want to take some for their own groups. Yeah, and that 401 00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:37.319 creates you know, the kind of deadly incident we saw last week where you 402 00:29:37.359 --> 00:29:41.400 know, there were several incidents along that convoy, one that did involve the 403 00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:47.319 Israeli Army firing on some gosens who approached a tank, but most of the 404 00:29:47.359 --> 00:29:52.319 people who died in that event, you know, from Israel's initial assessment and 405 00:29:52.359 --> 00:29:56.960 their continuing to look on it, most of those died in local gunfire and 406 00:29:57.039 --> 00:30:03.480 stampedes further up in the in the convoy of further up in the number of 407 00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:08.039 trucks that got through to northern Gaza. So you know, something has to 408 00:30:08.119 --> 00:30:11.960 change or we're going to see more of this. Yes, the people are 409 00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:18.799 lawless, lawless, Yeah, lawlessness is only increasing in Gaza as as Israel 410 00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:26.039 takes a part Hamas and begins to really make gains on the battlefield and defeat 411 00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:30.440 them. You know, they were they were the police, they were Hamas 412 00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:36.279 was everything. So you can see how without when Hamas has been hit hard. 413 00:30:37.119 --> 00:30:40.839 You know, UNRA, the un agencies can come in, but even 414 00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:45.359 there it's complicated. No easy answers on this one, and we're very appreciative 415 00:30:45.359 --> 00:30:48.640 that we have you there to help us sort it out. Thanks to you, 416 00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:51.480 Dana Miller. We'll talk again soon, Thanks so much. All right, 417 00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:52.559 Yeah, let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the 418 00:30:52.599 --> 00:30:56.720 KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Voters in California you're going to be deciding the 419 00:30:56.759 --> 00:31:00.000 future of mental health care in the state as they fill in primary battle. 420 00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:06.799 Governor Newsom says the six point four billion dollar measure will dramatically increase asset access 421 00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:11.400 to treatment beds and support of housing. He says Prop one would fix years 422 00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:15.039 of failure to address the mental health crisis. Opponents of the measure say with 423 00:31:15.119 --> 00:31:21.240 slash funding for already successful programs. A professor in Costa Mesa's teaching Civil Discourse 424 00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:23.480 tips to gen Z voters who head to the polls by the millions for the 425 00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:29.359 first time this Super Tuesday. Vanguard University Political Science Assistant professor Eunis Kang says 426 00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:32.920 the goals taught to gen Z students could be useful to all voters. First, 427 00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:36.599 instead of listening to geurope for a response and answer, why don't we 428 00:31:36.640 --> 00:31:40.559 try listening just to listen. Second, students are taught don't demonize because people 429 00:31:40.599 --> 00:31:44.799 are more than their political beliefs. Number three, we can disagree without being 430 00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:48.400 disrespectful. Number four, don't contradict because you won't convince. Number five. 431 00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:52.440 Be a peacemaker, not a troublemaker. Gen Z Student voters are also taught 432 00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:57.079 to be wary of misinformation presented as news. In Orange County Corbin Carson k 433 00:31:57.200 --> 00:32:01.880 if I news, the dreaded misinf Springles has announced the return of its honey 434 00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:07.240 mustard flavor that's not misinformation. The company says the flavor has an incredibly passionate 435 00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:12.960 fan base and people were very upset when it was discontinued in twenty twenty two. 436 00:32:13.119 --> 00:32:15.920 It says it got thousands of social media posts begging for its return, 437 00:32:16.400 --> 00:32:21.920 and now the crisps are going to be back on shelves for good. You're 438 00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:25.400 listening to Wake Up Call on Demand from KFI Am six forty. Here's what 439 00:32:25.400 --> 00:32:29.920 we're following in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Voters in more than a 440 00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:34.880 dozen states, including California, casting ballots today on the California ballot, Dianne 441 00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:37.640 Feinstein's old Senate seats on the line, with the top two finishers moving on 442 00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:42.920 to the general election in November. Polls again open for in person voting or 443 00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:45.880 to drop off your ballots from seven this morning till eight tonight. Well, 444 00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:52.480 there are smart cars, and now Riverside County is making a smart freeway construction 445 00:32:52.640 --> 00:32:57.759 on a stretch of the fifteen near Temecula that traditionally is a nightmare for travelers 446 00:32:57.880 --> 00:33:01.319 is expected to get under way this summer. It'll use synchronized signal lights and 447 00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:06.920 even allowed drivers to use the shoulder of the freeway during peak hours to help 448 00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:09.440 reduce the logjam. Police are looking for a guy who broke into a barber 449 00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:15.240 shop and orange and stolen atm that was bolted down. Security camera footage shows 450 00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:19.599 the guy using a pickup with a toe strap to yank the ATM out of 451 00:33:19.640 --> 00:33:22.519 the Golden Touch barber shop early yesterday morning. The atm had about five thousand 452 00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:27.319 dollars cash in it. We're just minutes away from handle on the news this 453 00:33:27.440 --> 00:33:32.599 morning. Lawmakers in France have made abortion a constitutional right let's say good morning 454 00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:37.119 now to ABC's Jim Ryan. At the time, I was falling. Look 455 00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:45.039 now, I'm only falling apart. Turn around right ice. There's nothing I 456 00:33:45.119 --> 00:33:51.680 can do a totally clips of they tier, Jim Ryan, how many times 457 00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:54.000 have you heard that this morning? And you're talking to different radio stations? 458 00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:57.480 Oh? Ok, nubers three? All right? I thought I was being 459 00:33:57.720 --> 00:34:01.279 like so fun and creative Google eclipse song, and that's the one that's gonna 460 00:34:01.319 --> 00:34:05.000 pop up. It's not as though you can find a lot of others out 461 00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:07.319 there. Might be the only one. Okay, So we got a total 462 00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:10.159 eclipse coming up. Yes, and if you've ever seen a full solar eclipse, 463 00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:15.360 you know it's something pretty spectacular. And we got another one coming right. 464 00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:17.039 I think the last one was twenty seventeen and it was dark for a 465 00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:20.480 little while. I remember that very well. But this one is going to 466 00:34:20.519 --> 00:34:23.239 be different. It's going to be a total eclips Well, it's not at 467 00:34:23.239 --> 00:34:30.559 the heart of the sun. So this one is gonna take a different path 468 00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:35.840 than the last one because the last one was hit totality in Oregon, and 469 00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:39.880 Oregon was a nightmare if you wanted to get there because so many people went 470 00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:43.599 to go see it, all right. Yeah, well, and a lot 471 00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:45.320 of people are going to come and see this one too, especially here in 472 00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:52.559 Texas, because we picture a beauty queen winner. Remember the little card the 473 00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:57.039 monopoly when the guy wins the beauty contest and he's got that sash across his 474 00:34:57.159 --> 00:35:01.519 chest. Okay, Texas has a sash across it running from the southwest to 475 00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:07.159 the northeast that goes through places like Uvaldi, It goes up through San Antonio, 476 00:35:07.199 --> 00:35:13.039 through Waco, Austin and Dallas Fort Worth, and then up into Arkansas 477 00:35:13.119 --> 00:35:17.880 and beyond finally going off the coast up in Nova Scotia. So Texas, 478 00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:22.639 and I think we're going to have twelve somewha million people who will be in 479 00:35:22.679 --> 00:35:25.000 the path of totality. And that is in the dark for a few minutes 480 00:35:25.039 --> 00:35:30.360 anyway. And so yeah, some of these communities you are expecting an influx 481 00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:32.719 of people and they're celebrating that. The place called Hillsboro, Texas, which 482 00:35:32.760 --> 00:35:37.840 is about forty miles south of here of Dallas Fort Worth, it's got a 483 00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:44.800 day long celebration plan concerts and food and a big festival atmosphere going on just 484 00:35:44.840 --> 00:35:47.639 to celebrate that four and a half minutes of darkness that the town of Hillsboro 485 00:35:47.719 --> 00:35:51.679 will see. That's one of the longest stretches of totality though in the whole 486 00:35:51.679 --> 00:35:54.400 world, so they're trying to capitalize on that. Other places though, down 487 00:35:55.400 --> 00:36:01.159 south of Waco, the Bell County Commissioners have declared a state of emergency because 488 00:36:01.199 --> 00:36:05.159 they think that traffic is going to be overwhelmed. Nine to one to one. 489 00:36:05.159 --> 00:36:07.599 Operators is going to be overwhelmed because so many people are coming in. 490 00:36:07.679 --> 00:36:10.760 I think it's a reflection of how many people are expected around here amy well. 491 00:36:10.800 --> 00:36:14.840 And there's a lot of room for people to go. So, like 492 00:36:14.920 --> 00:36:16.039 I said, when it was in Oregon, I didn't think get to go 493 00:36:16.119 --> 00:36:19.079 up for it, but I'm from there, and so I talked to a 494 00:36:19.119 --> 00:36:23.159 lot of people who went and saw it. Campgrounds were completely booked. And 495 00:36:23.199 --> 00:36:27.360 then like in eastern Oregon, which is like high Plains, it's sort of 496 00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:32.320 like Texas. They had just these great, big patches of land that people 497 00:36:32.360 --> 00:36:37.440 were renting out spots, I mean, no amenities, but they probably brought 498 00:36:37.480 --> 00:36:43.280 in porta potties and stuff. But it wasn't developed camping by any stretch. 499 00:36:43.559 --> 00:36:46.320 But people came by the hundreds of thousands. Yeah, well, they'll do 500 00:36:46.360 --> 00:36:51.000 that again this time around. And textually there's kind of ground zero for that. 501 00:36:51.079 --> 00:36:54.360 And you know, social media being what it is, it's easy for 502 00:36:54.400 --> 00:37:00.360 a town like Hillsboro or even Dallas for worth, or places that will be 503 00:37:00.519 --> 00:37:04.880 in the path of the of the shadow to get word out about things going 504 00:37:04.920 --> 00:37:08.920 on, and word spreads and people start booking flights down to Texas or booking 505 00:37:08.920 --> 00:37:15.920 flights on the American Southwest I think Delta. They all these airlines have eclipse 506 00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:21.519 flights that they're launching, so they'll you'll start in San Antonio. I assume 507 00:37:21.639 --> 00:37:23.360 you know, take off from San Antonio around the time of the eclipse. 508 00:37:23.360 --> 00:37:28.239 It'll be dark on the airplane. You'll continue northeast up through Dallas and then 509 00:37:28.760 --> 00:37:32.639 Russellville, Arkansas, then Carbondale and you know, so you'll stay beneath the 510 00:37:32.800 --> 00:37:37.519 shadow of the moon. It'd be like flying at night, right, And 511 00:37:37.639 --> 00:37:39.639 it's so special, but you know, it's one hundreds of dollars and so 512 00:37:39.840 --> 00:37:44.159 the airlines are certainly will need to capitalize on it too. Yeah. And 513 00:37:44.199 --> 00:37:47.280 then but you said that the one area declared a state of emergency. I 514 00:37:47.280 --> 00:37:52.760 would imagine business owners though they're expecting a pretty big spike in business during Oh 515 00:37:52.800 --> 00:37:55.360 absolutely yeah, with that, with or without the emergency declaration, people are 516 00:37:55.360 --> 00:38:00.239 going to be coming in and spending time in Bell County down there. I've 517 00:38:00.239 --> 00:38:04.000 been through Bell County many times, been through. I haven't bothered to stop, 518 00:38:04.119 --> 00:38:07.800 but you know, there you go. But and other companies also, 519 00:38:07.920 --> 00:38:12.519 Okay, you've heard of Warby Parking. Warby Parker makes eyewear glasses. Well, 520 00:38:12.559 --> 00:38:17.039 they're offering free eclipse viewing glasses that will protect your eyes and hoping that 521 00:38:17.239 --> 00:38:22.400 you know, people will try on their sunglasses their Warby Parker land seeing I 522 00:38:22.519 --> 00:38:24.880 like these make I'll go buy some actual glasses from Warby Parker. They know 523 00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:29.239 what they're doing. It's not an accident, yeah, exactly. So it's 524 00:38:29.239 --> 00:38:31.880 coming up April eighth, right, yes, And if you are going to 525 00:38:31.920 --> 00:38:36.880 go, like I said, Oregon was flooded, so I'm imagining that everywhere 526 00:38:36.920 --> 00:38:38.639 along that path of the eclipse is going to be So if you want to 527 00:38:38.639 --> 00:38:43.000 make if you actually want to go and see it from I haven't seen it 528 00:38:43.559 --> 00:38:45.719 here. It's very cool. If you want to see it in person, 529 00:38:45.719 --> 00:38:49.760 then you start making your plans sooner rather than later, right, Figuring out 530 00:38:49.760 --> 00:38:52.800 where you'll be for those few minutes. There's an app that I downloaded this 531 00:38:52.840 --> 00:38:57.559 morning, the Eclipse App, which is free, and it tells you that 532 00:38:58.079 --> 00:39:00.920 how long until the eclipse, tells you where to go in the various states 533 00:39:00.960 --> 00:39:04.639 I think thirteen states where you'll be able to see this. You pay a 534 00:39:04.679 --> 00:39:08.159 little extra money and you can get cool features like the cloud prediction. The 535 00:39:08.199 --> 00:39:14.320 cloud forecast based on historical data. Right April eighth is sometime, it's over 536 00:39:14.360 --> 00:39:16.599 a month, so they don't know what the cloud cover will be like in 537 00:39:16.679 --> 00:39:21.880 Hillsboro. But this app has taken a look back at historical data for April 538 00:39:21.960 --> 00:39:24.599 eighth in the past, and it'll tell you the percentage of times that the 539 00:39:24.639 --> 00:39:28.320 sun has been blocked by the cloud, so you can adjust your route. 540 00:39:28.440 --> 00:39:30.880 Yeah, that would be a downer. You go all the way to Texas 541 00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:34.320 to see the solar eclipse and it's cloudy. I thanks so much, Jim 542 00:39:34.400 --> 00:39:37.079 Ryan, have a great day. See Amy. Let's get back to some 543 00:39:37.079 --> 00:39:38.440 of the stories coming out of the Camfi twenty four hour newsroom. People in 544 00:39:38.480 --> 00:39:43.760 Pasadena may finally be able to sleep through the night without their windows shattering. 545 00:39:44.000 --> 00:39:47.039 That's because an alleged serial window breaker has been arrested. It's scary. 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