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 --> 00:00:11.279 demand on the iHeartRadio app. Good morning, I'm Amy King. So glad 3 00:00:11.279 --> 00:00:15.080 you're starting your day with us today. I started my day with another wildlife 4 00:00:15.119 --> 00:00:19.000 spotting. A couple weeks ago, I was telling you that I've had possums 5 00:00:19.000 --> 00:00:25.640 on the porch, coyotes crossing the road, rabbits running across the walkway, 6 00:00:25.719 --> 00:00:29.679 and this morning it was raccoons. There was two of them. They're so 7 00:00:30.120 --> 00:00:34.759 cute. I know they're vicious little things, but they're so cute anyway. 8 00:00:34.840 --> 00:00:38.799 So that's my latest wildlife spotting. Can't wait to see what I see next. 9 00:00:39.520 --> 00:00:43.359 It's also happy. It's not happy equal pay Day, but it's equal 10 00:00:43.399 --> 00:00:48.320 payday. So March thirteenth is the date that symbolizes, ladies, you're going 11 00:00:48.359 --> 00:00:51.320 to love this. How far into the year women have to work to earn 12 00:00:51.359 --> 00:00:55.079 what men earned in the previous year, so it's sort of like that tax 13 00:00:55.159 --> 00:00:59.000 Freedom Day. The Labor Department says women in the US earned about twenty percent 14 00:00:59.079 --> 00:01:03.519 less than men on average last year. Happy news. Right, here's what's 15 00:01:03.519 --> 00:01:07.760 ahead on wake up Call. Voters in Georgia, Hawaii Mississippi and Washington are 16 00:01:07.760 --> 00:01:14.599 all casting ballots in presidential primaries today. Former President Trump could clinch the nomination 17 00:01:14.760 --> 00:01:18.840 today, he'd earn enough delegates to put him over that finish line. President 18 00:01:18.840 --> 00:01:23.959 Biden's expected to have enough delegates by next week's primaries. A proposal in the 19 00:01:23.959 --> 00:01:30.840 state Assembly to provide state funded legal assistance to illegal immigrants trying to avoid deportation 20 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:34.920 and set up residency, even those with felony convictions, is headed for a 21 00:01:34.920 --> 00:01:41.000 hearing today before the Assembly Committee on the Judiciary. Didn't anyone spell check. 22 00:01:41.280 --> 00:01:46.840 The Lakers say spelling errors that fans have found on the new Kobe pry Bryant 23 00:01:46.920 --> 00:01:52.120 statue outside Crypto dot com arena are going to be fixed. Several players' names 24 00:01:52.120 --> 00:01:56.640 are misspelled, among other things. The statue was unveiled last month. The 25 00:01:56.879 --> 00:02:00.040 Lakers organization says it has known about the errors for a few weeks. Now 26 00:02:00.879 --> 00:02:04.359 at six oh five, it's handled on the news. President Biden has taken 27 00:02:04.359 --> 00:02:08.120 the wraps off his election year budget. It includes five point five trillion dollars 28 00:02:08.120 --> 00:02:13.680 in tax hikes on the wealthy and businesses. Let's get started with some of 29 00:02:13.680 --> 00:02:16.360 the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Beach cleanup crews 30 00:02:16.360 --> 00:02:21.080 have found more than one thousand pounds of oil waste from an oil machine off 31 00:02:21.080 --> 00:02:23.879 the coast of Huntington Beach, and that includes eighty five gallons of oil that 32 00:02:23.960 --> 00:02:29.800 came from the water. Coastguards Richard Yurunga says unconfirmed testing could points a natural 33 00:02:29.879 --> 00:02:32.840 underwater sea pitch. It didn't look like it came from the oil rigs at 34 00:02:32.840 --> 00:02:38.080 all OC Supervisor Katrina Foley says that testing is like comparing fingerprints. They can 35 00:02:38.159 --> 00:02:44.120 compare the samples to oil that is produced from a platform, from a pipeline, 36 00:02:44.159 --> 00:02:47.639 that might be in a vessel discharge, or that is seeping from the 37 00:02:47.719 --> 00:02:53.599 ocean floor. Oil sheine was first reported Thursday in Orange County Corbin Carson KFI 38 00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:58.639 news. People who live near the Chikida Canyon landfill can now apply for relocation 39 00:02:58.840 --> 00:03:02.599 services and assistance. The landfill operators set up a website to offer aid in 40 00:03:02.639 --> 00:03:07.319 response to a request from La County Supervisor Catherine Barger. People have complained for 41 00:03:07.439 --> 00:03:12.680 months about the landfill producing toxic chemicals and polluting the air, water, and 42 00:03:12.800 --> 00:03:16.199 land on the site and in neighboring communities. The Russian Defense Ministry says a 43 00:03:16.199 --> 00:03:22.400 military transport plane with fifteen people on boards crashed during takeoff. Officials say there 44 00:03:22.439 --> 00:03:27.159 were eight crew and seven passengers. There's no word on whether anyone survived. 45 00:03:27.319 --> 00:03:30.639 Top intelligence officials have warned of threats coming from the southern border. During a 46 00:03:30.680 --> 00:03:37.039 hearing on Capitol Hill yesterday, FBI Director Christopher Ray said the FBI seized enough 47 00:03:37.080 --> 00:03:42.039 ventinel in the last two years to kill two hundred and seventy million people. 48 00:03:42.520 --> 00:03:47.319 He says some smuggling networks also have ties to ISIS. Other concerns discussed included 49 00:03:47.360 --> 00:03:53.599 potential actions by Russia, Iran, and China, and risks posed by advances 50 00:03:53.639 --> 00:03:57.759 in AI. They also talked about the ongoing Israel Hamas war. We're to 51 00:03:57.759 --> 00:04:00.719 find out more about what the intelligence officials are wanted warning about with ABC's Luke 52 00:04:00.800 --> 00:04:04.960 bar that's coming up at five fifty, so about forty five minutes from now. 53 00:04:14.319 --> 00:04:16.399 That was a fun moment, wasn't it. Ryan Gosling could be the 54 00:04:16.439 --> 00:04:19.879 reason about nineteen and a half million people tuned in to watch the oscars this 55 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:26.600 year. ABC says Sundays show had the highest ratings in four years. Viewership 56 00:04:26.639 --> 00:04:30.639 peaked in the final half hour. That's when Gosling got the entire audience on 57 00:04:30.720 --> 00:04:33.759 its feet, singing and dancing to I'm Just Ken. The last quarter also 58 00:04:33.800 --> 00:04:39.759 included Oppenheimer's Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Picture wins. The Academy 59 00:04:39.839 --> 00:04:43.439 experimented with the show this year, with an earlier start time and five former 60 00:04:43.519 --> 00:04:47.000 Best Actor winners announcing the Big four acting categories. I thought that was a 61 00:04:47.079 --> 00:04:50.600 nice touch. It's five oh six on your wake up call. Let's say 62 00:04:50.600 --> 00:04:58.279 good morning now to ABC's Tom Rivers. Tom Haiti is a mess. So 63 00:04:59.480 --> 00:05:02.160 before we talk about what just happened today, what has been going on in 64 00:05:02.199 --> 00:05:08.680 Haiti for the last few weeks. Yeah, last few weeks ramped up chaos. 65 00:05:08.839 --> 00:05:13.920 We've seen the they've always been there, but the effect flexing of muscles 66 00:05:13.959 --> 00:05:20.279 by the armed gangs there doing a number of things, basically ransacking a number 67 00:05:20.319 --> 00:05:28.360 of police stations, going to the main prison and releasing some four thousand inmates. 68 00:05:29.199 --> 00:05:33.600 They control the port Port de Prince. They're really calling the shots and 69 00:05:33.639 --> 00:05:38.399 as of right now, Ariel, I'll read the Prime minister, interim prime 70 00:05:38.399 --> 00:05:43.439 minister. He kind of stepped in after the assassination of Moees almost three years 71 00:05:43.480 --> 00:05:47.560 ago. Now he's kind of stuck on his own in Puerto Rico. So 72 00:05:47.600 --> 00:05:51.720 we sent a video addressed to the people of Haiti saying, look, I'm 73 00:05:51.720 --> 00:05:57.160 stepping down. My name will be kind of the head of the government until 74 00:05:57.160 --> 00:06:00.240 a transition government can be somehow hammer out. But we're not there yet. 75 00:06:00.800 --> 00:06:09.279 So yeah, a lot of insecurity and things are not moving forward in Haiti 76 00:06:09.360 --> 00:06:13.480 right now. Security council regrouping saying look, what can we do. Maybe 77 00:06:13.519 --> 00:06:16.839 we can get a force in there to help quell some of the violence, 78 00:06:16.879 --> 00:06:20.920 but of course that will take time and money. The US has ramped up 79 00:06:20.959 --> 00:06:27.319 additional financial aid, so we're kind of in a holding pattern. And again 80 00:06:27.720 --> 00:06:31.560 there are calls for com but maybe that's landing on deaf ears with regard to 81 00:06:31.759 --> 00:06:35.399 the real power in charge right now, the armed gangs. Okay, so 82 00:06:35.439 --> 00:06:40.199 I want to talk about the armed gangs a little bit. A couple of 83 00:06:40.240 --> 00:06:43.240 things. Do they have an agenda? Are they just out there running a 84 00:06:43.279 --> 00:06:49.399 monk basically running a mock But they also are so arrogant at this stage they 85 00:06:49.399 --> 00:06:54.360 say, look, if we're going to be having a round table discussion on 86 00:06:54.399 --> 00:06:57.000 who's going to run the country from this point on, we want a seat 87 00:06:57.480 --> 00:07:00.920 at that table. So we'll see how that one works out. But as 88 00:07:00.959 --> 00:07:04.759 I say, right now, it's kind of mad Max land there. And 89 00:07:05.040 --> 00:07:11.519 you know we've been there before. We're talking about decades upon decades of disquiet 90 00:07:12.160 --> 00:07:16.480 in Haiti, sadly, and then where are the police and the military in 91 00:07:16.519 --> 00:07:19.920 all of this? When the I mean, are they just you said they've 92 00:07:20.079 --> 00:07:25.079 gone and taken over police stations and ports and airports and stuff. I mean, 93 00:07:25.120 --> 00:07:29.000 are are the police and military just retreating or what's going on there? 94 00:07:30.079 --> 00:07:34.319 Yeah, they're kind of basically retreating there. They are weak and again they 95 00:07:34.439 --> 00:07:41.120 don't have the strength to combat the gangs. What about the military in Haiti, 96 00:07:41.240 --> 00:07:46.160 same story, they are they cannot put up a fight against the gangs 97 00:07:46.240 --> 00:07:49.720 right now. So it is what it is. We are where we are 98 00:07:50.439 --> 00:07:58.040 and going forward going to be very very interesting and delegate delicate diplomacy. It's 99 00:07:58.079 --> 00:08:01.160 going have to be employed to try to you know, right the ship in 100 00:08:01.240 --> 00:08:05.360 Haiti, And again it's it's we've had problems in the past. We've kind 101 00:08:05.360 --> 00:08:09.480 of thought we've solved some problems, but guess what they always always come back 102 00:08:09.519 --> 00:08:13.839 there, okay, And is whatever government is left in Haiti are they requesting 103 00:08:13.920 --> 00:08:18.480 assistance, like saying, hey, you in come help us. Oh yeah, 104 00:08:18.519 --> 00:08:22.480 exactly. I mean the calls are there, and the question is they 105 00:08:22.519 --> 00:08:26.879 need them yesterday? Yeah, so it's we're kind of a you know, 106 00:08:26.959 --> 00:08:30.480 and then these calls you hear it. There was a meeting yesterday in Jamaica 107 00:08:31.240 --> 00:08:33.840 with regional leaders saying, look, what can we do? How can we 108 00:08:35.080 --> 00:08:39.159 help facilitate a political transition? All of that kind of talk is important, 109 00:08:39.240 --> 00:08:45.679 it is it's it's it's useful, it's needed, but it doesn't you know, 110 00:08:45.879 --> 00:08:50.799 it doesn't solve the problem today. So yes, hopefully fingers crossed, 111 00:08:50.039 --> 00:08:54.919 some kind of calm can descend, if it is possible, until we get 112 00:08:54.919 --> 00:08:58.519 to a point where we can get some kind of a consensus in agreement that 113 00:08:58.679 --> 00:09:03.320 yes we can. It's sold yet another government in Haiti, and see how 114 00:09:03.360 --> 00:09:07.840 that one flies. Man. Haiti just can't catch a break. They had 115 00:09:07.879 --> 00:09:13.919 that earthquake and then didn't they have a hurricane come through exactly, And again 116 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:18.759 that's been a one two punch in addition to the endemic poverty that has been 117 00:09:18.759 --> 00:09:20.159 there and as I say, for many many years. Indeed, Yeah, 118 00:09:20.200 --> 00:09:24.399 I was just going to ask about the people, what is the condition for 119 00:09:24.919 --> 00:09:28.720 just the people who are trying to survive there. Well, again, you 120 00:09:28.799 --> 00:09:33.320 had some pretty basic ones. Is there food there now, Yes, there 121 00:09:33.399 --> 00:09:35.879 is, but it's dwindling. And as I say, the gangs control the 122 00:09:35.919 --> 00:09:41.159 ports right now. So food, medicine fill in the blank if you need 123 00:09:41.159 --> 00:09:46.120 you know, you need medicine for whatever condition. And you're running low right 124 00:09:46.159 --> 00:09:50.919 now, you're probably pretty worried. Wow, Okay, So we'll just stay 125 00:09:50.960 --> 00:09:56.320 in our holding pattern until somebody makes the decision on something. Hopefully they get 126 00:09:56.360 --> 00:09:58.919 control of this place. It's so sad to see like it's such a beautiful 127 00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:03.200 or it was a beautiful place, you know, and to see it overrun 128 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:07.399 like this is Oh, you're absolutely right. It could be something different, 129 00:10:07.480 --> 00:10:09.799 but you know it is. It is what it is, all right. 130 00:10:11.080 --> 00:10:13.799 ABC's Tom Rivers, thank you so much. If you want to follow Tom, 131 00:10:13.799 --> 00:10:18.039 it's at Tom Rivers ABC. Let's get back to some of the stories 132 00:10:18.039 --> 00:10:20.759 coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. On bath of all SpaceX 133 00:10:20.799 --> 00:10:28.440 Welcome Home astronauts from four countries have returned to Earth aboard a SpaceX capsule one 134 00:10:28.480 --> 00:10:33.000 hundred and ninety nine days after they lifted off Dragons Plot down. Four crew 135 00:10:33.000 --> 00:10:35.200 members, one each from Japan, Denmark, Russia, and the United States, 136 00:10:35.240 --> 00:10:39.639 have dropped gently into the Gulf of Mexico to await the recovery boats. 137 00:10:39.080 --> 00:10:41.759 I was wondering when they were going to get back. ABC's Jim Ryan says 138 00:10:41.759 --> 00:10:46.320 the crew returned from the International Space Station about six months up there. One 139 00:10:46.360 --> 00:10:48.600 member said he couldn't wait to hear birds singing in the trees and that he 140 00:10:48.639 --> 00:10:54.320 was craving crunchy food. Lots of crunchy food for you. I'm sure the 141 00:10:54.559 --> 00:10:58.519 La Innocence Project will ask a judge to allow them to get additional evidence from 142 00:10:58.600 --> 00:11:03.240 a conted killer, Scott Peterson's first trial. It's part of an effort to 143 00:11:03.240 --> 00:11:07.600 clear his name twenty years after he was convicted of killing his wife, Lacy 144 00:11:07.960 --> 00:11:13.480 and their unborn child. Peterson is currently serving a life sentence with no chance 145 00:11:13.559 --> 00:11:16.679 for parole. Investigators are trying to figure out the cause of a fatal crash 146 00:11:16.720 --> 00:11:20.519 involving a forest service truck and two other cars near Yukaipa. Photos from the 147 00:11:20.519 --> 00:11:24.600 scene show a Firefighter crew truck flipped over and vehicle parts scattered all around an 148 00:11:24.600 --> 00:11:30.000 area of Highway thirty eight. The crash happened Saturday afternoon, killing one person 149 00:11:30.120 --> 00:11:33.759 in a civilian vehicle. All nine firefighters in the truck were injured and taken 150 00:11:33.759 --> 00:11:37.000 to a hospital. The firefighters are part of a hotshot crew based at the 151 00:11:37.000 --> 00:11:41.519 Mill Creek fire Station in the San Bernardino National Forest. Hotshot cruis are inserted 152 00:11:41.559 --> 00:11:45.159 into the worst parts of a wildfire. The trucks are large, heavy, 153 00:11:45.159 --> 00:11:50.279 and specially designed for rugged terrain. Steve Gregory Kafi News Education officials in Florida 154 00:11:50.320 --> 00:11:54.600 and civil rights attorneys have reached a settlement over what critics call the Don't Say 155 00:11:54.559 --> 00:11:58.600 a Gay Law. The settlement clarifies that students and teachers will be able to 156 00:11:58.600 --> 00:12:03.639 speak about sexual orientation and gender identity in classrooms as long as it's not part 157 00:12:03.720 --> 00:12:09.480 of instruction. The law prohibiting education on those topics for early grades past Two 158 00:12:09.559 --> 00:12:13.720 years ago, the CDC sent a team to Chicago, where two kids and 159 00:12:13.799 --> 00:12:20.360 a migrant shelter have been diagnosed with measles. The agency urged isolation lockdowns at 160 00:12:20.360 --> 00:12:24.360 the Pilsen migrant shelter, but ABC's Diane Pethew says some people just left. 161 00:12:24.480 --> 00:12:28.799 CDPAH officials say the child infected is in the hospital and in good condition. 162 00:12:30.000 --> 00:12:33.200 This newest case marks the third person in the city to have contracted the dangerous 163 00:12:33.279 --> 00:12:37.759 virus since last Thursday. Chicago Public school officials have asked families to keep their 164 00:12:37.840 --> 00:12:41.879 kids out of school as a precaution, since the two infected kids are part 165 00:12:41.919 --> 00:12:46.080 of the school system. A man's been arrested in New York for allegedly mailing 166 00:12:46.320 --> 00:12:50.320 turtles to his home in Hong Kong. That's illegal. Officials say. The 167 00:12:50.360 --> 00:12:56.120 turtles were found stuffed into four packages at an international mailing facility in Torrance last 168 00:12:56.120 --> 00:13:01.200 month. The eastern box turtles were all crammed into socks. Oh, the 169 00:13:01.240 --> 00:13:05.320 guy could get forty years in prison for turtle smuggling if he's convicted. When 170 00:13:05.320 --> 00:13:09.159 we come back, you're going to be getting a break when you're late. 171 00:13:09.240 --> 00:13:11.799 And if you're saving money, good for you. Too bad the banks aren't 172 00:13:11.799 --> 00:13:16.480 giving you a helping hand on that one. Joe Lars Scott's gonna make sense 173 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:20.200 of it all. Coming up next, you're listening to Wake Up Call on 174 00:13:20.279 --> 00:13:24.600 Demand from KFI Am six forty. Here's what we're following in the KFI twenty 175 00:13:24.600 --> 00:13:26.480 four hour news room. The family of a fifteen year old boy shot and 176 00:13:26.559 --> 00:13:31.799 killed by Sam Bernardino. County Sheriff's deputies say the boy had autism. He 177 00:13:31.879 --> 00:13:35.519 was shot after running toward a deputy with a bladed gardening tool. His sister 178 00:13:35.600 --> 00:13:39.720 had called nine one one saying the boy was attacking family members over the weekend. 179 00:13:39.159 --> 00:13:43.480 The Prime Minister of Haiti has agreed to resign. The capital city of 180 00:13:43.559 --> 00:13:48.440 Porta Prince has been racked by out of control gang violence. Haiti declared a 181 00:13:48.440 --> 00:13:52.840 state of emergency last weekend after gangs banded together and attacked government institutions and airports 182 00:13:54.120 --> 00:13:58.120 and got into the prisons and set about four thousand prisoners free. As I 183 00:13:58.200 --> 00:14:01.960 just mentioned, respr's front man Eric Carmen has died. His wife says he 184 00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:05.600 passed away over the weekend. After the Raspberries broke up in the seventies, 185 00:14:05.639 --> 00:14:11.559 Carmen went on to have a successful solo career with hits like hungry Eyes from 186 00:14:11.600 --> 00:14:15.519 dirty Dancing all by myself and never going to fall in love again. Eric 187 00:14:15.519 --> 00:14:18.279 Carmen was seventy four. At six oh five, it's handled on the news. 188 00:14:18.360 --> 00:14:24.039 A Boeing whistleblower has been found dead in South Carolina. I'll tell you 189 00:14:24.120 --> 00:14:26.080 what happened there right now let's say good morning to the host of how to 190 00:14:26.120 --> 00:14:31.279 Money here on KFI. It's Joel lars Guard. Joel, we're gonna get 191 00:14:31.320 --> 00:14:35.320 a break if we pay our credit card bills late. Oh yeah, So 192 00:14:35.080 --> 00:14:41.000 this is really interesting news. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which is you 193 00:14:41.080 --> 00:14:43.960 know, this arm of the federal government, has issued a new rule. 194 00:14:45.200 --> 00:14:46.720 And when they issue a rule, it tipically takes like sixty days for this 195 00:14:46.799 --> 00:14:50.879 to go into effect. But what they're trying to do is cap late fees 196 00:14:52.320 --> 00:14:56.440 for credit cards. And it's true, they're kind of expensive. They're pretty 197 00:14:56.440 --> 00:14:58.240 exorbitant right now. The average late fee is like thirty two bucks. So 198 00:14:58.320 --> 00:15:03.159 let's say you're paying late on the rag, you might be paying the credit 199 00:15:03.159 --> 00:15:05.159 cards an extra two hundred bucks a year because of these late fees. And 200 00:15:05.200 --> 00:15:09.639 so what the CFPB is saying is, well, hold on a second credit 201 00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:11.559 card companies, this is actually more than it costs you. So we're going 202 00:15:11.639 --> 00:15:15.240 to like lower that cap by quite a bit, down to eight bucks per 203 00:15:15.320 --> 00:15:18.720 late fee. You're still paying interest, but the late fee is likely. 204 00:15:18.080 --> 00:15:22.000 We'll see if this rule actually holds up and gets implemented. It is likely 205 00:15:22.039 --> 00:15:26.320 to cap credit card fees in a big way. Okay, So here's here's 206 00:15:26.360 --> 00:15:30.639 my question on this, because I was this first surface last week and we 207 00:15:30.639 --> 00:15:33.879 were like, okay, so the credit card fees are high. First of 208 00:15:33.919 --> 00:15:39.080 all, why are you paying the credit cards late? And then second of 209 00:15:39.120 --> 00:15:43.080 all, by reducing those fees where it doesn't it doesn't sting as much because 210 00:15:43.120 --> 00:15:46.840 eight bucks is eight is a lot less than thirty two, right, that's 211 00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:52.159 right? And are you more likely to do to pay late because you're like, 212 00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:54.759 oh, it's just eight dollars. That's a really good point. And 213 00:15:54.799 --> 00:15:58.360 so my thing is I actually like credit cards as a method of payment for 214 00:15:58.399 --> 00:16:00.960 so many reasons. They offer superior protections. And let's say there's some sort 215 00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:04.279 of fraud on your account, Well, you're not actually out money from your 216 00:16:04.320 --> 00:16:07.720 checking account as you are with a debit card, so trying to claw it 217 00:16:07.840 --> 00:16:11.799 back from the bank. The credit card is just a great way to pay 218 00:16:11.840 --> 00:16:14.919 if you can use it properly. But only like fifty percent of Americans actually 219 00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:18.480 use it properly. And by using it properly, I mean paying that sucker 220 00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:22.039 off on time and in full every single month. And yeah, if you 221 00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:25.159 do that, if you do what I call it the Golden rules of plastic. 222 00:16:25.360 --> 00:16:27.120 If you're following the Golden rules, you're not going to pay a late 223 00:16:27.159 --> 00:16:30.480 fee. Ever, and so I don't really care if personally, if the 224 00:16:30.480 --> 00:16:33.120 credit cards are charging one hundred and fifty dollars a month late fee, it 225 00:16:33.120 --> 00:16:36.279 doesn't matter. I'm never going to pay it, and I want the same 226 00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:41.639 for everybody out there to And that's why automatic payments are so so crucial, 227 00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:44.480 right, so that you're not missing, you're not paying late just because you 228 00:16:44.559 --> 00:16:48.679 forgot. Like I'm a pretty forgetfulson. I need like Google Calendar saves my 229 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:52.159 life, but so do automatic payments so that I'm avoiding these kinds of things. 230 00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:56.759 So you're right, I wish that this. And the interesting thing is 231 00:16:56.799 --> 00:17:00.559 too. One other thing that's going to happen here is, even though credit 232 00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:02.960 card late fees are going to be capped, do you think, I mean 233 00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:06.680 this is a profit center for the credit card companies, They're going to do 234 00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:10.079 one of a couple different things in response to this one. They might raise 235 00:17:10.119 --> 00:17:12.440 interest rates commensurately to maybe buy a point or two to try to make up 236 00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:15.759 for some of this lost revenue. And then the other thing that might happen, 237 00:17:15.960 --> 00:17:18.039 which isn't the worst thing in the world. But they might start to 238 00:17:18.279 --> 00:17:21.920 reduce or limit credit card rewards that they offer for some of their cards. 239 00:17:22.160 --> 00:17:23.880 So they're going to find some way. They're not just going to be out 240 00:17:23.880 --> 00:17:26.400 this money in all likelihood, they'll find some other way to make up for 241 00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:30.359 it. But yeah, the late fee cap, we'll see if it actually 242 00:17:30.359 --> 00:17:36.160 comes to fruition or not. Because so the financial companies are not happy about 243 00:17:36.160 --> 00:17:38.000 this and they're finding it tooth and nail. Yeah, And okay, So 244 00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:41.400 I want to go back to the golden rules of plastic for a second. 245 00:17:41.400 --> 00:17:45.119 So one is payoff every month, and if you what is the other benefit 246 00:17:45.240 --> 00:17:51.599 of that aside from sticking away from keeping away from late fees. So paying 247 00:17:51.599 --> 00:17:53.440 it off on time and in full every month is going to ensure that you 248 00:17:53.440 --> 00:17:57.200 don't get reported to the credit bureaus and get for late payments and getting that 249 00:17:57.279 --> 00:18:02.119 ding to your credit score, which is so such an important part of your 250 00:18:02.359 --> 00:18:04.839 kind of financial life. Right, So yeah, I want that. That's 251 00:18:04.880 --> 00:18:08.279 crucial if you're gonna if you're gonna use a credit card, I want you 252 00:18:08.319 --> 00:18:11.079 to avoid interests. I want you to avoid late fees, and I want 253 00:18:11.119 --> 00:18:15.400 you to avoid the hit that comes with a late payment, and then I've 254 00:18:15.400 --> 00:18:18.400 got an article action on how money dot com about credit card best practices. 255 00:18:18.440 --> 00:18:21.880 It's like, only by stuff you can afford, and then never take cash 256 00:18:21.920 --> 00:18:25.400 advances, use your rewards, watch out for annual fees. Annual fees aren't 257 00:18:25.400 --> 00:18:27.000 actually the worst thing in the world, but you do want to make sure 258 00:18:27.039 --> 00:18:30.680 that you're getting the benefit from that card for the fee. Some of the 259 00:18:30.720 --> 00:18:34.720 best cards actually out there, I have ninety five dollars or even higher annual 260 00:18:34.799 --> 00:18:38.200 fees, but those benefits that come alongside of them, if you're actually using 261 00:18:38.279 --> 00:18:41.079 them and taking advantage of them, you can you can make out like a 262 00:18:41.119 --> 00:18:44.960 bandit. Because, like I was saying, those credit card rewards can be 263 00:18:45.319 --> 00:18:48.079 so rich, they might not be as rich going forward if the credit card 264 00:18:48.119 --> 00:18:52.880 late fees get capped, but still right now at least they're pretty strong. 265 00:18:52.119 --> 00:18:56.480 Okay. And then you mentioned interest. If you pay it off every month, 266 00:18:56.599 --> 00:18:59.720 you don't pay interest. Is that correct? Is that right? So 267 00:19:00.119 --> 00:19:03.400 yeah, pay the statement balance off in full on time. You never pay 268 00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:07.440 interest. That's the great That's the other thing too, is people talking about 269 00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:11.359 how credit card interest rates are so ridiculously high right now because of FED rate 270 00:19:11.440 --> 00:19:15.640 hikes. And it's true they've gone up quite a bit over the so the 271 00:19:15.680 --> 00:19:18.480 suit of almost like ten percentage points over the course of a decade. But 272 00:19:19.079 --> 00:19:23.200 for how to money listeners who handle their credit cards properly, it doesn't matter. 273 00:19:23.279 --> 00:19:26.519 It doesn't matter if the interest rate's eighty two percent, it's you never 274 00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:32.119 pay it because you're using it essentially in this stealthy way. You're you're paying 275 00:19:32.160 --> 00:19:34.000 it off in full and on time, and so you never even have to 276 00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:37.759 see that interest rate. It never affects your life. That's my goal for 277 00:19:37.839 --> 00:19:41.519 this year is to pay it off every month, because I've gotten lax on 278 00:19:41.599 --> 00:19:44.559 that. So okay, see, you can do this. I know, 279 00:19:44.839 --> 00:19:45.359 I know I can do it. I can do it. Okay, and 280 00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:49.200 then real quick we've got the what we can What can we do about the 281 00:19:49.319 --> 00:19:53.319 rising cost of those stupid baggage fees which like three or four airlines have now 282 00:19:53.359 --> 00:19:57.920 increased. And it's amazing too how they do it all in concert together very 283 00:19:57.960 --> 00:20:02.960 close to the same time. Yeah, so American and United where the first 284 00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:07.720 delta has followed suits, so everybody's check bag fees are going up. My 285 00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:11.920 thought, I've got a couple thoughts on this one is to is to avoid 286 00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:15.680 checking it back, so just take on a carry on, which is amazing 287 00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:19.599 because now the carry on overheads, the overhead binds are full and they're gate 288 00:20:19.680 --> 00:20:23.440 checking your stuff. So it's really kind of annoying and pesky that the airlines 289 00:20:23.480 --> 00:20:26.759 are doing this. But if they gate check it, they don't charge you 290 00:20:26.799 --> 00:20:29.559 for it. Usually exactly, they don't charge you for it. But of 291 00:20:29.559 --> 00:20:30.640 course then you're just annoyed. You're like, why did we have to go 292 00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:33.640 through this song and dance then? So I love the idea, Like, 293 00:20:33.680 --> 00:20:38.079 there's actually a twenty eight liter backpack that I use that opens like a clamshell. 294 00:20:38.079 --> 00:20:41.440 It's kind of like a suitcase, but it's so much easier to get 295 00:20:41.440 --> 00:20:44.599 around you're not dragging a suitcase behind you. So I suggest that the other 296 00:20:44.640 --> 00:20:48.359 thing too is if like there's an airline you fly frequently, consider getting the 297 00:20:48.359 --> 00:20:52.200 credit card for that airline. Speaking of credit cards, because oftentimes those come 298 00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:56.039 with free check bags for customers when you use that credit card, and not 299 00:20:56.079 --> 00:20:57.240 just for you, but for everybody and your party, So that's kind of 300 00:20:57.240 --> 00:21:02.039 cool. And then the other thing isply Southwest they don't charge for check bag 301 00:21:02.079 --> 00:21:04.240 fees. They did say they were going to start cracking down on people bringing 302 00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:07.880 too many items onto the plane. But hey, you can check two full 303 00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:12.119 size suitcases on Southwest and not pay a dime, whereas now with the other 304 00:21:12.160 --> 00:21:17.319 major airlines you're gonna be paying thirty five bucks and then forty five bucks for 305 00:21:17.319 --> 00:21:18.480 the next one. It can add up pretty quick. YEP. I love 306 00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:22.039 a good work around, and Joel Larsgard is so good at helping us find 307 00:21:22.039 --> 00:21:27.279 those. You can listen to Joel every weekend noon to two on Sundays right 308 00:21:27.279 --> 00:21:32.720 here on KFI. It's how to money, And as you just mentioned, 309 00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:37.759 if you are interested in keeping those credit cards working for you rather than the 310 00:21:37.799 --> 00:21:41.720 other way around, Howtomoney dot com. Thank you, Joel. Thanks Amy. 311 00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:44.759 All right, here's some stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour 312 00:21:44.799 --> 00:21:48.079 newsroom. Huntington Beach says bring it. In response to the threat of a 313 00:21:48.160 --> 00:21:52.359 lawsuit that would claim the city is violating the state's Voter Rights Act. City 314 00:21:52.359 --> 00:21:57.359 attorney Michael Gates says the city's at large voting system does not disenfranchise minority voters. 315 00:21:57.400 --> 00:22:02.400 In twenty twenty, Tito org She's was elected overwhelmingly by the city at 316 00:22:02.480 --> 00:22:06.000 large. Just recently in twenty twenty two, Gracie Vandermark, who's one hundred 317 00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:11.799 percent Latina, was voted overwhelmingly at large by the entire city. Lawyer Kevin 318 00:22:11.839 --> 00:22:15.559 Shankman says two of those candidates were not the preferred choice of the Latino community, 319 00:22:15.640 --> 00:22:19.839 and the third candidate who was couldn't win. He says in the last 320 00:22:19.839 --> 00:22:23.839 twenty years, his litigation has helped more than two hundred cities in California switch 321 00:22:23.880 --> 00:22:27.680 to district voting. An eighteen year old woman's been arrested in connection with two 322 00:22:27.680 --> 00:22:32.759 shootings in San Pedro, including a deadly shooting outside of bar. The shootings 323 00:22:32.799 --> 00:22:37.599 in January happened two weeks apart. Estrella Rojas is facing charges of murder and 324 00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:41.000 attempted murder, and voter turnout in California's primaries on track to be among the 325 00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:45.359 lowest ever. As of Friday, only twenty percent of registered voters had participated 326 00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:49.799 in Super Tuesday. That's according to preliminary numbers from the Secretary of State's office. 327 00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:55.359 La County had a nineteen percent turnout, San Bernardino fifteen percent, in 328 00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:59.720 Riverside County nineteen percent. So far, OC had a slightly higher turnout twenty 329 00:22:59.720 --> 00:23:03.200 six percent. Officials say there are still about two point seventy three million ballots 330 00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:07.920 left to count when we come back. Fake goods are becoming a real problem, 331 00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:11.240 and ABC's Jim Ryan's gonna let us know what to look for before you 332 00:23:11.319 --> 00:23:17.119 buy. You're listening to a wake up call on demand from KFI Am six 333 00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:19.880 forty. Here's what we're following in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Voters 334 00:23:19.880 --> 00:23:25.240 in Georgia, Hawaii, Mississippi, and Washington are casting ballots and presidential primaries 335 00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:30.079 today. Former President Trump could clinch the nomination today by having enough delegates to 336 00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:37.480 get the nomination. President Biden's expected to probably not get enough delegate delegates until 337 00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:41.160 next week's primaries. Special Counsel Robert her is set to testify today before a 338 00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:48.559 Republican led House panel. Her was tasked with investigating President Biden's handlings of classified 339 00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:52.440 documents. He ultimately declined to bring criminal charges, said the facts stopped short 340 00:23:52.440 --> 00:24:00.440 of finding that Biden willfully retained classified material, wondering if anyone uses his spell 341 00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:03.519 check anymore, The Lakers say spelling errors that fans have seen on the new 342 00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:08.880 Kobe Bryant statue outside Crypto dot com arena are going to be fixed. Several 343 00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:15.519 players' names are misspelled, there's some spacing issues, and the words also misspelled. 344 00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:18.400 The statue was unveiled February eighth. The Lakers organization says it has known 345 00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:22.920 about the errors for a few weeks now. At six so five a handle 346 00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:26.559 on the news, Airbnb says owners can no longer watch what their short term 347 00:24:26.599 --> 00:24:30.240 renters are doing. At five point fifty, intelligence agencies are sounding the alarm 348 00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:34.440 on AI, saying it could wreak havoc on our democracy. Right now, 349 00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:40.799 let's say good morning to our our friend Jim Ryan Jim with ABC. Of 350 00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:45.200 course, and the growth of e commerce has created some really great opportunities because 351 00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:48.559 it's easy to just sit down and order stuff and get it delivered right to 352 00:24:48.599 --> 00:24:52.759 you. But there's there's a problem with it. Well there always has been, 353 00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:55.880 and there's all you know, there's been a problem with the brick and 354 00:24:55.880 --> 00:24:59.880 mortars too. Walking and purchase a pair of Nikes, for example, that 355 00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:03.799 foot locker and hope that they're the real deal. They should be a legitimate 356 00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:10.119 retailer like that, But like at a thrift shop or a flea market, 357 00:25:10.400 --> 00:25:12.759 chance are as fake well, the same holds true for online shopping too. 358 00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:18.359 Customs and these numbers are just amazing amy. In twenty nineteen, Customs and 359 00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:22.559 Border Protection, which staffs the ports of entry into LA and Houston in New 360 00:25:22.640 --> 00:25:26.720 York everywhere, they're responsible for in addicting they fake goods that are coming into 361 00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:30.880 the country. Well, in twenty nineteen that number was one point five billion 362 00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:34.680 dollars seized by Customs and Border Protection. You have to assume that more than 363 00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:40.160 that got into the country. It's just three years later the number had doubled 364 00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:45.880 to three billion dollars worth of stuff seized, fake stuff coming from overseas and 365 00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:48.920 bound for consumers coming through the ports. So yeah, I mean, the 366 00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:56.680 numbers just keep going up, and it runs the gamut from shoes to purses, 367 00:25:56.680 --> 00:26:00.160 handbags, clothing, olive oil. The chances are that the olive oil 368 00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:06.559 in your cabinet and your covered is fake, That it's not actually olive oil. 369 00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:10.240 That is not olive oil, right that the way I get mine from 370 00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:14.359 passive robos okay, all right, or robeblists, depending on how you posture 371 00:26:14.400 --> 00:26:18.799 robelist. What does the label say they made it down the street? Oh? 372 00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:22.240 Okay, good, right by it in California meeting California, perfect, 373 00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:26.640 yes, because some of them because a lot of it coming from overseas. 374 00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:30.359 Even if it purports to come from Italy or from Greece, it may contain 375 00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:36.960 something else because organized crime runs a lot of the oil producing the olive oil 376 00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:41.640 producing producing fields in that part of the world, in the Mediterranean, and 377 00:26:41.640 --> 00:26:45.640 there's such a profit in putting fake stuff in it, or cutting it or 378 00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:51.599 adding stuff that you're olive oil probably isn't even real anymore. Oh my goodness. 379 00:26:51.640 --> 00:26:55.440 Okay, So is that is that one of the most popular things or 380 00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:57.920 what are some of the most popular items there? There's a whole list of 381 00:26:59.000 --> 00:27:02.880 stuff, you know. At the top of the list, it's shoes for 382 00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:04.960 some reason, shoes, foot wear, that kind of thing which is easily 383 00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:08.960 mass produced, easy to make look like the real thing, and there's a 384 00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:15.480 high profit motive for it. Below that is apparel and goods like luxury purses, 385 00:27:15.559 --> 00:27:18.400 bags like that. But somewhere down the list, then you're gonna find 386 00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:22.960 olive oil, and you're gonna find things. And right now. I talked 387 00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:26.799 with an ophthalmologist yesterday, by the way, who's based in Hollywood, and 388 00:27:26.839 --> 00:27:30.079 he told me that all over the market. Now you're gonna go online. 389 00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:33.160 You're gonna try to get protective eyewear to look at the eclipse if you live 390 00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:38.200 in my part of the country next month. And he says that the websites 391 00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:41.640 are filled with fakes. Okay, and that's something that's not just yeah, 392 00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:45.599 that's dangerous. Put on a pair of glasses that you think will protect your 393 00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:49.039 eyes from looking at the eclipse, you ended up blinding yourself. So we're 394 00:27:49.039 --> 00:27:52.559 gonna watch out for that. I mean, it's timely right now. Okay, 395 00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:56.400 So what are some red flags that people should watch out for when they 396 00:27:56.400 --> 00:27:59.559 do buy something and are trying to easy your drift shops? You know, 397 00:27:59.640 --> 00:28:03.079 you see the weird stitching or the label that doesn't look quite right, or 398 00:28:03.119 --> 00:28:04.680 you know, something that is a dead giveaway. You don't have that option 399 00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:07.799 really online, but you do have the option, you know, looking at 400 00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:11.720 the description. Does the description have weird verbiage or language? You know, 401 00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:17.160 if you go to the Lieuisvitz website, it's going to be professionally written, 402 00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:21.680 The description will be accurate, the picture will look professional. If not, 403 00:28:21.839 --> 00:28:26.519 I mean, if there are weird language problems there, if it's garbled. 404 00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:29.759 If it's messed up, that's probably a fake. Then look down at some 405 00:28:29.799 --> 00:28:34.200 of the consumer reviews and make sure that those reviews actually apply to the item 406 00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:40.319 that they're supposed to be reviewing. And you know, if you've got five 407 00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:42.319 star ratings for an item and you look down at the reviews, the reviews 408 00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:45.759 aren't about that item, but are about something else altogether, that's an issue. 409 00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:48.160 That's Oh, I've seen that too. I'm wait, that's not what 410 00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:52.839 I'm even looking at. I know, and that the item was probably a 411 00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:56.440 fake. They just loaded up with reviews and hope that you don't go down 412 00:28:56.440 --> 00:28:59.000 and look, so be smart, go look, yeah, and I've seen 413 00:28:59.039 --> 00:29:03.039 that you're talking out. Look at the descriptions and stuff. If you see 414 00:29:03.119 --> 00:29:08.319 like it's it's little things too. Sometimes it's like capitalization or misspelling or past 415 00:29:08.359 --> 00:29:14.319 tense, present tense, just little mistakes that tell you that a professional writer 416 00:29:14.599 --> 00:29:18.200 in the US did not write that, right, or a professional writer in 417 00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:22.400 Italy at Louis Vauton or you know, in France. And it's the same 418 00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:25.720 kind of thing that the tip offs to fake emails, phishing emails. Right, 419 00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:29.759 this is kind of off topic, but weird language that in there that 420 00:29:29.880 --> 00:29:33.960 clearly was written by somebody speaking English, maybe as a second or third language, 421 00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:37.839 and not doing such a good job of it. That person probably works 422 00:29:37.880 --> 00:29:41.079 in a shop somewhere and is not, you know, working for the place 423 00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:45.480 that they're purporting to work for. Okay, the olive oil thing surprises me. 424 00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:48.440 Yeah, okay, So I'm going to continue to buy my olive oil 425 00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:52.440 locally, do it? Okay, Jim Bryan, thank you so much for 426 00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:56.039 the information. Appreciate it to Jammy. Let's get back to some of the 427 00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:59.240 stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A Coast Guard spokesman 428 00:29:59.359 --> 00:30:03.599 says the oil sheen in Huntington Beach appears to be natural seepage of crude bubbling 429 00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:07.480 up from the ocean floor. The Coast Guard has collected more than one thousand 430 00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:11.640 pounds of oil waste and tar balls from the shoreline since the sheen was spotted 431 00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:15.759 in the water last week. A man's been found killed guilty of killing his 432 00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:18.720 mother and stepfather with a baseball bat at their home in Hacienda Heights. The 433 00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:22.599 parents were attacked in twenty twenty one. The jury yesterday also found true the 434 00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:29.200 special circumstance allegation of multiple murders, along with an attempted murder charge involving Nelson 435 00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:33.279 Garabay's brother. The sanity phase of his trial starts Friday. The LA Department 436 00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:37.960 of Water and Powers captured more than thirteen and a half billion gallons of storm 437 00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:41.920 water. That's enough water to fill twenty thousand Olympic sized swimming pools. But 438 00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:45.480 Art Castro with the DWP says, we're never really out of the drought, 439 00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:48.359 especially when having the driest year on record. We've also had the wettest year 440 00:30:48.359 --> 00:30:53.400 on record, So what that tells us is that we're in this climate whiplash, 441 00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:56.920 which we don't know what you expect. He says. Water conservation during 442 00:30:56.920 --> 00:31:02.039 wetter conditions is crucial in making sure there's plenty of water in dryer conditions. 443 00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:06.279 The department collected almost five billion gallons more this year than it did around the 444 00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:11.400 same time last year. Chris Adler KFI News new inflation numbers are out and 445 00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:18.359 it's the ninth month in a You're listening to Wake Up Call on Demand from 446 00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:22.839 KFI AM six forty and again that's another Eric Carmen song. We lost him 447 00:31:22.839 --> 00:31:26.880 over the weekend. He was seventy four. Here's what we're following in the 448 00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:30.240 KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The Anaheim Planning Commission has approved a nearly two 449 00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:37.680 billion dollar Disneyland expansion project. The Disneyland Forward project would add new attractions, 450 00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:41.519 shops, dining, and more within the existing footprint, much of it where 451 00:31:41.559 --> 00:31:45.839 the Toy Story parking lot is that's next to the Convention Center. The proposal 452 00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:48.799 now heads to the Anaheim City Council for a look. President Biden has rolled 453 00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:53.720 out his budget proposal for a potential second term. It reduces the federal deficit 454 00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:57.799 by three trillion dollars and raises the tax rate to twenty five percent for billionaires. 455 00:31:57.839 --> 00:32:01.160 The budget doesn't have much of a shot of passing and divided Congress. 456 00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:05.599 Raspberry's frontman Eric Carmen, as I mentioned, has died. His wife says 457 00:32:05.599 --> 00:32:07.920 he passed away over the weekend. After the Raspberries broke up in the seventies, 458 00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:13.759 Carmen went on to have successful solar career hits like All by Myself, 459 00:32:13.880 --> 00:32:16.559 Never Going to Fall in Love Again and Hungry Eyes from Dirty Dancing. Eric 460 00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:21.119 Carmen was seventy four. We're just minutes away from handle on the news this 461 00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:25.039 morning, Haites Prime Minister is stepping down as gangs continue to ravage his country. 462 00:32:25.400 --> 00:32:30.319 Right now, let's say good morning to ABC's law enforcement reporter Luke bar 463 00:32:30.400 --> 00:32:36.640 Good morning, Luke, good morning. How are you doing good? Doing 464 00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:40.039 good? But apparently we're not doing so good when it comes to threats from 465 00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:45.880 the outside. So what's going on at the Sidate Intelligence Committee? Yeah, 466 00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:52.359 so yesterday the Cenin Intelligence Committee hosted heads of the intel agencies like the FBI, 467 00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:55.480 to CIA, and the Director of National Intelligence, and they painted a 468 00:32:55.519 --> 00:33:01.039 stark picture of what the threats to the US look like from terrorism, potentially 469 00:33:01.160 --> 00:33:06.039 the southern border, how AI is going to impact the election, the need 470 00:33:06.079 --> 00:33:09.079 for est inspiring GAZA, and funding for Ukraine. Oh so they didn't have 471 00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:13.559 much to talk about at all. Huh, not at all, Yeah, 472 00:33:13.640 --> 00:33:20.160 not at all. Okay, So let's talk about how democracy is under a 473 00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:27.559 great threat from AI. Yeah. So the leaders basically said that, you 474 00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:30.920 know, there's sixty countries that are voting in this year's election. Obviously the 475 00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:39.079 United States is perhaps the biggest, and the threat of AI being able to 476 00:33:39.119 --> 00:33:44.519 manipulate something it causes great concern for these intel heads. So, you know, 477 00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:47.279 For example, a CIA director Bill Burns that they've seen evidence at Al 478 00:33:47.359 --> 00:33:52.559 Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has used AI to generate videos aimed at inspiring lone 479 00:33:52.599 --> 00:33:59.319 wolf attacks as a result of the conflict. You said in another instance that 480 00:33:59.400 --> 00:34:02.559 there were deep fakes of Presidents Zelenski turn soldiers to quote lay down their arms 481 00:34:04.359 --> 00:34:07.960 in twenty twenty two. Obviously that didn't happen because the conflict is going on, 482 00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:10.400 but these are all the sort of landmines, so to speak, and 483 00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:14.679 tell chiefs are warning the United States about well. And it's interesting too when 484 00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:17.960 you mentioned that, like you could have taken somebody like Osama bin Laden and 485 00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:22.679 done a deep fake of him even after he was killed. I mean, 486 00:34:22.760 --> 00:34:24.280 obviously not because of the circumstances and we were there and all that, but 487 00:34:24.280 --> 00:34:28.320 if something had happened and maybe he was killed in a drone strike, they 488 00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:32.880 could have faked it and said he's still alive. Yeah, and that's really 489 00:34:34.199 --> 00:34:38.519 the major concern. It's you know, I've covered this for a long time, 490 00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:44.599 and it's really hard to hack an election system. It's really hard because 491 00:34:44.599 --> 00:34:49.360 they're not connected to the Internet. But you know, the threat of misinformation 492 00:34:49.519 --> 00:34:52.840 has always been out there. Obviously, we saw it most prevalent in twenty 493 00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:57.159 sixteen, but it's been there even after that. You know, all the 494 00:34:57.199 --> 00:35:02.199 alarm bells were being raised from Russia and from China. Now is the new 495 00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:07.239 sort of threat actor that has entered into the space. Okay, and then 496 00:35:07.880 --> 00:35:12.039 FBI Director Christopher Ray was also there and he was talking about the threat at 497 00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:15.800 the southern borders. What is the latest on that? Well, the FBI 498 00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:23.559 rcor said that there is actual concern that the individuals could have entered the southern 499 00:35:23.599 --> 00:35:29.960 border illegally and want to carry out an attack against the United States. He 500 00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:34.559 said that there is no specific plot, but he said that it's a deep 501 00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:38.880 concern for him that they could exploit the southern border, entering the country illegally 502 00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:45.119 and carry out an attack. He said he gave an example of a particular 503 00:35:45.199 --> 00:35:52.800 network that has some overseas facilitators, the smuggling network, and they have ISIS 504 00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:55.880 tiles. He said, he can't get into any more specifics, but that's 505 00:35:55.920 --> 00:36:00.719 the concern that they're seeing at the southern border. So they're saying that isis 506 00:36:00.800 --> 00:36:07.599 is coming across their southern border potentially. Yes, that's the that's the assessment 507 00:36:07.679 --> 00:36:13.239 from REGs. But he said, look, this is something that they're they're 508 00:36:13.440 --> 00:36:17.880 aware of there, you know, they're totally concerned about and they're on top 509 00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:22.199 of it. And he said that you know, the vigilance and the minium 510 00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:27.239 of the FBI do everything they can to protect the homeland. Okay, And 511 00:36:27.320 --> 00:36:32.760 is there anything Luke that they were talking about how people can protect themselves from 512 00:36:32.800 --> 00:36:39.239 some of these threats. Well, you know, I think the most obvious 513 00:36:39.519 --> 00:36:45.800 is being able to consume accurate information. So with the AI, so right, 514 00:36:45.880 --> 00:36:51.119 for example, going to that reliable source that that the election official, 515 00:36:51.199 --> 00:36:54.760 the the the you know, the the media out you know, whatever that 516 00:36:54.920 --> 00:36:59.880 is that's reliable that's going to give you correct, accurate, in real time 517 00:36:59.880 --> 00:37:05.360 information is a good way to combat sort of the misinformation that's out there double 518 00:37:05.440 --> 00:37:07.159 checked. Right, So if you see something, if you see something on 519 00:37:07.400 --> 00:37:12.320 X or on Facebook or something, don't just go oh that's real, Go 520 00:37:12.400 --> 00:37:17.000 and look for other sources to either corroborate or not corroborate the information. All 521 00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:22.039 right, I got exactly right. All Right, It's scary times, Luke, 522 00:37:22.079 --> 00:37:24.519 bar but thank you so much for the information. Hopefully with the information 523 00:37:24.599 --> 00:37:29.440 we can help keep ourselves safe. Absolutely, Thanks so much. All right, 524 00:37:29.440 --> 00:37:35.239 take care you and also follow Luke ABC News's law enforcement reporter at Luke 525 00:37:35.559 --> 00:37:38.559 Capital l bar bar R. Let's get back to some of the stories coming 526 00:37:38.559 --> 00:37:43.360 out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Transportation Secretary Pete buddhaj Edge says 527 00:37:43.360 --> 00:37:46.079 people who fly private jets need to pay their fair share BOOTA judge unveiled his 528 00:37:46.119 --> 00:37:49.880 proposed budget for next year, and he says he wants to raise the fuel 529 00:37:49.960 --> 00:37:52.280 tax for passengers and charter flights. 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